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5:30 PM ET, November 6, 2025

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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Two Signs That Democrats Flipped Trump Supporters on Tuesday  —  It wasn't just about superior turnout.  Party switchers played a significant role in Virginia and New Jersey.  —  In the Trump era, Democrats have seemed to excel among the highly engaged, highly educated voters who predominate …
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Six election results that didn't make the headlines  —  On X, Vice President J.D. Vance dismissed the poor showing by Republicans on Tuesday night as “a couple of elections in blue states.”  Although Democratic victories in New York, Virginia, New Jersey, and California dominated the headlines …
Discussion: CBS News, MSNBC and Blaze Media
Politico:
Senate will vote Friday to advance shutdown-ending deal, Thune tells Republicans  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune told fellow Republicans in a private lunch that he plans to hold a vote Friday that could pave the way to end the government shutdown, according to two people in the room …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
GOP's latest shutdown offer includes possible reversal of some mass firings  —  Republicans made a new offer to Senate Democrats Thursday in hopes of cutting a deal that would end the 37-day government shutdown and advance a package of three full-year spending bills, according …
Jenna Amatulli / The Guardian:   Trump goes on posting frenzy a day after Democrats win key elections
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump makes an overdue discovery: ‘They have this new word called affordability’
Kate Plummer / Newsweek:
Republican Ousted in Pennsylvania Borough That Has Voted GOP For 113 Years
Discussion: New Republic
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
5 Dem victories you missed while celebrating Mamdani's win
Discussion: MSNBC and INSIDENOVA.COM
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jury acquits D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent  —  Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.  —  WASHINGTON — Jurors showed no appetite for the Justice Department's case against …
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during …
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Jury finds D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ not guilty of assaulting officer  —  Sean C. Dunn admitted he flung the hoagie at a federal agent.  His attorneys called it a “harmless gesture” of protest as Trump commandeered D.C. police.  —  Just now  —  A jury on Thursday acquitted a D.C. man who was charged …
Zach Montague / New York Times:   Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
Tony Romm / New York Times:
Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund Food Stamps This Month  —  A federal judge rebuked the administration for the way it tried to fund only partial benefits to food stamp recipients.  —  A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to fund food stamps in full …
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CNBC:
SNAP benefits must be fully paid by Trump administration by Friday, judge orders … A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November by Friday, rejecting the administration's plan to partially fund that food stamp program for 42 million Americans during the U.S. government shutdown.
Marcia Brown / Politico:
Judge orders Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits
Associated Press:
Live updates: Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November
Discussion: Associated Press
Politico:
Congressional Budget Office had a cyber ‘security incident’  —  The Congressional Budget Office identified a cyber “security incident,” a spokesperson for the office said Thursday, posing vulnerabilities for a key arm of Congress.  The CBO — a nonpartisan agency tasked with providing economic …
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Washington Post:
Congressional Budget Office believed to be hacked by foreign actor  —  The office makes economic projections for lawmakers and scores legislation for how much it would add or subtract from the national debt.  —  just now  —  The Congressional Budget Office, lawmakers' nonpartisan bookkeeper …
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
Heritage staff in open revolt over leader's defense of Tucker Carlson  —  The departures and condemnations built on brewing frustrations with Kevin Roberts's handling of Project 2025 and internal sexism allegations.  —  Just now  —  The Heritage Foundation is erupting in open revolt against its president …
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CNN:
Fierce backlash within GOP after Tucker Carlson gives White nationalist Nick Fuentes a platform
Discussion: Reason, LGBTQ Nation and People For
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Job cuts in October hit highest level for the month in 22 years, Challenger says … Layoff announcements soared in October as companies recalibrated staffing levels during the artificial intelligence boom, a sign of potential trouble ahead for the labor market, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Discussion: UPI and Eschaton
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Heather Knight / New York Times:
Pelosi Plans to Retire in 2027 After 39 Years in Congress  —  Representative Nancy Pelosi, the only female House speaker, said she will not run for re-election.  She wielded immense power and became a Democratic icon, while she was demonized by conservatives.
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Nancy Pelosi won't seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US House
NBC News:
Nancy Pelosi, first female speaker of the House, won't seek re-election to Congress
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce passport restrictions targeting transgender people  —  Trump is seeking to reverse a Biden policy that allowed transgender applicants to choose male, female or “X” as gender markers.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration …
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CNN:
Supreme Court allows Trump to limit passport sex markers for trans and nonbinary Americans
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Kash Patel's Private Jet Problem Is Even Worse Than It Looks  —  This dude can't stop flying to Nashville.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Kash Patel keeps taking a private jet to his girlfriend's home city  —  FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL has had quite a week.  —  Facing criticism for taking …
Renee Hickman / Reuters:
Border patrol agent who shot Chicago woman boasted about it in text messages  — Federal agent said he was proud of his shooting skills  — Marimar Martinez indicted on charges of impeding federal agent  — Key vehicle in case repaired before defense could inspect it
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
White House guest faints during Trump event in Oval Office  —  A White House guest who was attending President Trump's announcement about lowering the cost of obesity drugs fainted in the Oval Office, causing the event to be cut short.  —  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt …
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Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
“Kansas mayor charged with alleged voter fraud; state leader says ‘hundreds’ more cases expected”  —  Kansas Reflector:  —  The mayor of a small south-central Kansas town has been charged with committing fraud by voting in elections since 2022 even though he is not a United States citizen …
Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer:
Bernie Moreno accused of ‘creepy’ behavior after revealing he collected colleagues' car info  —  WASHINGTON - A routine Senate nomination hearing erupted into a confrontation Wednesday when U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno revealed he had obtained the vehicle identification numbers of his Democratic colleagues' cars …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site  —  The FBI is attempting to unmask the owner behind archive.today, a popular archiving site that is also regularly used to bypass paywalls on the internet and to avoid sending traffic to the original publishers of web content, according to a subpoena posted by the website.
Getty Images:
US-POLITICS-TRUMP  —  US President Donald Trump looks on after a man fainted during an announcement about weight-loss drugs in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on November 6, 2025.  Trump announced deals Thursday with pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk …
Discussion: CBS News and Futurism
Jeff Horwitz / Reuters:
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show  —  Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show.  And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day.
 
 
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
'I'm wary about this president': California AG sounds warning about midterm security
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
New MAMDANI Act would block federal funds to NYC after socialist's inauguration
Discussion: Breitbart
NewsNation:
Appeals panel revives path to Trump dismissing criminal conviction
Discussion: Associated Press and UPI
Brad DeLong / DeLong's Grasping Reality:
Bidenomics: Truly Transitory Inflation, Remarkably Successful on Employment & Growth—But Unable to Break Through the Media Misinformation Machine
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Lindsey Graham is talking to fellow Republicans about another reconciliation bill
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Gateway Pundit
The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Major Developments in Bringing Most-Favored-Nation Pricing to American Patients
 Earlier Items: 
Scott Neuman / NPR:
ICE is sending a chill through the construction industry
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The Hideous Symbol of MAGA Corruption
Discussion: Truthout and Raw Story
Jameson Dow / Electrek:
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Steve Vladeck / One First:
188. Five Questions About “Extrajudicial Killings”
New York Times:
Mexico's President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
ABC News:
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: SpaceX is planning a secondary share sale that would value the company at $800B, surpassing OpenAI to make it the most valuable US private company
 
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