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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.
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
House in Chaos: Kevin McCarthy Ousted From Speakership
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Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy's House speaker job under threat, with vote possible today
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Ramaswamy says chaos not ‘a bad thing’ after McCarthy ousted as speaker
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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
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John F. Harris / Politico:
The House GOP Is a Failed State
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Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
McCarthy Ends Third-Shortest Tenure as Speaker After Ouster
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Laura Davison / Bloomberg:
Interim Speaker Patrick McHenry Is Trusted McCarthy Lieutenant
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Brent D. Griffiths / Insider:
Once a secret, the temporary House speaker is Rep. Patrick McHenry
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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 — 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 …
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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 …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Being Nominated for House Speaker Is Becoming a Real Possibility — Sean Hannity, who remains close with Trump, claimed he's “been told” the former president is open to the idea. — Right-wing pundits and lawmakers are already rallying around the idea of former President Donald Trump …
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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.
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Texas Republican will nominate Trump for Speaker of the House
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Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Judge Shuts Down Trump's Claim That He Reversed Himself on Statute of Limitations
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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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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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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
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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 …
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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
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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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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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Scott Dance / Washington Post:
September shattered global heat record — and by a record margin — Temperatures around the world last month were at levels closer to normal for July — Early analyses show global warmth surged far above previous records in September — even further than what scientists said seemed like astonishing increases in July and August.
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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.
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Pathom Sangwongwanich / Bloomberg:
Thailand Vows Safety for Tourists After Mall Shooting Kills Two — Country anticipated a surge in foreign travelers this year — Shooting could hurt fragile economic recovery in Thailand — Thailand will take steps to enhance the safety of foreign tourists, official said on Wednesday …
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