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1:55 PM ET, September 19, 2023

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Politico:
House GOP in open warfare over doomed spending plan  —  One Republican summed up the situation neatly as leadership-empowered negotiators faceplanted with days to go before a shutdown: “It's a mess.”  —  As House Republicans began ripping apart their party's latest spending proposal …
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Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
Maybe Matt Gaetz Is Right  —  The dysfunctional dance taking place in the House between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his right flank has driven me to consider something I never imagined possible: that Matt Gaetz is right.  —  A House speaker can be successful only with the confidence …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
McCarthy gets tough with the right  —  Boxed in by conservatives as a shutdown looms, the embattled speaker is punching back.  —  After months tiptoeing around the conservatives who have made his speakership a constant high-wire act, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appears to be fed up — and ready to fight.
The Hill:
House GOP pulls key vote on stopgap spending bill amid conservative opposition  —  House GOP leadership pulled a procedural vote on a proposed short-term funding stopgap that has bitterly divided the Republican conference and elicited opposition from hard-line conservatives.
CNN:
Witness testimony disputes IRS whistleblower allegations in Hunter Biden probe as Republicans begin impeachment inquiry  —  New testimony from a number of FBI and Internal Revenue Service officials casts doubt on key claims from an IRS whistleblower who alleges there was political interference …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Ray Epps, subject of Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 conspiracy theories, charged by DOJ  —  Epps entered Capitol grounds on Jan. 6 as a supporter of former President Donald Trump.  He told the Jan. 6 committee that the conspiracy theories about him ruined his life.
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Sophia Cai / Axios:   Indicted Trump claims solidarity with Black voters
Fox News:
House will hold first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing next Thursday  —  House Republicans are moving forward with their impeachment inquiry into President Biden as soon as next week  —  FIRST ON FOX — House Republicans will hold their first impeachment inquiry hearing investigating allegations …
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
House Republicans Downplay Meeting With Key Biden Aide
TMZ.com:
Rep. Lauren Boebert Says Hookup Theater Guy Won't Get Another Date  —  Rep. Lauren Boebert says it's dunzo between her and the theater groping guy — saying the one-time private moment came and went ... and it sounds like his politics might be at play.  —  The Colorado congresswoman touched …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
This is what taking on election deniers really looks like  —  Democrats won a whole lot of elections in 2022, in no small part on their vow to strengthen and defend democracy.  But if they hope to turn the issue into a sustained political winner, they have to deliver on that promise …
Andrew Zhang / Politico:
Giuliani's former lawyers sue him for $1.36M in unpaid legal fees  —  The fees stem from the lawyers defending Giuliani's work with Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.  —  Rudy Giuliani's ex-lawyers are suing the former New York City mayor for failing to pay legal fees amounting …
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Rudy Giuliani sued by his former lawyers claiming he owes $1.4 million in unpaid legal fees
Reem Nadeem / Pew Research Center:
Americans' Dismal Views of the Nation's Politics  —  65% say they always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics  —  65% say they always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics  —  How we did this  —  Americans have long been critical of politicians and skeptical of the federal government.
Discussion: The Messenger, CNN, The Atlantic and TIME
ABC News:
Trump wrote to-do lists for assistant on White House documents marked classified: Sources  —  Molly Michael told investigators about the documents, according to sources.  —  One of former President Donald Trump's long-time assistants told federal investigators that Trump repeatedly wrote …
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New York Times:
Trump to Woo Striking Union Members in Detroit, Skipping 2nd G.O.P. Debate
Bill Mahoney / Politico:
Republicans win a temporary freeze in New York's redistricting fight  —  Democrats have since argued that they should now be allowed to redraft the maps for 2024 rather than rely on the existing ones for the remainder of the decade.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Republicans won a preliminary round …
Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
Sen. Susan Collins on the New Senate Dress Code: ‘I Plan to Wear a Bikini’  —  Some Republicans are bashing the informal dress code policy change, while other seem to be embracing it  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook.A Twitter icon representing …
CNN:
Federal judge upholds convictions of Oath Keeper associate  —  A federal judge on Tuesday upheld two federal convictions against a Navy veteran and Oath Keeper associate accused of helping the far-right group stash weapons outside Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021.
Lara Seligman / Politico:
Shutdown threatens Ukraine training, weapons deliveries  —  Funding for the shipments of weapons from DOD's stockpiles would continue.  —  The government shutdown looming in two weeks if lawmakers fail to reach a deal could halt shipments of critical weapons and U.S. military training of Ukrainian forces …
Discussion: CNN, The Messenger and Reuters
Emma Colton / Fox News:
Democrat governor first in nation to ban her state government from buying this common item  —  Massachusetts will become the first state to ban the purchase of single-use plastic bottles for state agencies  —  Massachusetts is slated to become the first state in the nation to ban state agencies …
Emily Ngo / Politico:
The breakup: Biden and Adams avoid each other in New York  —  The decision by Biden and Adams to avoid each other is a concession to the reality that their relationship is deeply broken, according to several people familiar with the dynamics.  —  NEW YORK — This time last year …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Pentagon chief urges allies to provide advanced air defense systems for Ukraine
Lingling Wei / Wall Street Journal:
China's Former Foreign Minister Ousted After Alleged Affair, Senior Officials Told  —  Qin Gang remains under investigation for possible national security violations, according to people familiar with the matter  —  NEW YORK—Senior Chinese officials were told that an internal Communist …
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
5 things to know about Pennsylvania's special state House election  —  Voters in Allegheny County, Pa., will head to the polls Tuesday in a special election that will determine which party controls the Pennsylvania state House.  —  Pennsylvanians in the state's 21st House District …
Discussion: PoliticsPA
 
 
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Associated Press:
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