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6:40 PM ET, October 6, 2023

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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Kevin McCarthy considers resigning from the House before the end of his term  —  The deposed former speaker has made clear he plans to stay at least through the speakership election before ending his House career, two people familiar with the matter tell POLITICO.
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Daniella Diaz / Politico:
Is the speaker pro tempore acting up?  —  Presented by With assists from POLITICO's Congress team  —  PARSING PATRICK'S POWERS  —  The word “unprecedented” often gets bandied about in politics for things that are actually just uncommon.  What's happening now in the House, however, is truly unprecedented.
Congressman Tom Mcclintock:
Statement by Congressman Tom McClintock on the Speakers Impasse
Discussion: The Messenger and Punchbowl News
Politico:
How a previously obscure House rule could decide the next speaker
Discussion: HotAir and Associated Press
Punchbowl News:
10/6/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM
Politico:
How Trump was talked into — and out of — a run for speaker  —  A behind-the-scenes campaign coaxed the former president out of a quixotic campaign.  —  Just hours after Kevin McCarthy was deposed as House speaker, the “draft Trump” movement began.  —  “I called him and I said, 'Sir …
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The Messenger:
How a Texas Congressman ‘Totally F—d’ Trump's House Speaker Race Strategy (Exclusive)  —  According to one adviser, the former president is ‘pissed’ at Rep. Troy Nehls  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook.A Twitter icon representing an external link …
Ben Feuerherd / The Messenger:
New York v. Trump on Day Five: Company Exec Testifies About Mar-a-Lago and Eric Trump's Golf Club Directive to ‘Leave Value as Is’  —  The former controller of the Trump Organization revealed over-valuations of key real estate properties including the so-called ‘winter White House’
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Inside Trump's earlier secret bid for House speaker as McCarthy nomination drama unfolded  —  From ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl's upcoming book.  —  Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks at the South Carolina State House, Jan. 28, 2023 in Columbia, SC.
Tori Otten / New Republic:
Trump Loves Sharing National Security Secrets With Random Strangers
CNBC:
Trump loses bid to stay NY fraud trial, but gets delay of business certificate cancellations  — A New York appeals court declined to stay the civil business fraud trial against Donald Trump.  — But the court did halt a judge's order that cancelled the business certificates of Trump's companies.
Discussion: FactCheck.org and HuffPost
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CNN:
New York appeals court halts the process of breaking up Trump's businesses but rejects halting the trial  —  A New York appeals court judge on Friday rejected Donald Trump's attempt to stop the ongoing $250 million civil fraud trial, but temporarily halted the process of breaking up his businesses.
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Trump seeks pause in New York fraud trial
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
America needs to talk about the right's ‘Red Caesar’ plan for U.S. dictatorship  —  The incredible scenes this week on Capitol Hill — leaving the U.S. House without a speaker and promising an autumn of sheer chaos in Congress — marked a rapid escalation of the downward spiral of American democracy.
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Politico:
‘What Is Broken in American Politics Is the Republican Party’
Discussion: Financial Times and Raw Story
Hakeem Jeffries / Washington Post:
A bipartisan coalition is the way forward for the House  —  Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) is the Democratic leader of the House of Representatives.  —  In recent days, Democrats have tried to show our colleagues in the Republican majority a way out of the dysfunction and rancor they have allowed to engulf the House.
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
Michael Benz, a rising voice for conservative criticism of online censorship, appears to have a secret history as an alt-right persona  —  Frame Game, the pseudonym of an alt-right internet personality, hid his face while pushing racist conspiracy theories.  Inadvertent slips revealed details about his identity.
