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Politico:
Obamacare could collapse under Trump's new plan, policy experts say … If younger, healthier consumers choose such so-called junk health plans — with lower costs and less robust coverage — or don't use the money for health insurance, it could throw off the balance of risk and prompt insurers …
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Politico:
How Chuck Schumer plans to weather the storm
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:   A nation of heroes, a Senate of cowards
Annie Karni / New York Times:   What if Democrats' Big Shutdown Loss Turns Out to Be a Win?
Washington Post:
Democrats lose shutdown battle — as Trump, Republicans risk losing war
Wall Street Journal:
Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats  —  FHFA's acting inspector general handed probe report to U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James  —  Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing …
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Politico:
The fault lines facing both parties  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine, Ali Bianco and Rachel Umansky-Castro  —  Good Wednesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, still peering out of the study window at 6 a.m. in the hope of seeing the northern lights here in D.C. If you missed it too …
Discussion: CBS News
Punchbowl News:
11/12/25 ☀️ AM: … We want to welcome back members of the House of Representatives to Capitol Hill.  Remember — the big white building with the giant dome is the Capitol.  That's where the House floor is.  We know, it's been a while.  —  By midnight tonight …
Maya King / New York Times:
Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy Heir, to Seek Nadler's N.Y. Congressional Seat  —  Mr. Schlossberg, the son of Caroline Kennedy, said the Democratic Party needed someone who could stand up to President Trump and his allies.  —  Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F. Kennedy …
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Damning Video Shows DHS Agents Pepper-Spray a Baby … President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement crackdown has hit a disgusting new low, after federal agents reportedly pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Chicago and then lied about it.  —  Rafael Veraza, 25, claimed at a press conference Sunday …
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
DHS takes credit for crime being down in Chicago.  Data shows that was happening before they arrived.  —  Immigration officials on Tuesday said a drop in crime numbers was thanks to their work.  Police data show the decrease was taking place before federal agents arrived in the city.
Chicago Sun Times:
U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents to soon leave Chicago but could be back four-fold in March
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court extends temporary pause on $4 billion in SNAP payments for November  —  A deal in Congress to end the government shutdown includes full SNAP funding through September and could mean the Supreme Court does not have to issue a ruling later.  —  WASHINGTON — With a potential end …
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Supreme Court extends pause on order requiring full SNAP payments
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Wall Street Journal:
Kash Patel's ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director  —  In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation and squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet  —  On Halloween morning, FBI Director Kash Patel had a big announcement to make …
Discussion: Raw Story and MSNBC
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Utah's Cox supports effort to appeal court ruling on redistricting … “The Utah Constitution clearly states that it is the responsibility of the Legislature to divide the state into congressional districts,” Cox wrote.  “While I respect the Court's role in our system, no judge …
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Spencer Ackerman / FOREVER WARS:
ICE Caged This Man For His Instagram Posts And Likes  —  A FEW WEEKS AGO, FOREVER WARS highlighted the ordeal of Yaa'kub Ira Vijandre, a DACA recipient whom ICE took into custody at gunpoint a month ago for nothing more than expressing support for U.S. foreign policy targets—and he alleges, for refusing to become an informant.
Discussion: CWB Chicago
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Duffy: Travel disruptions will get “much worse” if shutdown doesn't end soon  —  Air travelers faced more flight delays and cancellations on Tuesday and Transportation Secretary Sean Duff warned if the record government shutdown doesn't end soon “we're not going to get to Thanksgiving.”
Pippa Crerar / The Guardian:
Starmer allies issue warning to PM's rivals as fears grow over leadership challenge  —  No 10 said to be in ‘full bunker mode’ over fears of attempt to oust him after budget or May local elections  —  Downing Street has launched an extraordinary operation to protect Keir Starmer amid fears among …
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’  —  Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington.  He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump defends H-1B visas: “You don't have certain talents” in the U.S.  —  President Trump said in a Fox News interview that aired Sunday evening H-1B skilled worker visas are necessary because “you don't have certain talents” in the U.S. … - Trump signed an executive order …
Anushka Patil / New York Times:
Johnson to Seat Grijalva, Seven Weeks After She Was Elected  —  Johnson to Seat Grijalva, 7 Weeks After She Was Elected  —  Supreme Court Extends Order Allowing Limits on Food Stamp Payments  —  The justices allowed the Trump administration to withhold full benefits for two more days …
Discussion: KDFX-TV and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
The Supreme Court Just Took a Scary Voting Case That Has Trump Salivating.  He Might Be Disappointed.  —  President Donald Trump's obsession with mail-in balloting reached the Supreme Court on Monday through a bonkers 5th Circuit opinion written by Trump appointee (and Trump Supreme Court auditioner) Andrew Oldham.
Axios:
Mike Johnson finally schedules Grijalva swearing in  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has finally set a date to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.), weeks after she was elected to her seat, his office announced Tuesday. … - Grijalva has pledged to be the final signature …
Politico:
Mikie Sherrill has advice for Democrats in 2026 … “Lean into a modern approach to campaigning that competes everywhere, for every voter, with a message relentlessly focused on the issues voters care about.  When you understand who your electorate is, and you communicate with them, they respond,” Ball wrote.
 
 
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Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
The I.R.S. Tried to Stop This Tax Dodge. Scott Bessent Used It Anyway.
Discussion: CBS News
The Guardian:
UK pauses intelligence-sharing with US on suspected drug vessels in Caribbean
Isabela Dias / Mother Jones:
Then They Came for the Dreamers  —  Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn't be deported.
Kelsey Vlamis / Business Insider:
A Republican lawmaker is riding his motorcycle back to Washington, DC, saying ‘flights are too unreliable’
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Vance, RFK Jr. to mingle with health execs, influencers at DC MAHA summit
Discussion: STAT and Politico
Bloomberg:
Trump's H-1B Visa Crackdown to Accelerate Wall Street's Expansion in India
 Earlier Items: 
Steve Kopack / NBC News:
The U.S. stock market lags behind dozens of countries, even in a year of record highs
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 248. 11/11/25
Discussion: Scripps News, New Jersey Online and NPR
Washington Post:
Trump plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
Ethan Sandweiss / WFYI Public Media:
IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
DOJ Tells SCOTUS Trump Has Unreviewable Power to Send Troops to U.S. Cities
Discussion: The Intercept and Lawfare
Amy Hawkins / The Guardian:
China's CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
Discussion: Heatmap News, Yale E360 and Semafor
New York Post:
Bloody chaos at UC Berkeley after Antifa storms TPUSA event
 

 
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