Dick Cheney, influential Republican vice president to George W. Bush, dies  —  Dick Cheney, America's most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the country into the ill-fated Iraq war on faulty assumptions, has died, according to a statement from his family.

House members release bipartisan ‘principles’ for extending Obamacare subsidies … The new blueprint is a sign the partisan freeze is thawing among some factions on Capitol Hill — and that frustration over the impasse is growing.  Moderate Republicans in the House are especially losing patience …

Heritage Foundation in revolt over Tucker Carlson defense after controversial Nick Fuentes interview: ‘Footsie with literal Nazis’  —  WASHINGTON — One of the largest conservative think tanks in Washington, DC, has been roiled by their president's embrace of Tucker Carlson …

60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris  —  from the the-absurd-stupidity.-it-burns dept  —  60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect.

Trump and Musk tell New York to ‘vote’ Cuomo over Mamdani on eve of mayoral election … President Donald Trump on Monday night explicitly called on New York City residents to vote for Andrew Cuomo over Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani in the mayoral election.

Senate GOP blocks Dem effort to fund SNAP  —  Senate Republicans nixed an attempt by Democrats to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on Monday after those monies dried up over the weekend amid the government shutdown.  —  Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) …

Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the Pentagon  —  The far-right activist and former congressional candidate has repeatedly criticized defense officials on her website and social media accounts while boasting of her close ties to President Donald Trump.

As Condé Nast Folds Teen Vogue Into Vogue's Website, NewsGuild Condemns the Plan  —  The union, which reps staffers, says the move was “clearly designed” to blunt the journalism of the brand, which has leaned in to progressive politics.  —  The union representing writers at Teen Vogue …

Rep. Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia won't seek reelection, leaves seat for chief of staff in move panned as ‘coronation’  —  U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia will not seek reelection — leaving in place a succession plan for his chief of staff with a last-minute maneuver that critics likened to a coronation and a Chicago political machine play.

The Vacancy of the MAGA Mind  —  Introduction - The Performance of Conviction  —  There are few spectacles more revealing of the modern mind than the ritual of certainty.  The stage is crowded with the confident and the incurious, each declaiming his creed as if conviction itself were a credential.

Lauren Boebert's racially charged Halloween costume sparks backlash  —  Boebert dressed as a Mexican woman and her boyfriend as an ICE agent.  —  Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., attended a Halloween party Friday dressed as a Mexican woman while her boyfriend Kyle Pearcy wore an ICE vest over military-style clothes.

A Confederacy of Toddlers  —  The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.  —  In 1949, the German historian and political philosopher Hannah Arendt visited Europe for the first time since fleeing to America during the war.  A year later, she wrote an analysis of what she called “the aftermath of Nazi rule.”

Report: Donors to Trump's White House ballroom have $279B in federal contracts  —  The list contains heavyweights in the tech, financial and defense sectors, including Google, Comcast and Lockheed Martin.  —  Most of the publicly identified donors to President Donald Trump's White House ballroom …

The Workers Left Out of Trump's Drug-Manufacturing Renaissance  —  President Trump wants pharmaceutical production to return to the United States.  A shuttered factory in Louisiana shows how hard that will be for generic medicines.  —  This year, as President Trump threatened tariffs …

Flight delays pile up as government shutdown enters second month  —  More than 5,000 flights traveling from and to U.S. airports were delayed Sunday alone.  —  As the government shutdown nears its second month, airports across the country are feeling its impact, with flight delays piling up because of staffing shortages.

Trump Officials Torpedoed Nvidia's Push to Export AI Chips to China  —  President decided not to discuss matter with Xi after aides opposed company's request  —  Shortly before President Trump met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea, an urgent issue emerged.

Senate Republican warns about potential interruptions to federal worker health care  —  Sen. James Lankford is warning that the prolonged shutdown could soon threaten the health care coverage of federal employees.  In a letter sent Oct. 30 to Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor …

Exclusive: Trump ousts watchdog of US housing regulator involved in mortgage probes of his foes, sources say  — FHFA's acting inspector general Joe Allen removed amid political tensions  — Pulte bypassed Inspector General in pursuing cases against Trump foes