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Iowa police dispute Ramaswamy campaign's claim that protesters rammed their car  —  “Our investigation has revealed no evidence to substantiate” the claim that protesters hit Ramaswamy's car on purpose and fled, police said.  —  Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign claimed Thursday …
US Department of Justice:
Former Soldier Indicted for Attempting to Pass National Defense Information to People's Republic of China  —  For Immediate Release  —  Defendant Arrested Upon Arrival in San Francisco on Flight from Hong Kong  —  A former U.S. Army Sergeant whose last duty post was Joint Base Lewis-McChord …
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Former Army sergeant indicted for efforts to give classified information to China
Discussion: CNN, New York Times and NewsNation
Washington Post:
The final 11 seconds of a fatal Tesla Autopilot crash  —  A reconstruction of the wreck shows how human error and emerging technology can collide with deadly results  —  The sun had yet to rise in Delray Beach, Fla., when Jeremy Banner flicked on Autopilot.
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
During an online fundraiser, Matt Gaetz denounced the Biden impeachment effort as unserious  —  As the House tries to replace Kevin McCarthy, the future of the impeachment inquiry could become a bargaining chip in the wrangling to win the speakership.  —  WASHINGTON — Days before Rep. Matt Gaetz led …
Katie Herchenroeder / Mother Jones:
Massive Changes Could Be Coming From the Vatican.  Conservative US Catholics Are Mad as Hell.  —  This week, hundreds of delegates from around the world began a monthlong meeting as part of Pope Francis' “Synod on Synodality”—a gathering to discuss the future of the Catholic Church.
Talking Points Memo:
We've Finally Solved The Mystery Of George Santos' Mysterious Fortune  —  The world knows a lot about Rep. George Santos (R-NY).  His backstory is full of lies and his campaign finance reports were studded with extraordinary irregularities.  However, amid a cascade of revelations …
Kiera Butler / Mother Jones:
Moms for Liberty Is Taking Over Banned Books Week  —  It's the American Library Association's annual Banned Books Week, a tradition that started in 1982.  This year, the theme is “Let Freedom Read!” in honor of record-breaking efforts to censor books now sweeping the nation's libraries and schools.
Politico:
Pharmacies begin dispensing abortion pills  —  A handful of pharmacies are offering the pills 10 months after the Biden administration allowed them to do so.  —  A handful of independent pharmacies across the country have quietly begun dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone under …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Running Spoiler Campaigns Does Not Protect ‘Democracy’ … Most Americans who oppose Donald Trump agree the threat to democracy is the major issue of the 2024 election.  But what, precisely, constitutes the threat?  To most Democrats, the danger is that the election will install into power …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
N.J. Attorney General Opens Inquiry Into Nadine Menendez's Fatal Crash  —  The scrutiny could create fresh legal and political peril for Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat, who has been charged with accepting bribes.  —  The New Jersey attorney general's office seized records on Thursday …
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Televised Fox News Speaker forum called off after candidates pull out  —  Plans for a televised Fox News forum with three contenders for House Speaker fell apart soon after they were announced.  —  Host Bret Baier was slated to have House Majority Leader Scalise (R-La.) …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Biden Blames ‘Negative’ Media for Americans' Poor View of the Economy  —  ‘I MEAN THIS SINCERELY’  —  Following another strong jobs report that far exceeded expectations, President Joe Biden was asked on Friday why the majority of Americans do not feel positive about the economy, prompting the president to blame media coverage.
Discussion: Reuters, RedState and CNBC
 
 
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Josh Rudolph / The Hill:
Time to go big on Ukraine aid
Discussion: The Messenger and Semafor
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
33 Lawmakers Urge Biden To Release Leonard Peltier — Including 1 Republican
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Political forces begin to move on new California Sen. Butler as she mulls a run
Discussion: NBC News and Los Angeles Times
 Earlier Items: 
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Payrolls soared by 336,000 in September, defying expectations for a hiring slowdown
Jack Birle / Washington Examiner:
Hillary Clinton says ‘MAGA extremists’ may need ‘formal deprogramming’
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Hannity Mocks ‘The View’ Co-Host by Saying His Dad Hit Him With a Belt
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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