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11/12/2025
Here is today’s US press round-up, from the editor of Bayou Blue Radio:
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Breaking down the deal to reopen the government and what comes next
Prominent conservative judge resigns, calling Trump ‘uniquely dangerous’
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the deal to end the government shutdown
‘We needed to change the equation,’ Sen. Kaine says on his vote to end shutdown
On day 43 of the shutdown, a vote in the House could bring the impasse to an end
Adelita Grijalva is set to be sworn in, teeing up a potential vote on Epstein files
Senate approves shutdown ending legislation, sending bill to the House for a vote
Trump floats tariff ‘dividends’ even while plan shows major flaws
A historic shutdown is nearly over. It leaves no winners and much frustration
What to know about Trump’s plan to give Americans a $2,000 tariff dividend
Live updates: Senate nearer to a deal to end government shutdown after Democrats break with party
The FDA removes a long-standing warning from hormone-based menopause drugs
The New Racism. The College Kids Who Can’t Do Math. Why Socrates Was Punk Rock. Plus. . .
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s Socrates
Why Gay Marriage Is Safe from the Supreme Court—for Now
Redistricting Is Ruining Democracy
Motivation – Take It To The Sky
Brandon Sanders – Lasting Impression
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Vibrations In The Village: Live At The Village Gate
Johanna Linnea Jakobsson – Don’t Overthink It
The Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective – Cortadito
Carl Schultz – The Road To Trantor
John Gunther – Painting The Dream
Paul Marinaro – Mood Ellington
Jakob Dreyer – Roots And Things
Anthony D’Allessandro – City Lights
Noam Lemish – There’s beauty enough in being here
The Outernet – The Light & The Fury
Chris Rottmayer – Playing Favorites
Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium
Schumer opposed the shutdown deal. Some Democrats still want him out.
Flight disruptions will persist even after shutdown ends, airlines warn
How Pittsburgh became one of America’s most affordable cities
Bill that would end shutdown moves to full House for final vote
Google sues China-based hackers over massive text-phishing scams
A history of government shutdowns: 14 other times funding has lapsed since 1980
Ghislaine Maxwell plans to ask Trump to commute prison sentence, House Democrats say
Lawrence O’Donnell: Mike Johnson is the real loser in the Senate shutdown deal
Spouse of conservative congresswoman quietly rewarded with Trump pardon
Trump’s new Obamacare replacement looks awfully familiar
Existential threat to democracy’: Reagan-appointed judge resigns and condemns Trump