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Trump's off-script comments cause shutdown headaches for GOP … Within hours, Trump walked it back: “I am happy to work with the Democrats on their Failed Healthcare Policies, or anything else, but first they must allow our Government to re-open,” he wrote on Truth Social hours after his initial comments.
2025-10-08 00:05:00 UTC
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Chicago Tribune:
Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area — The Texas National Guard has arrived in the Chicago area despite the repeated objections of Illinois officials, who have rejected President Donald Trump's pledge to deploy the military domestically in response to increasingly heated immigration …
2025-10-08 00:00:33 UTC
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Congress erupts over Trump's shutdown backpay threat — Members of Congress in both parties bristled Tuesday at a White House memo arguing that federal workers who have been furloughed as part of the government shutdown are not necessarily entitled to backpay.
2025-10-07 22:40:00 UTC
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Tony Romm / New York Times:
White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers — Union leaders and Democratic lawmakers say the move would run afoul of a law adopted under President Trump's first term. — Hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers may not automatically receive …
2025-10-07 22:35:00 UTC
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Alex Miller / Fox News:
Senate Republicans confirm more than 100 Trump nominees as government shutdown continues — Mass confirmation includes ambassadors and senior officials as shutdown enters seventh day — Senate Republicans confirmed a staggering tranche of President Donald Trump's nominees on Tuesday as the government shutdown continues.
2025-10-07 22:30:02 UTC
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A lot has happened since last week when my post about Des Moines (IA) school superintendent Ian Roberts being arrested by ICE first hit the front page here at Techdirt. A lot of new information has come to light, almost all of it obtained by Des Moines Register journalists, which indicates the arrested man may […]
2025-10-07 22:16:22 UTC
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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: White House says it has funding to save food aid program — The White House has found funding to keep afloat a food aid program that had been threatened by the government shutdown. … - The program — which provides vouchers for healthy food, breastfeeding assistance and nutritional education …
2025-10-07 22:05:00 UTC
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Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You're doomed … To: Bari Weiss — RE: Good luck, babe! — I honestly cannot believe you've willingly decided to go into the worst kind of job that exists: management at a dying company. … Managing sucks! It sucks even when you like the people you're managing and it's a low-stress position!
2025-10-07 21:15:00 UTC
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Clyde Haberman / New York Times:
Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97 — He led his parents' appetizing store, Zabar's, for more than 70 years, turning it into an institution synonymous with New York. — Saul Zabar, who across more than seven decades as a principal owner of the Upper West Side food emporium bearing …
2025-10-07 20:35:01 UTC
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller. — President Trump has unleashed new weaponry in his war against Democrats, liberals and the left. Over the past four weeks, he has initiated what amounts to a unique form of partisan civil war designed to amass power …
2025-10-07 20:15:03 UTC
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller. — President Trump has unleashed new weaponry in his war against Democrats, liberals and the left. Over the past four weeks, he has initiated what amounts to a unique form of partisan civil war designed to amass power …
2025-10-07 20:15:03 UTC
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Sabrina Moreno / Axios:
Jay Jones scandal throws Virginia Democrats into crisis — A scandal over resurfaced texts from Virginia Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones has Democrats in a catch-22. … - But standing by him risks reinforcing Republican attacks about double standards on political violence.
2025-10-07 20:10:01 UTC
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Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
There is no budget “deal” to be made — President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible. … The original budget justification for the State Department for FY2025, which ended September 30th last week, stretched to hundreds of pages and totaled nearly $60 billion.
