Back in July, Sidney Reed was recording law enforcement in Washington, D.C., when she was arrested and charged with assaulting law enforcement, because an FBI agent got scratched during the arrest. But it didn't quite work out the way the authorities anticipated. Three times, prosecutors failed to secure an indictment on the federal assault charge, which carries a potential eight-year sentence. Then they switched to charging Reid with a misdemeanor. She pleaded not guilty, went to trial, and was acquitted, with one of her public defenders telling the jury: “You should be livid that the government brought this case.” Here's more from Adam Klasfeld of @allrisenews.

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EXCLUSIVE: She Beat Jeanine Pirro in Court Four Times—Now She’s Breaking Her Silence

Sidney Reid speaks out for the first time since three grand juries and a trial jury cleared her of allegations that she assaulted law enforcement.

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Milei triumphs in Argentine midterm elections : NPR

Argentina’s President Javier Milei celebrates after winning in legislative midterm elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Oct. 26,…
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‘No Kings’ protests

Tens of thousands of people joined yesterday’s “No Kings” rally in downtown L.A. for hours of peaceful protest…
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Federal appeals court temporarily bars Portland troop deployment

FILE – Protesters hold signs reading “Guard: Go Home” while people make their way into the Mark O.…
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Earlier this week a post went viral on Bluesky that claimed ICE had spent $61,218 on guided missile warheads and explosive components. @WIRED took a look at what might actually have happened (looks like the ICE team entered the wrong procurement code).

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Construction began yesterday on U.S. President Donald Trump's White House ballroom. Who's paying for it? The only confirmed donor is YouTube, but other names in the mix include Blackstone, OpenAI, Microsoft, Palantir, Lockheed Martin and Amazon. @BBCNews talked to Richard Painter, chief ethics lawyer in the Bush White House, about why he's concerned about this.

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Who is paying for Donald Trump's new White House ballroom?

A former White House chief ethics lawyer described the ballroom donations as an ethical 'nightmare'.

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U.S. President Donald Trump wants to double the size of the ICE workforce, but there's a problem with that. More than one-third of new applicants has failed the agency's personal fitness test, which comprises 15 push-ups, 32 sit-ups and a 1.5-mile run in 14 minutes. An email from ICE headquarters to top officials described the new wave of candidates as "athletically allergic." Here's more from @TheAtlantic.

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ICE’s ‘Athletically Allergic’ Recruits

Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign.

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Secret Service discovers hunting stand with direct sight line to Trump’s Air Force One exit in Florida

The U.S. Secret Service on Thursday discovered a suspicious hunting stand near Palm Beach International Airport with a…
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Garrett Graff hopes this weekend's No Kings protests will someday be looked back upon as a turning point. Here's his story for his newsletter, Doomsday Scenario, in which he lists his reasons for hope: Trump's unpopularity, the fact that he can't last forever, and America's historical imperfection. "Today may be dark, but the story of America for 250 years is that — with hard work by good people — tomorrow there is hope it will be better," he writes.

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Three Reasons I Still Have Hope for America

This weekend's "No Kings" rallies stand as an important corrective amid a dark moment

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