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There Have Been 337 Mass Shootings This Year
Axios reports that 337 mass shootings have occurred so far this year in the U.S. as of Oct. 11, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Any incident involving more than…
Trump’s Big Gamble on the Middle East
“President Trump wants to quickly pivot from a Gaza cease-fire to the thornier problem of a broader peace in the Middle East, betting that two years of war transformed the…
China and U.S. Race to De-Escalate the Trade War
“President Trump is trying to publicly de-escalate tensions with China to soothe markets while privately keeping up pressure on Beijing—a difficult balancing act that is being closely watched by Wall…
Trump Sets His Sights on Peace in Ukraine
“President Trump scored a major foreign-policy win in Gaza by brokering the release of hostages from captivity and securing an end to the fighting between Israel and Hamas,” the Wall…
Trump to Launch Drone Program Ahead of World Cup
“The Trump administration is moving to fortify U.S. skies against potential drone threats ahead of next summer’s World Cup and other marquee mega-events, casting the technology as necessary both to…
North Carolina GOP to Vote on New House Map
“North Carolina Republican legislative leaders announced plans Monday to vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S. House district map, with a likely aim to secure another GOP seat within…
John Bel Edwards Won’t Run for Senate in Louisiana
Former Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) dashed the dreams of Democrats who hoped he would jump into next year’s U.S. Senate race, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Edwards said…
Trump Allies Sold Sponsorships to ‘Treasury Event’
“An investment fund run by prominent Trump supporters tried to sell sponsorships for a conference it pitched to companies as the ‘Inaugural U.S. Treasury A.I. Summit,’ during which it said…
‘Unlimited Cash’
During a photo op in Egypt, President Trump pointed at a United Arab Emirates official and said: “A lot of cash. Unlimited cash.” Save to Favorites
Rove Says Troop Deployments Are a ‘Loser’ for Trump
“GOP strategist Karl Rove predicted that deploying National Guard troops to Democratic-led cities, over the objections of their respective states’ governors, will ultimately be a losing issue for President Trump,”…
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“This took 3,000 years to get to this point. Can you believe it? And it’s gonna hold up, too. It’s going to hold up.” — President Trump, while signing a…
Barack Obama Slams Those Who Cut Deals with Trump
Barack Obama took aim at institutions and businesses who made deals or worked out settlements with the Trump administration, noting on a new podcast: “We all have this capacity, I…
News Organizations Reject New Pentagon Policies
“The Washington Post joined the New York Times, the Atlantic and the Guardian in spurring the Pentagon’s new press restrictions ahead of its Monday deadline,” The Wrap reports. “The Pentagon’s…
Man Wrongly Imprisoned for 43 Years Taken by ICE
Miami Herald: “On the morning of Oct. 3, 2025, Subramanyam ‘Subu’ Vedam walked out of Huntingdon State Correctional Institution, the Pennsylvania prison that had confined him for more than four…
Democrats Pour Money Into California Redistricting
Democrats are now outspending Republicans by nearly $40 million on TV in California, urging voters to back Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting ballot initiative next month, Punchbowl News reports. Save to…
Obama Swipes at Democrats for Scolding Voters
Former President Barack Obama ripped fellow Democrats over their messaging, the Washington Examiner reports. Said Obama: “You can’t constantly lecture people without acknowledging that you’ve got some blind spots, too,…
Senior Prosecutor Removed from U.S. Attorney’s Office
“Maggie Cleary — the senior Justice Department prosecutor who briefly led the powerful US attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia last month before Trump ally Lindsey Halligan took…
Mike Johnson Sees ‘Longest Shutdown in History’ Ahead
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said the government shutdown is on its way to being one of the longest in history unless Democrats accept the House-passed, GOP-crafted stopgap bill to reopen…
Stephanopoulos Ends Interview with JD Vance
JD Vance sparred with George Stephanopoulos when pressed about an apparent $50,000 bribe to border czar Tom Homan, prompting the ABC News anchor to end the interview, by saying: “You…
Trump Rewrites History of January 6 Again
President Trump, posting on Truth Social: “The Biden FBI placed 274 agents into the crowd on January 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good…
