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fromAxios
3 hours ago

Chaos erupts on House floor as Democrat moves to condemn fellow party member

Representative Gluesenkamp Perez filed a resolution condemning Representative García for effectively anointing an unopposed successor before retiring, prompting intra-party conflict.
#government-shutdown
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fromwww.npr.org
2 hours ago

House votes to fund government, ending longest ever government shutdown

The House approved a funding bill through Jan. 30 to end a 43-day government shutdown, restoring pay, reversing layoffs, and funding SNAP.
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fromwww.theatlantic.com
2 hours ago

What Really Happens After the Shutdown Ends

Reopening the government won't immediately restore smooth air travel; FAA staffing, controller fatigue, and mandated flight reductions will keep flight disruptions in place through Thanksgiving.
#us-government-shutdown
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fromAxios
2 hours ago

House votes to end record-long government shutdown

Congress approved a short-term funding package 222-209 to reopen the government and sent it to the president, ending a 43-day shutdown.
fromAbove the Law
3 hours ago

Laterals Don't Usually Come With Escort Accusations - See Also - Above the Law

Former Partner Accused Of Calling Dominatrix On Company Time: And that's just the tip of the iceberg! Judge Panel Lets LSU "Investigate" Law Professor Who Said A Curse Word: Are they just virtue signaling to the President? Academics Compare Biden And Trump Judges To "Get The Conversation Going": Shame that the conversation is about poking holes in their methodology.
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fromAxios
7 hours ago

Exclusive: Bipartisan panel calls for more government intervention to support tech sector

"Government intervention in the economy in the name of national security is most clearly warranted in cases of market failure," a new report from a bipartisan task force organized by the Council on Foreign Relations says. "Today, the market failures that loom largest for U.S. national security are shortfalls of private capital in strategically important areas and over-concentration of critical supply chains in unfriendly countries," the report adds.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 hours ago
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I Know What's in Those Documents!': Alan Dershowitz Says He Has the Epstein Files, But Judges Are Blocking Their Release

fromAxios
3 hours ago
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Clock starts on Epstein files vote in House as Adelita Grijalva is sworn in

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fromThe Atlantic
3 hours ago

Wait, Are the Epstein Files Real Now?

Emails from Jeffrey Epstein allege Donald Trump spent hours at Epstein's home with a sex-trafficking victim; the White House refused to issue a direct denial.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
20 minutes ago

Jeffrey Please Help Me': Humiliating Emails Show Epstein's Friend Asking if Woman He's Seeing Is a Hooker'

Jonathan Farkas asked Jeffrey Epstein whether a woman he saw was untrustworthy or a sex worker; Somers Farkas became U.S. Ambassador to Malta.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 hours ago
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I Know What's in Those Documents!': Alan Dershowitz Says He Has the Epstein Files, But Judges Are Blocking Their Release

fromAxios
3 hours ago
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Clock starts on Epstein files vote in House as Adelita Grijalva is sworn in

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fromLos Angeles Times
1 hour ago

City Council committee advances measure to limit LAPD's less-lethal weapons at protests

An ordinance would bar LAPD from using kinetic projectiles or chemical agents except when officers face physical violence and would require clear kettling exit warnings.
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fromAxios
6 hours ago

Judge demands ICE release 313 people held without warrants

A federal judge ordered DHS to release detainees, produce records, and place low‑flight‑risk individuals on bond, finding arrests violated the Castañon Nava settlement.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago

Former Obama Official Sought Jeffrey Epstein's Advice on Courting Woman

Lawrence Summers emailed Jeffrey Epstein in 2018–2019 seeking advice on courting women despite Epstein's known interest in minors.
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fromAxios
2 hours ago

U.S. Catholic bishops call for end to "dehumanizing rhetoric" of immigrants

U.S. Catholic bishops overwhelmingly issued a special message opposing indiscriminate mass deportations and urging protection of immigrant dignity while advocating meaningful immigration reform.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

Laura Ingraham Tells Trump His Plan To Paint Historic Building Would Turn It Into A Big White Blob'

Is the Executive Office building color going to be changed? Ingraham asked Trump as they walked through the White House. I heard a rumor of that. The host noted that she worked in the building as a member of the Reagan administration. So, you know it was always considered an ugly building, Trump replied. But it's actually one of the most beautiful buildings ever built. I kinda like it, Ingraham said.
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fromBusiness Insider
3 hours ago

NY AG Letitia James stumps for fired Conde Nast workers, telling the company 'I'll see you in court'

New York AG Letitia James joined Condé Nast union protesters calling for reinstatement of fired staffers and enforcement of labor laws.
fromBuzzFeed
13 minutes ago

My Husband And His Family Voted For Trump - So I'm Canceling Thanksgiving And Christmas

I will keep encouraging my friends and family to continue to hope and fight for this country. I don't know how or when I can greet my husband in the morning with my usual hug when I wrap my arms around his strong shoulders, smell the intoxicating scent of his spicy cologne and smile, knowing we are one. We are now two, and it is agonizing.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 hours ago

Will my Christmas dinner interfere with my medication?

