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7:55 PM ET, November 9, 2025

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Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown  —  GOP senators propose sending money directly to consumers' health accounts rather than to insurance companies  —  WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans have made what amounts to a counteroffer in a bid to end the government shutdown …
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Axios:
Deal to end government shutdown in reach  —  Senate Democrats on Sunday indicated they are ready to advance a package of bills that could end the government shutdown, multiple sources told Axios. … - At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a procedural motion to advance …
Axios:
Deal to end government shutdown in reach  —  A handful of Senate Democrats on Sunday indicated they are ready to advance a package of bills that could end the government shutdown, multiple sources told Axios. … - At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a procedural motion …
Politico:
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown … The Senate is poised to vote later Sunday night to advance the House-passed stopgap, which will later become the vehicle for the larger funding deal.  —  That vote would tee up consideration later this week of a legislative package that would fund …
CNN:
Senators near deal to reopen government as key Democrats signal willingness to back plan  —  Several Senate Democrats are signaling a willingness to vote to reopen the government if they secure some final key concessions from the White House, a sign that a major breakthrough could be within reach amid …
Associated Press:
Senate leader eyes potential shutdown deal but there's no guarantee of success
Politico:
Senate rolls out $153B for veterans, military construction in bid to break shutdown impasse
Discussion: Semafor
Politico:
Senate hopes for shutdown breakthrough Sunday
Discussion: MSNBC, NewsNation and GovExec.com
NOTUS:   Enough Senate Democrats Appear Ready to Join Bipartisan Shutdown Deal
Isabella Murray / ABC News:
Schiff says Republicans may ‘cheat’ on any shutdown compromise
Discussion: Grabien
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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Tony Romm / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps  —  Where Things Stand  — Food stamps: The Trump administration told states on Saturday to “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.
Discussion: BBC, Al Jazeera, UPI and Reuters
Associated Press:
Trump administration demands states ‘undo’ full SNAP payouts as states warn of ‘catastrophic impact’  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  President Donald Trump's administration is demanding states “undo” …
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Alyssa Lukpat / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Suggests $2,000 Payouts to Americans as He Defends Tariffs  —  President praises benefits of the levies after Supreme Court appears skeptical of his justification for many of them  —  President Trump suggested tariff revenue could be used to fund payments of at least $2,000 to most Americans.
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David Cohen / Politico:
Trump says tariffs to yield dividends ‘of at least $2,000 a person’
BBC:
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit  —  Summary  — BBC director general Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness have resigned over a documentary about Donald Trump  — The Telegraph had published details …
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Top BBC bosses resign after criticism of the broadcaster's editing of a Trump speech
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 …
Thomas Adamson / Associated Press:
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo  —  The image showing him in a fedora and three-piece suit sparked heated online speculation that he was a detective involved in the investigation into the audacious robbery of the priceless items.
Discussion: Metro.co.uk and New York Post
Aphyr:
I Want You to Understand Chicago  —  I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.  —  Every day my phone buzzes.  It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore.  A friend a mile away sends a Slack message …
CNN:
Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media  —  Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president's opponents seizing on the footage …
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Mamdani Isn't the Future of the Democrats.  This Guy Is.  —  This essay is the fourth installment in a series on the thinkers, upstarts and ideologues battling for control of the Democratic Party.  —  A cardboard cutout of a presidential candidate could win California on the Democratic line and another 15 deep blue states.
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Caitlin Dickerson / The Atlantic:
Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees  —  Amid the president's fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.  —  One morning in march, as ICE was building momentum in carrying out President Donald Trump's mass-deportation campaign …
Marli Collier / Airlines For America:
Latest Data Shows Huge Impact of the Government Shutdown on Airlines and Our Customers  —  The latest data on the impact of the government shutdown on airlines and our customers:  — Yesterday (Nov. 8), according to analysis of FAA data, staffing contributed to 71% of total NAS delay minutes.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Fox Business
Tyler Kingkade / NBC News:
One photo, a deluge of threats: Inside the Arizona high school turned upside down by right-wing activists  —  A group of math teachers — some of whom were fans of Charlie Kirk — had their lives turned upside down this week over false accusations about a Halloween photo.
Al Jazeera:
Republicans push to strip Zohran Mamdani of US citizenship.  Is it possible?  —  GOP seeks to revoke NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani's citizenship; experts say they must prove false claims in his application.  —  After Zohran Mamdani handily won the New York City mayoral election …
A.R. Moxon / The Reframe:
The Extraordinary Power of Standing For Something  —  So Zohran Mamdani won the election to be the next mayor of New York City.  This made a lot of people in New York City very happy, and it made a lot of people outside of New York City happy, too.  It also made a lot of people inside …
Washington Post:
German far-right activist seeks asylum in U.S. as Trump ties deepen  —  Social media influencer Naomi Seibt, a supporter of the nationalist AfD party, said she is being persecuted in Germany for her political views.  —  Just now  —  BERLIN — A prominent far-right German activist has applied …
Discussion: Newsbusters and Semafor
 
 
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Casey He / Chicago Sun Times:
Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: 'It's heartbreaking as a mom'
Matt Tavares / The Hill:
We have the technology to find the children Moscow stole — Congress must now act
Jessica Winter / New Yorker:
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?  —  Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard.
Discussion: The Guardian
Axios:
DOJ's No. 2 frames legal fight as “war” on judges, state bars
Discussion: The Daily Caller
David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Trump nominates special envoy to Belarus, wants more prisoners freed
Discussion: Bloomberg
Anna Young / New York Post:
Jimmy Kimmel's wife cut ties with Trump-voting family: 'I'm angry all the time. I wish I could deprogram myself'
 Earlier Items: 
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Israeli Academics Find Themselves Isolated Despite Gaza Cease-Fire
Discussion: Just Security and Al Jazeera
Nicholas Kerr / ABC News:
Bessent says no formal White House health care proposal as shutdown drags on
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
How an Adam Schiff indictment could shake the Senate
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