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3:20 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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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 …
Discussion: Slate, al.com, Associated Press and ABC News
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
Matt Dixon / NBC News:
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?
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
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 …
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: Insider, Associated Press and Raw Story
Dan Balz / Washington Post:   McCarthy ouster exposes the Republican Party's destructive tendencies
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Cut Off Their Own Heads
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Jim Jordan announces bid for House Speaker after McCarthy ouster
CNN:
Scalise and Jordan launch bids for House speaker after McCarthy ouster
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Jim Jordan And Steve Scalise Are Running For House Speaker
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
RNC chief on GOP infighting: 'I don't know how this helps us beat Joe Biden'
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Frog meets scorpion: House Republicans threaten to quit Problem Solvers Caucus after McCarthy ouster
Washington Post:
As McCarthy tumbled toward defeat, Trump did not defend his speakership
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans watch McCarthy ouster with alarm, disbelief
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
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
Politico:
Playbook: The House GOP's fight may have just begun
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
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 …
Discussion: Insider, The Messenger and Law & Crime
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Giuliani: ‘I have never had an alcohol problem’
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Political Wire
New York Times:
Inside the Menendez Indictment: A Mercedes and a Secretive Fatal Crash  —  A 2018 fatal car crash in Bogota, N.J., drew no media attention and resulted in no charges.  The driver was the soon-to-be wife of Senator Robert Menendez.  —  It was a cold evening in December 2018, and Nadine Arslanian …
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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.
Matt Friedman / Politico:   Menendez's wife struck and killed a man while driving in 2018: Reports
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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Houston Keene / Fox News:
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.
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Biden Cancels an Additional $9 Billion in Student Loan Debt  —  The move comes just three days after student loan repayments resumed following a three-year pause.  —  President Biden canceled an additional $9 billion in student debt on Wednesday as repayments started up again this month after a three-year pause.
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The White House:
President Biden Announces an Additional $9 Billion in Student Debt Relief for 125,000 Americans
Siladitya Ray / Forbes:
Student Loans: Biden Announces Extra $9 Billion In Debt Relief For 125,000 Americans
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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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 …
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.
 
 
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