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Josephine Walker / Axios:
Trump inaudible during TV blackout: What the press pool does — President Trump was inaudible during a press conference Monday after the TV pool suspended coverage, with White House-provided video carrying no usable audio of his remarks. … - The pool serves hundreds of journalists …
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Politico:
Major TV networks decline White House pool duties — The nation's major television networks are declining to participate in White House pool duties moving forward in response to the Trump administration's decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from the White House, Fox News Washington …
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
CNN, MS NOW, Politico to sue over White House bans — President Donald Trump banned the news organizations from the White House in recent days, calling them “fake news.” — CNN, MS NOW and Politico say they are suing the government after President Donald Trump banned the news organizations from the White House in recent days.
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
“National security” becomes Trump's executive sledgehammer … - President Trump needs all of them for national security purposes, he and his administration have argued. … - It's not the first time the administration has said its press restrictions were a national security must …
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Politico:
Judge appointed by Trump will oversee news outlets' lawsuit over White House ban
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Has Repeatedly Weighed Moving Entire Press Corps Out of White House
Trump Has Repeatedly Weighed Moving Entire Press Corps Out of White House
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Emily Goodin / New York Post:
Trump cuts ribbon on latest White House construction project — but major TV networks refuse to show it
Trump cuts ribbon on latest White House construction project — but major TV networks refuse to show it
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Vance defends Trump's media ban as ‘totally appropriate’
Vance defends Trump's media ban as ‘totally appropriate’
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New York Times:
Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN
Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
White House TV pool suspends coverage of Trump after ban of CNN
White House TV pool suspends coverage of Trump after ban of CNN
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CNN:
Major TV networks stand with CNN, decline to replace its White House pool crew
Major TV networks stand with CNN, decline to replace its White House pool crew
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Deadline:
Done! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. Discovery … Specifics are still scant but will come when the deal is formally announced later this morning. There will be concessions. … The WGA's lawsuit is included in the settlement, Deadline hears.
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New York Times:
Paramount Settles States' Lawsuit, Clearing Way for Warner Bros. Merger — By resolving a lawsuit filed by a group of states, the media mogul David Ellison removed the last major hurdle he faced in buying Warner Bros. Discovery. — Paramount reached an agreement on Monday to resolve …
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Dan Primack / Axios:
DOJ pushes back against state antitrust enforcement
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Bloomberg:
Paramount to Settle Lawsuits, Paving Way for Warner Bros.
Paramount to Settle Lawsuits, Paving Way for Warner Bros.
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The Independent:
ICE agent shoots DoorDash driver during delivery in Austin sparking new protests — A dark blue Toyota Corolla photographed at the scene had damage along its passenger side and what appeared to be two bullet holes in the rear window — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
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Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
ICE Shot a DoorDash Driver in the Back in Austin — ONCE AGAIN, AN IMMIGRANT HAS BEEN SHOT BY ICE in Texas—this time he survived. But the circumstances again point to out-of-control, trigger-happy agents shooting to kill, just six weeks before Election Day.
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Trump approval falls to career low of 32% as high costs bite, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds — President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to 32% - the lowest of his political career - as his fellow Republicans soured on his handling of the cost of living amid the unpopular Iran war, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
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Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Collins slams Trump plan to ‘politicize’ grants as defying Congress — Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins warned Monday that President Donald Trump would be defying Congress if he moves forward with empowering top political appointees to decide who gets grant funding for health research.
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Collins, Murray speak out against reported Trump push to ‘politicize grantmaking’
Collins, Murray speak out against reported Trump push to ‘politicize grantmaking’
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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
He spent 11 months inside DOGE. Now he wants to set the record straight. — In his first major interview about his tell-all memoir, Tyler Hassen describes the culture clash surrounding DOGE's mission and the backlash that followed. — Summary — Tyler Hassen's initiation …
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Senior GOP appropriator pours cold water on funding Trump's arch — Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson, a senior Appropriations Committee Republican, questioned whether federal funds should be spent on construction of President Donald Trump's triumphal arch, which the president claimed over the weekend could be used for military purposes.
