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8:20 PM ET, October 3, 2023

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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Kicks Reporters Out of Courtroom to Talk to Trump and AG  —  Justice Arthur F. Engoron also issued a gag order against Trump earlier in the day after the former president attacked one of his law clerks on social media.  —  A turbulent second day at Donald Trump's bank fraud trial …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Posts (Then Deletes) Attack Against Judge's Clerk During Trial  —  The former president is attending his New York civil fraud trial in person, ranting at cameras and on social media in between courtroom sessions … Trump last week was found guilty of committing fraud in the case …
Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Trump Ordered Not to Comment on Judge's Staff in Fraud Case  —  The former president attacked Justice Arthur F. Engoron's clerk in a social media post that soon disappeared.  He was called to account behind closed doors.  —  A New York judge placed a limited gag order on Donald J. Trump …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Ella Lee / The Hill:
New York judge issues gag order after Trump attacks clerk on Truth Social
CNN:   Judge issues gag order and rebukes Trump after social media post attacking his clerk
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.
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Deirdre Walsh / NPR:
McCarthy will not run for speaker again after being removed  —  Listen To Our Podcast  —  Every weekday, NPR's best political reporters are there to explain the big news coming out of Washington and the campaign trail.  They don't just tell you what happened.  They tell you why it matters.
Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy's House speaker job under threat, with vote possible today  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is at risk of losing his job as early as Tuesday, as a faction of hard-right Republicans seeks to oust him and Democrats signaled they are not willing to vote to save him.
NBC News:
Speaker Kevin McCarthy is on the ropes.  Here are some possible successors  —  The list of possibilities include members of his leadership team and some top conservative allies.  —  WASHINGTON — It's far from certain Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., can successfully topple House Speaker Kevin McCarthy …
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
Brent D. Griffiths / Insider:
Once a secret, the temporary House speaker is Rep. Patrick McHenry
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
House in Chaos: Kevin McCarthy Ousted From Speakership
The Hill:
McCarthy won't run for Speaker again
Washington Post:
Will House Speaker Kevin McCarthy lose his job? Here are the scenarios.
Punchbowl News:
Is it too late for McCarthy to save his job as speaker?
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Kevin McCarthy: 'I'm Not Going To Provide Anything' To Dems To Save My Speakership
Washington Post:
McCarthy tells GOP lawmakers that House will vote today on effort to oust him as speaker
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton prosecutors float plea deals to Trump defendants  —  First guilty plea in RICO case came Friday  —  Fulton County prosecutors are floating plea deals to a number of defendants in the election interference case involving former President Donald Trump, according to people with knowledge of the proposals.
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Associated Press:
Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to three federal gun charges filed after his plea deal collapsed
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Payday Lenders Get Their Asses Handed To Them During Anti-CFPB Supreme Court Arguments  —  The case to dismantle the CFPB ran into a hammer from the three liberal justices and marked skepticism from at least two of the conservatives.  —  LOADING  —  The case seeking to eviscerate …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's uncharacteristic moment of sanity  —  Justices considering a case against the CFPB seem unlikely to trigger a second Great Depression.  —  Imagine that the Supreme Court of the United States spent an entire morning debating whether penguins are the primary cause …
New York Times:
Kari Lake Files to Run for Kyrsten Sinema's Senate Seat in Arizona  —  Ms. Sinema left the Democratic Party last year to become an independent, but has not confirmed whether she will run for re-election.  —  Kari Lake, the Republican former news anchor who refused to acknowledge her loss …
Discussion: CNN, The Hill, Bloomberg and National Review
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Rolling Stone:
Prosecutors Probe Trump's Efforts to Steal Arizona's Election — Years After He Lost
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Drug Makers Agree to Negotiate With Medicare on Prices of 10 Medications  —  The pharmaceutical companies said they would begin talks even as several of them were suing the Biden administration over a new law authorizing the negotiations.  —  The manufacturers of 10 expensive medications …
Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost:
Florida Executes Man Sentenced To Death By Split Jury  —  Michael Zack's lawyers say he had an intellectual disability.  He was killed amid Gov. Ron DeSantis' push to make it easier to execute people.  —  Florida on Tuesday executed 54-year-old Michael Zack, who was sentenced to death decades ago …
Discussion: UPI
Raw Story:
‘A travesty’: Clarence Thomas refuses to recuse in case that could benefit billionaire benefactor  —  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday recused himself from a decision—but the rare move from the embattled right-winger came as he weighed in on another case involving …
Discussion: City Limits
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”
 
 
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Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
State Department slams GOP for failing to reauthorize global AIDS program
Discussion: Reuters
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls on Biden to step up action on the migrant crisis
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Sinclair stations aired a sponsored segment featuring a white nationalist who supports killing journalists
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Washington Post:
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Why MAGA Wants to Betray Ukraine
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
RNC warns Christie and Ramaswamy not to hold joint Fox News segment
United States Capitol Police:
USCP Searching for Criminals Who Carjacked Congressman
Discussion: ABC News and The Messenger
Washington Post:
America's epidemic of chronic illness is killing us too soon
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
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