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- Whitmer 2028? — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer downplays a White House run, saying she’ll help “shape the next chapter” but isn’t sure she wants to be “the person” leading it. She cites a packed plate in Michigan: budget brinkmanship, the Grand Blanc church tragedy, and auto tariffs.
- MAHA win: Walmart drops artificial dyes — Walmart will remove synthetic food dyes across Great Value, Marketside & more than 1,000 store-brand items. Phased updates through 2026; full removal by Jan. 2027. RFK Jr. and MAHA back the move.
- Shutdown, Day 2 — Talks paused for Yom Kippur; no deal before Friday, so agencies remain closed and workers unpaid. Press Sec. Leavitt message. Mass federal firings could begin “in a day or two,” per Trump officials.
NOTABLES
- What Trump wants to do to reshape the federal government during the shutdown
- Walmart confirms dye removal across all house brands
- ADL deletes ‘extremism’ database after backlash over including TPUSA
CLIPS
- Shutdown blues? Not on Wall Street — new records
- Des Moines superintendent saga gets stranger
- Is AOC taking over the Democratic Party? (Ask Pelosi)
- Speaker Johnson: Schumer’s counter adds $1.5T in spending
- JD Vance rips Dems on the shutdown
- Veep responds to Hakeem Jeffries’ outrage
- Media asks: Is the sombrero meme “helpful”?
- Sen. Rick Scott: We shouldn’t get paid during a shutdown
- Press Sec. on layoffs triggered by the shutdown
- Connecting the dots on Medicaid $$$
- Senate Republicans: “The Schumer Shutdown”
- Sen. Capito: Schumer owns the shutdown
- Dems mad at one of their own for telling the truth?
- Rep. Ro Khanna: Health care for illegals is part of this
- Schumer tries to pin it on Trump; still begs for talks
- Rep. Madeline Dean confronts Speaker Johnson
- Dean pivots to Epstein when asked about Dem numbers
- Cuomo: Jeffries & Dems are lying about the shutdown
- Tapper appears to call out Jeffries on health-care claims
- Cruz montage: The sombrero is here to stay
- MSNBC marital spat? Joe & Mika’s on-air clash
- Did you see the Dem’s cat-meme account?
- Jane Fonda dubs her movement “CNN”
- The Pope & Schwarzenegger team up on climate
