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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 …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Quick Take on Team Cave's Big Win  —  I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the deal Senate Democrats' Team Cave made with the Republican Senate caucus tonight.  This is an embarrassing deal, a deal to basically settle for nothing.  It's particularly galling since …
Discussion: FIRST DRAFT and American Prospect
Dave Karpf / The Future, Now and Then:
The Shutdown Surrender  —  It makes perfect sense to me that the Senate Democrats caved last night and voted to end the government shutdown with only the vaguest of promises from Senate Republicans: I am a lifelong Washington Wizards fan.  I am accustomed to watching my team throw away a lead.
Politico:
‘Schumer is no longer effective’: Dems outraged over shutdown deal … After 40 days of stalemate, eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus voted to advance the bill Sunday night, though notably none of the eight are up for reelection in 2026.  But it's Schumer — who voted no Sunday …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
“It's complete BS”: Dems go ballistic over Senate shutdown deal  —  Democratic lawmakers and liberal grassroots groups erupted Sunday night as moderate Senate Democrats moved to cut a deal with Republicans that would put an end to the government shutdown.
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
What Were Democrats Thinking?  —  Back in September, when I was reporting an article on whether Democrats should shut down the government, I kept hearing the same warning from veterans of past shutdown fights: The president controls the bully pulpit.  He controls, to some degree …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Sanders on shutdown vote: ‘A very bad night’  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized Senate Democrats for striking a deal to begin the process of reopening the government, warning of the consequences of not extending health care subsidies.  —  “Tonight was a very bad night,” Sanders …
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Six Takeaways From the Senate Deal to End the Shutdown
Associated Press:
Speaker Johnson says House will return to Washington for voting on shutdown deal
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
‘Complete betrayal’: 2026 Democrats slam shutdown deal
Katie Tarrant / Washington Post:
The health care battle fueling the shutdown roils North Carolina politics
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects long-shot effort to overturn same-sex marriage ruling  —  The court turned away an appeal filed by Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who was sued after refusing to issue a marriage license to a gay couple.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away …
Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage
Discussion: NOTUS and The Daily Signal
John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent
Wall Street Journal:
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves  —  Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of tariffs it has levied  —  / Photography by Alessio Paduano for WSJ  —  CAMPOBASSO, Italy—Your favorite Italian-origin fusilli …
Discussion: Raw Story, ABC News and New York Post
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
Washington Post:
Trump administration wants Supreme Court to intervene in SNAP fight again  —  The battle over funding for the nation's largest anti-hunger program has left millions wondering how they will afford food.  —  The Trump administration on Monday said it still wants the Supreme Court …
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Associated Press:
States face uncertainty as Trump administration tries to reverse SNAP food payments
Mimi Montgomery / Axios:
D.C. plastic surgeons see surge in “Mar‑a‑Lago face” requests from Trump insiders  —  Since January, D.C. plastic surgeons have seen a wave of Trump insiders asking for overt procedures in line with the “Mar-a-Lago face” look. … - As with the $100 million “Arc de Trump” …
Ken Dilanian / MSNBC:
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’  —  In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell's treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”  —  Ghislaine Maxwell …
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Beatrice Peterson / ABC News:
Ghislaine Maxwell's alleged prison perks spark Raskin probe into Trump administration
New York Times:
Felon Freed by Trump Is Set to Be Sentenced Again in Brooklyn  —  A judge found that Jonathan Braun had violated the rules of his release by sexually assaulting a nanny, swinging an IV pole at a nurse and dodging tolls in his Lamborghini and Ferrari.  —  In the final hours of President Trump's …
Sam Ogozalek / Politico:
‘REPORT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY’: Trump threatens to replace absent air traffic controllers with ‘true Patriots’ … “We have controllers who, again, are making decisions to feed their families as opposed to come to towers or [Terminal Radar Approach Control] or centers and do their jobs,” Duffy said Sunday on CNN.
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 …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump pardons top allies who aided bid to subvert the 2020 election
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court to weigh imposing new limits on mail-in ballots in a major election case  —  The Republican National Committee is among those challenging a law in Mississippi, similar to those in many other states, that allow mail-in ballots to be counted after Election Day.
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Madison Fernandez / Politico:
Watson Coleman to retire from Congress  —  Longtime Democratic Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman announced Monday that she is not running for reelection next year and will retire at the end of her term, saying that it is “time to pass the torch.”  The 80-year-old has served New Jersey's 12th District since 2015 …
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Martyn Ziegler / Reuters:
Transgender women to be banned from all female Olympic events  —  IOC likely to announce new policy early in new year after findings of a scientific review about the permanent physical advantages of being born male  —  The International Olympic Committee is set to announce a ban …
Media Matters for America:
On The Gateway Pundit podcast, Stewart Rhodes announces he is relaunching the Oath Keepers  —  Rhodes: Trump should “call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing”
Colin Boyle / Block Club Chicago:
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op  —  MILLENNIUM PARK — Dozens of Border Patrol agents gathered at the Bean early Monday for a photo op, with chief Gregory Bovino and a few guard dogs at the front.  —  It appeared to be a photo shoot for the latest photo op from the agency …
 
 
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Fox News:
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Housing official Bill Pulte fired ethics workers who were looking into his ally
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E. J. Dionne Jr / New York Times:
Now We Know Trump's Kryptonite  —  Perhaps it took the second coming of Donald Trump for empathy …
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