2025-10-07 20:00:05 UTC
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Republican leaders clash on emergency troop pay vote — Speaker Mike Johnson said the House could come back to pass emergency legislation to pay troops during the government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader John Thune wasn't willing to go there. The unusual tactical disagreement between …
2025-10-07 20:00:05 UTC
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NBC News:
Airport delays hit second day amid government shutdown — Staffing shortages have already caused delays at airports in Denver; Burbank, California; and Newark, New Jersey. — Flight delays across the United States stretched into a second day Tuesday as the Federal Aviation Administration braced …
2025-10-07 19:45:00 UTC
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Washington Post:
Six surgeons general: It's our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. — We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We're doing that again today. — The writers are all former U.S. surgeons general. — As former U.S. surgeons general appointed by every Republican …
2025-10-07 19:35:00 UTC
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Once again, we’re reminded why age verification systems are fundamentally broken when it comes to privacy and security. Discord has disclosed that one of its third-party customer service providers was breached, exposing user data, including government-issued photo IDs, from users who had appealed age determinations. Data potentially accessed by the hack includes things like names, […]
2025-10-07 19:11:22 UTC
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Bondi tells Schiff he should ‘apologize’ for impeaching Trump — Just weeks weeks after Sen. Adam Schiff was called a “buffoon” and a “fraud” by FBI Director Kash Patel during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, the California Democrat was similarly pilloried Tuesday by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
2025-10-07 19:00:27 UTC
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Associated Press:
FBI Analyzed Phone Records Of Some GOP Senators In Trump Jan. 6 Probe, Republicans Say — The records enabled investigators to see basic information about the date and time of the calls but not the content of the communications, the senators said. — The FBI in 2023 analyzed phone records …
2025-10-07 18:45:01 UTC
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NBC News:
The FBI analyzed Republican lawmakers' phone records during Jan. 6 probe, GOP senators say — Republican senators said the analyzed info included participants, dates and times for calls around Jan. 6, 2021, but that no content of those conversations was reviewed.
2025-10-07 18:15:01 UTC
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy on phones — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) paid $825,000 earlier this year to a company that manufactures vehicles equipped with various technologies for law enforcement, including fake cellphone towers known as …
2025-10-07 18:10:01 UTC
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It would be something of an understatement to say that Alphabet, Google’s holding company, is big and successful. Some Wall Street analysts are even predicting it could become the world’s most valuable corporation. Of course, even for business giants, enough is never enough. They always want more: more money, more power. As part of that […]
2025-10-07 17:57:22 UTC
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Achieve picture perfection with Adobe Photoshop Elements 2025. You can create with stylish effects and templates, and be creative on the go. With the magic of AI and automation behind the scenes, it’s never been easier to fix flaws, fine-tune specific areas, and add motion to quickly bring your vision to life. Get a 3-year […]
2025-10-07 17:53:00 UTC
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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
The Supreme Court upheld a ban on transgender care for minors during the last term. — Colorado and over 20 other states have banned the practice aimed at changing the sexual orientation or gender identity of young people. — Video — Here's the latest.
2025-10-07 17:45:00 UTC
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with the GOP on Obamacare, calling to avoid premium hikes — Greene said she's “not a fan” of Obamacare but complained that her “own adult children's insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE” if Congress ignores the issue.
2025-10-07 17:40:01 UTC
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senator presses Bondi on bribery allegations against Trump border czar — Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) asked Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday morning about what happened to the $50,000 in cash that undercover FBI agents allegedly gave border czar Tom Homan as part of an investigation …
2025-10-07 17:15:00 UTC
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Victoria Bekiempis / The Guardian:
Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations — Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence — A Rutgers University professor is temporarily relocating to Europe as he grapples with threats …
2025-10-07 17:15:00 UTC
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Democrats are winning the shutdown — 🎉 It's PN's fourth anniversary and we're commemorating it this week by offering paid subscriptions at a special discounted price. Click the button below to take advantage and support our work ⬇️ — 🥳 PN anniversary special offer 🥳
2025-10-07 16:40:00 UTC
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New Republic:
Trump's Own Tweet on Portland Backfires as Judge Deals Him Harsh Loss — Over the weekend, a federal judge blocked President Trump from deploying the National Guard in Portland. The judge blocked Trump from deploying the California National Guard to Oregon too.
2025-10-07 16:30:00 UTC
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court weighs challenge to bans on conversion therapy aimed at LGBTQ kids — Kaley Chiles, a Christian talk therapist in Colorado, argues that the state's ban violates her rights under the Constitution's First Amendment. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday considers …
2025-10-07 16:30:00 UTC
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It seems like years ago, but the Trump administration got itself sued earlier this very year by the state of California for commandeering California’s National Guard to shut down anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. Trump justified this by declaring the city to be under siege, even though (1) most violence was being committed by law […]
2025-10-07 16:23:22 UTC
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Greene ‘disgusted’ if health care tax credits expire and premiums double — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) signaled a willingness to negotiate with Democrats on their health care demands, breaking with her party on an issue at the core of the government shutdown standoff.
