Could US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy lose his job? Hardline Republicans are threatening to oust their own party’s speaker — using a rule McCarthy himself introduced. Al Jazeera · Oct 2, 2023
Bipartisan truce - Roll Call The CQ Budget podcast outlines the surprising turn of events that avoided a partial government shutdown and the coming fight over Ukraine aid. Roll Call · Oct 2, 2023
House Democrats holding fire on bid to oust Kevin McCarthy Mr McCarthy’s job is being challenged by members of his own party The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023
AOC comes to unlikely defence of Matt Gaetz as House Republicans seek to expel him ‘The idea that Republicans would expel Gaetz over creating political headaches for themselves but not Santos over indictment... seems wild’ The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023
House GOP plots to expel Matt Gaetz House Republicans may move to oust Gaetz if ethics committee returns findings of guilt Salon · Oct 2, 2023
Congressional Clown Show Plus: Dianne Feinstein's replacement doesn't even live in California, New York's biblical floods, and more... Reason · Oct 2, 2023
Trump rails against fraud trial as it appears legal team did not submit request for jury – as it happened Ex-US president attended trial where damages to be determined by judge rather than jury after legal team appears not to have requested jury trial The Guardian - US · Oct 2, 2023
Up First briefing: McCarthy's job threatened; how a robot could fight climate change Congress averted a government shutdown. Now, Speaker McCarthy must avoid losing his job. And, this stinky seaweed-fighting robot could help fight climate change. WEKU · Oct 2, 2023
First Thing: Trump to appear in court for civil fraud suit in New York New York attorney general will argue Trump owes at least $250m in profits made from false financial statements. Plus, climate scientist Michael Mann on our last chance to save the planet The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023
Biden says US aid to Ukraine must continue and tells Congress to ‘stop playing games’ ‘We have time, not much time, and there’s an overwhelming sense of urgency,’ he warned Congress The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023
US House Passes Temporary Funding Bill, Ukraine Aid Remains Contentious House Speaker McCarthy faces resistance from hardline Republicans as Senate vote looms Zenger · Oct 2, 2023
Afternoon Update: Australia records driest September; AFL pips NRL in grand final ratings; and Tom Hanks calls out fake AI video The national average rainfall in September was just 4.83mm, while the mean temperature was also 2.43C above average The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2023
Rep. Matt Gaetz is threatening to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy. It won't be easy. One of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's harshest critics plans to make good on his threat to remove the California Republican from his leadership post The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023
Biden says there’s ‘not much time’ to keep aid flowing to Ukraine and Congress must ‘stop the games’ The president tells allies that the U.S. commitment remains strong. But Republican resistance to giving aid to Ukraine has grown, and Speaker Kevin McCarthy may tie additional funds to efforts to protect the southern U.S. border. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 2, 2023
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023 Biden lectures GOP for ‘governing by crisis’ after House narrowly averts shutdown President’s party is forced to bail out GOP leader
Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 1, 2023 U.S. aid to Ukraine in its fight against Russia faces a rocky road in Congress Chicago Rep. Mike Quigley, co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, was the only Democrat to vote against the stopgap measure averting a government shutdown.
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023 Trump calls for Bowman to be jailed for pulling Capitol complex fire alarm ‘His egregious act is covered on tape, a horrible display of nerve and criminality,’ Trump rants on Truth Social
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023 Gaetz could be expelled from House over ethics case amid face-off with McCarthy GOP congressman faces lingering Ethics Committee investigation into range of issues
The Guardian - US · Oct 1, 2023 What is a ‘motion to vacate’, the procedure that ousted Kevin McCarthy? US House speaker was removed from office after making deal with Democrats to avert shutdown
Salon · Oct 1, 2023 AOC backs move to oust McCarthy "I'll survive," says the House Speaker in response to the backlash against him
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023 AOC says she’d consider backing Gaetz push to oust McCarthy as House speaker’s future in question Republican speaker of the House chose to side with Democrats while a majority of GOP voted for shutdown
The Guardian - US · Oct 1, 2023 Feinstein death inspired lawmakers to avoid shutdown, Pelosi says California Democrat says loss of Feinstein may have focused politicians on ‘Let’s get the job done to keep government open’
WEKU · Oct 1, 2023 GOP wants Rep. Jamaal Bowman punished after he triggered a fire alarm on Saturday The New York Democrat says a mistake occurred as he was rushing to get to a vote, but Republicans have suggested Bowman was trying to delay the proceedings.
Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2023 US avoids damaging government shutdown as fractured parties manage to compromise The agreement reveals the faultlines in US politics
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023 Gaetz says he will seek to oust McCarthy as speaker this week and calls for new House leadership Rep. Matt Gaetz says he'll try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week