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4:50 PM ET, October 1, 2023

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Aileen Graef / CNN:
Matt Gaetz says he will attempt to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership this week  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning to attempt to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the role this week after the House leader worked with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown on Saturday.
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Fox News:
House GOP members seek to expel Gaetz amid renewed threat to vacate House Speaker McCarthy  —  House GOP members are preparing a motion to expel Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., amid his renewed threat to pursue a motion to vacate House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.  —  The House Republican members …
Politico:
Playbook: Inside the chess match between McCarthy, Jeffries and Gaetz  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SPOTTED leaving the Capitol after the House CR vote: House Democratic leaders HAKEEM JEFFRIES, KATHERINE CLARK and PETE AGUILAR all laughing …
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Gaetz Says He Will Move to Oust McCarthy for Working With Democrats  —  A day after the Republican speaker turned to Democrats for help passing a stopgap spending bill to avert a shutdown, the far-right congressman promised to try to remove him from his post.
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
AOC Says She Would ‘Absolutely’ Vote to Oust ‘Very Weak’ Speaker McCarthy  —  The congresswoman quipped that in attempting to avert a shutdown Republicans were “run[ning] around the House like a Roomba, until they found a door that House Democrats opened”  —  IN A RARE moment of unity …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
McCarthy, McConnell suffer setbacks over control of their caucuses
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Inside McCarthy's Shutdown Turnabout That Left His Speakership at Risk
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Gaetz says he'll push to unseat McCarthy this week
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Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Joe Manchin On Potential 2024 Third Party Run: ‘Why Not Have Options?’  —  The West Virginia senator argued Donald Trump and Joe Biden are too partisan and vowed to make a decision before the end of the year  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook …
David French / New York Times:
One Reason the Trump Fever Won't Break  —  The more I consider the challenge posed by Christian nationalism, the more I think most observers and critics are paying too much attention to the wrong group of Christian nationalists.  We mainly think of Christian nationalism as a theology or at least as a philosophy.
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Biden says there's ‘not much time’ to keep aid flowing to Ukraine and Congress must ‘stop the games’  —  President Joe Biden said Sunday that American aid to Ukraine will keep flowing for now as he sought to reassure allies of continued U.S. financial support for the war effort.
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
McCarthy: Border is bigger priority than Ukraine
Discussion: CBS News and Breitbart
Associated Press:
Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight
Brian Klaas / The Garden of Forking Paths:
The Case for Amplifying Trump's Insanity  —  The “Banality of Crazy” has warped American politics, as few voters recognize just how deranged, delusional, and dangerous Donald Trump is...because the press rarely reports on his routine insanity. … Sometimes, you have to write when you're angry.
Austin Bailey / ArkansasTimes:
Whistleblower says governor's office illegally altered, withheld records related to podium purchase  —  An anonymous former state employee came forward Friday claiming to have evidence that the Arkansas governor's office doctored documents and unlawfully withheld financial records …
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
David Marchese / New York Times:
Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Here to Pump You Up (Emotionally)  —  Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a part of the American landscape for so long that the improbability of his story is all too easy to take for granted: An immigrant bodybuilder from Austria with a long and unwieldy name …
Discussion: Insider and Althouse
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Newsom vetoes bill that would allow striking workers to get unemployment checks  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Saturday vetoed a bill that would have allowed workers on strike to become eligible for Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits.  —  In his note to the California State Senate …
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Fetterman: 'I'm done normalizing this dysfunction'  —  Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) expressed his frustration with the recent state of Congress in the wake of the Senate voting to approve a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded Saturday.
Discussion: Insider, RedState and New Jersey Globe
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NBC News:
Minnesota Twin Cities marathon canceled due to record-setting heat
Discussion: Associated Press, UPI and The Messenger
Peter Baker / New York Times:
To Many Americans, Government Dysfunction Is the New Normal
Edward Malnick / Telegraph:
Grant Shapps to ramp up support for Volodymyr Zelensky
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Trump goes to trial in New York before a judge who just ruled he's a fraud
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Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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