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1:15 PM ET, October 4, 2023

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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
As McCarthy tumbled toward defeat, Trump did not defend his speakership  —  Trump's limited support for the man he famously called ‘my Kevin’ encapsulated a relationship that has ebbed and flowed over the years  —  As Kevin McCarthy battled this week to keep the job he would eventually lose …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
McCarthy ouster exposes the Republican Party's destructive tendencies  —  By voting to expel Kevin McCarthy as House speaker, Republicans ground the work of Congress to a halt and revealed the danger of governing by chaos  —  Nine months into their reign as the majority party in the House …
Discussion: The Guardian and Mediaite
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 …
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Jim Jordan announces bid for House Speaker after McCarthy ouster
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Frog meets scorpion: House Republicans threaten to quit Problem Solvers Caucus after McCarthy ouster
Stephen Kruiser / PJ Media:
The Morning Briefing: Please Welcome to the Main Stage—YOUR Republican Dumpster Fire!
Discussion: Townhall
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Texas Republican will nominate Trump for Speaker of the House
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Cut Off Their Own Heads
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Only Sin That Republicans Can't Forgive
Politico:
Playbook: The House GOP's fight may have just begun
The Daily Beast:
Trump Being Nominated for House Speaker Is Becoming a Real Possibility
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
Discussion: Twitchy, Bloomberg and Washington Post
Punchbowl News:
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New York Times:
House Is Paralyzed, With No Speaker After McCarthy Ouster
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
G.O.P. Candidates Split Over Kevin McCarthy's Ouster as House Speaker
Ella Lee / The Hill:
New York judge issues gag order after Trump attacks clerk on Truth Social
David Paleologos / USA Today:
Nikki Haley vaults to second place in New Hampshire in new GOP primary poll  —  Today's Suffolk University/Boston Globe/USA TODAY poll (yes, that's a mouthful) will be touted by Nikki Haley's campaign.  She's rocketed into second place with the support of 19% of likely New Hampshire Republican Primary voters …
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Winthrop Poll / Winthrop University …:
October 2023 Winthrop Poll Results  —  South Carolina Registered Voters poll of 1569 (weighted) respondents (MOE +/- 2.47%)  —  ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA - Despite currently facing multiple criminal charges, Donald Trump remains South Carolina voters' top pick to become the 2024 Republican candidate …
USA Today:
Exclusive: Nikki Haley surges past DeSantis in New Hampshire as Trump maintains lead
Politico:
McHenry ordered Pelosi to leave her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday  —  The former speaker blasted the move as a “sharp departure from tradition.”
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.
Katie Sobko / NorthJersey.com:
Bob Menendez's wife hit and killed a man while driving on Bogota's Main Street in 2018  —  Nadine Arslanian Menendez, federally indicted in a bribery scheme with her husband, Sen. Bob Menendez, struck and killed a man while driving her Mercedes-Benz on Main Street in Bogota in December 2018.
Politico:
Jordan becomes first to announce run for speaker  —  His candidacy will likely run right into Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), who is also considering a speakership bid and has worked to court conservatives.
Discussion: IJR
Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
Exclusive: US will transfer weapons seized from Iran to Ukraine  —  The US will transfer thousands of seized Iranian weapons and rounds of ammunition to Ukraine, in a move that could help to alleviate some of the critical shortages facing the Ukrainian military as it awaits more money …
New York Times:
DeSantis Gets a $15 Million Cash Infusion and Moves Staff Into Iowa  —  The relocation caps off a monthslong retooling of the campaign, which was in financial dire straits this summer.  But the Florida governor still has a steep climb ahead.  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is relocating …
Haley Talbot / CNN:
Pelosi says interim House speaker McHenry has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building  —  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said the newly named interim speaker, GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building.
 
 
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