2025-10-07 15:35:01 UTC
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Peter Navarro, Trump's embattled trade adviser, on hand for Bondi's Hill hearing — Poised to face tough questioning from Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats about President Donald Trump's weaponization of the Justice Department against perceived enemies, Attorney General Pam Bondi has brought a retort …
2025-10-07 15:30:01 UTC
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Today's links They're just trying to earn a buck: No, they're taking what they can get. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence:…
2025-10-07 15:17:00 UTC
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GovExec.com:
OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance — An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.
2025-10-07 15:05:00 UTC
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NPR:
Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained — President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities such as Portland, Ore., and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
2025-10-07 14:30:01 UTC
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Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Flight Delays Begin as Air Traffic Staffing Shortages Worsen — The delays came just hours after the transportation secretary warned that flying could be disrupted by the government shutdown. — Flights into airports serving New York, Denver and the Los Angeles area were delayed on Monday night …
2025-10-07 13:50:00 UTC
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New York Times:
Trump Calls Off Diplomatic Outreach to Venezuela — The move paves the way for a possible military escalation against drug traffickers or the government of Nicolás Maduro. — President Trump has called off efforts to reach a diplomatic agreement with Venezuela, according to U.S. officials …
2025-10-07 13:35:02 UTC
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New York Times:
Trump Calls Off Diplomatic Outreach to Venezuela — The move paves the way for a possible military escalation against drug traffickers or the government of Nicolás Maduro. — President Trump has called off efforts to reach a diplomatic agreement with Venezuela, according to U.S. officials …
2025-10-07 13:35:02 UTC
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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court Hears Free Speech Challenge to Ban on Conversion Therapy — The court's ruling in the Colorado case will have implications for more than 20 other states with similar laws. — The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a challenge to a Colorado law that prohibits licensed mental …
2025-10-07 12:50:00 UTC
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John Paul Tasker / CBC News:
Carney to meet with Trump Tuesday as Canada pushes for tariff relief — ‘We have work to do with our American partners,’ Canada-U.S. trade minister says — Prime Minister Mark Carney will sit down with his U.S. counterpart at the White House Tuesday for their second Oval Office meeting …
2025-10-07 12:35:00 UTC
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It’s super curious how the folks most vocal about being cancelled or having their “Conservative viewpoints silenced” now own or control most major U.S. media companies. Almost as if their claims of being silenced have always been a bullshit ploy to dominate the discourse on the back of something other than the quality of their […]
2025-10-07 12:22:22 UTC
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Robert Reich:
Trump's Plan — The direction we're going is either martial law or civil war. — Americans from so-called “red” states, with the backing of their Republican governors and legislatures, are on the brink of using lethal force against Americans in so-called “blue” states …
2025-10-07 12:20:00 UTC
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I spoke to two Israeli men who suffered extreme loss on Oct. 7 – and their support for peace and forgiveness moved me.
2025-10-07 12:02:51 UTC
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay — Furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo described to Axios by three sources.
2025-10-07 12:00:30 UTC
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate votes for fifth time against advancing legislation to end the shutdown … But Monday evening, Democratic Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada — alongside Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, who caucuses with Democrats — were once again …
2025-10-07 11:50:00 UTC
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
No evidence fire at South Carolina judge's home was arson ‘at this time,’ law enforcement says — The cause of the fire is not yet known, but Democrats were quick to blame the right after the judge had ruled against the Trump administration. — Law enforcement officials in South Carolina …
2025-10-07 11:10:01 UTC
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Rhitu Chatterjee / NPR:
Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary — Psychiatrists have joined other public health groups in calling for the removal of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary. — Two psychiatry organizations — the Southern California Psychiatry Society …
2025-10-07 05:45:00 UTC
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Jory Rand / ABC7:
Burbank Airport air traffic control tower unmanned on Monday evening amid government shutdown — Este artículo se ofrece en Español — The air traffic tower at Burbank Airport is unmanned on Monday evening as air traffic controllers begin to call out in greater numbers due to the government shutdown.
2025-10-07 05:35:00 UTC
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Clara Jeffery / Mother Jones:
It's Time for Soft Secession — In 2013, venture capitalist Tim Draper launched a “Six Californias” ballot initiative. The upshot was that with some 40 million people, more than the population of the 20 smallest states combined, California was too big, too diverse, to be “efficiently” governed.
2025-10-07 05:10:00 UTC
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