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• newThe bewilderment and schadenfreude the White House feels over McCarthy's ouster
  Its biggest concern now: the 44-day countdown to salvage Ukraine aid and avoid another shutdown showdown.
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• newTrump says he's focused on the White House amid calls for a speaker bid
  Trump told reporters outside a Manhattan courthouse that his sole focus is on the 2024 presidential campaign.
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• newThe House GOP Is a Failed State
  Kevin McCarthy’s ouster is dramatic evidence, if redundant, about the state of the modern GOP.
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• newOpinion | Why the Republican ‘Young Guns’ Collapsed
  The rise and fall of Kevin McCarthy is the story of today’s GOP.
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• newThe rudderless GOP careens toward 2024
  Kevin McCarthy's undoing underscores a bigger problem — the inability to govern itself — that risks imperiling the party's chances in 2024.
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• new'Political assassination': 2024 GOP candidates react to McCarthy ousting
  "So was the point to sow chaos? Yes, it was," Ramaswamy said. "But the real question to ask ... is whether chaos is really such a bad thing?"
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• new‘He's about clicks’: Florida Republicans furious at Gaetz
  They called him divisive and an attention-seeker.
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• newWith McCarthy out, California Republicans lost a crucial lifeline
  "He was a phenomenal fundraiser and phenomenal recruiter," Matt Shupe, a California Republican strategist, said of the Bakersfield native.
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• newMenendez’s wife struck and killed a man while driving in 2018: Reports
  Nadine Arslanian Menendez, whose Mercedes was severely damaged, was not taken into custody or tested for drugs and alcohol, according to The Record.
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• newDonald Trump Is a Man Without a Past
  At least in the eyes of his supporters who disregard all of his contradictions and misdeeds.
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• newGiuliani: ‘I have never had an alcohol problem’
  Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani vehemently denied having a drinking problem Wednesday, following the Times report.
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• newTuberculosis cases are rising in New York. The city is struggling to keep up.
  Budget cuts and understaffing are delaying the city’s ability to handle an increase in tuberculosis patients.
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• newLeonard Leo says he will not cooperate with D.C. Attorney General tax probe
  A liberal group targeted by a similar tax probe said it would comply.
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• newDeSantis announces $15 million fundraising haul, will move staff to Iowa
  The Florida governor is banking heavily on the first-in-the-nation caucus state.
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• Why Western democracy faces a nightmare made online
  From Poland to Washington and the suburbs of London, digital election tactics threaten to poison politics next year.
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• newBiden’s pick to head the FAA once ‘bounced’ his plane on landing
  Mike Whitaker “knows first-hand how challenging flying can be," a Democratic spokesperson for the Senate Commerce Committee said.
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• newKari Lake formally files for Senate bid
  The Trump-backing Arizona Republican enters an already complicated race.
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• FIFA gives 2030 World Cup to Spain, Portugal, 4 other countries
  The trans-continental tournament paves the way for Saudi Arabia to host in 2034.
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• newU.S. sending seized Iranian ammunition to Ukraine
  The move comes as the Defense Department runs low on money to transfer arms to Kyiv.
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• newThousands of U.S. health care workers go on strike in multiple states over wages and staff shortages
  The strike comes amid unprecedented worker organizing within multiple industries this year, including, transportation, entertainment and hospitality.
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• newHaley surpasses DeSantis in New Hampshire poll
  The poll is the latest measure of Haley's bounce — and DeSantis' backslide — in the GOP primary.
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• newGOP candidate Matt Dolan raises $4M in third quarter Ohio Senate bid
  The state senator, whose family owns the Cleveland Guardians, put in $3 million of his own money.
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• newAt least 4 shot at university in Baltimore
  The shooting occurred at Morgan State University.
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• Germany’s far-right ‘firewall’ cracks
  A vow by mainstream parties not to cooperate with Alternative for Germany is under pressure as the party surges in the polls.
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• EU, U.S. and Russia held secret talks days before Nagorno-Karabakh crisis
  Meeting is a rare sign of diplomacy on a high-level security topic between Putin and the West, while regular ties have been upended by war.
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• newAdams heads to southern border with message for migrants: Don’t come to NYC
