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5:00 PM ET, September 29, 2023

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David Badash / Raw Story:
Far-right Republicans kill GOP bill to keep government running in ‘embarrassing failure’ for McCarthy: report  —  With a shutdown less than 36 hours away, far-right Republicans in the House of Representatives Friday afternoon voted against their party's own legislation to keep the federal government running.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and NBC News
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Politico:
Playbook: Inside the grudge that paralyzed the House  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE FRIDAY READ — “Nikki Haley Doesn't Want to Choose a Side,” by Michael Kruse: “The conventional wisdom is that this is a time for choosing, for all Republicans, and for her, too.
Discussion: Raw Story and Florida Politics
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Republican spending plan fails House vote, fueling federal government shutdown fears  — House GOP leaders failed to pass a short-term spending bill with fewer than two days left to fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown.  — GOP Speaker Kevin McCarthy pitched the bill …
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Comer's Fiasco  —  “Republicans are the party that says that government doesn't work, and then they get elected and prove it.”  — P.J. O'Rourke  —  As we roll into the weekend:  — Dysfunction squared: Hardliners plot to replace McCarthy as government shutdown looms - The Washington Post
New York Times:
How Trump Is Complicating McCarthy's Attempts to Avoid a Shutdown  —  The former president has been publicly pushing a shutdown, but his views are shaped by his own handling of the 2018 shutdown.  —  When a group of House Republicans thwarted Speaker Kevin McCarthy's attempt at averting …
Washington Post:
Live updates House fails to pass short-term funding bill as shutdown looms
NBC News:
A federal government shutdown could upend Virginia's elections
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
Hard-liners plot to replace McCarthy with a deputy as shutdown looms
New York Times:
Feinstein's Death Intensifies Fight for a Coveted California Senate Seat  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom has pledged to pick a Black woman to fill the seat, but has also said he would not choose any of the current Democrats running for Senate.  —  The death of Senator Dianne Feinstein …
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NBC News:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a trailblazer in U.S. politics and the longest-serving woman in the Senate, dies at age 90  —  Feinstein, elected in 1992, was a vocal gun control advocate who often sought common ground with Republicans, sometimes frustrating her more liberal colleagues.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Dianne Feinstein, California's longest-serving senator, dies at 90
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Biden honors outgoing Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Dianne Feinstein, 90, Dies; Oldest Sitting Senator and Fixture of California Politics
Emily Langer / Washington Post:
Dianne Feinstein, centrist stalwart of the Senate, dies at 90
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Senator Dianne Feinstein Dies at 90
KGO / ABC7:
Senator Dianne Feinstein, an ‘icon for women in politics,’ dies at 90
Public Notice:
How Trump's fraudulent business practices finally came back to bite him  —  The New York ruling that's big trouble for the Trump Organization, unpacked. … While we all wait for Trump's criminal trials to start, let us enjoy the absolute hammering Trump and his sons just received …
Discussion: NPR
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:   Trump blasts New York civil fraud trial to raise 2024 campaign cash before key deadline
Associated Press:
Man tied to suspected shooter in Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing arrested in Las Vegas, AP sources say  —  One of the last living witnesses to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur has been arrested in the Las Vegas-area, a long-awaited breakthrough in a case that has frustrated investigators …
Diana Falzone / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Planning to Announce Independent Run  —  2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce he will run as an independent on October 9 in Pennsylvania, Mediaite has learned.  —  Kennedy's campaign machine is now planning “attack ads” …
The Hill:
Judge denies Jeffrey Clark's attempt to move Georgia case to federal court  —  A judge denied former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark's attempt to move his Georgia charges to federal court Friday, dealing another significant blow to the early defense strategy being pursued …
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: First Trump RICO defendant takes plea agreement  —  X  —  Bail bondsman Scott Hall on Friday became the first defendant in the Fulton County election interference case to take a plea agreement with prosecutors.  —  During an impromptu hearing before Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee …
Washington Post:
Supreme Court to decide landmark Texas, Fla. social media cases and more  —  The Supreme Court on Friday said it would wade into the future of free speech online and decide whether laws passed in Texas and Florida can restrict social media companies from removing certain political posts or accounts.
Reuters:
Trump's campaign machine is bleeding cash for legal expenses  —  Donald Trump's political operation has helped pay the legal expenses of more than a dozen people contacted by prosecutors investigating the former president, tying up millions of dollars that otherwise could be used for his 2024 White House bid.
Discussion: Raw Story
Katie Bo Lillis / CNN:
Milley says the military doesn't swear oath to a ‘wannabe dictator’ in apparent swipe at Trump  —  In an impassioned and at time furious speech, departing Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley defiantly proclaimed that the US military does not swear an oath to a “wannabe dictator.”
 
 
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Politico:
Matt Gaetz is reaching out to Dems about a McCarthy ouster
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Forbes
Common Dreams:
‘Unbelievably Cruel’: GOP Pushes Astronomical Cuts to Education, Housing, and Food Aid
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Fulton County prosecutors signal plea deals may be offered to Trump co-defendants
Associated Press:
UAW strike: Union orders 7,000 more workers to walk off job
Wall Street Journal:
China Blocks Executive at U.S. Firm Kroll From Leaving the Mainland
Discussion: The Messenger and BizPac Review
Kate Gibson / CBS News:
Girl Scout cookies are feeling the bite of inflation, sending prices higher
 Earlier Items: 
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Top Biden Aides Questioned in Inquiry Into Handling of Documents
Discussion: The Messenger
Tiana Lowe Doescher / Washington Examiner:
John Fetterman's greatest accomplishment is the Senate passing a dress code
Discussion: Newsmax
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Poll: Majority of voters would support disqualifying Trump under 14th Amendment
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Revealed: far-right Oath Keepers kept up dues payments after Capitol attack
Discussion: Raw Story
Menachem Kaiser / New York Times:
The Market for Nazi Memorabilia Is Huge, Lucrative and Very Disturbing