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4:40 PM ET, November 3, 2025

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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris  —  from the the-absurd-stupidity.-it-burns dept  —  60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect.
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Dems want FCC probe of “60 Minutes” omission of Trump's Binance pardon exchange … An extended version released by the program was around 73 minutes long and did not include parts of the full transcript posted to CBS News' website.  — An accompanying editor's note said the extended version …
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
CBS Cuts Trump's Corruption Tantrum From ‘60 Minutes’ Edit  —  ✂️✂️✂️  —  The moment Trump got testy was missing from Sunday night's interview.  —  President Donald Trump's angry response to corruption questions at the end of his 60 Minutes interview was cut from the show's TV and online edits.
CBS News:
Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: 18 false claims Trump made on ‘60 Minutes’
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
CBS News heavily edits Trump 60 Minutes interview, cutting boast network ‘paid me a lotta money’
CNN:
Trump administration will provide only half of usual food stamp benefits in November  —  The Trump administration said Monday that it will provide only half of the normal food stamp benefits for November by tapping into the program's contingency fund amid the government shutdown.
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Chicago Tribune:
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability  —  Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to get coffee before heading to work when she encountered a chaotic scene in West Town: heavily armed, masked federal agents making arrests on a residential street.
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Exploit The GOP's Nazi Meltdown  —  Are we really going to accept the conceit that the central issue in politics is whether DEMOCRATS are too extreme?  —  ∙ Paid  —  It's likely though not certain that Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherrill, and Zohran Mamdani will all be elected to important offices on Tuesday.
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NBC News:
Democrats brace for Nancy Pelosi's possible retirement
Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
Democrats are more enthusiastic about the midterms as Trump's approval hits a second-term low, CNN poll finds
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
Bari Weiss' security detail costs CBS $10,000 a day as network undergoes layoffs  —  At the same time that CBS is being slammed with layoffs, an awkward number is circulating around the halls of the Tiffany Network.  —  Page Six hears that as staffers watch their colleagues pack up their desks …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Townhall
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
8 Democrats sit at center of potential deal to end government shutdown this week  —  At least eight moderate Senate Democrats are meeting in hopes of finding a deal to end the monthlong government shutdown, but sources familiar with the closely held conversations say they will need strong assurances …
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Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:   Travel Industry Sounds Alarm Over Government Shutdown
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Government shutdown could become longest ever as Trump says he 'won't be extorted' by Democrats
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
It's My Party and I'll Leave When I Want To  —  Talking to the gerontocracy.  —  Last year's election debacle, rooted in the rapid decline of the then-81-year-old Joe Biden, took a heavy toll on New Hampshire congresswoman Annie Kuster.  “It was the most painful thing I've been through since …
Discussion: Inside Elections
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New York Magazine:   The 25 Young(ish) New Democrats to Watch
Pablo Manríquez / Migrant Insider:
SCOOP: Latino Tenants Told to Vacate After Georgetown ICE Raid  —  Eyewitnesses describe multi-agency sweep at Wisconsin & O St. NW; 10-12 taken; Latino units “tossed;” ammunition left in the floor, and tenants told to vacate.  —  WASHINGTON — A pre-dawn raid on Friday …
NBC News:
Jury selection begins in the trial of D.C.'s ‘sandwich guy’  —  Sean Dunn went viral this summer for throwing a salami sub at a Customs and Border Protection agent.  —  WASHINGTON — Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of former Justice Department employee Sean Dunn, also known as the …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Donald Trump Is a Commie  —  Bernie's democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy.  Trump's national socialism is not.  Thank you for your attention to this matter!  — Trump wants to build nuclear power plants.  — He has chosen Westinghouse to build them.
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Massie announces marriage to former congressional staffer  —  Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced his marriage to Carolyn Grace Moffa, a former congressional staffer, in a social media post Monday morning, with a photo of him in tuxedo and his bride in a wedding dress.
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Faith Wardwell / Politico:   Massie announces marriage to former congressional staffer
Richard Pollina / New York Post:
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus  —  Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are prepared to bolt from the Big Apple if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins Tuesday's mayoral race — potentially setting the stage …
Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump administration faces a deadline to tell judges whether it will fund SNAP  —  EDITED BY CURTIS YEE, MICHAEL WARREN AND BRIDGET BROWN  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share
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Paul Krugman:
We're Number Two!  —  Does Donald Trump realize that he has ceded world leadership to China?  Probably not: During his recent Asian trip, foreign leaders flattered him and showered him with personal gifts, so he came home with his ego even more inflated than usual.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and New York Times
MSNBC:
'If it was anybody else, we'd arrest him tomorrow,' Justice Department aide said of Trump  —  A handful of documents found by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago were so sensitive that even a senior Justice Department official didn't have authorization to see them.  —  This story is adapted …
Discussion: Raw Story
Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
Exclusive: BBC ‘doctored’ Trump speech, internal report reveals  —  Corporation edited footage to make it seem president was encouraging Capitol riot, according to whistleblowing dossier  —  The BBC “doctored” a Donald Trump speech by making him appear to encourage the Capitol Hill riot …
Lauren Aratani / The Guardian:
Top 10 US billionaires' collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year - report  —  Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights - but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap  —  The collective wealth of the top 10 US billionaires has soared by $698bn in the past year …
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Bickering over Bovino: Lawyers swap complaints of obstruction, ‘sandbagging’ during deposition  —  Frustration boiled over in a federal courtroom halfway through last week's deposition of U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino, where a government lawyer said he felt “sandbagged” …
NBC News:
Trump administration is planning new mission in Mexico against cartels, current and former U.S. officials say  —  The new operation would include U.S. troops on the ground in Mexico striking drug labs and cartel leaders, according to current and former U.S. officials, though a deployment is not imminent.
 
 
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Trump-backed Ciattarelli gets major campaign trail surprise on Election Eve
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Sharice Davids inches toward Kansas Senate run
New York Times:
Bernie Sanders: 'There Ain't Much of a Democratic Party'
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
Mississippi woman kills escaped monkey fearing for her children's safety
Will Saletan / The Bulwark:
Tom Emmer Is the GOP's Smear Machine
Discussion: Raw Story
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Jack Smith, Trump's Target, Shifts From Defense to Counterattack
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
New CR date under discussion, Johnson says
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
The Ballroom Blitz Should Be a Bigger Scandal
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
It's clear why Zohran Mamdani is leading in the New York mayoral race
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Why is Trump politicizing the military? Ask the fired generals.
Discussion: ABC News, Raw Story and Reason
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court Confronts Trump and His Tariffs in Test of Presidential Power
Christina Shaw / Fox News:
Judge blocks Trump National Guard deployment to Portland, citing lack of justification
 

 
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Alex Heath / Sources:
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Financial Times:
Sources: UK officials believe China was behind the October cyber attack on the UK's Foreign Office, which aimed to access tens of thousands of sensitive files

 
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