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.

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 …

John Thune says he is ‘optimistic’ Senate will move to end shutdown this week  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he was “optimistic” an agreement can be reached this week to end the five-week shutdown as bipartisan rank-and-file talks make progress.  Thune, speaking to reporters …

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.

Trump Admin Tells Judge It'll Disburse Half of SNAP Benefits for Eligible Households in November, With ‘Significant’ Delays  —  The Trump administration told a federal judge on Monday that it plans to use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency fund to cover 50 percent …

Divided Democrats Hope Attacking the Trump Economy Unites Party  —  In Virginia, New York and New Jersey, Democrats emphasize affordability, believing voters are dissatisfied with the president's economic policies  —  President Trump, who promised to use his business savvy to bring down everyday costs …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

SCOOP: Latino Tenants Told to Vacate After Georgetown ICE Raid  —  Eyewitnesses describe multi-agency sweep at Wisconsin & O St. NW; 10-12 taken; Latino units “tossed;” ammunition left in the floor, and tenants told to vacate.  —  WASHINGTON — A pre-dawn raid on Friday …

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

Trump readies US troops for ground invasion in Mexico to go after drug cartels: report  —  Officials say the strikes aren't meant to destabilize Mexico's government  —  in Washington, D.C.  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech …

Donald Trump Is a Commie  —  Bernie's democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy.  Trump's national socialism is not.  Thank you for your attention to this matter!  — Trump wants to build nuclear power plants.  — He has chosen Westinghouse to build them.

Trump Advisers Were Paid Over $1.6 Million by the Albanian Opposition  —  The payments underscore how lucrative foreign political consulting can be for operatives with ties to the president.  —  Consultants who worked on Donald J. Trump's presidential campaigns were paid more than $1.6 million …

Bust the Filibuster at the GOP's Peril  —  Break the Senate's 60-vote rule, and a vital check on the left is gone.  —  You knew it would happen.  Frustrated by Congress, President Trump is demanding that Republican Senators break the 60-vote filibuster rule to pass legislation.

Trump's China Trade Policy Is a Hot Mess  —  As a real estate developer, Donald Trump is deeply familiar with the three keys to success in that industry: location, location and location.  Geopolitics, it turns out, also has three keys to success: leverage, leverage and leverage.