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8:55 AM ET, November 10, 2025

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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate advances plan to end historic shutdown in bipartisan breakthrough … The Sunday vote would pave the way for consideration later this week of a legislative package that would fund the Department of Agriculture and the FDA, the Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction projects …
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown … Most, but not all, previously held state-level office — including four former governors.  Most, but not all, come from presidential swing states.  Two have announced they are retiring from the Senate after their current terms end …
Washington Post:
Late-night Senate deal opens path to ending shutdown but splits Democrats  —  The deal doesn't extend expiring ACA subsidies.  If a bill passes the Senate, it needs the House to approve and President Donald Trump on board.  —  A key group of Senate Democrats joined Republicans on Sunday night …
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Six Takeaways From the Senate Deal to End the Shutdown  —  For 40 days, Senator Chuck Schumer kept his caucus unified.  But an end approached without Democrats achieving an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies.  —  After more than a month of stalemate, the Senate on Sunday took …
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
As the Senate advances a plan to end the government shutdown, what happens now?  —  As the shutdown continued, the pieces were in place for Democrats stand firm in support of a popular cause.  Eight Senate Democrats folded anyway.  —  As the ongoing government shutdown was poised to begin …
HuffPost:
Senate Reaches Deal To Reopen Government After Moderate Democrats Cave  —  Republicans found enough Democrats willing to drop their party's demand to extend soon-to-expire health care subsidies for millions of people.  —  WASHINGTON - Senators have reached a deal to reopen the federal government …
Politico:
Dem civil war  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine, Ali Bianco and Rachel Umansky-Castro  —  Good Monday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard.  Been a busy old night.  Get in touch.  —  WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING: President Donald Trump announced pardons for nearly 80 prominent allies …
Discussion: Zeteo, Associated Press and Al Jazeera
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Marjorie Taylor Greene flees Trump's sinking ship
Discussion: Wonkette
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave
Discussion: CNN
Axios:
Deal to end government shutdown in reach
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:   'It'll take them 5 days': Rand Paul could be obstacle to quickly ending shutdown
Associated Press:
Senate takes first step toward ending the government shutdown
Emily Peck / Axios:   Senate deal would reverse shutdown firings
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump pardons top allies who aided bid to subvert the 2020 election … Giuliani, Eastman and Powell were among those identified by former special counsel Jack Smith as Trump's co-conspirators, though he never brought charges against them.  The pardons would preclude any future administration …
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New York Times:
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election  —  The pardons of former Trump aides, which would only apply in federal court, are largely symbolic and cannot shield them from ongoing state-level prosecutions.  —  President Trump has granted pre-emptive pardons …
Discussion: New York Post and Magnolia Tribune
Karina Tsui / CNN:
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, others involved in efforts to overturn 2020 election, pardon attorney says  —  President Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of his political allies for their support or involvement in alleged plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election …
Reuters:
Trump administration cannot withhold $4 billion in SNAP benefits, appeals court rules  —  The ruling by the 1st Circuit will have no immediate impact because of a temporary hold by Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.  —  A federal appeals court late on Sunday allowed a judge's order …
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Associated Press:
Trump administration demands states ‘undo’ full SNAP payouts as states warn of ‘catastrophic impact’
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It  —  The episode has contributed to concerns among intelligence allies that Kash Patel, brash and partisan, is also unpredictable and even unreliable.  —  At a secret gathering in May south of London …
Discussion: Raw Story
Scott MacFarlane / CBS News:
Ghislaine Maxwell plans to ask Trump to commute prison sentence, House Democrats say  —  Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking co-conspirator, is planning to apply for a commutation of her federal prison sentence, which is set to run through 2037, according to documents obtained …
Discussion: The Guardian and The Independent
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Howard Fendrich / Associated Press:
Donald Trump booed as the 1st sitting US president at a regular-season NFL game since Carter in 1978  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Donald Trump became the first sitting president in nearly a half-century …
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Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Booed at NFL Game After Demanding Stadium Is Named In His Honor
Wall Street Journal:
FAA Limits Private Aircraft Flights at Major Airports  —  Government officials have sought to reduce flight capacity at airports to ease strains on air-traffic controllers  —  The Federal Aviation Administration is slated to limit business jets and other private flights …
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Beth Kowitt / Bloomberg:
Home Depot Can't Ignore Its ICE Problem Forever  —  There is no company in the US that has become more closely associated with Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids than Home Depot Inc.  —  In and around the retailer's parking lots, masked and armed ICE agents chase and tackle and detain …
Jane Martinson / The Guardian:
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack.  With these resignations, it has given in  —  The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories.  Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold  —  The resignation of the BBC's director general …
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Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Housing director confirms administration ‘working on’ 50-year mortgage after Trump hint  —  Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte on Saturday said the Trump administration is “working on” a plan to introduce 50-year mortgage terms for home buyers.
Antonia Hitchens / New Yorker:
Laura Loomer's Endless Payback  —  The President's self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington.  What's behind her vetting crusades?  —  Laura Loomer has long believed that she is some sort of modern-day oracle.  For years, she would scream in public places …
 
 
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Sen. Dick Durbin / MSNBC:
Trump turned the military on U.S. cities. I will continue to hold him accountable.
E. J. Dionne Jr / New York Times:
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