  Mayor Adams will travel to Colombia, Mexico and Ecuador to tell potential migrants that New York City is "at capacity."
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• Lessons for the Press in the Age of Trump
  The Marty Baron method.
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• Opinion | The Coming Supreme Court Power Grab
  In three cases the justices will take up in coming months, they have the opportunity to seize more power for themselves.
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• He, She, They: The Pronoun Debate Will Likely Land at the Supreme Court
  And the trend doesn’t look good for transgender kids.
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• Nikki Haley Is Turning Her Biggest Criticism Into a Campaign Strategy
  The former South Carolina governor made a career of taking both sides. In an overly partisan world, she’s betting that’s exactly what voters want.
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• Mick Mulvaney Dreamed of Shutting Down the Government. Then He Got to Do It.
  Trump’s budget chief on what it’s like to be in charge of closing the government.
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• America Helped My Ancestors Flee Antisemitism. The Lakota Paid the Price.
  A new book explores the opportunity Jewish immigrants found on the South Dakota prairie — and what it cost Native Americans.
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• What Shutdown? Downtown D.C. Is Already a Ghost Town
  As far as D.C.'s economy is concerned, next week won't make much difference.
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• No Matter How Straitlaced She Seemed, Dianne Feinstein "Didn't Care Who You Sleep With"
  Despite the late California senator’s 1950s wife image, she became a pioneering advocate for the gay community.
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• Feinstein's Demise is a Warning for Biden and Trump
  Why are we so surprised when elderly politicians kick the bucket?
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• Why is New Jersey So Corrupt? A Corruption Researcher Offers Some Answers
  An expert explains how Sen. Bob Menendez fits into a long tradition for his state.
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• Why Nikki Haley’s Attacks Work Better Than Her Rivals’
  I was an opposition researcher. Here's what her rivals should do if they want to start winning.
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• Who’s in for the next GOP debate — and who might be watching from home
  Consider us your guide to the biggest event of the primary so far, with the power to make or break a GOP hopeful.
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• Centrist Dems leave McCarthy hanging without a lifeline
  They kept GOP backchannels open — but when the embattled speaker gave them no incentive to help save his job, they decided not to.
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• How SBF’s fall keeps rattling Capitol Hill
  "Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial will remind everyone in Congress about the risks that an unregulated crypto industry poses," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
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• Newsom says his ‘incredible’ pick for Senate can run if she wants
  Butler, who will be sworn in Tuesday, hasn't said whether she will run.
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• newPro-Christie groups urge New Hampshire Dems to switch parties and back him
  The former New Jersey Governor has not personally urged party switching. But his super PAC now is.
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• Diversity numbers among delegates trigger alarm at DNC meeting
  Officials say there's still time, but the concern comes as Biden sees softening support among voters of color.
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• RNC warns Christie and Ramaswamy not to hold joint Fox News segment
  The two candidates will now sit down for separate interviews.
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• newJudge in fraud trial imposes gag order after Trump attacks judge’s aide
  In a social media post that was quickly deleted, Trump attacked the judge’s law clerk on the second day of his civil trial for business fraud.
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• Trump goes to trial in New York before a judge who just ruled he’s a fraud
  The $250 million civil trial starts Monday — and Trump may be there in person.
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• Justices voice doubts about challenge to consumer protection agency funding
  Critics of the funding arrangement, which lawmakers adopted when they created the bureau more than a decade ago, say it effectively takes future Congresses out of the loop.
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• As Trump goes on trial for business fraud, he treats courthouse like campaign stop
  The $250 million civil lawsuit from New York's attorney general accuses Trump, his adult sons and his business empire of widespread business fraud.
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• newAs the president pushes gun safety, Hunter Biden will mount a Second Amendment defense
  The president's son, who pleaded not guilty Tuesday to three federal gun charges, plans to raise a constitutional challenge to a decades-old gun restriction.
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• Revealed: Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak seek U.K./U.S. trade pact before 2024 elections
  U.S. proposals leaked to POLITICO cover thorny issues including agriculture, but not market access.
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• Congressman Releases an Update About His Teenage Daughter's Sudden Death
  
