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4:00 PM ET, October 3, 2023

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Punchbowl News:
Is it too late for McCarthy to save his job as speaker? … But it might be too late.  —  With the House on the brink of voting on a motion to oust McCarthy, there's very strong sentiment inside the Democratic Caucus against helping the speaker, according to multiple aides and lawmakers.
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Washington Post:
Will House Speaker Kevin McCarthy lose his job?  Here are the scenarios.  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) followed through his pledge to trigger a vote to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday evening, kicking off a complicated process that will determine McCarthy's fate.
Newt Gingrich / Washington Post:
Republicans must expel Matt Gaetz  —  Newt Gingrich, a Republican from Georgia, was speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999.  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is an anti-Republican who has become actively destructive to the conservative movement.  —  Drama has filled the halls of Congress for 234 years.
Washington Post:
McCarthy tells GOP lawmakers that House will vote today on effort to oust him as speaker  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told Republican lawmakers that the House will vote Tuesday afternoon on a motion to table a resolution to remove him as speaker, according to two people familiar …
NPR:
11 House Republicans join Democrats to move ahead in bid to remove McCarthy as speaker  —  Eleven House Republicans joined 207 Democrats to move ahead with an effort to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his job.  —  The next step will be for the House to vote on a “motion to vacate,” which could happen in the coming hours.
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Rosendale says he'll vote for motion to oust McCarthy, as path for speaker to keep gavel narrows
Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy's House speaker job under threat, with vote possible today
NBC News:
Speaker Kevin McCarthy is on the ropes. Here are some possible successors
Discussion: Slate, Raw Story and Fox News
The Messenger:
Judge Gags Trump After Ex-President Attacks His Law Clerk  —  Shortly before a lunch break, Trump circulated a false rumor about Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, which traces its origins to a now-shuttered satirical website  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link …
Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story and ABC7
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Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Judge Shuts Down Trump's Claim That He Reversed Himself on Statute of Limitations  —  The former president claimed the judge ‘overruled’ himself and would knock out ‘80%’ of the case, but the judge began day two of the trial by shooting that down  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link …
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump fraud trial live updates: Day 2 begins with testimony from ex-Trump accountant  —  Trump appears in court for Day 2 of civil fraud trial … 2m ago / 6:59 PM UTC  —  Trump appears to delete post attacking judge's law clerk  —  Dan Gallo  —  Amid all the delays …
Kimberly Ross / Washington Examiner:
Trump's birdbrained attacks against Haley won't save his campaign
Discussion: New York Times and The Messenger
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Neither Party Well-Liked, but GOP Holds Advantage on Issues  — Republican and Democratic Parties viewed unfavorably on balance  — Between the two, Republican Party trusted more on economy and security  — GOP also ahead on which party can handle “most important problem”
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
RNC warns Christie and Ramaswamy not to hold joint Fox News segment  —  The two candidates will now sit down for separate interviews.  —  The Republican National Committee told former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy Monday night that if they went through …
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court appears hesitant to upend Consumer Financial Protection Bureau  —  The Supreme Court justices at oral arguments Tuesday appeared hesitant to upend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by finding the agency's funding mechanism unconstitutional.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
No Labels makes its choice  —  No Labels claims to be a non-partisan centrist organization.  It describes itself as a movement for the “politically homeless.”  But in practice, it has supported Republicans and very conservative Democrats.  This year, No Labels has spent millions …
Discussion: Associated Press
Politico:
Playbook: Inside a new senator's big decision  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  CAREFUL OUT THERE — Rep. HENRY CUELLAR (D-Texas) was carjacked at gunpoint last night outside his apartment building south of the Capitol, Sarah Ferris and Nick Wu first reported.
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Los Angeles Times:
California's incoming senator, Laphonza Butler, describes her whirlwind trip into history
Washington Post:
How red-state politics are shaving years off American lives  —  ASHTABULA, Ohio — Mike Czup unspooled the hose to wash his hearse.  It was time to pick up the body of yet another neighbor who had died in the prime of life.  —  Since he started working at 15 in the funeral business, Czup has seen plenty of tragedies.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Washington Post:
America's epidemic of chronic illness is killing us too soon
Discussion: New York Times
Politico:
Buckle up: McCarthy's future to be decided on Tuesday  —  The speaker said he would not make a deal with Democrats to save his gavel: “They haven't asked for anything.  I'm not going to provide anything.”
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Rep. Cuellar unharmed in armed carjacking in DC  —  Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) was carjacked in Washington, D.C. on Monday night, according to a staffer from his office.  —  Cuellar was parking his car outside of his apartment in Navy Yard, D.C. when three armed individuals approached …
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ABC News:
Congressman Henry Cuellar carjacked at gunpoint in Washington
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Exclusive: John Kelly goes on the record to confirm several disturbing stories about Trump  —  John Kelly, the longest-serving White House chief of staff for Donald Trump, offered his harshest criticism yet of the former president in an exclusive statement to CNN.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Schwarzenegger advises Trump on weight loss: ‘Run around your cell three times’  —  Arnold Schwarzenegger has some exercise advice for former President Trump: Do some laps around a jail cell.  —  “If he would ask me what should you do for fitness, I would just say, 'Run around your cell three times.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Why MAGA Wants to Betray Ukraine  —  So the federal government wasn't shut down over the weekend, although we may have to go through this whole drama again in six weeks.  Kevin McCarthy, the speaker of the House, ended up doing the obvious: bringing a funding bill to the floor that could pass …
 
 
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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Sinclair stations aired a sponsored segment featuring a white nationalist who supports killing journalists
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Mediaite and WJLA-TV
United States Department of State:
Department of State Reduces Processing Times, Breaks Records for Passport Issuances
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
What's it like to be prosecuted by Jack Smith?
Associated Press:
Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to three federal gun charges filed after his plea deal collapsed
United States Capitol Police:
USCP Searching for Criminals Who Carjacked Congressman
Discussion: ABC News and The Messenger
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John Yoon / New York Times:
2 U.S. Soldiers Are Dead in Alaska After Vehicle Flips in Training Area
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
FBI interviewed individuals who accuse Amy Coney Barrett faith group of abuse
Discussion: BizPac Review and Raw Story
Marcia Lubin / US Department of Justice:
Two Anne Arundel County Men, Including Department of Defense Deputy Chief, Charged with Facilitating Dog Fighting Ring
New York Times:
How Trump Turned an Oval Office Fantasy Into G.O.P. Doctrine
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
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