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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 …
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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.
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown … Most, but not all, previously held state-level office — including four former governors. Most, but not all, come from presidential swing states. Two have announced they are retiring from the Senate after their current terms end …
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Six Takeaways From the Senate Deal to End the Shutdown — For 40 days, Senator Chuck Schumer kept his caucus unified. But an end approached without Democrats achieving an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies. — After more than a month of stalemate, the Senate on Sunday took …
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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 …
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Trump made a huge blunder on the shutdown. So why did Democrats cave anyway? — I've never really been on the same page as Congressional Democrats when it comes to shutting down the government. In the spring, I thought they should pick a fight over Elon Musk and DOGE-related cuts, but they didn't.
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Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Furious Dem Civil War Immediately Erupts Over Bombshell Shutdown Deal
Furious Dem Civil War Immediately Erupts Over Bombshell Shutdown Deal
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Rick Wilson / Rick Wilson's Against All Enemies:
Schumer and the Hateful Eight Betray America
Schumer and the Hateful Eight Betray America
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Johnson signals House GOP support for Senate's plan to end shutdown
Johnson signals House GOP support for Senate's plan to end shutdown
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate advances plan to end historic shutdown in bipartisan breakthrough
Senate advances plan to end historic shutdown in bipartisan breakthrough
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emptywheel:
Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early
Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
‘Complete betrayal’: 2026 Democrats slam shutdown deal
‘Complete betrayal’: 2026 Democrats slam shutdown deal
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Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
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Associated Press:
Speaker Johnson says House will return to Washington for voting on shutdown deal
Speaker Johnson says House will return to Washington for voting on shutdown deal
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Enjoli Liston / New York Times:
8 Senators Break Ranks With Democrats and Advance G.O.P. Plan to End Shutdown
8 Senators Break Ranks With Democrats and Advance G.O.P. Plan to End Shutdown
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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 …
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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
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John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent
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Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage
Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage
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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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Scott MacFarlane / CBS News:
Ghislaine Maxwell plans to ask Trump to commute prison sentence, House Democrats say
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Beatrice Peterson / ABC News:
Ghislaine Maxwell's alleged prison perks spark Raskin probe into Trump administration
Ghislaine Maxwell's alleged prison perks spark Raskin probe into Trump administration
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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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April Rubin / Axios:
Trump threatens to cut air traffic controllers' pay
Trump threatens to cut air traffic controllers' pay
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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 …
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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 — 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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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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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 …
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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” …
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”
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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 …
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Antonia Hitchens / New Yorker:
Laura Loomer's Endless Payback — The President's self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington. What's behind her vetting crusades? — Laura Loomer has long believed that she is some sort of modern-day oracle. For years, she would scream in public places …
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians — IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy — Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints …
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