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Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet  —  After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway - as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of ‘p*ssies.’
Discussion: Jill Filipovic and WTOP News
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Axios:
Scoop: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown  —  As Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer publicly battled Republicans over the government shutdown, he was privately cajoling a group of moderates not to fold before November. … In reality, it could have been much shorter.
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate passes shutdown-ending deal … But Senate passage puts the federal funding lapse on track to be over by the end of the week.  Trump is expected to lean on any potential House GOP holdouts, and a cadre of moderate House Democrats could support the plan in a break with party leaders …
NBC News:
Senate passes bill to reopen the government as 8 Democrats join with Republicans to send it to the House  —  The legislation would keep the government funded through Jan. 30, without extending ACA funds slated to expire.  It now goes to the House, which could vote as early as Wednesday.
New York Times:
Here's the latest.  —  Eight Democrats joined Republicans to reach a deal that would end the longest government shutdown in history.  The measure still needs to be approved by both houses of Congress and signed by President Trump.  —  Here's the latest.  —  The Senate took …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate passes bill to reopen government; House set to return to DC  —  The Senate voted Monday evening to end the 41-day government shutdown, setting the stage for the House to reconvene later this week to pick up the legislation and send it to President Trump's desk.
Discussion: NewsNation, WBUR and The Maine Wire
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
For Trump, Nothing Was Off Limits During the Shutdown  —  President Trump pressured Democrats by taking punishing actions no previous administration ever took during a shutdown.  —  The government shutdown is already the longest in American history.  But it's also perhaps the most punishing …
Politico:
House to return to laundry list of controversies after 7-week hiatus
Discussion: Washington Examiner and MSNBC
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democrats Are So Angry, One Senator Faces Blowback From Her Daughter
Politico:
‘Schumer is no longer effective’: Dems outraged over shutdown deal
Chris Stein / The Guardian:
Angry Democrats call on Schumer to resign after eight vote to end shutdown
Anna Commander / Newsweek:   Schumer Likely Won't Be Leader of Senate Democrats in 2027: David Axelrod
NBC News:
Democrats rebel after 8 senators cut a deal to end the shutdown without ACA funds
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Sanders on shutdown vote: ‘A very bad night’
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Why These Vichy Dems and Their Spineless Boss Need to Go Now
Discussion: Raw Story
Punchbowl News:   Jeffries says Democrats may file ACA discharge petition
Miranda Yaver / MSNBC:
Trump's new plan for Obamacare leaves Americans to fend for themselves
Discussion: Raw Story and NPR
Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
These 8 senators broke with Democrats on the government shutdown deal. Here's how they explain it
Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue for Jack Smith Searches  —  Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government.
Discussion: ABC News
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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.
Mychael Schnell / MSNBC:
Senate passes a government funding bill as shutdown nears its likely end  —  While the bill to reopen government still has to pass the House — and still needs President Donald Trump's signature — the Senate was the tallest hurdle.  —  After 41 days of unpaid federal workers …
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:   Thune secures provision in government funding bill letting senators sue for phone records seizure
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally  —  Robert Harshbarger Jr. pleaded guilty in 2013 to health care fraud and distributing a misbranded drug.  His wife, Diana Harshbarger, is a member of Congress.  —  President Trump quietly pardoned the husband …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Trump's 2020 alternate-elector pardons seek to derail remaining criminal cases
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Trump Pardon Lets Convicted Child Sex Predator Walk Free
Discussion: New Republic and LGBTQ Nation
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Vic Verbalaitis / The Daily Beast:
Serial Felon Freed by Trump Back Behind Bars
Discussion: New York Daily News
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Gregory Bovino and Border Patrol agents plan to leave Chicago area, sources say  —  The Trump administration has made plans for U.S. Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his agents to soon leave the Chicago area, three U.S. officials told CBS News Monday, after taking a leading role …
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump asks Supreme Court to toss E. Jean Carroll sex abuse verdict  —  President Trump asked the Supreme Court on Monday to toss a jury's verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s, according to the president's personal legal team.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Toss E. Jean Carroll Judgment
MSNBC:
U.S. Attorney investigating alleged grand ‘conspiracy’ calls unit-wide meeting after two prosecutors resign  —  Career prosecutors on “pins and needles” after flurry of subpoenas approved.  —  The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting on Monday afternoon …
Politico:
‘Sold POTUS a bill of goods’: WH furious with Pulte over 50-year mortgage … Roughly 10 minutes later, Trump posted the image to Truth Social, according to one of the people familiar, who was with the president at the time.  —  Almost immediately, aides were fielding angry phone calls …
Emily Peck / Axios:
Trump says “we can reform” SNAP  —  President Trump criticized the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP in an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham Monday night. … - “That's what the purpose of it [is]. … - The president said funding for the program has increased significantly …
Daily Californian:
4 UC Berkeley students arrested on felony vandalism charges for anti-TPUSA art installation  —  Update 11/10/2025: This article has been updated to include the number of students arrested and the details of their arrest.  —  UCPD arrested four students early Monday morning for felony vandalism …
 
 
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