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6:35 PM ET, September 29, 2023

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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 …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
First co-defendant in Trump Georgia election case pleads guilty  — Scott Hall, one of 18 co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case, pleaded guilty to the charges against him.  — Hall, a bail bondsman, is the first defendant in the case to plead guilty in the case.
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 …
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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 …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Dianne Feinstein, California's longest-serving senator, dies at 90
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Dianne Feinstein, 90, Dies; Oldest Sitting Senator and Fixture of California Politics
NBC News:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a trailblazer in U.S. politics and the longest-serving woman in the Senate, dies at age 90
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Biden honors outgoing Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley
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
Politico:
Trump floats plan to attend New York trial on business fraud  —  The surprise move would bring Trump face-to-face with a Manhattan judge he has repeatedly derided.  —  Former President Donald Trump plans to show up in person for at least the first week of a civil trial set to open in New York …
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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
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:   Trump blasts New York civil fraud trial to raise 2024 campaign cash before key deadline
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David Badash / Raw Story:
Far-right Republicans kill GOP bill to keep government running in ‘embarrassing failure’ for McCarthy: report
Discussion: The Daily Beast and NBC News
Washington Post:
Live updates House fails to pass short-term funding bill as shutdown looms
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 …
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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: Florida Politics
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 …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
On Fox News, GOP impeachment leaders spread false claims with impunity  —  The Republican push to impeach President Biden formally began on Thursday with a hearing held by the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill.  By most objective accounts, it was not a huge success for the GOP …
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Politico:
Matt Gaetz is reaching out to Dems about a McCarthy ouster  —  Among the lawmakers he spoke to as he threatens the speaker's gavel: Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.).
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Forbes
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” …
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 and Semafor
Anne Flaherty / ABC News:
White House estimates 3.5M federal workers will go without pay in government shutdown  —  Two million of them will be military.  —  The White House estimates that 3.5 million federal workers will have to go without pay if the government shuts down.  Roughly 2 million of them will be military.
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Fulton County prosecutors signal plea deals may be offered to Trump co-defendants
Associated Press:
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