Grapefruit and some seasonal foods can interact with medications like statins, warfarin, antidepressants, and immunosuppressants, altering effectiveness or increasing side-effect risks.
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fromFlowingData
14 hours ago

Imagining an extreeeeeme gerrymandered future

Striking down Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act would legally permit extreme, racially discriminatory gerrymanders, enabling potential unanimous single-party congressional maps.
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fromNextgov.com
7 hours ago

Nearly 20 Democratic states inadvertently share driver data with ICE, lawmakers say

Federal immigration agencies can access state resident DMV and registration data via the Nlets network, prompting Democratic lawmakers to warn blue states and seek restrictions.
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fromFast Company
18 hours ago

How ICE's plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and activism

ICE intends to fund private contractors to continuously monitor public social media, turning everyday online posts into immigration enforcement leads.
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fromFlowingData
13 hours ago

Shifts left for every demographic group, 2025 elections

Non-white, lower-income, and young voters swung sharply toward Democrats in 2025 gubernatorial races, producing a substantial vote shift away from Republicans.
fromAxios
9 hours ago

House Democrats plot to bypass Mike Johnson in effort to salvage shutdown deal

A discharge petition forces a vote on any piece of legislation if it is signed by 218 House members, effectively giving the minority party the power to bypass the majority on bipartisan bills. Democrats have 214 members in the House, meaning four House Republicans would have to sign on even if they get all their members to do so. Driving the news: House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced the strategy
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fromwww.mediaite.com
8 hours ago

Karoline Leavitt Pressed On Report Trump Admin Is Trying to Flip Lauren Boebert On Epstein Files Release

Trump White House officials met with Rep. Lauren Boebert to persuade her against joining a petition to release Jeffrey Epstein files.
fromTechCrunch
11 hours ago

Lawmakers warn Democratic governors that states are sharing drivers' data with ICE | TechCrunch

The letter, which was first reported by Reuters, told governors that their states are providing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agencies "with frictionless, self-service access to the personal data of all of your residents," through a non-profit managed by state police agencies called the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, or Nlets. Nlets facilitates the sharing of state residents' personal data, in this case drivers' license data, between state, local, and federal police agencies.
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fromIntelligencer
9 hours ago

What Happens After Congress Votes on the Epstein-Files Bill

Speaker Mike Johnson delayed swearing in Adelita Grijalva until her pledge to sign a discharge petition forcing a House vote on Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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fromTruthout
5 hours ago

Utah Judge May Face Impeachment From Republicans After Ruling Their Maps Were Partisan Gerrymander

Utah Republicans moved to impeach a judge who struck down partisan congressional maps and ignored a voter-approved independent redistricting commission.
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fromThe Cipher Brief
11 hours ago

How America Can Balance Legal Migration with Strong National Security

Naturalized citizens can hold most U.S. offices, and America's welcoming legal migration has enabled many foreign-born leaders to contribute significantly to the nation.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
4 hours ago

New Arizona Democrat Scorches Speaker Johnson in First Speech After She's Finally Sworn In: Abuse of Power!'

Rep. Adelita Grijalva called the 50-day delay of her swearing-in an abuse of power, signed a discharge petition, and demanded accountability.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

You Might Want To Rethink This': Democrat Tells GOP Colleagues That Even Marjorie Taylor Greene Says You've Gone Too Far'

Rep. Jim McGovern criticized House Republicans for prioritizing billionaire tax breaks, taking extended vacations, and refusing to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva while blocking Epstein files.
fromwww.amny.com
11 hours ago

Video shows alleged ICE agents roughly arresting man in Washington Heights in morning raid | amNewYork

Video shared by Abreu's office shows a man being wrestled into the unmarked vehicle in front of sacred and confused onlookers, including a young child. Show your faces! a crowd could be heard chanting at the agents, some of whom were masked, as they shoved the man into the car. amNewYork can confirm that at least one of the agents spotted in this latest incident was also involved in the now-infamous Oct. 21 Canal Street raid that saw street vendors targeted.
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fromWIRED
5 hours ago

DHS Kept Chicago Police Records for Months in Violation of Domestic Espionage Rules

DHS retained nearly 800 Chicago Police gang-related records on a federal server despite a deletion order, violating oversight rules and exposing inaccurate, biased data.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
7 hours ago

San Leandro Councilman Bryan Azevedo pleads not guilty to federal corruption charges

San Leandro City Councilman Bryan Azevedo pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he accepted a $2,000 bribe and lied to investigators.
fromwww.esquire.com
1 day ago

Republicans Inserted a Sinister Provision into the Shutdown Package

Tom Williams//Getty Images Having secured Democratic capitulation on a deal fat with empty promises, Senate Republican leader John Thune made sure that the deal also addressed one of the president's most important issueswhitewashing the insurrection of January 6, 2021. And, needless to say, he did so with the tacit approval of seven Democratic senators. It is, as they say, a bipartisan bill.
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fromwww.amny.com
6 hours ago

