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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 …
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Hopes for shutdown resolution fade after Democrats balk at GOP offer
Brynn Tannehill / New Republic:   The GOP Went Big on Anti-Trans Ads This Year. And Guess What Happened?
Politico:
Stefanik poised to announce bid for New York governor on Friday
Eric Katz / GovExec.com:   There is bipartisan interest in federal worker layoff protections in any deal to reopen government
Washington Post:   Trump ally Elise Stefanik to announce run for New York governor Friday
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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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 …
Molly Roberts / Lawfare:
Sandwich Guy, Thrower of Hoagie-Or Hero?  —  The trial ended in an acquittal.  But the proceedings felt like a strange sort of performance art—highly amusing and highly menacing at the same time.  —  Meet The Authors … It's Nov. 3, a day some recognize as National Sandwich Day.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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 …
CNN:
DC sandwich thrower found not guilty of assault
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
D.C. “sandwich guy” found not guilty of assaulting officer
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  —  The Justice Department later said it would appeal, leaving the program known as SNAP in limbo.  —  A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to fund food stamps in full for roughly 42 million low-income Americans …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Must Fund Full SNAP Benefits for November, Judge Rules  —  Government appeals order directing it to deliver money by Friday for federal food-assistance benefits delayed by the shutdown  —  A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to fully fund food-assistance benefits …
Aria Bendix / NBC News:
Judge orders Trump administration to deliver full SNAP benefits to states by Friday  —  The administration had said it would distribute partial payments in November, but that the process could take weeks.  The Justice Department said it intends to appeal Thursday's order.
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court lets Trump block transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump's administration …
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CNN:
Supreme Court allows Trump to limit passport sex markers for trans and nonbinary Americans
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce passport restrictions targeting transgender people
Discussion: Breitbart
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Hannah Nightingale / The Post Millennial:   BREAKING: DC Mayor Muriel Boswer under federal corruption investigation for Qatar trip: report
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 …
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Politico:   Congressional Budget Office had a cyber ‘security incident’
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:   The Congressional Budget Office was hacked. It says it has implemented new security measures
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump pardons former Tennessee House speaker, top aide awaiting prison  —  Trump has granted clemency in the opening year of his term to several former elected officials convicted on corruption-related charges.  —  President Donald Trump has pardoned the former Tennessee House speaker …
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Chasity Maynard / WSMV-TV:
President Trump pardons former TN House Speaker Glen Casada, chief of staff, after corruption convictions  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - President Donald Trump has pardoned the disgraced former Speaker of the Tennessee House Glen Casada and one of his co-conspirators after their corruption convictions and sentencing.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Gabby Deutch / Jewish Insider:
Heritage-affiliated antisemitism task force to cut ties with embattled think tank  —  An antisemitism task force affiliated with the Heritage Foundation announced on Thursday that it would cut ties with the conservative institution, as the prominent think tank has come under fire for its defense …
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Washington Post:
Heritage staff in open revolt over leader's defense of Tucker Carlson
Politico:
Senate sinks measure to block military action against Venezuela  —  The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation that would have required approval from Congress before President Donald Trump could take military action against Venezuela, despite bipartisan misgivings about the administration's secretive efforts in the region.
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New York Times:
Sexual Assault of Mexico's President Exposes Challenges of Her Equality Push  —  President Claudia Sheinbaum was groped on the street this week, in an episode that set off a national conversation about what has and has not changed since Mexico elected its first female leader.
Jason Meisner / Chicago Tribune:
‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents  —  A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday issued a sweeping injunction that puts more permanent restrictions on the use of force by immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz …
Axios:
Full list: FAA flight cuts to impact these 40 airports  —  The Federal Aviation Administration has identified 40 major airports across the U.S. that will have flight capacity gradually slashed from Friday as a result of the government shutdown. … - Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned of …
CNN:
'You're not rushing.  You're just ready:' Parents say ChatGPT encouraged son to kill himself … Zane Shamblin sat alone in his car with a loaded handgun, his face illuminated in the predawn dark by the dull glow of a phone.  —  He was ready to die.  —  But first, he wanted to keep conferring with his closest confidant.
Discussion: New York Times
Alex Burness / Bolts:
Five Ways Tuesday's Results Will Affect Voting Rules and Democracy  —  On Tuesday, mostly in the shadow of the Democratic Party's headlining triumphs, were a series of state and local elections that carried high stakes for election law and voting rights.  —  Conservatives failed to restrict mail …
New York Times:
Right-Wing Chatbots Turbocharge America's Political and Cultural Wars … Enoch, one of the newer chatbots powered by artificial intelligence, promises “to ‘mind wipe’ the pro-pharma bias” from its answers.  Another, Arya, produces content based on instructions that tell it to be an …
 
 
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump touts cost of Walmart's Thanksgiving meal to vindicate his policies — ignoring a key detail
Morgan Lee / Associated Press:
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FIRE:
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Discussion: WTIC
New York Times:
Bishops With Ties to Trump Commission Criticize Treatment of Immigrants
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We're Up to Six Cases of Chinese ‘Researchers’ Smuggling Bioweapons Into America
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