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Trump Says No Deal Until Shutdown Ends
“With the government shut down for a sixth day, President Trump on Monday briefly dangled the possibility of a negotiation with Democrats, only to pull back several hours later —…
Pentagon Relaxes Press Access Rules
“The Defense Department on Monday loosened and clarified its new restrictions for press access to the Pentagon, after more than two weeks of negotiations with national news organizations,” the New…
GOP Lawmaker Pledges No Town Halls
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) told Republicans in an August meeting that she’ll hold town hall meetings “when hell freezes over,” CNN reports. Said Miller-Meeks: “You have plenty of opportunities to…
Donald Trump Feared This Day Would Come
Rick Wilson: “The Supreme Court just refused to even look at Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal. No oral arguments. No grand jurisprudential debate. A curt ‘hard pass,’ and the door clicks shut….
Democrats Have a Shot at Flipping a Seat in Utah
Associated Press: “Utah’s Republican-led Legislature approved a revised congressional map Monday that could give Democrats an improved chance at flipping a seat as the party fights to topple the GOP’s…
Trump May Invoke Insurrection Act
“President Donald Trump on Monday said he would consider using the Insurrection Act to deploy the military if federal courts prevented him from deploying the National Guard to protect federal…
How Long Will the Shutdown Last?
Polymarket gives the government shutdown a 75% chance of ending sometime after October 15. For members: How This Shutdown Might End Save to Favorites
CIA Deputy Replaced Top Legal Official With Himself
“Michael Ellis, the deputy director of the C.I.A., has abruptly demoted a career lawyer who had been serving as the agency’s acting general counsel since January and installed himself in…
Shutdown Has GOP Singing Government’s Praises
New York Times: “In the upside-down political messaging surrounding the shutdown fight, conservative Republicans, usually eager to assail government largess, have transformed themselves into enthusiastic evangelists for federal spending and…
Trump Claims There Are Shutdown Talks with Democrats
President Trump claimed “we have a negotiation going on with Democrats that could lead to very good things… with regard to health care,” CNN reports. He added: “I’d like to…
Judge Won’t Stop Guard Troops From Deploying in Illinois
A federal judge declined to block the deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois, a mobilization that the state’s governor, JB Pritzker, labeled an “unconstitutional invasion” by the federal government,…
Abigail Spanberger Is Way Ahead in Virginia
A new Wason Center poll in Virginia finds Abigail Spanberger (D) leading Winsome Earle-Sears (R) by 10 points in the race for governor, 52% to 42% among likely voters with…
Manosphere Influencers Are Now Cooling on Trump
“Manosphere podcasters didn’t win Donald Trump the presidency in the 2024 election cycle, but they went a long way to solidifying the president’s support among large swaths of the young…
Jones Suggested Police Deaths Would Stop Them Killing
Virginia Del. Carrie Coyner (R) told the Virginia Scope that Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones (D) told her in 2020 that if a few police officers died, then maybe…
Judge Poised to Free Abrego Garcia
“A federal judge said on Monday that she was inclined to release Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man now being held in U.S. immigration custody after wrongfully being removed…
Trump’s Shutdown Cuts Hit GOP Districts Too
“When Russell Vought, the White House budget director, announced last week that he was canceling $8 billion in federal funding for energy projects, it was clear that his directive was…
Top Prosecutor Resists Pressure to Charge Letitia James
“A top prosecutor in Virginia has informed colleagues she plans to decline to seek charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, resisting intense pressure from President Donald Trump,” MSNBC…
Jesse Jackson Jr. to Run for His Old Seat
Jesse Jackson Jr. (D) will announce another bid this week to represent his old seat in Congress, now being vacated by Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL), Politico reports. “In 2012, Jackson…
Mike Johnson Says He’s Been Talking to Patty Murray
Speaker Mike Johnson said that he spoke to Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) over the weekend and assured her the House would pass spending bills if the federal government reopens, Punchbowl…
House of Judge Criticized by Trump Officials Burns Down
“Police are investigating the cause of a fire that burned down the home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein, who had reportedly received death threats for weeks related…