AG probe of firm's nursing home debt practice survives motion to quash subpoena | amNewYork

NY Attorney General probes Abrams Fensterman for allegedly suing nursing-home residents' relatives to collect debts; courts denied the firm's efforts to block subpoenas.
fromJezebel
5 hours ago

GOP Says Dems Can Extend Americans' Health Insurance...If They Also Further Restrict Abortion

In the checkers board that is our government (no one here's playing chess), we have Democrats who enjoy pretending to put up a fight, only to cave at the first whiff of a breeze, and we have Republicans who will, without fail, find a way to make everything about banning abortion. The House reconvenes today, November 12, to vote on the bill to reopen the government after the longest shutdown in U.S. history. On Sunday night, seven Democrats and one Independent broke ranks to vote with Republicans on the spending bill.
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fromBoston.com
7 hours ago

Senate candidate John Deaton reportedly close to securing Mass. GOP endorsement

Massachusetts Republican Party likely to endorse John Deaton, effectively deterring other Republican primary challengers as he seeks Ed Markey's Senate seat.
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fromBoston.com
6 hours ago

'Silence, for me, is now intolerable': Federal judge in Boston steps down to speak out against Trump

A senior federal judge resigned to publicly oppose the Trump administration's partisan use of law and assault on the rule of law.
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fromFortune
10 hours ago
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Trump, who slapped an extra $100,000 on the H-1B visa, now says there aren't enough talented people in the U.S. to fill jobs | Fortune

fromFortune
10 hours ago
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Trump, who slapped an extra $100,000 on the H-1B visa, now says there aren't enough talented people in the U.S. to fill jobs | Fortune

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fromwww.housingwire.com
7 hours ago

Fannie Mae officials fired amid mortgage fraud probe

Alleged mortgage fraud prompted internal firings, leadership changes, DOJ referrals, and a criminal case while officials deny political motivation.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
22 hours ago

Congresswoman Scolds Democratic Colleague for Welcoming Her Back From Eight Weeks of Taxpayer-Funded Vacation'

Rep. Yassamin Ansari criticized Rep. Virginia Foxx for returning from an eight-week, taxpayer-funded break amid a government shutdown and healthcare subsidy dispute.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 day ago

Schumer faces criticism as shutdown nears end, but his job appears safe

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer led his caucus, and the country, into a record-breaking government shutdown and voted against reopening when a small group of his members defected. But there are still calls for him to step aside from Democrats who think he should have fought harder. It's a now-familiar position for the Democratic leader, who was pilloried by the liberal base in March when he voted with Republicans to keep the government open.
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fromTruthout
7 hours ago

Shutdown Deal Kills Rules to Prevent Food Contamination and Foodborne Illnesses

Senators inserted provisions into an emergency spending bill that weaken food-safety rules, limit regulation of ultra-processed foods, and follow heavy food-industry lobbying.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 hours ago

Nothing to see here: Trump press chief in full denial mode over Epstein

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who says a prayer before each briefing, was dispatched to the podium to defy the laws of moral physics by explaining why the true wrongdoers here were Joe Biden and the Democrats. Leavitt's critics have compared her to M3gan, an AI-powered life-sized doll in the sci-fi horror films of the same name. She speaks uncannily fluently with barely an um or an er.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
7 hours ago

Fannie Mae ethics team gutted as they investigated FHFA head Bill Pulte

Anti-DEI measures cited to justify laying off 62 Fannie Mae employees last month may have been a foil for firing ethics investigators looking into whether director Bill Pulte improperly obtained mortgage records for New York Attorney General Letitia James and other targets of President Trump, according to a new report. New York Attorney General Letitia James, speaks to the media after pleading not guilty outside the United States District Court in Norfolk, Va. on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/John Clark) AP Photo/John Clark
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fromAbove the Law
5 hours ago

If The DOJ Fails Another Time, They Win A Free Sandwich - Above the Law

Kirkland trained lawyers to stop antagonizing private equity clients; conservative activists pushed judge impeachments, and the DOJ failed to secure even a misdemeanor conviction.
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fromwww.esquire.com
6 hours ago

So We're Supposed to Believe It's Coincidence That Trump Just Fired a Key Watchdog?

Josh Marshall's joint hipped the Shebeen to a fascinating investigation by The Wall Street Journal, prompted apparently by a report by Reuters, into the tawdry (and, perhaps illegal) machinations that produced the snipe-hunt indictments of Letitia James and Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook, as well as the investigation into Senator Adam Schiff. Suffice it to say, were I administration mortgage apparatchik Bill Pulte, the mastermind behind the mock legal theory underpinning these farces, I wouldn't be bringing any green bananas into the office.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

What the F*ck Is This?' Trump Supporters Rip President For Saying There Aren't Enough Talented People in America

President Trump's claim that the United States lacks sufficient talented people sparked swift criticism from his own supporters and Republican figures on social media.
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