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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

What could be worse than screaming at a Capitol police officer?

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 19h

11:30pm on #TheFinal5: I go one-on-one with Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin as we talk education and the state of the race to replace him. Part one tonight on #FOX5DC at 11:30 or watch our entire 12 minute discussion on the Fox Local app.

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 21h

Government shutdown to continue after 8th Senate vote fails fox5dc.com/news/governm...

Government shutdown to continue after 8th Senate vote fails

Another vote to end the government shutdown failed in the Senate on Tuesday.

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 1d

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

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Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School…

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 1d

FOX prime time is running late after baseball -- but we're live with your news starting at 10 on Fox Local. Watch on the app, and join us on-air after FOX prime. fox5dc.com/foxlocal

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 2d

With #MLBOnFox ALCS Coverage underway on Fox 5, we’re taking the shows over to our FOX LOCAL app. I’ll see you at 5 PM for the news, and #Fox5Lion at 7 PM. fox5dc.com/foxlocal

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2d

the percentage of current U.S. gov policy that can be explained by the fact that trump has appointed a bunch of 12 year olds who are addicted to social media is frankly terrifying

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

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Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 3d

Smithsonian Museums close amid government shutdown fox5dc.com/video/1723017

Smithsonian Museums close amid government shutdown

All Smithsonian museums, including the national zoo, are temporarily closed due to the ongoing government shutdown.

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 3d

FAA issues ground delays for multiple Northeast airports amid Nor'easter storm fox5dc.com/news/faa-iss...

FAA issues ground delays for multiple Northeast airports amid Nor'easter storm

Multiple northeastern U.S. airports are under traffic restrictions Sunday as the FAA imposes ground delay programs amid poor weather conditions.

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 4d

Diane Keaton, dead at 79; famed for 'Father of the Bride' and 'First Wives Club' fox5dc.com/news/diane-k...

Diane Keaton, reportedly dead at 79, famed for 'Father of the Bride' and 'First Wives Club'

Actress Diane Keaton, best known for her iconic roles in "Father of the Bride," "The First Wives Club," and numerous other beloved films, has reportedly died at the age of 79.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 4d

Baseball’s on FOX 5, but your late news is live now on the Fox Local app. fox5dc.com/foxlocal

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 5d

White House announces more federal layoffs: 'The RIFs have begun' said OMB director Russell Vought, whom Trump called “the reaper” in a recent AI-generated social media video. fox5dc.com/news/white-h...

White House announces more federal layoffs: 'The RIFs have begun'

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought posted on social media Friday afternoon that previously threatened federal layoffs have started.

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 5d

Mass layoffs of federal workers are set to begin as the shutdown shows no signs of ending.

Speaker Mike Johnson has canceled votes for another week and extended a “work from district” period through 10/19.

House GOP blocked a vote on a Dem-authored standalone bill to pay service members.

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 5d

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d

Seems like a bad idea to fire air traffic controllers when there's already a shortage but what do I know

Sean Duffy Threatens to Fire Air Traffic Controllers as 10% Call Out Sick During Shutdown

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 5d

11-year-old girl dies after being hit by school bus in Montgomery County: police fox5dc.com/news/cyclist...

11-year-old girl dies after being hit by school bus in Montgomery County: police

An 11-year-old girl has died after being hit by a school bus in Montgomery County Thursday afternoon, according to officials.

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 5d

An 11-year-old Montgomery County elementary school student has been struck and killed by a school bus in Aspen Hill, MD. No students on board the bus were injured. More now on FOX 5 and Fox Local.

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 6d

Army Ten-Miler to run as planned amidst government shutdown fox5dc.com/news/army-te...

Army Ten-Miler to run as planned amidst government shutdown

The Army Ten-Miler race in Washington, D.C. has not been canceled and will continue as planned. The government shutdown threatened to affect the major event.

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 6d

Some good news amid the government shutdown: the Army Ten-Miler set for this Sunday IS ON.

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 6d

Israel, Hamas agree on 'first phase' to halt fighting, free hostages, Trump says fox5dc.com/news/israel-...

Israel, Hamas agree on 'first phase' to halt fighting, free hostages, Trump says

President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on the first phase of a plan aimed at ending the ongoing fighting and facilitating the release of hostages and…

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 7d

BREAKING: The FAA says staffing concerns triggered by the government shutdown are causing delays of about 30 minutes at DCA.

Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 7d

To discuss “left-wing Antifa violence,” the White House invites the man who pushed the bogus Pizzagate conspiracy so hard it radicalized a guy to shoot up a crowded restaurant.

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