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Charles Thrush / Block Club Chicago:

Feds Tell Faith Leaders ‘No More Prayer’ Outside Broadview Facility — BROADVIEW - Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be “no more prayer” in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.

Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:10 minutes ago

Democrats swept elections far beyond the big races in referendum on Trump — From clerks to coroners, Democrats on Tuesday flipped city councils, school boards and county commissions. — In Pennsylvania's Bucks County, voters elected a Democratic district attorney for the first time since the 1800s …

Wall Street Journal:

Why the Most Vulnerable Senate Democrat Hasn't Flipped in the Shutdown Standoff — Georgia's Jon Ossoff is holding firm on fixing expiring healthcare subsidies as he rebuffs Republican demands — Senate Republicans need a handful of Democrats to vote with them to reopen the government.

Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American: November 7, 2025 — The repercussions from Tuesday's vote, in which Democratic candidates …

Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Trump says GOP would never lose an election again if filibuster is eliminated

Discussion: Politico

Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post: Trump wants to abolish the filibuster. GOP senators aren't on board.

Washington Post: How a backlash to Trump fueled Democratic gains with Latino voters

Steve Vladeck / One First:

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Faith Wardwell / Politico:10 minutes ago

‘Stop playing politics’: Democrats rip court-extended pause to SNAP funding … “Let's be very clear,” Clark wrote on X, “Trump is making a choice not to feed hungry Americans. Democrats will be fighting back.” — “The Trump administration will go to any length — including appeal …

Discussion: Associated Press and Tell Me How This Ends

Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block order on releasing SNAP benefits

Discussion: Associated Press

Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:

The Mafia Presidency — Trump is saying, essentially, If you don't want to get hurt, you'll do what I say. — The Sunday before the New York City mayoral race, President Donald Trump told New Yorkers he might withhold federal funding if Zohran Mamdani won.

Washington Post:10 minutes ago

Trump urges Senate GOP to give ACA subsidies directly to Americans — Obamacare subsidies have been a sticking point for Democrats. The president says he wants to send the funds directly to Americans, a change that would require congressional action. — Just now

NBC News:
Democrats make a new offer to end the shutdown, but Republicans aren't buying it

Discussion: CNBC, Axios, Roll Call and Politico

Jesse Drucker / New York Times:

How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy — The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big companies and the ultrarich. — With little public scrutiny …

Washington Post:

A closer look at Trump's apparent struggles to fight off sleep in the Oval Office — A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that the president spent nearly 20 minutes apparently battling to keep his eyes open at a recent event. — Just now

Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:

Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do — I have great news for President Trump! — He has expressed such outrage at attacks on Christians in Nigeria that he has threatened military intervention there, and the Pentagon has obligingly prepared plans for attack.

New York Times:

‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison — They said they were shackled, beaten, shot with rubber bullets and tear gassed until they passed out. — They said they were punished in a dark room called the island, where they were trampled, kicked and forced to kneel for hours.

NBC News:

Judge permanently bars Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Portland in response to immigration protests — Oregon officials have been embroiled in a legal battle with the administration since late September, when the Trump administration mobilized hundreds of troops.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Christian Science Monitor and OPB

Anna Griffin / New York Times: Judge Blocks National Guard From Portland, Ore., Permanently

Barbara McQuade / MSNBC:

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro wasted our money pursuing sandwich thrower — To establish a forcible assault, jurors were required to find that Dunn caused “reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm.” That allegation was laughable. — Among a U.S. attorney's most significant responsibilities …

Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun Times:

Indian IDOT employee stopped by ICE agents, questioned if he was ‘aware’ of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani — Gov. JB Pritzker is speaking out about the incident, which happened Friday morning, calling it another example of President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem …

Telegraph:

Trump goes to war with ‘fake news’ BBC — White House attacks ‘Leftist propaganda machine’ over biased doctoring of president's speech — Donald Trump's White House has accused the BBC of “purposeful dishonesty” amid a row over bias at the broadcaster. — It launched its attack …

Discussion: The Guardian and GB News

Andrew Lapin / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:

In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech — A sudden change in leadership at Indiana University's Jewish studies program has erupted into a bitter internal feud, pitting a new interim director against faculty and students …

NBC News:

Education Department's out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown are unconstitutional, judge rules — The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed after the Trump administration altered employees' email messages to add partisan language about the government shutdown without their consent.

Juan Perez Jr / Politico: Judge orders Education Department to halt ‘partisan’ employee email messages

New York Times:

Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler — The child was later reunited with her grandmother, but the episode alarmed immigrant rights groups. The father, a U.S. citizen, faces a gun possession charge. — At first, the encounter seemed typical of the kinds …

Josh Moody / Inside Higher Ed:

Congress Accuses GMU President of Lying About DEI Efforts — The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee accused George Mason University's president of lying about DEI practices and likely violating civil rights laws. He has denied the claims. — House Republicans have accused George Mason …

Discussion: Washington Post

Bianca Quilantan / Politico:

Cornell to pay $60M to settle Trump administration probes … In April, Cornell said it received more than 75 stop work orders from the Department of Defense related to research on national defense, cybersecurity and health. … “The decades-long research partnership between Cornell …

Discussion: NBC News, University Statements and New York Times

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Todd Blanche on defending Trump policies before ‘rogue activist judges’: 'It's a war, man' — The Justice Department's No. 2 official, Todd Blanche, let loose Friday, railing against judges blocking administration policies and denying that prosecutions of President Donald Trump's enemies constitute weaponization of the justice system.

Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:

Today in Politics, Bulletin 245. 11/7/25 — ... Trump FINALLY got confronted today by the FACT that the Walmart Thanksgiving dinner he keeps citing to prove prices are down is only because his comparison from last year contained FEWER items, of less quantity, with more inexpensive brands.

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Trump urges Senate GOP to give ACA subsidies directly to Americans Find

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Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:
Democrats swept elections far beyond the big races in referendum on Trump Find

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Faith Wardwell / Politico:
‘Stop playing politics’: Democrats rip court-extended pause to SNAP funding Find

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Why the Most Vulnerable Senate Democrat Hasn't Flipped in the Shutdown Standoff Find

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A closer look at Trump's apparent struggles to fight off sleep in the Oval Office Find

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Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun Times:
Indian IDOT employee stopped by ICE agents, questioned if he was ‘aware’ of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani Find

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