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HuffPost:
Why Democrats Finally Caved In The Government Shutdown Fight  —  Donald Trump was willing to make millions of people suffer.  Democrats didn't have the stomach for it.  —  WASHINGTON — In the end, some Democrats just didn't have the stomach for a drawn-out fight with Donald Trump.
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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.
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 …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Last night, the Senate advanced a measure to end the government shutdown, which at 41 days today is the longest in U.S. history.  —  Seven Democrats and one Independent voted with all but one Republican to advance a measure that funds the government through January 30 of next year.
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 …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Washington Post:
Democrats push for a ‘ruthlessly pragmatic’ approach to counter Trump
Discussion: Sanity Clause
NBC News:
Senate passes bill to reopen the government as 8 Democrats join with Republicans to send it to the House
New Republic:
Trump's Rage at Shutdown Boils Over in Rant That Should Wake Up Dems
Peter Rothpletz / Zeteo:   🤯 WTF MTG!?  —  🪖 On this day in 1918, the Allied powers and Germany signed …
HuffPost:
Moderates Have Something To Prove After Shutdown Fold
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ and Raw Story
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Coming end of shutdown tees up health care test for Republicans
Mary Ellen Klas / Bloomberg:
Republicans Just Got a Wake-Up Call on Their Midterm Maps
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and Reuters
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate passes shutdown-ending deal
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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NBC News:
Off-year election losses spark Republican concerns about redistricting
Discussion: Fox News, Raw Story and Vox
Politico:
Utah judge denies GOP-passed congressional map
Discussion: Pluribus News and Newsweek
Hannah Schoenbaum / Associated Press:
Judge adopts Utah congressional map creating a Democratic-leaning district for 2026
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 …
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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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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Defense lawyers seek Bill Essayli's ouster, again … Seabright, a Hawaii-based George W. Bush appointee assigned due to conflict-of-interest issues raised by having judges in the same California district resolve the dispute, concluded that the reappointment maneuver was unlawful.
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, NewsMax.com and Semafor
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: HotAir and israelhayom.com
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.
Discussion: The Times of Israel
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 …
CNN:
Exclusive: ‘She was the best man for the job’: Hegseth's policies are pushing qualified women out of the military  —  Everything was set for the Navy officer to take over a new role that would have capped an already distinguished career— and made her the first woman in a Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs.
Discussion: New Republic, Raw Story and Roll Call
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & 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 …
Sierra Van Der Brug / Orange County Register:
ICE agent points firearm at woman in car filming in Santa Ana, prompting police response  —  An ICE agent pointed a weapon at a woman in Santa Ana who the agent said followed and recorded him on Sunday, Nov. 9, Fullerton police said.  —  Fullerton police released a statement clarifying …
Discussion: FOX 11 Los Angeles
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Fox News
Michael Stratford / Politico:
Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal … The move would leave the CFPB without money to operate starting next year, even to carry out its required activities, unless Congress passes fresh funding for the agency.  That is unlikely, given widespread Republican opposition to the CFPB.
Discussion: Reuters
 
 
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Reuters:
Trump downplays economic woes as partisan spin, saying, ‘Costs are way down’
Discussion: New York Post, Mediaite and Semafor
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Pardon the Corruption  —  Will the Supreme Court take aim at legal gay marriage in America?
Discussion: MSNBC
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
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
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Michael Nienaber / Bloomberg:
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