“Katy Perry has seemingly confirmed her new romance with former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after they were seen sharing a passionate kiss on board her yacht,” Yahoo reports.
Hamas Ready to Hand Over 20 Living Israeli Hostages
“Hamas has told Israel it has 20 living Israeli hostages in hand and is ready to begin releasing them as early as Sunday,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Judges Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public,” the New York Times reports.
“At issue are the quick-turn orders the Supreme Court has issued dictating whether Trump administration policies should be left in place while they are litigated through the lower courts. That emergency docket, a growing part of the Supreme Court’s work in recent years, has taken on greater importance amid the flood of litigation challenging President Trump’s efforts to expand executive power.”
Turning Point USA to Host Its Own Halftime Show
“Turning Point USA, the organization founded by the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, announced on social media that it will be hosting its own Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8, 2026, to counter the NFL’s choice of Bad Bunny,” The Athletic reports.
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Trump Says Military Will Be Paid Despite Shutdown
“President Trump said he had directed the Pentagon to pay military servicemembers next week, with the government shutdown expected to continue amid an impasse in Congress,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Saturday that he had directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to ‘use all available funds’ to make sure troops receive their paychecks on Oct. 15. Military servicemembers have been expected next week to miss their first full paychecks since the shutdown began.”
Politico: “To scrounge up enough money to pay the troops, the Pentagon is tapping into its research and development accounts to use money Congress made available for two years.”
Arab States Expanded Cooperation with Israeli Military
“Even as key Arab states condemned the war in the Gaza Strip, they quietly expanded security cooperation with the Israeli military,“ the Washington Post reports.
“Those military ties were thrown into crisis after Israel’s September airstrike in Qatar, but could now play a key role in overseeing the nascent ceasefire in Gaza.”
“Over the past three years, facilitated by the United States, senior military officials from Israel and six Arab countries came together for a series of planning meetings in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan and Qatar.”
Immigration Enforcement Hurting Food Prices
“The Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply,” the Washington Post reports.
Inside JD Vance’s Redistricting Rescue Mission
Playbook: “JD Vance once again descended on barn-red Indiana yesterday to make the case for mid-cycle redistricting to reluctant Hoosier lawmakers, his second trip to the state and third meeting with them in three months.”
“In a trip that was neither advised nor confirmed by his own office until Air Force Two appeared in the Indianapolis skies, Vance spent hours with Republican lawmakers amid a remarkable effort to ply two more congressional seats ahead of the 2026 midterms from a state delegation that currently sees a 7-2 split already favoring Republicans.”
Midwestern Democrats Left Alone in Redistricting Fight
Politico: “Party leaders in Missouri and Ohio are mobilizing campaigns to prevent the Republican-drawn maps from going into effect ahead of next year’s midterms, but both efforts have seen only modest support from Washington for their efforts.”
“The relative lack of investment, compared with the millions of dollars directed toward Democrats seeking to redraw California’s maps, reflects the uncertainty clouding Democrats’ endeavor.”
What Zohran Mamdani Knows About Power
New Yorker: “The thirty-three-year-old socialist is rewriting the rules of New York politics. Can he transform the city as mayor?”
Biden Struggles to Adjust to Private Life as Trump Attacks
“Since Donald Trump entered the White House nearly nine months ago, most Democrats have wanted Joe Biden to stay on the sidelines — and the former president has mostly obliged,” the Washington Post reports.
“But behind the scenes, the lifelong politician is uneasily adjusting to a quieter, lower-profile life and remains bitter about being pushed to drop out of the 2024 race,”
“Biden remains a voracious consumer of news and regularly debates with his small team of advisers in Wilmington, Delaware, on whether to weigh in on Trump’s latest actions and statements — especially the direct, often unsubstantiated attacks on Biden in settings including an address to the United Nations and a rare gathering of military generals.”
How a Trade War With China Flared Back Up
“As the trade war between the United States and China kicked back into high gear after a period of tentative détente, it was clear just how vast the gulf of misunderstanding between the two superpowers had become,” the New York Times reports.
“President Trump said that he had been blindsided by China’s new controls on rare earth metals and products made from them, announced earlier in the week, amid what he had called a “very good” relationship in recent months. Chinese commentators insisted that Beijing was only responding to new attacks from the United States, and that Washington was the provocateur, because it had ramped up technological restrictions on China while professing good will.”
“Both sides also seemed convinced that they had the advantage and that the other side had overplayed its hand.”
Wall Street Journal: Four things to know about Beijing’s rare-earths bombshell.
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dedicates Award to Trump
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize to the people of her country and to President Trump for his “decisive support” for democracy in Venezuela, The Hill reports.
Biden Undergoing Radiation Treatment
Former President Joe Biden is now receiving radiation therapy for his prostate cancer, ABC News reports.
Some Are Starting to Feel Impact of the Shutdown
“Reverberations of the federal government shutdown, now in its second week, are starting to be felt by certain segments of Americans, hinting at problems that could deepen for the public if Congress cannot reach a funding agreement soon,” the New York Times reports.
“In some Native American communities, key medical services, such as diabetes monitoring and telehealth sessions, have been curtailed or canceled. Veterans no longer have access to career counseling or regional benefits offices. Taxpayers rushing to meet a Wednesday deadline for extended filing are going to have to wait on hold because fewer Internal Revenue Service customer service agents are working to answer questions.”
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Trump Warns of ‘Insufficient Funds’ for Food Stamps
The Trump administration is warning states that there will be “insufficient funds” to pay full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits if the government shutdown extends past October, Axios reports.
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