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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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democrats Are So Angry, One Senator Faces Blowback From Her Daughter  —  Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire voted to move to end the shutdown.  But her daughter Stefany Shaheen, a congressional candidate in their state, sharply criticized the deal.  —  It's not great when your defiant kid says you are wrong.
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 …
Associated Press:
Speaker Johnson says House will return to Washington for voting on shutdown deal
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Six Takeaways From the Senate Deal to End the Shutdown
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown
The Hill:
Live updates: Senate set to begin series of votes on deal to end shutdown
Discussion: Axios, CBS News and Washington Times
Katie Tarrant / Washington Post:
The health care battle fueling the shutdown roils North Carolina politics
Lauren Green / Washington Examiner:
Johnson to swear in Grijalva after nearly 50 days
Discussion: MSNBC, NewsNation and Scripps News
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
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 …
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
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.
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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
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” …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump pardons top allies who aided bid to subvert the 2020 election … Giuliani, Eastman and Powell were among those identified by former special counsel Jack Smith as Trump's co-conspirators, though he never brought charges against them.  The pardons would preclude any future administration …
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New York Times:
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
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
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches  —  Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers' phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack.  Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.
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U.S. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman …:
REP. WATSON COLEMAN WILL NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION  —  “TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS REQUIRED”  —  Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) today announced that she will retire when her present term expires at the end of the 119th Congress.  She will not seek re-election to a new term …
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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”
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Hear Major Challenge to Mail-In Ballot Laws  —  The justices agreed to hear a challenge to Mississippi's law, a case that could upend similar measures in dozens of states before the 2026 election.  —  The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would hear a challenge …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court to weigh imposing new limits on mail-in ballots in a major election case
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 …
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 …
 
 
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Fox News:
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E. J. Dionne Jr / New York Times:
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