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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
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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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The Free Press, The White House, The Wrap, NewsMax.com, Mediaite, The Hill, RedState, Steady and The Independent, more at Mediagazer »
Gavin J. Quinton / The Washington Sun:
Days After Press Ban, White House Launches ‘Trump TV’ — A 24/7 Clip Show
Days After Press Ban, White House Launches ‘Trump TV’ — A 24/7 Clip Show
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The Daily Wire, The U.S. House Committee … and The Guardian
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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New York Times, HotAir, MS NOW, The Texas Tribune, CNN, Straight Arrow, CBS News, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian and The Hill
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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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New Republic and Evanston Now
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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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 and Courthouse News Service
Grace Ashford / New York Times:
House Democrat Crosses Party Lines to Endorse Trump Defender — Representative Mike Lawler, a Republican seeking re-election in a swing district in New York, was backed by Representative Jared Golden, Democrat of Maine. — Representative Mike Lawler's battle to hold onto his seat …
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NewsMax.com, Daily Kos and The Contrarian
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dems sneer as one of their own backs a Republican
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Mediaite
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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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
SCOOP: Looksmaxxer Clavicular Charged With Criminal Rape, Drugging — The manosphere celeb faces three counts stemming from an alleged encounter with a minor. — FAMOUSLY HANDSOME RIGHT-WING LIVESTREAMER Clavicular has been on the rise. His business connection to an Israeli mafia associate has ended …
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 and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
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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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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Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Mamdani hosts Trump at Gracie Mansion as unlikely rapport continues
Mamdani hosts Trump at Gracie Mansion as unlikely rapport continues
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Daily Wire and The Independent
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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Dan Gooding / Newsweek:
Donald Trump's Approval Rating Falls Below 30% For First Time Ever
Donald Trump's Approval Rating Falls Below 30% For First Time Ever
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The Hill, The Independent and City Journal
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, PoliticusUSA, NewsMax.com, Washington Examiner, The Hill and Mediaite
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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New York Times, Atlantic Council, The Hill and Washington Examiner
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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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Axios, Boston.com, Washington Examiner, Business Insider, The Verge, Reuters, KSTP-TV, The Daily Wire, New York Times, Futurism, The Washington Sun, 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, Bloomberg, RedState, 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, Roll Call, Newsweek, Forbes, New Republic, Washington Post and Associated Press
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
New York Times:
George W. Bush and Cornyn Leave Out Paxton as They Raise Cash for Senate Candidates — The former president and Texas senator are headlining a fund-raiser in Dallas for top Republican Senate candidates. Not included: Ken Paxton, the nominee in their own state.
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
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, Governor of California, Straight Arrow, KQED, KTLA, Los Angeles Times and New York Post
