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John Bolton indicted; ex-national security advisor is latest Trump foe to face criminal charges

Published Thu, Oct 16 2025 12:17 PM EDT Updated 5 Min Ago John Bolton, a former national advisor to President Donald Trump, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Maryland. Bolton is charged with eight counts of transmission of national defense information and 10 counts of retention of national defense information. He served as Trump's national security advisor from April 2018 through September 2019. Bolton is the third high-profile Trump foe to be criminally charged in recent weeks ...

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Thune says he offered Democrats a vote on Obamacare subsidies to end government shutdown

October 16, 2025, 3:04 PM Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he offered Democrats an opportunity to address their biggest priority in an effort to end the government shutdown -- but it was not enough to end the stalemate. Thune, during an interview on MSNBC that aired Thursday morning, said he has offered Democrats a vote on extending the Affordable Care Act premium subsidies, but that he couldn't guarantee an outcome. Thune said he won't negotiate on the details of an Obamacare subsidies ...

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Susan Stamberg, pioneering broadcaster at NPR, dies at 87

Susan Stamberg, a “founding mother” of NPR who joined the network when it was founded and helped blaze a trail for women in journalism by becoming the first female anchor of a national nightly news program in the United States, died Oct. 16. She was 87 and had retired in September. Her death was announced by NPR, which did not say where or how she died. When Ms. Stamberg arrived at NPR, just as the network was going on air in 1971, she was tasked with cutting audiotape with a razor blade. She ...

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Billionaire Gov. JB Pritzker Recounts $1.4 Million Las Vegas Blackjack Win

If Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is trying to boost his everyman appeal ahead of a potential bid in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary, the disclosure of his big Las Vegas win might not help. The billionaire Hyatt hotel heir recounted Thursday his $1.4 million blackjack winnings when asked about a 2024 tax return his re-election campaign shared a day earlier. Pritzker has released his returns annually while in office. “I went on vacation with my wife, with some friends,” he told reporters in ...

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'Under the gun': Trump official admits time is running out to save farmers

October 16, 2025 6:46AM ET “It’s easier to talk about than it is to do.” That is what one official close to Donald Trump had to say about devising a cash bailout for farmers who have been devastated by the president’s tariff war, which has many farmers on the brink of ruin. According to a report from Politico’s Myah Ward and Grace Yarrow, the clock is ticking on the Trump administration to make good on the president’s promises to struggling farmers after he claimed his people would transfer ...

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Senate Dems tease hardball defense spending strategy

(Axios) Senate Democrats privately debated on Wednesday how to respond to Senate Majority Leader John Thune's plan to jam them on a vote over funding the Defense Department. Key Democrats signaled to Axios they were prepared to block a procedural motion to advance the defense funding bill on Thursday. Thune has yet to publicly indicate whether he plans to package the bills together, although he has said he is open to the idea.

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Speaker Johnson Bobs and Weaves On C-SPAN Debate With Jeffries -- Says He Won't Show Up Until After Shutdown

(Mediaite) On Wednesday, C-SPAN announced that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) had both publicly accepted an invitation to make a joint appearance on its Ceasefire program, but a few hours later Johnson made it clear he’s unwilling to show up until the government shutdown is over. C-SPAN initially shared the news that Johnson and Jeffries would appear on Ceasefire, hosted by Politico White House Bureau Chief Dasha Burns, posting a memo that quoted from recent media appearances by both party leaders agreeing to come on the show for a debate.

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'Kids telling edgy jokes'? Chris Hayes shreds Vance's defense of racist GOP group chat

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Trump says he may 'go watch' as Supreme Court weighs his power to impose sweeping tariffs

(Scripps) U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he may attend the Supreme Court's oral arguments in a major case where justices will consider whether he has the unilateral power to impose sweeping tariffs — a major aspect of his trade agenda. Speaking Wednesday from the Oval Office, President Trump called it "one of the most important cases ever brought" before the Supreme Court, arguing tariffs help protect American jobs and national security. "That's why I think I'm going to go to the Supreme Court to watch it," he said. "I've not done that, and I had some pretty big cases."

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