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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.
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Dems want FCC probe of “60 Minutes” omission of Trump's Binance pardon exchange … An extended version released by the program was around 73 minutes long and did not include parts of the full transcript posted to CBS News' website. — An accompanying editor's note said the extended version …
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.
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Mehdi Hasan / Zeteo:
🧾 Factchecking Trump on ‘60 Minutes’ — 🗳️ On this day in 2020, Joe Biden and Donald Trump faced off in the presidential election. After nearly four painstaking days, Joe Biden was finally declared the winner. And Trump, to this day, continues to be a sore loser.
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Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
CBS News heavily edits Trump 60 Minutes interview, cutting boast network ‘paid me a lotta money’
CBS News heavily edits Trump 60 Minutes interview, cutting boast network ‘paid me a lotta money’
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump: “I don't know” Binance founder he pardoned
Trump: “I don't know” Binance founder he pardoned
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Under Trump, the Law Is Just a Speed Bump
Under Trump, the Law Is Just a Speed Bump
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
8 Democrats sit at center of potential deal to end government shutdown this week — At least eight moderate Senate Democrats are meeting in hopes of finding a deal to end the monthlong government shutdown, but sources familiar with the closely held conversations say they will need strong assurances …
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Government shutdown could become longest ever as Trump says he 'won't be extorted' by Democrats — Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — The government shutdown is poised to become the longest ever this week …
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Exploit The GOP's Nazi Meltdown
Exploit The GOP's Nazi Meltdown
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Chicago Tribune:
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability — Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to get coffee before heading to work when she encountered a chaotic scene in West Town: heavily armed, masked federal agents making arrests on a residential street.
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New Republic
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
Bari Weiss' security detail costs CBS $10,000 a day as network undergoes layoffs — At the same time that CBS is being slammed with layoffs, an awkward number is circulating around the halls of the Tiffany Network. — Page Six hears that as staffers watch their colleagues pack up their desks …
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.
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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 …
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Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
In Blow to Trump's Power Grab, Federal Judge Blocks Troop Deployment In Oregon
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NBC News:
Jury selection begins in the trial of D.C.'s ‘sandwich guy’ — Sean Dunn went viral this summer for throwing a salami sub at a Customs and Border Protection agent. — WASHINGTON — Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of former Justice Department employee Sean Dunn, also known as the …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Massie announces marriage to former congressional staffer — Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced his marriage to Carolyn Grace Moffa, a former congressional staffer, in a social media post Monday morning, with a photo of him in tuxedo and his bride in a wedding dress.
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Faith Wardwell / Politico:
Massie announces marriage to former congressional staffer
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump targets Seth Meyers after catapult jokes: ‘Probably illegal’ — President Trump criticized late-night comic Seth Meyers after the host mocked him for criticizing the way aircraft carriers are built during a speech to members of the military last week.
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Richard Pollina / New York Post:
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus — Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are prepared to bolt from the Big Apple if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins Tuesday's mayoral race — potentially setting the stage …
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Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
Democrats are more enthusiastic about the midterms as Trump's approval hits a second-term low, CNN poll finds — One year out from the midterm elections, the Democratic Party holds a sizable enthusiasm advantage as views of President Donald Trump dip further into negative territory, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Bickering over Bovino: Lawyers complain to judge of obstruction, ‘sandbagging’ during deposition — Frustration boiled over in a federal courtroom halfway through last week's deposition of U.S. Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino, where a government lawyer said he felt “sandbagged” …
Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
Exclusive: BBC ‘doctored’ Trump speech, internal report reveals — Corporation edited footage to make it seem president was encouraging Capitol riot, according to whistleblowing dossier — The BBC “doctored” a Donald Trump speech by making him appear to encourage the Capitol Hill riot …
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NBC News:
Democrats brace for Nancy Pelosi's possible retirement — The former House speaker is expected to make an announcement about her political future after Tuesday's elections. — WASHINGTON — Democrats are bracing for the possible retirement of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi …
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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 …
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MSNBC:
'If it was anybody else, we'd arrest him tomorrow,' Justice Department aide said of Trump — A handful of documents found by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago were so sensitive that even a senior Justice Department official didn't have authorization to see them. — This story is adapted …
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Raw Story
Brian Finucane / Just Security:
Dissecting the Trump Administration's Effort to Circumvent the War Powers Resolution for Boat Strikes — On Monday, the Trump administration's use of military force against alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean and Pacific will run afoul of the War Powers Resolution's 60-day clock …
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The Mahablog, OutsideTheBeltway and New York Times
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 …
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NBC News:
Trump administration is planning new mission in Mexico against cartels, current and former U.S. officials say — The new operation would include U.S. troops on the ground in Mexico striking drug labs and cartel leaders, according to current and former U.S. officials, though a deployment is not imminent.
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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 …
NBC News:
Graham Platner says controversies have ‘strengthened’ his Maine Senate campaign — In an interview with NBC News after a packed event, Platner bashed “establishment politics” and said he's still more electable than Democratic rival Janet Mills. — PORTLAND, Maine — In the last three weeks …
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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
It's clear why Zohran Mamdani is leading in the New York mayoral race — There's a clarity about Mamdani's message that stands in sharp contrast to most Democratic politicians — For someone who exudes positive energy and seldom stops smiling, Zohran Mamdani certainly does provoke a lot of negative reactions.
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
The Ballroom Blitz Should Be a Bigger Scandal — The revelation that Donald Trump has demolished the East Wing, with plans to rebuild it at jumbo size with private funds, provoked an initial wave of outrage—followed by a predictable counter-wave of pseudo-sophisticated qualified defenses.
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