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The Arkansas Times reports: 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 that should have been made public under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA. Attorney Tom Mars, who is representing the whistleblower, sent a letter today to Sen. Jimmy Hickey (R-Texarkana) …

“I’ll survive. You know, this is personal with Matt. Matt voted against the most conservative ability to protect our border, secure our border. He’s more interested in securing TV interviews than doing something. “He wanted to push us into a shutdown, even threatening his own district with all the military people there who would not be paid. Only because he …

Mediaite reports: As Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) launches his rebellion against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), multiple reports indicate that House Republicans are looking to get rid of the Florida congressman altogether. According to a report from CNN, an unnamed House Republican said that the caucus wants Gaetz gone — and that they may use the findings from the ongoing …

The Hill reports: 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on Sunday that the Trump campaign sent a bird cage and bird food to her hotel room, a day after former President Trump called her “birdbrain.” In a post on X, Haley posted a photo of a bird cage with a large bag of food, with a sign that said, …

“I do intend to file a motion to vacate against Speaker McCarthy this week. I think we need to rip off the band aid. I think we need to move on with new leadership that can be trustworthy. Look, the one thing everybody has in common is that nobody trusts Kevin McCarthy. He lied to Biden, he lied to House …

“My first reaction is the reaction it’s been for the last several days, which is this whole debate is a farce. It’s a deflection. Even if the government were gonna shut down, we know what happens every time. They get the back pay, it comes back bigger every time. We need to stop the artificial debate about fake government shutdowns …

CBS News reports: About three hours before a midnight deadline, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill Saturday evening to keep the government funded for 45 days, on a vote of 88 to 9, just before a government shutdown was to go into effect. The bill, which funds the government through Nov. 17, was signed into law by President Biden …

The Hill reports: Republicans plan to vote Saturday on a 45-day “clean” stopgap funding bill that includes money for disaster relief, multiple lawmakers said. It will not have border policy changes, a non-starter for Democrats, or funds for Ukraine that some Republicans opposed. The clean CR would require support from two-thirds of the House, which means it would rely heavily …

The Detroit News reports: The Michigan Republican Party had about $35,000 in its bank accounts in August, according to internal records that flash new warning signs about the dire state of the GOP’s finances and raise questions about whether the organization is complying with campaign finance laws. The documents, obtained by The Detroit News, cover from February when party Chairwoman …

First, from a 2018 New York Times report: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos signaled on Thursday that she intends to take a hard look at whether the Obama administration’s campus rape policies deprived accused students of their rights, saying that “a system without due process ultimately serves no one in the end.” “We need to do this right, we need to …

CNN reports: With the clock ticking down toward a government shutdown, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz approached a Democratic lawmaker on the House floor this week with a surprising pitch. Gaetz then floated veteran Republican Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma and House GOP Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota as two alternative examples he had in mind, and then attempted to gauge …

Reuters reports: Lawmakers return to Congress on Saturday with no clear path to resolving a squabble that appears likely to close wide swaths of the federal government, from national parks to financial regulation, in less than 18 hours. Infighting among Republicans who control the House of Representatives has pushed the United States to the brink of its fourth partial shutdown …

Fox News reports: During a press conference earlier this week, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador lashed out at the 38-year-old political outsider after he was asked by a reporter about the candidate’s so-called “threat” to the country. “That candidate from the Republican Party who says he is going to invade Mexico, no American of Mexican origin should vote for …

Florida Politics reports: Progressive is declining to renew approximately 100,000 policies, according to Inside P&C, an industry publication for property and casualty insurance. The publication reports that Progressive is rebalancing its homeowner’s book and will not renew 47,000 DP-3 policies and 53,000 high-risk homeowners’ policies in Florida. DP-3 policies are typically written for vacation homes, or any property that is …

NBC News reports: Top Republican senators said Friday they won’t try to prevent Democrats from replacing the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on the Judiciary Committee after the vacancy left Democrats without a majority on the key panel. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, a senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee, told NBC News that “there’s no doubt in my mind” …

The Arkansas Times reports: Arkansas state Sen. Jimmy Hickey (R-Texarkana) is asking for an audit regarding Gov. Sarah Sanders’s controversial purchase of the now infamous $19,000 lectern. While they’re at it, Hickey wants the bean counters at Legislative Audit to look at the governor’s expenses and other records retroactively pulled from public view thanks to a bill just passed in …

The New York Times reports: Hard-line conservatives on Friday tanked Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s long-shot bid to pass legislation to avert a government shutdown, in an extraordinary display of defiance that made it all but certain that Congress would miss a midnight deadline on Saturday to keep federal funding flowing. It appeared clear even before the vote that the stopgap bill …

NBC News reports: When Republicans forced a government shutdown in October 2013 in a fruitless quest to defund Obamacare, their Virginia gubernatorial candidate, Ken Cuccinelli, lost by fewer than 3 points. At the time, Cuccinelli’s top strategist lamented that “more than anything,” the shutdown “is what cost us the race.” Ten years later, a new generation of House Republicans is …

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Friday waded into the divisive issue of online censorship by agreeing to decide the constitutionality of laws in Florida and Texas that seek to prevent social media companies from banning users for contentious rhetoric. The laws, backed by Republicans, have been characterized by their supporters as hitting back at alleged censorship of conservative …

From a 2007 CBS News report: It might sound far-fetched that a quirky collection of teapots would draw 60,000 tourists each year to Sparta, N.C., population 18,000. But the plan is being financed by your tax dollars. The Sparta Teapot Museum is the brainchild of avid teapot collectors Sonny and Gloria Kamm and North Carolina philanthropist Philip Hanes — as …