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Today — 9 October 2025Main stream

Texas’ Blue-State Deployments Shred Relations Between Governors

9 October 2025 at 06:23
State leaders have prided themselves on finding bipartisan consensus, but President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops from Texas to Illinois has ripped the veneer off that image.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Members of the Texas National Guard at the U.S. Army Reserve Training Center in Elwood, Ill., a far southwest suburb of Chicago, on Tuesday.

Colombia’s President Says Boat Bombed by U.S. Was Carrying Colombians

The Trump administration has said that it is attacking boats and killing their occupants because they are smuggling drugs from Venezuela to the United States.

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President Gustavo Petro of Colombia at the United Nations General Assembly last month.

Stephen Miller Cited ‘Plenary Authority,’ Then Paused. Conspiracies Started Flying.

9 October 2025 at 05:04
Online skeptics wondered if Mr. Miller had caught himself saying something he did not mean to. CNN says there was a technical glitch.

© Anna Rose Layden for The New York Times

Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, before making an appearance on a CNN broadcast from the White House on Monday.

Trump’s Energy Cuts Punished Mostly Blue States. Red States Might Be Next.

As New York and other states tally the damage, a leaked document suggests more Energy Department cuts may be coming.

© Ariana Gomez for The New York Times

Workers at a direct air capture facility under construction in Texas last year.

Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’

Oregon officials say the atmosphere outside an ICE building that has drawn daily demonstrations since June has grown worse since the president’s threats.

© Samantha Swindler/The Oregonian, via Associated Press

Protesters outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 27. President Trump announced earlier that day that he would send troops to Portland to handle what he described as a “War ravaged” city.
Yesterday — 8 October 2025Main stream

Trump Says Chicago Mayor and Illinois Governor Should Be Jailed Amid National Guard Tensions

9 October 2025 at 01:33
In an early morning Truth Social post, the president said Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago should be jailed, accusing them of failing to protect ICE officers.

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President Trump has repeatedly attacked Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago, shown here at a news conference on Monday in which they denounced the administration’s National Guard deployment to the Chicago area.

James Comey, Former FBI Director, to Appear in Court for Arraignment

The former F.B.I. director appeared in a brief hearing in federal court. His lawyers sought clarity on the details of a case filed under pressure from President Trump.

© Jared Soares for The New York Times

James Comey, the former F.B.I. director, in 2020.

Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Could Strain Universities and Schools

8 October 2025 at 17:00
Higher education leaders and public-school superintendents say they depend on skilled foreign workers to fill critical roles.

© Cydni Elledge for The New York Times

Many institutions depend on H-1B visas to fill positions in the STEM and medical fields.

Pam Bondi Goes on the Attack During Senate Hearing

At a Senate committee hearing, the attorney general avoided answering pointed queries by repeatedly laying into her questioners and casting her responses as a defense of the Trump administration.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Attorney General Pam Bondi testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

3 Key Takeaways From the Bondi Hearing

8 October 2025 at 07:43
The session before a Senate panel featured more fireworks than facts as Democrats and the attorney general repeatedly clashed.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Attorney General Pam Bondi testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Tuesday.

Carney and Trump: A Collision Avoided, Save for a Nasty Comment or Two

The Canadian prime minister came to Washington determined to take the heat out of the relationship. He mostly succeeded, at least for now.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

During a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada on Tuesday, President Trump told reporters that “the people of Canada will love us again,” even if some American-imposed tariffs remained in place — which he insisted they would.

Health Care Politics Bolster Democrats in Shutdown Fight

Even President Trump has conceded that he and his party could face political pain from rising premiums, stiffening Democrats’ spines as they demand a subsidy extension.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, with other Democratic senators at the Capitol on Tuesday.

Mass Layoffs Trump Is Threatening in Shutdown Fight May Be Illegal

By: Tony Romm
8 October 2025 at 06:38
Unions have sued to block any firings, which budget experts believe are not even needed to protect essential federal services.

© Pete Marovich for The New York Times

President Trump has already dismissed thousands of civil servants during the eight months that he has held office.

An Ideological Revolution Needs 12 Years in Power

8 October 2025 at 05:00
The Trump administration has a long way to go.

© Illustration by Sam Whitney/The New York Times; source images by Chris Jackson and Happy_vector/Getty Images

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