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1 hour ago

Trump Rages at Stupid and Outdated' Blue Slip Rule Thwarting His Judicial Picks

President Trump criticized the Senate blue-slip tradition for blocking eight Republican U.S. attorney nominees and accused Democrats and Chuck Grassley of enabling it.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 hours ago
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Barabak: In shutdown fight, this Nevada Democrat stands (almost) alone. And she's fine with that.

Catherine Cortez Masto repeatedly votes to reopen the government, prioritizing bipartisanship and ending the shutdown over partisan confrontation on healthcare and Trump.
fromwww.npr.org
4 hours ago
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With some shutdown pain points delayed for now, talks in Congress are 'nowhere'

The Trump administration has mitigated major shutdown impacts by reallocating funds and pausing federal layoffs, reducing urgency in Congress.
fromGothamist
17 hours ago

Trump vows to ditch Hudson River tunnel project, leave holes in ground across NYC and NJ

President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday evening that he would "terminate" federal funding for the Gateway Project, which aims to build the first new set of Hudson River train tunnels in over a century. If he gets his way, he'll leave a new mark on the region in the form of a pair of unfinished holes on either side of the river - one in North Bergen, another on Manhattan's West Side - along with three other active construction sites that would be abandoned.
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fromFortune
58 seconds ago

Marc Benioff's shortsighted bet against San Francisco | Fortune

Marc Benioff publicly supported deploying the National Guard to San Francisco, signaling a short-term, security-first stance that risks undermining conditions enabling tech entrepreneurship.
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fromAxios
12 hours ago
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Exclusive: MTG goes after Johnson again - this time over Cory Mills comments

fromAxios
12 hours ago
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Exclusive: MTG goes after Johnson again - this time over Cory Mills comments

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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 hour ago

U.S. Chamber of Commerce sues Trump administration over $100,000 H-1B visa fee

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is suing over a $100,000 annual fee on new H-1B visas, calling it unlawful and harmful to U.S. businesses.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
52 minutes ago

MAGA Congressman busted with a swastika in his office has a surprising excuse for how it got there - LGBTQ Nation

A swastika was placed on Rep. Dave Taylor's office wall as part of a ruse distributing American flags with hidden swastikas targeting Republican offices.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
24 minutes ago

CNN's Kaitlan Collins Confronts Eric Trump Over Bombshell Hot Mic Moment

Eric Trump was confronted on CNN about his father's hot mic arranging a business call with Indonesia's president and his involvement in Indonesian projects.
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fromwww.sandiegouniontribune.com
50 minutes ago

Camp Pendleton says Interstate 5 won't be closed during Saturday's live-fire exercise

Responding to criticism from lawmakers, Camp Pendleton says it will not seek to shut down all or part of Interstate 5 on Saturday when it stages a live-fire amphibious assault exercise in the presence of Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. All training events will occur on approved training ranges and comport with established safety protocols, the base said in a statement issued at 10 p.m. on Wednesday. No public highways or transportation routes will be closed.
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fromNon Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
1 hour ago

Can Nonprofits Restrain Trump's Autism Agenda? - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

MAGA mischaracterization and Trump-backed Medicaid cuts threaten essential autism supports, producing severe human suffering that nonprofits alone cannot replace.
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fromsyracuse
1 hour ago

This Central NY county had the state's highest full-value property tax rate for 2025

Cortland County had New York's highest full-value property tax rate in 2025 at $10.72 per $1,000, one of two counties above $10.
#trump
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 hours ago

Opinion: Most US Jews think Trump is exploiting antisemitism to attack universities

Most Jewish Americans view Trump's use of antisemitism claims to punish universities and cut research funding as politically motivated and disingenuous.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
11 hours ago

Amy Coney Barrett Pressed On What the Supreme Court Would Do If Trump Defied It

Amy Coney Barrett rejects becoming a cultural icon, emphasizes solitary judicial work, and stresses institutional consequences of court rulings amid executive aggrandizement concerns.
#no-kings
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 hours ago
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No Kings' protests against Trump on October 18: What you need to know

Millions will gather across the United States October 18 for No Kings protests opposing Trump's alleged authoritarian governance, with thousands of events nationwide.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 hours ago
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No Kings: what to know about the anti-Trump protests attracting millions

Millions will protest at over 2,500 U.S. locations to oppose Donald Trump's perceived authoritarianism and to assert that he is not a king.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 hours ago

Maga is painting Saturday's protests as violent treason. Prove them wrong | Judith Levine

Republican leaders labeled the No Kings October 18 demonstrations as a 'Hate America' rally tied to antifa and paid protesters while organizers demand disciplined nonviolence.
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fromIrish Independent
2 hours ago
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John Bolton compares Trump administration to Stalin's secret police as he becomes latest political enemy to be indicted

fromIrish Independent
2 hours ago
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John Bolton compares Trump administration to Stalin's secret police as he becomes latest political enemy to be indicted

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fromThe Nation
4 hours ago

From Maine to the Marianas, Americans Will Cry: "No Kings!"

