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3:40 PM ET, October 17, 2023

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Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Jim Jordan loses first House speaker vote by a wider margin than expected  — Rep. Jim Jordan failed to win the 217 votes he needed to be elected House Speaker on the first vote of the day.  — The House has been leaderless for two weeks after eight GOP lawmakers ousted former speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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Politico:
Playbook: Jim Jordan's day of reckoning  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  STILL TAKING APPLICATIONS — “How House Speaker Became Washington's Most Miserable Job,” by Ian Ward: “'You basically have a tied House with no operational majority,' said [political scientist MATTHEW] GREEN.
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Here's what we know about Jim Jordan and the Ohio State University wrestling scandal  — Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio could be the next speaker of the House following McCarthy's ouster.  — Questions are resurfacing about his role in the sexual abuse scandal at Ohio State University.
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Apotheosis of Jim Jordan Is a Sight to Behold  —  No problem in the American system at this moment is as acute and disruptive as the one posed by the Republican Party.  —  Yes, of course, there are any number of structural problems facing American politics.
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Jordan fails to win Speakership on first ballot  —  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) failed to win the Speakership in the first round of voting on Tuesday after 20 Republicans withheld support from his bid, denying him the votes needed to secure the gavel.
Punchbowl News:
10/17/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  Jim Jordan has problems.  —  The Ohio Republican plans to head to the floor today for a speaker election with more than a dozen GOP lawmakers saying they'll vote against him or are undecided about his candidacy.
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Jim Jordan Won't Make A Scandal Of Himself  —  Democrats can make him one, but brace yourself for the Jim Jordan beat sweeteners  —  After Steve Saclise turned out not to be the hero they wanted, House Republicans will decide whether Joker Jim Jordan is the hero they need …
Ian Ward / Politico:
‘Everything Is Just Stuck.’ No Matter What Happens to Jim Jordan, the Next Speaker Is In For a World of Trouble.
Discussion: TIME
Washington Post:
Jim Jordan's day of reckoning
Charlie Sykes / The Bulwark:
Normie GOP, R.I.P
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Rep Jasmine Crockett Says Dems are ‘the Adults’ Amid GOP Speaker Battle: ‘They Always Expect Us To Fix Their Mess’
Discussion: Roll Call and IJR
Washington Post:
House likely to vote today on Jim Jordan for speaker
Andre Tartar / Bloomberg:   Jim Jordan Is Out of Step With a GOP Party He Wants to Lead
Associated Press:
Israel-Hamas war: Israel bombs Gaza where civilians sought refuge  —  The Gaza Health Ministry said an Israeli airstrike Tuesday hit a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter, killing hundreds.  If confirmed, the attack would be by far the deadliest Israeli airstrike in five wars fought since 2008.
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Politico:
Ukraine uses secretly shipped U.S. missiles to launch surprise strike  —  The delivery and use on the battlefield marks a major ramp up of the administration's defense of Ukraine.  —  The Ukrainian military on Tuesday used U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles to strike nine Russian helicopters …
Derrick Bryson Taylor / New York Times:
Man, Wrongfully Imprisoned for 16 Years, Is Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop  —  Leonard Allan Cure, who was exonerated in 2020 after being convicted of armed robbery, was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy in Georgia after being pulled over for speeding.
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court tells 5th Circuit to stop its defiance in ghost gun case  —  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday once again stepped in to leave in place the federal government's ban on so-called “ghost guns.”  These are unassembled and unmarked guns that can be bought online and then assembled into fully operative guns.
Associated Press:
Lawyers, Trump and money: Ex-president spends millions in donor cash on attorneys as legal woes grow  —  Donald Trump's political fundraising machine is raking in donations at a prodigious pace, but he's spending tens of millions of dollars he's bringing in to pay attorneys to deal …
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NBC News:
Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley sentenced to prison on Jan. 6 charges  —  The former candidate for Michigan governor was arrested during the Republican primary last year.  —  WASHINGTON — A former Republican candidate for Michigan governor was sentenced Tuesday to 60 days …
ABC News:
Nikki Haley nabs fundraiser from GOP donor who previously supported DeSantis: Sources  —  Investor Keith Rabois is expected to host a fundraiser for her, sources said.  —  A top GOP donor who recently called himself a “significant supporter” of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is now expected …
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
America's highest gun death rates are in the South  —  The cities with the highest firearm homicide rates are clustered in the South, generally in red states with less restrictive gun laws, according to an analysis by the left-leaning Center for American Progress Action Fund provided exclusively to Axios.
Discussion: Fox News and Twitchy
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
America's zombie “crime wave”  —  Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby  —  The outset of the pandemic in 2020 coincided with a surge in violent crime in the United States, with murder rates rising particularly dramatically.  According to a lot of people with large megaphones, this crime wave continues today.
 
 
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