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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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The Hill, The Wrap, MeidasTouch and One America News Network, more at Mediagazer »
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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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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Has Repeatedly Weighed Moving Entire Press Corps Out of White House — President raised the matter as recently as last month. Senior official says Trump has no plans to relocate the White House press corps. — WASHINGTON—President Trump has repeatedly discussed kicking journalists …
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The Hill, The White House, Steady, RedState, NewsMax.com, Mediaite and The Independent, more at Mediagazer »
Politico:
Judge appointed by Trump will oversee news outlets' lawsuit over White House ban
Judge appointed by Trump will oversee news outlets' lawsuit over White House ban
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Deadline, NewsMax.com, CNBC, New Republic, New York Times, WTOP News, New York Magazine, The Hill, Mediaite and The Daily Wire, more at Mediagazer »
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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Breitbart, Townhall, National Politics, New Republic, NewsMax.com, Associated Press, Washington Examiner and The Gateway Pundit
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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Daily Kos, TWZ, Washington Examiner, Associated Press and The Gateway Pundit
Jalen Beckford / Politico:
Top House Oversight Dem demands answers to Trump's media ban
Top House Oversight Dem demands answers to Trump's media ban
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The U.S. House Committee … and The Hill
CNN:
CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump administration over White House access
CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump administration over White House access
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Washington Post, The Hill, New York Times, RedState, Talking Points Memo, One America News Network, NBC News, NPR, Forbes, El País, The Daily Wire, Legal Insurrection, Daily Kos and Mediaite
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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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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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) …
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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Evanston Now and New Republic
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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CNN:
State attorneys general agree to settle Paramount merger lawsuit
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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 Wrap, The Guardian, Reuters, New York Times, Breitbart, Page Six, The Information, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, TMZ.com, Ars Technica, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, Agence France-Presse, Straight Arrow, The Daily Caller, Courthouse News Service, The Verge and France 24, more at Mediagazer »
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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Politico:
Appeals court revives GOP gerrymander in Missouri that Supreme Court killed off twice — A federal appeals court has revived a Republican-friendly redistricting in Missouri that appeared to have twice been blocked by the Supreme Court. — The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Monday …
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RedState
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dems sneer as one of their own backs a Republican — Rep. Jared Golden's decision to endorse one of House Republicans' most vulnerable incumbents is going down like a lead balloon among his fellow House Democrats. … - “People are pissed off,” a House Democrat speaking on the condition …
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Grace Ashford / New York Times:
House Democrat Crosses Party Lines to Endorse Trump Defender
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Daily Kos, NewsMax.com and The Contrarian
Elleiana Green / Politico:
Jared Golden crosses party lines again, endorsing Mike Lawler for reelection
Jared Golden crosses party lines again, endorsing Mike Lawler for reelection
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The Portland Press Herald, KEYT-TV, Roll Call, The Hill, The Daily Wire, New York Post, Washington Examiner, Breitbart and Washington Post
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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Mediaite, The Hill, NewsMax.com, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Independent
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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New Republic, The Hill, Washington Examiner and NewsMax.com
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Mamdani hosts Trump at Gracie Mansion as unlikely rapport continues — The two leaders have traded insults but forged an unusually cordial personal relationship, with regular calls and texts. — Summary — NEW YORK — New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosted President Donald Trump on Monday …
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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
Trump meets with Mamdani at NYC's Gracie Mansion after favorite socialist text buddy ‘invited’ him
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Politico, The Washington Sun, Axios, MS NOW, The Hill, Daily Kos, City & State New York, Reuters, New York Magazine, Fox News, Washington Post, Straight Arrow and The Gateway Pundit
Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
Trump and Xi are the wrong men at the wrong time — The world needs far-sighted leadership but the US and Chinese leaders are unlikely to provide it — “I've just emerged from nearly three hours of briefing and discussions with the President of the Republic and the intelligence and security services.
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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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Washington Examiner, Axios, Boston.com, The Washington Sun, Reuters, New York Times, The Daily Wire, Futurism, HuffPost and KEYT-TV
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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Washington Post, Reuters, RedState, Bloomberg, The Kyiv Independent and Washington Examiner
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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The Hill, Newsweek, Washington Post, Forbes and New Republic
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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Axios and Washington Examiner
Timothy Noah / New Republic:
Why Trump May Not Serve Out His Presidency … “If something cannot go on forever,” the economist Herbert Stein once said, “it will stop.” A logician would scorn this as a tautology, but it's a useful one for contemplating all sorts of problems that never seem to end.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Hegseth to chair Pentagon's new homeland defense panel — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will now oversee a new Pentagon advisory committee focused on homeland security and defense — the first such department panel to do so. — The Homeland Defense Board (HDB), announced in the Federal Register …
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Defense News
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 …
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NewsMax.com
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 …
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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New Republic and TheGrio
NBC News:
Iowa GOP Senate candidate Ashley Hinson calls for Iran war to end despite voting to let Trump continue it — Hinson, a congresswoman who is running for Senate, said the Iran war “needs to be brought to a successful and immediate end” and called for other policies to lower costs.
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The Hill and New Republic
Paul Rogers / Mercury News:
Newsom declares California emergency as potentially record El Niño raises flood fears — The risk of floods, mudslides, power outages and severe weather are increasing, experts say — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday declared a statewide emergency for California, warning of damaging storms …
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Pluribus News, Straight Arrow, Governor of California, KQED, KTLA, Los Angeles Times and New York Post
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Ariz. activists build map to show federal agents at polls — Arizona immigration advocates are building an interactive map to alert people if federal agents are spotted near polling places this fall. … - When asked in May whether he was considering sending ICE or Guard troops to polling places …
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Democracy Docket, GovExec.com and NewsMax.com
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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New York Post, NewsMax.com, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Bloomberg, NPR, The Washington Sun, WTTG-TV, Fox Business, Straight Arrow and Mediaite

