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7:15 AM ET, November 3, 2025

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New York Times:
In Redistricting Battles, Here's How Trump, Republicans and Democrats Are Faring  —  President Trump is imploring lawmakers to redraw their congressional maps to stave off Democratic control of the House.  But the debate over redistricting has revealed fissures within both parties.
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Politico:
‘Utterly shameful’: Congress to crush US record this week for longest shutdown … But there's little chance members of Congress will be able to cobble together a deal to reopen the government before their partisan stalemate clears a new milestone.  Even if an agreement quickly materializes in the Senate …
Discussion: The Hill, Roll Call and Boston Herald
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Government shutdown could become longest ever as Trump says he 'won't be extorted' by Democrats
Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press and RedState
Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:   Trump says government shutdown ends when Democrats give in: “If they don't vote, that's their problem”
NBC News:
DNC chair defends party's redistricting push: This isn't 'your grandfather's Democratic Party that just rolled over'
Discussion: Roll Call and Fox News
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
White House launches spoof MySpace page mocking Democratic leaders over shutdown
Discussion: RedState
CBS News:
Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.  —  Editor's note: On October 31, 2025, correspondent Norah O'Donnell spoke with President Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, FL, and this is a transcript of that conversation.
Zach Montague / New York Times:
The Monthslong Legal Battle to Save Foreign Aid  —  One lawsuit, underway since February, has sought to compel President Trump to honor Congress's vision for foreign aid.  It still has a long way to go.  —  It was one of the first legal challenges to a Trump administration policy to reach …
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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court Confronts Trump and His Tariffs in Test of Presidential Power  —  The justices face so-called legitimacy dilemma as they deal with a tricky legal dispute and a president who has made clear he would view defeat as a personal insult.  —  Again and again since President Trump returned …
CBS News:
President Donald Trump: The 2025 60 Minutes Interview  —  Watch as President Trump discusses testing nuclear weapons, U.S.-China relations, Israel, the government shutdown, immigration, tariffs, and whether he'll try to stay in the White House beyond 2028.
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Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
CBS Cuts Trump's Corruption Tantrum From ‘60 Minutes’ Edit  —  ✂️✂️✂️  —  The moment Trump got testy was missing from Sunday night's interview.  —  President Donald Trump's angry response to corruption questions at the end of his 60 Minutes interview was cut from the show's TV and online edits.
Rachel Uranga / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say  — U.S. citizen Carlos Jimenez was shot by ICE in Ontario after warning officers about children gathering at a nearby school bus stop.  — His lawyers claim he was shot from behind while fleeing …
Paul Krugman:
We're Number Two!  —  Does Donald Trump realize that he has ceded world leadership to China?  Probably not: During his recent Asian trip, foreign leaders flattered him and showered him with personal gifts, so he came home with his ego even more inflated than usual.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and New York Times
Christina Jewett / New York Times:
F.D.A. Drug Unit Chief Resigns, and Is Sued by Drug Company  —  The official, Dr. George Tidmarsh, has become embroiled in an ethical dispute and is now the target of a lawsuit over his actions involving certain drugs tied to a business associate.  —  Dr. George Tidmarsh …
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STAT:   STAT+: FDA's top drug regulator resigns amid investigation
Rozina Ali / New Yorker:
What Zohran Mamdani's Bid for Mayor Reveals About Being Muslim in America  —  The Islamophobic attacks on the candidate carry the weight of history and the urgency of the present.  —  In the autumn of 2008, Colin Powell, the former Secretary of State under George W. Bush …
Discussion: The Forward
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New York Post:
Obama refuses to endorse radical NYC mayoral front-runner Mamdani — even after publicly backing this previous mayor
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
Wall Street Journal:
The New Right's New Antisemites  —  Kevin Roberts of the Heritage Foundation flounders in the Tucker Carlson-Nick Fuentes fever swamps.  —  An old political poison is growing on the new right, led by podcasters and internet opportunists who are preoccupied with the Jews.
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USA Today:
Trump held ‘Gatsby’-themed Halloween party as SNAP benefits were due to be cut off  —  President Donald Trump hosted a 1920's theme party at Mar-A-Lago on Oct. 31, as multiple federal judges ruled the administration could not stop funding food aid amid the ongoing government shutdown.
Christina Shaw / Fox News:
Judge blocks Trump National Guard deployment to Portland, citing lack of justification  —  Judge Immergut extends injunction after finding no proof protests grew out of control or posed rebellion threat  —  U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut on Sunday temporarily extended an order blocking …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump says he'll “be involved” in Netanyahu's corruption trial “to help him out”  —  President Trump told CBS' “60 Minutes” that he'll “be involved” in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial “to help him out a little bit.” … - “I don't think they treat him very well.
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Zoe Hussain / New York Post:
Trump defends ICE raids, declares 'they haven't gone far enough' in first ‘60 Minutes’ interview since suing CBS
Washington Post:
Poll finds most Americans doubt Trump's commitment to free speech, fair justice  —  Many Americans also don't seem sure what to make of criminal cases against two of Trump's perceived opponents.  —  Just now  —  A majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump is not committed …
Discussion: Mediaite and Politico
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Trump energy secretary says no nuclear explosions for now  —  After the president called for resuming nuclear testing “immediately,” the official said the administration is planning only system tests.  —  Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that the Trump administration is not planning …
Discussion: Fox Business
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Damian Grammaticas / BBC:
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show  —  China waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation directed at a UK university to get it to shut down sensitive research into alleged human rights abuses, documents seen by the BBC show.
Lauren Aratani / The Guardian:
Top 10 US billionaires' collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year - report  —  Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights - but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap  —  The collective wealth of the top 10 US billionaires has soared by $698bn in the past year …
Discussion: UPI
Sidney Reid / MSNBC:
What it's like being wrongly charged by Trump's Department of Justice  —  I believe that filming what federal agents were doing that day counted as basic human decency.  —  I'm a law-abiding citizen who never thought I'd be of such interest that the U.S. government would use my tax dollars …
The Bulwark:
Trump's Next Defense Strategy Risks Leaving the U.S. Underprepared  —  . . . and the world a less stable, more dangerous place.  —  IN THE COMING WEEKS, the Department of Defense will produce its quadrennial National Defense Strategy (NDS).  The legally mandated document is at once …
 
 
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Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump May Send Deputy AG Michael Gates to “Monitor” California's Prop 50 Election
Discussion: NPR, Los Angeles Times and The Guardian
Financial Times:
US accused of ‘bully-boy’ tactics to sink climate deal
Discussion: Politico
Mike Brock / Notes From The Circus:
Liberalism's Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
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NBC News:
Trump administration faces Monday deadline to respond to judge's SNAP order
Discussion: Block Club Chicago and Axios
Axios:
Staffing shortages mire air travel as shutdown stretches on
NBC News:
U.S. family moved to Russia to escape liberal culture and got drawn into the war with Ukraine
Heather Schlitz / Reuters:
'We're not a violent city': Chicago locals take on ICE block-by-block
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Chicago Sun Times
pbump:
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