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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Only Sin That Republicans Can't Forgive — The fall of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy today demonstrated again that the one sin that cannot be forgiven in the modern Republican Party is being seen as failing to fight the Democratic agenda by any means necessary.
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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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Andrew Solender / Axios:
GOP tensions explode after McCarthy bows out of speaker race — House Republicans were distraught, furious and concerned for the future of their party after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced he won't run for speaker again after being ousted on Tuesday.
John F. Harris / Politico:
The House GOP Is a Failed State — Kevin McCarthy's ouster is dramatic evidence, if redundant, about the state of the modern GOP. — At the start, Kevin McCarthy's speakership was effectively an optical illusion. At the end, it was an exercise in self-abasement. Francis Chung/POLITICO
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Politico:
'He's about clicks': Florida Republicans furious at Gaetz — They called him divisive and an attention-seeker. — MIAMI — Florida's congressional Republicans are done with Matt Gaetz. — They left the House chamber last night furious after Gaetz led seven other GOP members …
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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
House bipartisan caucus risks collapse after McCarthy ouster … The Republicans say he was punished for “doing the right thing” after advancing a stopgap funding bill on a bipartisan basis. — Frustrated members said that Democrats in the group, which is aimed at finding bipartisan solutions …
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Politico:
The rudderless GOP careens toward 2024 — Kevin McCarthy's undoing underscores a bigger problem — the inability to govern itself — that risks imperiling the party's chances in 2024. — There's no House speaker, Republicans are tearing each other to shreds over Kevin McCarthy's ouster …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Kevin McCarthy is GOP incompetence made flesh — No Republican equipped to be speaker would want the job in the first place. … Republican Kevin McCarthy became the first House Speaker to be removed midterm by his own caucus on Tuesday. He quickly announced that he would not run again; his brief speakership is over.
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Politico:
Playbook: The House GOP's fight may have just begun — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — JUST POSTED — “Giuliani's Drinking, Long a Fraught Subject, Has Trump Prosecutors' Attention,” by NYT's Matt Flegenheimer and Maggie Haberman: “[RUDY] …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Texas Republican will nominate Trump for Speaker of the House — Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) announced late Tuesday he will file paperwork to nominate former President Trump to be the next Speaker of the House. — “This week, when the U.S. House of Representatives reconvenes …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Being Nominated for House Speaker Is Becoming a Real Possibility
Trump Being Nominated for House Speaker Is Becoming a Real Possibility
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John L. Dorman / Insider:
Kevin McCarthy's CBS interview, where he blamed Democrats for the near-government shutdown, tanked any hope of them saving his speakership
Kevin McCarthy's CBS interview, where he blamed Democrats for the near-government shutdown, tanked any hope of them saving his speakership
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Ramaswamy says chaos not ‘a bad thing’ after McCarthy ousted as speaker
Ramaswamy says chaos not ‘a bad thing’ after McCarthy ousted as speaker
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Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
McCarthy Ends Third-Shortest Tenure as Speaker After Ouster
McCarthy Ends Third-Shortest Tenure as Speaker After Ouster
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The Hill:
McCarthy won't run for Speaker again
McCarthy won't run for Speaker again
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
House in Chaos: Kevin McCarthy Ousted From Speakership
House in Chaos: Kevin McCarthy Ousted From Speakership
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Laura Davison / Bloomberg:
Interim Speaker Patrick McHenry Is Trusted McCarthy Lieutenant
Interim Speaker Patrick McHenry Is Trusted McCarthy Lieutenant
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Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy's House speaker job under threat, with vote possible today
Kevin McCarthy's House speaker job under threat, with vote possible today
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Politico:
McHenry ordered Pelosi to leave her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday — The former speaker blasted the move as a “sharp departure from tradition.”
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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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Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Trump Ordered Not to Comment on Judge's Staff in Fraud Case
Trump Ordered Not to Comment on Judge's Staff in Fraud Case
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Posts (Then Deletes) Attack Against Judge's Clerk During Trial
Trump Posts (Then Deletes) Attack Against Judge's Clerk During Trial
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Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Donald Trump Drops Off The Forbes 400 For Second Time In 3 Years
Donald Trump Drops Off The Forbes 400 For Second Time In 3 Years
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CNN:
Judge issues gag order and rebukes Trump after social media post attacking his clerk
Judge issues gag order and rebukes Trump after social media post attacking his clerk
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump fraud trial live updates: Day 2 begins with testimony from ex-Trump accountant
Trump fraud trial live updates: Day 2 begins with testimony from ex-Trump accountant
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
New York judge issues gag order after Trump attacks clerk on Truth Social
New York judge issues gag order after Trump attacks clerk on Truth Social
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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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New York Times:
Giuliani's Drinking, Long a Fraught Subject, Has Trump Prosecutors' Attention — The former mayor's drinking has become an investigative subplot in Donald Trump's federal case over 2020 election interference. But long before that, friends had grown deeply concerned.
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Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Planned Parenthood is Helping Teenagers Transition After a 30 Minute Consult. Parents and Doctors are Sounding the Alarm. … Fred has a history of developmental issues. He was diagnosed with autism—technically ADHD with autistic traits—at age four, struggled with depression and anxiety as he got older …
Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Leonard Leo says he will not cooperate with D.C. Attorney General tax probe — A liberal group targeted by a similar tax probe said it would comply. — Judicial activist Leonard Leo is not cooperating with an investigation by Washington D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb …
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Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
More than 75,000 workers to strike at hundreds of Kaiser Permanente health facilities across U.S. — Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente are going on strike Wednesday amid a simmering dispute over staffing levels. — The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions has described …
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