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1:45 PM ET, September 30, 2023

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Politico:
'It's crazy': Shutdown caps Congress' week from hell  —  Back in the 1990s, as then-Speaker Gingrich put it, Republicans could at least “afford to have five or six people be idiots.”  —  Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman has never seen a scenario like this week: “Not in real life — in movies.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Government shutdown hours away as House GOP pitches last-ditch deal  —  Just hours before a government shutdown, the House planned to vote on a measure to keep the government open for 45 days at current spending levels, adding money for U.S. disaster relief but none of the billions of dollars …
Kayla Guo / New York Times:
How Did the Government Get to a Shutdown, and What Will It Take to Reopen?  —  Any deal to keep it open would have to be bipartisan, since the Senate and White House are controlled by Democrats, and the House by Republicans.  —  The federal government is careening toward a shutdown at midnight on Saturday.
CNN:
Biden aides are sure Republicans will be blamed for a possible government shutdown  —  As Speaker Kevin McCarthy tries to placate his House Republican conference in the fight over spending, the White House is holding out hope that a bipartisan deal brokered days ago in the Senate can eventually overcome the standoff.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Judge in Trump racketeering case denies motion to suppress evidence  —  X  —  Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Friday denied a motion by former Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro to toss out emails and memos he wrote detailing a plan to use a Republican slate of electors …
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Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: First Trump RICO defendant takes plea agreement
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
First co-defendant in Trump Georgia election case pleads guilty
Julianne McShane / NBC News:
Pregnant with no OB-GYNs around: In Idaho, maternity care became a casualty of its abortion ban  —  After an Idaho hospital closed its obstetrics department, pregnant women in the county have been left without nearby care.  Their OB-GYNs fled the state.  —  If you're pregnant in Bonner County …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
DOJ special counsel cites Trump's targeting of Milley in push for gag order
Matthias Gafni / San Francisco Chronicle:
The Trump administration touted him as a victim of #MeToo.  Now he's accused of dismembering a girlfriend  —  The gruesome discovery spoke to a ghastly crime.  —  On the afternoon of July 20, someone using a waterfront trail in Alameda spotted a large garbage bag wrapped in duct tape …
CNN:
IRS contractor charged with stealing Donald Trump's tax returns, which were leaked to press  —  Federal prosecutors announced charges Friday against a contractor with the Internal Revenue Service who allegedly stole the tax returns of a high-ranking government official.
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
A President on a Picket Line  —  On Tuesday, Joe Biden became the first sitting American president to walk a picket line.  Specifically, he joined strikers and spoke briefly outside a General Motors facility in Van Buren Township, Mich., where hundreds of striking autoworkers were demanding …
Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Trump Wins Delay on Deposition So He Can Attend Fraud Trial  —  A federal judge in Florida agreed to delay Donald Trump's deposition in his $500 million lawsuit against Michael Cohen by a week because the former president said he wants to attend the start of his New York state civil fraud trial.
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NBC News:
GOP senators say they won't stop Democrats from replacing Feinstein on Judiciary Committee
Associated Press:
Trump animates California Republicans with calls to shoot people who rob stores
NBC News:
‘Multiple’ people dead after truck crash and ammonia leak lead to evacuation in Illinois  —  The Friday evening crash involved a semi-truck that started leaking anhydrous ammonia, prompting an evacuation of people within about a one mile radius of the crash, including parts of Teutopolis in south central Illinois.
Brian Darling / The Hill:
Dress code debate reflects the US Senate's diminished reputation  —  The debate over the U.S. Senate dress code, spurred by Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), is a fight that seems insignificant to most yet reflects how the once vaunted and respected institution of the U.S. Senate has diminished in the eyes of the American people.
Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Michigan Republican Party faces financial turmoil, bank records show  —  Lansing — The Michigan Republican Party had about $35,000 in its bank accounts in August, according to internal records that flash new warning signs about the dire state of the GOP's finances and raise questions …
Discussion: RedState
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