TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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Candidate Trump said Americans should expect to see energy costs cut between 50% and 70% by July 2026. It’s July 2026, and you’ll never guess which way prices went.
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Given his ugly track record in similar cases, the president might want at least to consider abandoning this defamation case before things get even worse.
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Given his ugly track record in similar cases, the president might want at least to consider abandoning this defamation case before things get even worse.
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Two years ago, immigration was seen as the Democrats’ top vulnerability. Now a major independent poll actually shows the GOP trailing on the issue.
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Two years ago, immigration was seen as the Democrats’ top vulnerability. Now a major independent poll actually shows the GOP trailing on the issue.
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The bill doesn’t actually ban members from trading stocks, but it does try to impose new voting restrictions that have nothing to do with ethical reforms.
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The bill doesn’t actually ban members from trading stocks, but it does try to impose new voting restrictions that have nothing to do with ethical reforms.
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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- Judge questions difference between Hegseth’s testosterone policy and transgender care for troops
(AP News)
- The Man Who Runs the IRS Spied on Colleagues When He Worked at JPMorgan — Frank Bisignano directed staff to use software to snoop in email of rivals and surveil work of employees; Bisignano, who also is the chief of Social Security, denied he ever spied on co-workers
(Wall Street Journal)
- "A leaked document shows the spread of surveillance and investigative capabilities that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have access to agency wide, from location data harvested from smartphones, to facial recognition apps that can reveal someone’s identity, to tools that let the agency stay anonymous online and approach people undercover. The document covers everything from monitoring social media to tracking the movements of vehicles. "
(404 Media)
- “The cutting of USAID funds for malaria and neglected tropical diseases were on top of an insufficiently funded base, essentially disabling the group to where they could not perform optimally for the cyclospora surge,” Jernigan said.
How USAID’s elimination hit US efforts on cyclospora
(The Hill)
- "In documents prepared for the hearing, F.D.A. scientists advise against allowing broader use, saying that the risks and benefits of the peptide drugs under consideration are poorly understood and have not been sufficiently studied.
The committee evaluating that data and other information includes a traditional roster of pharmacists and academic scientists and doctors — but also six people who sell or dispense peptides. F.D.A. advisory panels are intended to be neutral bodies of outside experts; it is highly unusual to appoint people to them who market the products that they are voting on."
(New York Times)
- "In what OpenAI called an “unprecedented” episode, the company said its advanced AI models used stolen credentials to break into the servers of an AI startup. It started in what was supposed to be a “highly isolated” testing environment, with reduced guardrails, before the AI agent found its way onto the internet."
(Associated Press)
- "Two former officers told MS NOW they were pushed out of their jobs and forced to retire early after questioning command decisions. The officers spoke on the condition of anonymity due to concerns that the Pentagon would retaliate against them and try to strip their retirement pensions.
Their removals seem to mark a departure from an American military tradition of officers delivering clear-eyed assessments so Pentagon leaders can make the most informed decisions."
(MS NOW)
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Jen Psaki reports breaking news that Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee has referred former special counsel Jack Smith to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution. Ken Dilanian, MS NOW justice and intel correspondent, joins to explain why the accusation against Smith "doesn't pass the laugh test."
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"Department of Fate: The Promise, the Power, and the Collapse of America’s Most Consequential Institution"
comes out November 10 but you can pre-order now.
See MS.NOW/DepartmentOfFate for links and options to pre-order.
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