Americans nationwide will rally on October 18 to protest perceived presidential authoritarianism, invoking democratic principles and rejecting monarchical or dictatorial rule.
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fromwww.npr.org
4 hours ago

Senators will force a vote to prevent war on Venezuela without approval from Congress

Kaine said concerns about war in the Latin American region are growing. "The pace of the announcements, the authorization of covert activities and the military planning makes me think there's some chance this could be imminent," Kaine told reporters. This week, Trump said the U.S. had conducted another military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean and announced that he had authorized CIA operations in Venezuela. He also said he was considering land operations in the country.
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fromAxios
4 hours ago

Exclusive: Trump immigration plan could cut workforce by 15M through 2035, study says

The big picture: The drop in workers could alter the nation's projected demographics and make it difficult to revive manufacturing jobs - or to attract workers in health, agriculture and energy as the population ages. Projected new workers entering the workforce wouldn't fully make up the difference, leading to the net reductions, per the National Foundation for American Policy, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that focuses on trade and immigration.
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fromAxios
4 hours ago

Exclusive: MTG slams parts of Trump's second-term agenda as "America Last"

Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized the administration's foreign focus and called for America First priorities, urging action on inflation, ACA subsidies, tariffs, and farmers.
fromCbsnews
3 hours ago

Sparks fly at first NYC mayoral debate with Trump weighing heavily in the sparring

there's high levels of testosterone in this room.
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fromUPI
11 hours ago

Mamdani, Sliwa, Cuomo square off in heated NYC mayoral debate - UPI.com

LeadershipCuomo, who left the New York governor's mansion in August 2021 amid sexual harassment allegations, was quick to attack Mamdani, saying the New York assemblyman's inexperience makes him unfit to oversee a 300,000-employee city workforce and a multi-billion-dollar budget. "This is no job for on-the-job training," he said. "And if you look at the failed mayors they're ones that have no management experience. Don't do it again."
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fromFast Company
2 hours ago

Mariann Budde, Bishop of Washington, on leading with courage

We are in an era of strategic silence-no longer in the age of the activist CEO. Instead, business leaders are being told to lie low and stay in their lane to avoid unwanted attention, including from the White House. In the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's removal from ABC, CEOs are reportedly turning down press and speaking opportunities. Today, leaders are faced with the question of when to speak up . . . and when to stay strategically silent in order to protect their constituents.
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fromUSA TODAY
1 hour ago
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New York should elect Zohran Mamdani mayor. Then we'll see socialism fail. | Opinion

fromUSA TODAY
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New York should elect Zohran Mamdani mayor. Then we'll see socialism fail. | Opinion

fromwww.theguardian.com
5 hours ago

Trump's anti-truth crusade is not just an attack on facts it's an unravelling of the Enlightenment | Polly Toynbee

Facts are becoming less sacred by the day in Donald Trump's US, where many of his supporters now deny the very existence of truths. To them, inconvenient evidence is by definition bias. His followers and those who fear his fist are falling into line: media, universities and that infamous regiment of tech zillionaires who stood right behind him on inauguration day.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
22 hours ago

Jimmy Kimmel: Trump's inner circle knows how dangerous the incessant misinformation from Fox News can be'

Trump officials became concerned when Trump asked if he could get a reverse mortgage on the White House and one of those Terry Bradshaw walk-in tubs, Kimmel joked. The report noted that Trump probably sent the national guard to Portland, Oregon, based on footage he saw on Fox News of the Black Lives Matter protests from summer 2020, mistaking them for current unrest. He still might think that's happening in real time, said Kimmel. He's on a five-year delay from the rest of us.
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fromBoston.com
11 hours ago

GOP Super PAC posts doctored image of Healey, ties racist caricature to migrant policies

A no-limit super PAC posted a doctored Halloween-themed image mocking Gov. Maura Healey and criticized her migrant policies while backing Brian Shortsleeve.
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fromAdvocate.com
3 hours ago

The person leading an actual 'Hate America' rally every day is you, Mike Johnson

Conservative Christian leaders and politicians publicly promote and normalize hatred, undermining core Christian teachings about love and harming civic and moral discourse.
fromThe Nation
4 hours ago

Portland's Theater-of-the-Absurd Protests Reflect the Ridiculousness of Trump's Lies

