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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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Max Rego / The Hill:
House Republican: 'We're going to get killed' in midterms
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Washington Examiner, ABC News and Fox Business
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Senate to remain in session until shutdown deal is struck, Thune says
Senate to remain in session until shutdown deal is struck, Thune says
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Government shutdown live updates as Senate set to hold rare Sunday session aimed at ending impasse
Government shutdown live updates as Senate set to hold rare Sunday session aimed at ending impasse
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Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
Senate Republicans embrace Trump's call - from his Florida golf course - to replace Obamacare
Senate Republicans embrace Trump's call - from his Florida golf course - to replace Obamacare
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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.
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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.
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The Guardian
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Trump's shutdown contradictions — President Trump blames Democrats, the shutdown and media bias for his party's shellacking last Tuesday. … - It's hard to argue Democrats are to blame for the shutdown when your party controls all of Congress. — It's hard to argue prices are coming …
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Newsweek, The Hill and Washington Times
Mark Hemingway / The Federalist:
Trump Is Not To Blame For Democrats Electing Violent Extremists
Trump Is Not To Blame For Democrats Electing Violent Extremists
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The Washington Free Beacon
Tony Romm / New York Times:
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps — In late-night guidance, the Agriculture Department also threatened financial penalties against states. — The Trump administration told states that they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits …
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New York Times:
A Timeline of the Legal Saga Surrounding SNAP Payments
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump administration asks to immediately block SNAP distribution order
Trump administration asks to immediately block SNAP distribution order
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to pause order requiring full SNAP payments
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to pause order requiring full SNAP payments
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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.
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Sohrab Ahmari / UnHerd:
Why Nikki Haley's son went radical His generation inherited insecurity — It's a delicate moment for Indian-Americans. They're more visible than ever in US politics, including in the second Trump administration, which features such bold-face names as Usha Vance, Jay Bhattacharya …
Department of Homeland Security:
DHS Sets the Record Straight on Misleading Video, Leaving Out Key Facts Including that the Woman Arrested Repeatedly Stabbed Her Coworker with Scissors — Emergency Medical Personnel on the scene found no legitimate medical episode — WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security …
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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
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.
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Mark L. Wolf / The Atlantic:
Why I Am Resigning — A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench. — In 1985, president ronald reagan appointed me as a federal judge. I was 38 years old. At the time, I looked forward to serving for the rest of my life. However, I resigned Friday …
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 …
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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 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.
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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.
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New York Post:
Nancy Pelosi made $130M in stock profits during Congress career — a return of 16,930% — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband made at least $130 million in stock profits over the course of the California Democrat's 37 years in Congress — a staggering return of 16,930%.
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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 …
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Dan Barry / New York Times:
A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up ‘Trump’ … Nearly a century ago, the United States paused its 1920s roar to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the country's birth. There were speeches, a Philadelphia flop of a World's Fair, more speeches and a commemorative coin mostly remembered now as a numismatic misfire.

