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Christian Paz / Vox:
The Democrats got the shutdown they wanted, and no one is happy  —  The longest government shutdown in modern American history is about to end, after a handful of Democratic senators this weekend decided to provide Republicans enough votes to pass a short-term funding plan that would keep …
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Zeteo:
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
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Cue the rebellion  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🔥 Subscribe to PN 🔥  —  Silver linings may not seem easy to find after a group of eight Senate Democrats signed on to a plan to end the federal government shutdown without requiring Republicans to give up much of anything.
Discussion: Washington Post and Newsweek
Washington Examiner:
A welcome end to a pointless shutdown  —  Eight centrist Senate Democrats took the brave step of crossing their party's rabid base to cut a deal with Senate Republicans and end the federal government shutdown Sunday night.  If all goes smoothly, the House could vote on the new continuing resolution …
Politico:
Democrats want to extend Obamacare credits.  Republicans have other ideas. … But the fractured conversations among Republicans are promising to bog down negotiations as Obamacare beneficiaries begin to lock in their rates for the year ahead.  Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are starting …
Washington Post:   Democrats push for a ‘ruthlessly pragmatic’ approach to counter Trump
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate passes shutdown-ending deal
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
For Trump, Nothing Was Off Limits During the Shutdown
Discussion: NBC News, Semafor and Raw Story
Peter Rothpletz / Zeteo:   🤯 WTF MTG!?  —  Peter Rothpletz on Marjorie Taylor Greene's war on MAGA …
Axios:
Scoop: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
Discussion: The Nation and Raw Story
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Coming end of shutdown tees up health care test for Republicans
NBC News:
Senate passes bill to reopen the government as 8 Democrats join with Republicans to send it to the House
Jordain Carney / Politico:
How Senate Republicans won the last vote to end the shutdown
Discussion: al.com and Townhall
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Thune secures provision in government funding bill letting senators sue for phone records seizure
Chris Stein / The Guardian:
Angry Democrats call on Schumer to resign after eight vote to end shutdown
New York Times:
Here's the latest.  —  Eight Democrats joined Republicans to reach a deal that would end …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate passes bill to reopen government; House set to return to DC
Anna Commander / Newsweek:
Schumer Likely Won't Be Leader of Senate Democrats in 2027: David Axelrod
Discussion: The Hill, Fox News and New Republic
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Senate Passes Bill to Reopen Government Amid Democratic Rift
Discussion: Reason, Al Jazeera and WHYY
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Utah judge rejects GOP redistricting effort, approving new map with a Democratic-leaning seat  —  The new map includes a solidly Democratic seat in Salt Lake City.  —  A Utah judge late Monday night rejected new congressional district lines drawn by Republican state lawmakers …
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Politico:
Utah judge denies GOP-passed congressional map
Discussion: Pluribus News and Newsweek
NBC News:
Off-year election losses spark Republican concerns about redistricting
Discussion: Raw Story and Vox
Martha Harris / KUER:
Utah judge picks plaintiffs' congressional map over one favored by GOP lawmakers
Discussion: The Guardian
Mary Ellen Klas / Bloomberg:
Republicans Just Got a Wake-Up Call on Their Midterm Maps
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and Reuters
Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break  —  The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes …
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 and France 24
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Wonkette
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:   In Funding Bill, GOP Senators Give Themselves Chance For Payday Over Jan. 6 Searches
Justin Baragona / The Independent:
Bari Weiss wants to take down CBS News' Standards and Practices unit for having ‘too much power’: sources  —  EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.  —  in New York  —  Your support helps us to tell the story
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Vjosa Isai / New York Times:
Canada Lost Its Measles Elimination Status.  What Does It Mean for the U.S.?  —  The disease was once considered eliminated in Canada, but not any more — there have been more than 5,000 cases in the last 12 months as vaccination rates have fallen.  —  Canada has officially lost its status …
Financial Times:
Investor angst over Big Tech's AI spending spills into bond market  —  Debt issued by groups building data centres has been hit in recent weeks  —  Investors have been selling off the debt of US tech heavyweights, showing how jitters over Silicon Valley's boom in spending on artificial intelligence have spilled into the bond market.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Semafor and NewsMax.com
Chicago Tribune:
Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say  —  Federal immigration agents part of the Trump administration's “Operation Midway Blitz” may soon leave Chicago, according to multiple sources who said the controversial mission was rapidly winding …
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist  —  The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”  —  The fall of constantinople wiped the last living Roman civilization from the Earth.  The city's refugees fled west, helping spark the Renaissance; its legacy shaped the religious traditions …
New York Times:
'It Feels Like I'm in a Nightmare': Inside the First Deportation Flight to Iran  —  For decades, Iranians fleeing persecution have found protection in the United States.  But this fall, the Trump administration deported a planeload of people to Iran after making a deal with Tehran.
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 …
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Top House committee chairman reveals he won't seek re-election in 2026  —  House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington has served since 2017  —  FIRST ON FOX: House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, will not seek re-election in 2026.  —  The senior Republican lawmaker …
Politico:
Trump has promised peace for Gaza.  Private documents paint a grim picture. … The presentation surfaces a particular concern about whether a so-called International Stabilization Force — a multinational security initiative meant to keep the peace in Gaza — can really be deployed.
Discussion: israelhayom.com
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 …
Sam Sutton / Politico:
The flip side of America's price crunch: Paltry paychecks … “We're clearly going through a soft patch now,” said Gary Schlossberg, an economist and global strategist for the Wells Fargo Investment Institute.  “Households are going to be feeling some pain.
Discussion: Fortune
 
 
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Pardon the Corruption  —  Will the Supreme Court take aim at legal gay marriage in America?
James Pollard / Associated Press:
Everyday volunteers are providing stopgap services during the shutdown in a show of community power
Wall Street Journal:
China Hatches Plan to Keep U.S. Military From Getting Its Rare-Earth Magnets
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Bloomberg
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Young Voters Are the Holy Grail. Zohran Mamdani Just Showed Democrats How to Win Them.
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