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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: It can be done: Trump shrinks federal bureaucracy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The swamp may not be drained, but it’s shrinking.

In September, the federal government employed 2.68
million people. That number includes Postal Service employees, but
not members
of the military. It’s a noticeable decline from the start of
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4315629</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: It's too late to restore the ocean. Now all we can do is triage]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently went diving off Kawaihae on Hawaii’s Big Island. The
water was bathtub warm, about 85 degrees, with an impressive 80 feet of
visibility which meant you could see how little of the reef ecosystem
was left. The coral was dead, just a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4315627</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Those who become US citizens have a special relationship to voting]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month, the annual day
celebrating U.S. citizenship came amid deep challenges for our
democracy. The Trump administration has launched an all-out assault on
the right to vote, threatening to pass into law new
challenges to voter registration ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4315625</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[James Stavridis: US bases overseas are becoming prime targets]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon’s abrupt withdrawal of a dozen long-range B-1 bombers
from a British airbase raises a host of troubling questions. Vice
President J.D. Vance said the move was made “out of an abundance of
caution” after U.S. and British ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4315624</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: Mamdani's Oct. 7 disgrace and the mayor's Israel mania]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Zohran Mamdani showed himself to be callow and immature by
insulting the Jews of New York with his smearing of Israel even when he
was memorializing the atrocity of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack that
slaughtered more than 1,000 Israelis....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4315610</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Beyond campus walls -- Why the attack on minority support should worry every donor]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to bring private
universities to heel through policy change in the tax code, the
administration is threatening to revoke
tax-exempt status from schools that offer targeted support to
minority students. ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4315609</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Catherine Thorbecke: The next AI race exposes the limits of language]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 50 years after her death, Helen Keller still turns up in
artificial intelligence debates. The communication breakthroughs of the
American writer, who was deaf and blind, are often cited as evidence
that language is the best path to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4315608</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Minnesota was ready]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last summer I returned to Minnesota after 12  years working in
Washington, D.C. I spent much of that time helping cities in North
America and Europe build the relationships and civic capacity that allow
democracy to endure stress and division.

I ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4315607</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Love Stays]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[

The one thing you can't make when you get old is old friends.

Pam Fleischaker was one of my oldest friends. We met more than 40 years
ago as two young political activists. She commuted from Oklahoma City to
help run the Democratic Platform ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/susanestrich/s-4315329</link>
 
    <pubDate>Oct/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[As Microsoft is cut from green card program, workers have questions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again, a Trump administration blow to the H-1B program is
rattling the Seattle-area tech workforce.

Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday that the Trump
administration would suspend Microsoft from sponsoring workers on H-1B
status for ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/politicalnews/s-4315551</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Army findings inject urgency into air safety bill talks]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — This week’s release of a U.S. Army investigation
into the deadly 2025 air crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National
Airport is fueling calls for congressional negotiators to default to the
Senate’s position on aviation safety...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/politicalnews/s-4315509</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rep. Erin Houchin looks to push kids social media ban in lame duck]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A key supporter for an age minimum on social media is
not giving up hope that such a provision could be included in a
potential compromise online safety package after the midterm
elections.

Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., whose original...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/politicalnews/s-4315480</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trump's rhetoric tests Republicans' pitch in Minnesota suburbs]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a social media post Thursday afternoon, President Donald Trump
accused Somali immigrants of bringing violence to Minnesota and urged
residents to “fight back.”

Hours earlier, Republican candidate for governor Lisa Demuth had
offered a very...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/politicalnews/s-4315463</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Wicked' Kimberly Guilfoyle: 'I know why Don Jr. had enough,' says informant]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The once-enthusiastic MAGA donor who told the Wall Street Journal
about Kimberly Guilfoyle’s alleged efforts to
hit him up for $100,000 to pay off her American Express bill has
shared the reasons he decided to cooperate with the
Journal’s ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/politicalnews/s-4315436</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trump says Putin agreed to release diesel into global market]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump said Russian leader Vladimir Putin had agreed
to release diesel supplies into the global market, as the administration
looks to tame price hikes for the critical fuel.

Trump said Friday in a social media post that “it was...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/politicalnews/s-4315426</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US sanctions ICC after Nobel Peace Prize goes to former judge]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions against the
International Criminal Court, signaling its determination to cripple the
organization on the same day that a former ICC judge won the Nobel Peace
Prize.

The Treasury Department added ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/politicalnews/s-4315327</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[El-Sayed, Rogers debate rife with interruptions. We decoded the insults]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — U.S. Senate candidates Mike Rogers and Abdul
El-Sayed clashed repeatedly in an insult-laden, messy Oct. 8 debate rife
with constant interruptions, sharp accusations, and even some
trash-talking, with both men trying to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/politicalnews/s-4315324</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CT Sen. Murphy blocked from Middle East base, says administration 'giving its middle finger' to Congress]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a rare move, U.S. Sen.
Chris Murphy says he was blocked from seeing a
key American air base in the Middle East during
an official Congressional trip.

A vocal critic of President Donald Trump’s administration and the
Iran War, Murphy traveled...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/politicalnews/s-4315313</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lara Williams: What's in Russian permafrost may be scarier than plague]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the COVID pandemic, we’re all a little jumpy when it comes to
new disease outbreaks. So it’s understandable that the death of a lab
technician working at a plague research institute in Siberia has put
everyone on high alert. But while ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4315276</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Christa Pike execution shows lethal injection is breaking down]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christa Pike’s execution in Tennessee was a disaster waiting to
happen. The warnings did not only come from her
lawyers or opponents of the death penalty: Doctors
in Tennessee and Republican
state senators called for the state to pause ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4314919</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/09/2026</pubDate>
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