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BBC:
Flights delayed at major US airports after cable cut by construction workers — Summary — Flights are delayed at major US airports after construction workers cut a cable needed for air traffic control, a top aviation official says — Federal Aviation Administration official Bryan Bedford …
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Belarus says no potash left after Trump claims massive deal for fertilizer — Belarus's authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Monday that there are no available volumes of fertilizer to send to the U.S. This came after President Trump announced that he was working on a “massive Deal” …
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Elleiana Green / Politico:
Jared Golden crosses party lines again, endorsing Mike Lawler for reelection — Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) endorsed GOP Rep. Mike Lawler in his reelection campaign in suburban New York, Golden wrote in an opinion article published Monday. Lawler is facing a tough reelection campaign …
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
What Trump doesn't seem to realize about Xi Jinping — His mysterious friendship with China's president appears one-sided. — President Donald Trump's second term has been notable for some head-spinning changes in U.S. foreign policy. Who could have predicted that Trump would launch …
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Phelim Kine / Politico:
Trump's Taiwan retreat tests his chief China hawk's influence
Trump's Taiwan retreat tests his chief China hawk's influence
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Trump will call out ‘ridiculous’ UN for claims US commits war crimes: Ambassador Waltz — TURTLE BAY — Last year, it was “a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter.” — This year, expect “a healthy dose of continuing to call out the ridiculous” from President Trump during his address …
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Magdalena Del Valle / Bloomberg:
UN Scrambles to Avoid a Repeat of Trump's 2025 Escalator Snafu
Matthew Eadie / Evanston Now:
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning — Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email — Federal agents briefly detained and released a U.S. citizen on Sunday morning in Evanston on Howard Street east of Dodge Avenue, Evanston police chief Schenita Stewart confirmed Sunday.
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Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Illinois authorities investigate possible ICE wounding of US citizen
Illinois authorities investigate possible ICE wounding of US citizen
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Burgess Everett / Semafor:
Republican group slashes ad spending in NC Senate race — A key Republican super PAC has removed $6.5 million in ad reservations from North Carolina's Senate race for the month of October, according to media tracker AdImpact. — That decision by the GOP-aligned Old North Action comes …
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Washington Examiner
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
JB Pritzker Says He Used GLP-1s to Lose 80 Pounds — Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois, widely seen as a potential presidential candidate, revealed in an interview on “CBS Mornings” that he had been on a GLP-1 regimen since 2024. — Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois has traveled to early primary states.
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Record share of voters motivated to oppose Trump in midterms, poll finds — In a new NBC News survey, 43 percent of registered voters said they want their vote for Congress this fall to send “a signal of opposition” to the president. — An NBC News poll released Sunday found 43 percent …
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Axios, Newsweek and The Message Box
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Appeals court reinstates GOP House map in Missouri for November election — A federal appeals court reinstated Missouri Republicans' 7-1 House map to be used in time for the November elections, delivering a boost for several GOP candidates who wanted a more favorable map for the party to be used in the midterm elections.
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
White House Plan to Subsidize Stay-at-Home Parents Divides Conservatives — Some praise the idea championed by Vice President JD Vance to direct federal money to support traditional families, while others say it cuts against conservative principles. — Republicans are sharply divided …
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Newsweek
Politico:
OpenAI president and MAGA Inc. donor to attend Trump-Xi state dinner — OpenAI President Greg Brockman is expected to attend President Donald Trump's state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House this week, according to a person with direct knowledge of the plans …
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump meets with Mamdani at NYC's Gracie Mansion after favorite socialist text buddy ‘invited’ him — President Trump arrived Monday afternoon at Gracie Mansion for a meeting with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani — making the first presidential visit to Hizzoner's official residence since …
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Ryan J. Foley / Los Angeles Times:
ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders — 6 min Click here to listen to this article — ICE has quietly removed thousands of immigrants with final deportation orders from its online detainee locator, leaving families and attorneys suddenly unable to track loved ones in custody.
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Politico:
FAA debuts its AI-powered tool for managing flight traffic — The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday rolled out its artificial intelligence-powered tool to manage flights for the three major Washington-area airports, bringing the technology live to air traffic control operations in the U.S.
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Proposes $5 Billion to Kickstart Fund to Rebuild Gulf Energy Sites — Proposal is under discussion with several Middle Eastern countries including Saudi Arabia and U.A.E. — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration has proposed investing $5 billion in a new fund that would help Middle …
