'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 …

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

Trump is not ruling out being the new House speaker  —  Believe it or not, the House speaker doesn't actually have to be serving in the House.  —  Trump addresses calls for him to be the next House speaker  —  Does Donald Trump want to be speaker of the House?

Gaetz knocks Speaker pro tem for sending lawmakers home to ‘cry for a week’  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is already taking aim at Speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry (R-N.C), saying that he should not send lawmakers home for the next week.  —  “I do have to offer some pretty sharp criticism …

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 …

Giuliani sues Biden for defamation over ‘Russian pawn’ remark  —  Rudy Giuliani sued President Biden for defamation Wednesday over his comments calling the former New York City mayor a “Russian pawn” during a 2020 presidential debate.  —  The 16-page lawsuit, filed in New Hampshire state court …

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.

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 …

Nancy Pelosi evicted from her private office in the Capitol by interim House speaker  —  McHenry assumed the temporary speakership after now-former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted on Tuesday  —  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was evicted from her private Capitol office by the new speaker pro-tempore.