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#1 New York Times, AP, Newsmax Among News Outlets Who Say They Won’t Sign New Pentagon Rules - David Bauder for AP News, Speedy Headcleaner, Lre, Grok, Ron Filipowski, and Alex Horton on X
News organizations, including The New York Times, The Associated Press, and the conservative Newsmax television network, said Monday they will not sign a Defense Department document about its new press rules, making it likely the Trump administration will evict their reporters from the Pentagon. Those outlets say the policy threatens to punish them for routine news gathering protected by the First Amendment. The Washington Post, The Atlantic and Reuters on Monday also publicly joined the group that says it will not be signing. AP confirmed Monday afternoon that it would not sign...
#2 Trump Set to Posthumously Award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom - Alexandra Hutzler for ABC News, Nick Sortor, DogeDesigner, Mike Lee/Jack Paso, TONY™, and Love World Peace on X
President Donald Trump on Tuesday is expected to posthumously award conservative activist Charlie Kirk the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Kirk was fatally shot on Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University on the first stop of his The American Comeback Tour, which invited college students to debate hot-button issues. Trump was the first to announce, later that day, that Kirk had died, and the next day said he would be awarding Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom as he hailed the Turning Point USA founder "a giant of his generation."
#3 Do We Turn Clocks Back an Hour Tonight? When Do We Fall Back With Autumn 2025 Time Change? - Maria Francis for Phillyburbs.com, US Homeland Security News/ Mark Taylor, Team Trump/vic108, David Bynum, and Cindy Freland, Author on X
It's getting dark around 6 p.m., the temperatures are crisper, and the leaves are turning — signs that we are about to fall back. Here's what to know about the end of daylight saving time 2025. Many countries around the world, including most of the U.S., still turn the clocks forward or backward an hour in an effort to extend daylight hours seasonally, though some argue the practice should be brought to an end. Pennsylvania legislature has advanced bills in recent years to keep daylight saving permanent, but no action has been taken. In April, President Donald Trump urged Congress to make DST permanent in a Truth Social post, “The House and Senate should push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day. Very popular and, most importantly, no more changing of the clocks, a big inconvenience and, for our government, A VERY COSTLY EVENT!!!”
#4 Maine Gov Mills Joins Crowded Dem Primary in Race to Challenge Longtime GOP Senator - Paul Steinhauser for Fox News, Steve Guest, ConservativeNotCrazy, Anthony Emerson, Adam Carlson, and Insider Paper on X
Democrats in Washington landed another high-profile recruit in the 2026 battle for the Senate majority, as two-term Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Tuesday announced her candidacy in the race to take on longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins. The long-anticipated campaign launch by the battle-tested 77-year-old Democratic governor is seen as a victory for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. The top Democrat in the Senate urged Mills to run and sees her as the best candidate to defeat Collins, the only Republican senator up for re-election next year in a state the Democrats carried in the presidential election. A Collins defeat would be essential for the Democrats to have any chance of winning back the Senate majority...
#5 Mitt Romney’s Sister-In-Law, Carrie Romney, Found Dead Next to Shopping Mall - Joe Sommerlad for Independent, Juanita Broaddrick, Benny Johnson, The General, The Gateway Pundit, and New York Post on X
Carrie Elizabeth Romney, the sister-in-law of former Republican presidential candidate and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, has been found dead beside a shopping mall’s parking garage in the Valencia neighborhood of Santa Clarita, California. Her body was discovered by a passerby on Friday evening, with homicide investigators called to the scene in the Town Center Drive area at around 9 p.m. A preliminary assessment suggested that Romney, 64, may have jumped or fallen from the five-story garage in question, reports ABC News. Her car was reportedly discovered parked at the garage, which is also near to the city’s Hyatt Regency Hotel....
#6 Education Department Layoffs Hit Offices That Oversee Special Education and Civil Rights Enforcement - Collin Binkley for AP News, WFAE, Honesty for Ohio Education, Patrick Biggs, Abiel, and Henny on X
A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students and schools in areas from special education to civil rights enforcement to after-school programs. The Trump administration started laying off 466 Education Department staffers on Friday amid mass firings across the government meant to pressure Democratic lawmakers over the federal shutdown. The layoffs would cut the agency’s workforce by nearly a fifth and leave it reduced to less than half its size when President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20...
#7 US, China Roll Out Tit-For-Tat Port Fees, Threatening More Turmoil at Sea - Reuters, AmerEcona, Dr.Shamsul Alam, TradeEngineIO, and Cathy Roberson on X
The United States and China on Tuesday began charging additional port fees on ocean shipping firms that move everything from holiday toys to crude oil, making the high seas a key front in the trade war between the world's two largest economies. A return to an all-out trade war appeared imminent last week, after China announced a major expansion of its rare earths export controls and President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on Chinese goods to triple digits...
#8 Change in Market Structure - MKTContext on Zerohedge, Uriel, Seth Golden, Vetselvan Ponniah, Favour, Cory Mitchell CMT, and Frank Curzio on X
The market structure has changed this week with the massive selloff on Fri. In one trading session, the SPX has sliced all the way back down to the 50-day moving average, and VIX has spiked up to 22. This triggered a forced deleveraging of trend-following and vol-control systems. When volatility compresses, as it has over the last 3 months, it allows the use of more leverage. Then, when volatility spikes again, all of that leverage has to be unwound.This was a positioning shock on top of already-stretched valuations and bubble nervousness. Expensive stocks and exuberant AI growth was met with fresh policy risk (an external shock). We saw three things that tell us markets are pricing in growth uncertainty: 1) yield curves flattening and long-term bonds bid up, meaning a flight to safety; 2) a spike in Japanese Yen, which is often a risk-off barometer; and 3) oil prices collapsing below $60...
#9 Florida Cops Back Up Blaise Ingoglia as He Seeks Full Term as CFO - Jacob Ogles for Florida Politics, Blaise Ingoglia, The Floridian, Florida's Voice, Suzanne@cookinmaama, and Steve Zona, on X
The Fraternal Order of Police is endorsing the incumbent in the race. The state’s largest police union says it has Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia's back as he seeks a full term. The Florida Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) is endorsing the Spring Hill Republican. “Blaise Ingoglia has proven time and again that he stands with the men and women who wear the badge,” said Shawn Dunlap, President of the union. “The Florida FOP is proud to stand behind Blaise for his integrity and dedication to prioritizing public safety and ensuring our first responders are protected and respected.” The support is consistent. The Florida FOP also praised Gov. Ron DeSantis' decision to appoint Ingoglia to the post in July...#10 Madagascar President Hiding in ‘Safe Place’ as He Warns of Coup Attempt - Natasha Booty and Sammy Awami for BBC News, The Standard Digital, Reuters Africa, Africalix, The Morning, and Hot 96 FM Kenya on X
Madagascar's embattled President Andry Rajoelina has said he is sheltering in a "safe place" after an attempt on his life, following weeks of protests calling for him to quit. In a live broadcast to the nation on Facebook, Rajoelina, 51, said "a group of military personnel and politicians planned to assassinate me". He did not reveal his location, but unconfirmed reports earlier suggested that he had fled the country on a French military aircraft. It follows a fortnight of nationwide protests, mainly led by young demonstrators, aimed at kicking him out of power.
