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5:35 AM ET, November 9, 2025

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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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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.
Discussion: The Hill and israelhayom.com
Adam Wren / Politico:   The filibuster is the new MAGA litmus test
Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:
Democrats swept elections far beyond the big races in referendum on Trump
Discussion: Deseret News
Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
Senate Republicans embrace Trump's call - from his Florida golf course - to replace Obamacare  —  Amid a historic government shutdown, some senators on Capitol Hill are working this weekend on an unpopular bill  —  US senators are working through the weekend for the first time since …
Discussion: Axios, CNBC, Raw Story and Newsweek
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Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave?  —  How the Senate Democratic leader and his Gang of Eight keep trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.  —  Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands …
Discussion: CNBC, Newsbusters and Raw Story
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.
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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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
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 …
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” …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Former Jan. 6 defendant arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges  —  The Utah man was previously charged with firing a gun outside the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.  —  A Donald Trump supporter who fired off a gun during the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested …
Erin Keller / The Independent:
Newsom uses AI picture of Trump as Marie Antoinette to blast his Mar-a-Lago trip  —  Trump's weekend Mar-a-Lago trip marks his 13th visit this term  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.
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.
Discussion: Israpundit and Ace of Spades HQ
Jeff Coltin / Politico:
Hochul hails Mamdani's rise — then questions his biggest ideas … The moderate Democrat has always made clear she has political disagreements with Mamdani, even as she endorsed him over her old boss, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.  Now that Mamdani's officially the mayor-elect, her remarks have taken on extra weight.
Discussion: Axios, Fox News and New York Times
Chicago Tribune:
DHS reports shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol  —  Chicago Tribune and CAROLINE KUBZANSKY |  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said someone fired at federal agents Saturday morning in the Little Village neighborhood …
 
 
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Aaron Blake / CNN:
The anti-Trump vote appears as strong as ever
Washington Post:
Zohran Mamdani drops the mask
Discussion: Fox News
Nicolas Niarchos / New Yorker:
Rebels Post Videos of Mass Killings in Darfur as the World Watches
Discussion: Semafor
Mira Fox / The Forward:
Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Don Moynihan on “Purge, Merge, and Surge”
María Luisa Paúl / Washington Post:
Venezuelans begin fleeing U.S. as protections end and threat of war looms
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun Times:
Indian IDOT employee questioned about immigration status, if he was ‘aware’ of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
New York Times:
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 245. 11/7/25
Discussion: HuffPost
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Mafia Presidency  —  Trump is saying, essentially, If you don't want to get hurt, you'll do what I say.
 

 
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