While ICE personnel have been using chemical agents, rubber bullets, pepper balls, and other "non-lethal" ammunition on protesters, Portlanders have been donning dinosaur costumes, clown outfits, and pied-piper paraphernalia or have been shedding their clothes and cycling naked before the camo-wearing government thugs. Others have put on PJs and distributed doughnuts in the early mornings to the bemused defenders of the home front. Protest costumes are even being given away for free on the streets.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
13 hours ago

Gas them': How a leaked pro-Nazi young Republicans chat sparked GOP storm

A Young Republicans Telegram group contained racist, antisemitic, white-supremacist symbols, violent threats, and rape jokes, prompting resignations, job losses, and public condemnation.
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fromwww.npr.org
4 hours ago

In small towns and rural communities, young voters say they feel unseen by leaders

Young rural Americans work long hours yet struggle financially, feeling ignored as inflation, healthcare and rising costs erode stability and hope for upward mobility.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
13 hours ago

US carries out new drug' boat strike in Caribbean, as admiral resigns

US forces struck another alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean, prompting condemnation, legal scrutiny, Venezuelan protests and the admiral's sudden resignation.
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fromThe New Yorker
3 hours ago

Donald Trump's Deep-State Wrecking Ball

Russell Vought is using the Office of Management and Budget's extensive authority to dismantle federal agencies, remove employees, and challenge legal norms.
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fromThe Hill
1 day ago

Vance on Young Republicans' chat: 'That's what kids do'

Vice President Vance characterized racist Young Republican chat remarks as stupid jokes by kids and argued such comments should not ruin participants' lives.
fromwww.mediaite.com
9 hours ago

RFK Jr. Warns Teenagers Now Have Less Sperm Than 65-Year-Old Men

When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today, it is 1.6%. The replacement rate, in other words the amount of fertility that you need in order to keep your population even, is 2.1%. We are below replacement right now. That is a national security threat to our country and we know why this is happening, and President Trump is addressing the root causes through his MAHA agenda of reducing endocrine disruptors, the exposure to chemicals that decrease fertility.
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fromSecuritymagazine
13 hours ago

Going Down with the Ship

Security leaders must choose whether to defend failing organizations under funding and political attacks or evacuate to preserve people and capability.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
11 hours ago

Democratic Senate Candidate Disavows Old Posts Calling White Americans Racist,' Cops B*stards'

Graham Platner disavowed past Reddit posts that attacked police, described rural white Americans as racist, and labeled himself a communist and psychedelics-taking socialist.
fromJezebel
3 hours ago

ICE Is Attacking Protesters, Journalists, and...a Clarinet Player

It is a beautiful party atmosphere. Everybody's really excited. Then the band hits into 'Ghostbusters,' and then at 'Ghostbusters,' that's when ICE start storming in,
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
10 hours ago

Benioff slammed by longtime VC ally over call for troops in San Francisco

Venture capitalist Ron Conway resigns from the Salesforce Foundation board after condemning Marc Benioff's support for a federal National Guard deployment to San Francisco.
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from48 hills
11 hours ago

No Kings protests this weekend: A guide - 48 hills

Tens of thousands are expected at San Francisco's No Kings protests on Saturday the 18th, with multiple gatherings and a march ending at Civic Center.
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fromAxios
12 hours ago

Exclusive: Senate leaders give each other the silent treatment

Senator Thune says Schumer is not negotiating, offers a date‑certain floor vote on extending ACA subsidies, and seeks rank‑and‑file Democratic engagement to end the shutdown.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

Jon Stewart Namedrops the Only' Reporter Who Has It in Her' to Take On Trump

Kaitlan Collins uniquely unsettles President Donald Trump with factual, matter-of-fact questioning that leaves his allies unsure how to respond.
fromwww.mediaite.com
13 hours ago

I Am Ashamed': Democrat Jay Jones Apologizes For Messages About Killing Republican and Watching His Children Die

Jones added: Let me be very clear I am ashamed, I am embarrassed, and I am sorry. I am sorry to Speaker Gilbert, I am sorry to his family. I'm sorry to my family and I'm sorry to every single Virginian. I cannot take back what I said, but you have my word that I will always be accountable for my mistakes, and you also have my word that I will spend every waking moment fighting for you.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
10 hours ago

Pritzker Claims Stephen Miller Is Clearly Ordering People to Break the Law' Accountability Likely In Three Years

Illinois will pursue local legal avenues to hold federal immigration agents accountable for violating state or local law when federal oversight is weakened.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
18 hours ago

Naked Gun and Father of the Bride actor dies aged 98

The Independent reports on major issues without paywalls and seeks donations to fund on-the-ground journalism; actor Ed Williams died at 98.
fromBusiness Insider
2 hours ago

One of Delta's main hub airports is making very clear what it thinks of Kristi Noem's TSA video about the government shutdown

