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A federal judge in Rhode Island has said the Trump administration must fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November. https://cnn.it/47KumOX

BREAKING: A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits. Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.

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New: Sandwich Guy found not guilty… www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...

The Trump administration’s military strikes on alleged drug boats are “blatantly unlawful as a matter of U.S. domestic law—and a quickly spreading stain on whatever is left of the executive branch’s commitment to the rule of law.” Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:

Breaking - Nancy Pelosi announces she will not seek reelection www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...

New: Liz Cheney on her father, “Country over Party” www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/p...

Breaking - Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the Pentagon wapo.st/4qHsi2S

New: Daniel Dale fact checks Trump interview: www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...

Happy Halloween from friends of Gabriel Allon…. Also two of my favorite readers! The girls have outdone themselves! Thank you @phillipaholland.bsky.social !

Breaking - at least 15 people sent to hospital after Jet Blue flight drops altitude www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/u...

Breaking: Covid in pregnancy tied to autism, developmental issues. A study published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology analyzed more than 18,100 births of children born to women who contracted the virus starting in the early months of the pandemic through some of 2021. wapo.st/4hB1OvP

“I think it’s an approach that can safely be described as tactics without a strategy,” said Jonathan Czin, a fellow at the Brookings Institution who previously analyzed Chinese politics at the C.I.A.

Gift article - most Americans oppose East Wing demolition wapo.st/3LzkhwI

Breaking - Trump announces US will “immediately” start testing nuclear weapons. www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

“Another Federal Reserve meeting, another loss for President Trump. And we should all be grateful for that,” Steven Rattner writes.

Earlier this year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself.

Breaking - Suspects admit involvement in Louvre heist www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/e...

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Some discussion recently on the use of NDAs in the military My thoughts in the @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/why-milita...

“.. states with mid-to-high single digit percentage increases in grocery prices over past year ..” (via Liz Ann Sonders) #CPI 🇺🇸

“Official videos purporting to show the triumph of recent immigration operations used footage that was months old or recorded thousands of miles away, a Washington Post analysis found.” Gift Article wapo.st/4nuDGwf

New - Paramount to Lay Off 2,000 Employees www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/b...

"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"

BREAKING: The full bench of the 9th circuit has agreed to take up the Portland National Guard case and vacated the panel decision that had blessed Trump’s deployment.

“Horror can do more than just frighten us for fun. It can train us to deal with the scary parts of life,” Coltan Scrivner writes:

A U.S. agent tried to flip Nicolás Maduro’s pilot — offering riches if he secretly flew Venezuela’s leader into U.S. custody. The failed plan, which reads like a Cold War spy novel, shows how far the U.S. has gone to oust Maduro.

Breaking - Four new strikes in Pacific www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/p...

New: “OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week” @wired.com www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

Donald Trump has amassed the powers of a king, J. Michael Luttig writes. He won’t give them up easily:

Former DOJ officials say Comey case is vindictive, call for dismissal www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Finally something I can do… www.cnn.com/2025/10/27/h...

First Amelia Earhart, now Jimmy Hoffa… @joshscampbell.bsky.social

New - Trump says he’d “love” a third term … Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...

“If you worked in the White House, you have a reverence for every wall of that place… It was a quietly stately citadel of power in America, not a palace for a mad king. Trump has a manic desire to tear down history and write his own.” David Axelrod www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...

“Nation’s biggest law firms back off from challenging Trump policies” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

“It turns out, in the end, that there’s only one check and balance that actually matters: Good character. Everything else in a constitutional system follows and relies on that simple foundation.” @garrettgraff.bsky.social www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...

Trump team defends demolition of the East Wing to make room for a massive ballroom by noting that past presidents made changes to the White House. But Truman consulted first and got bipartisan buy-in from Congress. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @ashleyahn88.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

In a wealthy neighborhood in Chicago, immigration agents hopped the fence of a US citizen’s home and tried to pull a construction worker out a 2nd-story window. Homeowner came home to blood all over his house. www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-...

Breaking - suspects arrested in Louvre heist: wapo.st/3WXbpU6

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Walked by the White House today. Saw what appeared to be two tall excavators still at work. It’s hard to see from the street, but this article shows how the new ballroom will likely dwarf the White House. wapo.st/3WjyJv8

Breaking - who gave the $130 million … www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

When the ICE agent is Canadian… 🇨🇦 😍😂

“Burnin’ Down the House” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...

What it means to seek refuge in the U.S. has been transformed, casting aside an ethos of helping the persecuted that is nearly as old as the country itself. One Afghan family's story of separation across the world shows the human consequences.

NEW: Sen Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is questioning donors to Trump White House ballroom project … including Apple, Amazon, Caterpillar “… who solicited your donation..” www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...