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8:45 AM ET, November 9, 2025

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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Schumer offers plan to end shutdown on Senate floor  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) offered a plan Friday to end the government shutdown, headlined by a one-year extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits and a short-term spending bill.
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Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave?
Discussion: Reuters, Raw Story and Newsbusters
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Where Democrats Will Duel Next for the Party's Future … The victories this past week of a democratic socialist in the New York mayor's race and two moderate Democrats in the governors' races in Virginia and New Jersey represented only the beginning of the battle over the future of the Democratic Party.
Discussion: The Guardian and BBC
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John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Americans See a Government That Can't Solve Their Problems  —  Decisive Democratic wins just a year after Trump's GOP sweep signal voters are impatient for change  —  U.S. elections are sending a consistent message: Americans are deeply frustrated with their government's inability to solve problems.
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:   Josh Shapiro Knows What the Democrats Need
Mark Hemingway / The Federalist:
Trump Is Not To Blame For Democrats Electing Violent Extremists
Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
Trump Throws Decadent Opera and Truffles Rager at Mar-a-Lago  —  OH SNAP!  —  The president's ragers show no sign of slowing down even amid the government shutdown.  —  Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for a lavish party at Mar-a-Lago on Friday—swapping a government shutdown for opera and truffled gratin dauphinois.
Discussion: HuffPost and The Independent
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Erin Keller / The Independent:   Newsom uses AI picture of Trump as Marie Antoinette to blast his Mar-a-Lago trip
Politico:
US airlines cancel more than 1,000 flights for a second straight day largely due to shutdown … Analysts warn that the upheaval will intensify and spread far beyond air travel if cancellations keep growing and reach into Thanksgiving week.  —  Already there are concerns about the squeeze on tourism destinations and holiday shipping.
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Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Airport Disruptions May Get Worse This Week  —  The fact that planes are generally less full in early November helped airlines limit the impact.  That will change as Thanksgiving nears.  —  The disruptions from federal restrictions on flying at the nation's busiest airports were challenging, but relatively contained this weekend.
Adam Schefter / ESPN:
Sources: Trump wants Commanders' new D.C. stadium named for him  —  President Donald Trump wants the Washington Commanders to name their planned $3.7 billion stadium after him, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told ESPN.  —  A senior White House source said there have been …
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Adam Wren / Politico:   The filibuster is the new MAGA litmus test
New York Times:
Trump Loyalists Push ‘Grand Conspiracy’ as New Subpoenas Land  —  The Justice Department moved an inquiry that appeared initially focused on John O. Brennan to South Florida and is beginning to recruit line prosecutors.  —  Far-right influencers have been hinting in recent weeks …
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David Strom / HotAir:
How Immigration Propaganda Works
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Joseph D. Bryant / al.com:
Alabama Democrat hints at 2026 rematch with Tommy Tuberville: ‘Stay tuned’  —  Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones appears to be headed for another political showdown against current Sen. Tommy Tuberville, this time for the governor's office.  —  Jones, a Democrat, served in the Senate from 2018 …
Discussion: Associated Press
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump administration asks to immediately block SNAP distribution order  —  The Trump administration asked an appeals court Friday to immediately block an order that requires full November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to be paid to states by Friday.
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to pause order requiring full SNAP payments
David Marchese / New York Times:
Fox News Wanted Greg Gutfeld to Do This Interview.  He Wasn't So Sure.  —  Why can't conservatives break through on late-night TV?  For years, that was an open cultural question.  The left, of course, had “The Daily Show” and “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver,” among others.
Steve Baker / Blaze Media:
Former Capitol Police officer a forensic match for Jan. 6 pipe bomber, sources say  —  A forensic analysis of a female former U.S. Capitol Police officer's gait is a 94%-98% match to the unique stride of the long-sought Jan. 6 pipe-bomb suspect, according to a Blaze News investigation confirmed by several intelligence sources.
Peter Coviello / Literary Hub:
Maybe Don't Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani  —  THE FORMER CHAIR OF AFRICANA STUDIES AT BOWDOIN COLLEGE  —  It's remarkable, the people you'll hear from.  Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite” …
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Tax Cuts Are Exposing Companies to Biden's Tax Hike  —  Democrats' older alternative minimum tax claws back billions of dollars in savings from newer GOP law  —  WASHINGTON—Large companies are running into a problem as they try to claim some of the tax cuts that the Republican Congress passed …
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Faith-forward Texas Senate candidate follows porn actors, escorts on Instagram  —  James Talarico, a Texas Democrat running for U.S. Senate who has put his faith at the forefront of his campaign, follows several adult film performers, escorts and OnlyFans models on Instagram, according to an Axios review.
Discussion: New York Post and IJR
Wall Street Journal:
Infighting at DHS Is Complicating Trump's Deportation Push  —  Border Patrol veterans have replaced ICE leaders in field offices across the country in recent weeks  —  WASHINGTON—Pressure from the White House to speed up the pace of deportations has spawned infighting at the Department …
Caroline Kitchener / New York Times:
The MAHA-Fueled Rise of Natural Family Planning … Samantha Kopy logged onto a video call at 8 p.m. on a Tuesday to teach the secret language of the menstrual cycle.  —  “We don't have a crystal ball.  We can't know exactly when we are going to ovulate,” Mrs. Kopy said to the young, Christian couples on her computer screen.
 
 
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Dan Barry / New York Times:
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David Marcus / Fox News:
Nancy Pelosi's legacy is the socialist takeover of her party
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Sean Fischer / The Free Press:
Peter Thiel: Capitalism Isn't Working for Young People
Discussion: Fortune and HotAir
Adam Kredo / The Washington Free Beacon:
Cotton Presses DOJ to Investigate Code Pink's Terror, CCP Ties
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Jeff Coltin / Politico:
Hochul hails Mamdani's rise — then questions his biggest ideas
Discussion: Axios, Fox News and New York Post
Aaron Blake / CNN:
The anti-Trump vote appears as strong as ever
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Zohran Mamdani drops the mask
Discussion: Fox News and Instapundit
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Former Jan. 6 defendant arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges
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Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
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