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• Here's PayPal's Excuse After Massive Backlash Over 'Disinformation' Policy
  
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• Kari Lake Tried to Speak With Katie Hobbs at a Town Hall Event. She Got Booted Instead.
  
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• Two People Shot Outside Rep. Lee Zeldin's Home
  
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• Pompeo Rips Biden's 'Reckless' Presidency as Trump Reminds America Biden Doesn't Know How to Speak
  
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• L.A. Times Admits California Leaders Have Failed for Decades
  
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• Florida Plans to Continue Shipping Illegal Migrants to Dem-Run Cities Well Into 2023
  
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• Gavin Newsom Shamefully Mocked for Calling on an Emergency Tax to Combat $7 a Gallon Gas Prices
  
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• SNL Mocks the Current Devastating State of America
  
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• DeSantis Builds Temporary Bridge to Relief Residents of Pine Island
  
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Talking Points Memo

NPR - Politics

• newFate of House GOP leadership throws Congress into chaos
  House Republicans are scrambling to coalesce around a small number of candidates to be Speaker of the House but the path to election someone is unclear.
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• newWho is Rep. Patrick McHenry and why is he the interim House speaker?
  McHenry, the bespectacled and bow-tied gentleman from North Carolina, is in the spotlight as the speaker pro tempore, the reluctant leader of a paralyzed House of Representatives.
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• newBiden says he's worried about Ukraine aid. He plans to give a major address about it
  Biden had assured allies that he was confident that Congress would eventually provide more Ukraine funding. But then, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted, making the path forward more murky.
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• newNancy Pelosi says the interim House speaker asked her to vacate her Capitol office
  Pelosi said the new acting speaker, Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., was behind an email asking her staff to remove their belongings from a workspace she had access to as a former speaker.
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• newUp First briefing: Kevin McCarthy's downfall; 'mommy bloggers' and influencers
  Kevin McCarthy has been voted out as House speaker — a first in the history of the House of Representatives. And, how Gen X "mommy bloggers" paved the way for today's online influencers.
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• new'I think chaos is the operative word,' says Rep. Mark Alford on McCarthy's ousting
  Missouri Republican Mark Alford speaks about his disappointment with McCarthy removal vote.
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• newTrump's voters are more excited than Biden's. But Trump could lose a lot if convicted
  The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds Trump and Biden in a dead heat — but a conviction could change that, as independent voters aren't interested in supporting Trump if he's convicted.
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• newMorning news brief
  A House vote strips Kevin McCarthy of his speakership. Catholic leaders meet at the Vatican to discuss the future of the church. China's autumn festival gives clues about the country's economy.
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• newHouse members consider who to nominate to be the next speaker
  With the removal of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republicans must decide who will now set the agenda for the majority party in the House. NPR's A Martinez talks to GOP strategist Brendan Buck.
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• newMcCarthy out as House speaker after Democrats joined 8 Republicans to remove him
  Members of the House have voted to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker. Rep. Patrick McHenry is temporarily in his seat, but it's unclear who the next speaker will be.
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• newGOP makes history when 8 hard-liners succeed in ousting House Speaker McCarthy
  NPR's A Martinez talks to Republican strategist Liam Donovan about what it says about the state of the GOP when a small group of Republican rebels was able to topple the speaker of the House.
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• new4 takeaways from the historic ousting of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
  Kevin McCarthy's run as speaker was relatively short and anything but sweet.
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• newThe future of the House after McCarthy's ouster
  Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., became the first speaker in history removed from the job by a vote of the U.S. house, leaving Congress in uncharted territory.
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• newWhat it was like for one representative who supported keeping McCarthy as speaker
  NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Republican Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks about the vote to ouster Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the house.
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• newHow McCarthy's removal as speaker will impact the White House
  NPR's Juana Summers talks with Leon Panetta, one time a member of the House of Representatives, about what comes next now that Kevin McCarthy has been voted out as speaker.
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