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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.
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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
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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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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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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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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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.
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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 — A CBS News interview destroyed any chance that Kevin McCarthy had in keeping his job as speaker. — Just a handful of Democrats could have easily crossed …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans watch McCarthy ouster with alarm, disbelief
Senate Republicans watch McCarthy ouster with alarm, disbelief
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
G.O.P. Candidates Split Over Kevin McCarthy's Ouster as House Speaker
G.O.P. Candidates Split Over Kevin McCarthy's Ouster as House Speaker
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Stephen Kruiser / PJ Media:
The Morning Briefing: Please Welcome to the Main Stage—YOUR Republican Dumpster Fire!
The Morning Briefing: Please Welcome to the Main Stage—YOUR Republican Dumpster Fire!
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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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Jamie Dettmer / Politico:
Trump is no ghost of the past — he's haunting Ukraine's present
Trump is no ghost of the past — he's haunting Ukraine's present
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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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Laura Davison / Bloomberg:
Interim Speaker Patrick McHenry Is Trusted McCarthy Lieutenant
Interim Speaker Patrick McHenry Is Trusted McCarthy Lieutenant
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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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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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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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Punchbowl News:
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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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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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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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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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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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USA Today:
Exclusive: Nikki Haley surges past DeSantis in New Hampshire as Trump maintains lead — Nearly 4 in 10 likely Republican primary voters in the Granite State say they still might change their minds, the USA TODAY/Boston Globe/Suffolk Poll finds, in a fluid race.
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David Paleologos / USA Today:
Nikki Haley vaults to second place in New Hampshire in new GOP primary poll
Nikki Haley vaults to second place in New Hampshire in new GOP primary poll
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A case study in unethical journalism — On September 26, Popular Information reported that librarians in Charlotte County, Florida, public schools were instructed to remove books with LGBTQ characters from school and classroom libraries. This report was based on the following:
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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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 …
Kate Santaliz / NBC News:
Rep. Ruben Gallego snags support from abortion-rights group that once backed Kyrsten Sinema — Reproductive Freedom for All, formerly known as NARAL Pro-Choice America, is backing the Democratic congressman over the independent Arizona senator. — A powerful abortion-rights group is throwing …
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