Detroit Metropolitan Airport has placed signs at the entrances to its security checkpoints, making clear that it doesn't approve of the video message. But because the areas are leased by the Transportation Security Administration, the airport operator isn't in charge of those screens. A bright yellow sign, with "attention" written in all caps, says, "The views expressed in this TSA-controlled video do not represent the views of the Wayne County Airport Authority." "The Wayne County Airport Authority does not engage in partisan politics," it adds.
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fromwww.cnn.com
23 hours ago

Federal judge demands answers from Trump admin on following order to avoid violent encounters with Chicago protesters

I live in Chicago, if folks haven't noticed, and I'm not blind, right? Ellis opened the hearing. So, I don't live in a cave. I have a phone. I have a TV. I have a computer and I tend to get news. The judge said those news reports were leading her to believe the Trump administration may not be following her instructions. At least from what I'm seeing, I'm having serious concerns that my order's being followed, said Ellis from the bench.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
10 hours ago

Here Are The 15 Remaining Reporters Inside the Pentagon Including 3 From Turkish State Media

The Washington Post's media reporter Scott Nover detailed exactly who was left to cover the largest government agency. Pro-MAGA outlets The Federalist, the Epoch Times, and OAN all signed Hegseth's pledge, which said that journalists are banned from soliciting or obtaining any information that is not pre-approved by the Pentagon. Nover reported on the other remaining people in the building: A reporter for the Turkish newspaper Aksam signed the agreement, as did three individuals from the Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency and two Turkish freelancers.
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fromDaily Kos
1 day ago

White House spews pathetic lie about Pentagon media walkout

Pentagon reporters surrendered credentials to protest Defense Secretary Hegseth's preapproval rules that censor reporting, while the White House made unverified bullying claims.
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fromAxios
8 hours ago

EPA faces multi-state lawsuit over canceled grants for solar power

Multiple states and local entities sued the EPA and Administrator Lee Zeldin over cancellation of the Solar for All program, seeking restoration and damages.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
10 hours ago

Andrew Cuomo Attacked During NYC Debate: Doesn't Understand What the Term No Is'

Opponents attacked Andrew Cuomo at a NYC mayoral debate, mocking his claim to confront Donald Trump and invoking his 2021 resignation over sexual harassment findings.
fromwww.npr.org
4 hours ago

Trump ties crime with immigration, blurring the lines with Guard deployment

CHICAGO It's a sunny October morning, and Yackson is waiting for a bus that will take him to meet his immigration attorney. The Venezuelan, who NPR is identifying by his first name because of his immigration status, looks at a big, run-down apartment building in front of him. Earlier this month, it was raided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who landed a helicopter on the roof, and arrested more than 30 people. Yackson, 39, says he's terrified.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
12 hours ago

Mamdani Condemns Hasan Piker For Reprehensible' 9/11 Comment In Heated Battle With Cuomo During Debate

Zohran Mamdani refused to explicitly call for Hamas to disarm, defended referencing 'occupation' under international law, while Andrew Cuomo accused him of endorsing anti-Israel rhetoric.
fromAxios
16 hours ago

Admiral overseeing Venezuelan boat strikes steps down

The latest: Holsey, in a statement shared on X, said he was retiring from the Navy in mid-December after decades of service. "The SOUTHCOM team has made lasting contributions to the defense of our nation and will continue to do so," he said. Holsey did not directly address the boat strikes in his message.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
13 hours ago

FBI Director Kash Patel announces terrorism charges for Texas ICE shooting

Federal prosecutors filed terrorism charges linked to antifa for the first time, charging two men in a nonfatal shooting at an immigration detention facility.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
13 hours ago

Holland & Barrett and Centrica among firms fined for underpaying staff

Almost 500 firms have been fined by the government for failing to pay some of their staff the minimum wage. Centrica, which owns British Gas, Holland & Barrett and EG Group are among the 491 employers named by The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) for underpaying their workers over several years. The companies will pay a fine amounting to a combined 10.2 million as a result of breaking the rules.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
15 hours ago

Richard Gere reflects on filming very raw, sexual' movie with Diane Keaton

Richard Gere recalls co-starring with Diane Keaton in 1977's Looking for Mr. Goodbar, calling it a raw sexual film in which they supported each other.
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2 hours ago

Pentagon accuses Netflix of airing 'woke garbage' following release of Boots

Boots follows 13 Reasons Why star Miles Heizer as Cameron Cope, a closeted teen who signs up to the marine corps after struggling to find a sense of purpose at home. While at boot camp, with his best friend Ray (newcomer Liam Oh), he learns that it's not just tough and gruelling, but homophobic too. The Netflix drama is set in 1990, when being gay in the US armed forces was still illegal.
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