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11:30 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 …
Discussion: HuffPost and Slow Boring
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Donald Trump Drops Off The Forbes 400 For Second Time In 3 Years  —  As the New York attorney general accuses Donald Trump of fraud, Forbes answers the question at the heart of the case: What is he really worth?  —  Donald Trump is no longer rich enough for the country's most exclusive club.
CNN:   Judge issues gag order and rebukes Trump after social media post attacking his clerk
The Messenger:   Judge Gags Trump After Ex-President Attacks His Law Clerk
Ella Lee / The Hill:
New York judge issues gag order after Trump attacks clerk on Truth Social
New York Times:
As Trump's Legal Woes Have Escalated, So Have His Violent Remarks
Discussion: CNN and Washington Examiner
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.
The Hill:
McCarthy won't run for Speaker again  —  Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) informed members of his conference Tuesday night that he will not run for Speaker again after the House voted to oust him from the post hours earlier, multiple lawmakers confirmed to The Hill.
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Ramaswamy says chaos not ‘a bad thing’ after McCarthy ousted as speaker  —  Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy agreed with those attacking Republicans who removed Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from the Speakership on Tuesday, but said the resulting chaos is actually a good outcome.
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.
Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
McCarthy Ends Third-Shortest Tenure as Speaker After Ouster
Washington Post:
Will House Speaker Kevin McCarthy lose his job? Here are the scenarios.
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
Laura Davison / Bloomberg:
Interim Speaker Patrick McHenry Is Trusted McCarthy Lieutenant
Politico:
McHenry ordered Pelosi to leave her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday  —  The former speaker blasted the move as a “sharp departure from tradition.”
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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ABC News:   Multiple Trump co-defendants approached about plea deals in Fulton County: Sources
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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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 …
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / NBC News:
Drugmakers agree to negotiate drug prices with government, White House says  —  The manufacturers of 10 prescription drugs — including Eliquis, Xarelto and Januvia — will take part in the negotiations.  —  Major drug companies including Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Drug Makers Agree to Negotiate With Medicare on Prices of 10 Medications
Discussion: Iowa Starting Line
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.
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Washington Post:
America's epidemic of chronic illness is killing us too soon
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
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 …
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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.
Jamie Dettmer / Politico:
Trump is no ghost of the past — he's haunting Ukraine's present  —  Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe.  —  Europe and Ukraine got a nasty foretaste last week of what a second Donald Trump presidency in the United States would look like.  —  As the former president's …
 
 
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
FBI Says MAGA Sheriff Sold Deputy Badge to Iraqi Fixer
Dustin Gardiner / Politico:
Newsom says his ‘incredible’ pick for Senate can run if she wants
Brakkton Booker / Politico:
The DNC may have a diversity problem
Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost:
Florida Executes Man Sentenced To Death By Split Jury
Discussion: UPI
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls on Biden to step up action on the migrant crisis
Raw Story:
‘A travesty’: Clarence Thomas refuses to recuse in case that could benefit billionaire benefactor
Discussion: City Limits
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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: Mediaite, The Daily Beast and WJLA-TV
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Schwarzenegger advises Trump on weight loss: ‘Run around your cell three times’
Discussion: Newsbusters, al.com, IJR and TMZ.com
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
RNC warns Christie and Ramaswamy not to hold joint Fox News segment
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