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Matt Gaetz says he will attempt to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership this week | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)

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.

2 Michigan fake electors ask judge to drop charges, citing state AG’s claim they’re ‘brainwashed’ (www.cnn.com)

Two fake GOP electors in Michigan asked a judge this week to dismiss their charges, arguing that state Attorney General Dana Nessel conceded that they didn’t have criminal intent when she said they were “brainwashed” after the 2020 election....

Tens of thousands at Burning Man told to conserve water and food after heavy rains leave attendees unable to leave Nevada desert (www.cnn.com)

Tens of thousands of people attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert are being told to conserve food, water and fuel as they shelter in place in the Black Rock Desert after a heavy rainstorm pummeled the area, festival organizers said....

San Francisco Archdiocese files for bankruptcy as it faces more than 500 sexual abuse lawsuits (www.cnn.com)

The Archdiocese of San Francisco has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it faces more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse....

Martinet Stepping Away from Voicing Mario (www.cnn.com)

Pooping only every 3 or more days linked with cognitive decline, research finds (www.cnn.com)

In the first research to look at constipation’s impact on the aging brain, scientists have found some concerning links.

Georgia court of appeals indefinitely pauses the election subversion conspiracy case against Donald Trump (www.cnn.com)

Tiny plastic shards found in human testicles, study says (www.cnn.com)

Net neutrality is back as FCC votes to regulate internet providers (www.cnn.com)

Columbia University faces full-blown crisis as rabbi calls for Jewish students to “return home” (www.cnn.com)

The situation at Columbia has even drawn the attention of the White House, joining local leaders in urging calm....

North Korea to 'expel' US soldier Travis King, who crossed from South, state media reports (www.cnn.com)

North Korea has decided “to expel” US Army Private Travis King, who crossed into the North from South Korea during a tour of the joint security area in July, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday....

Why doesn't the obvious racism in Alabama get more attention? (www.cnn.com)

'We are not imperial': Justice Kagan says Supreme Court still subject to checks and balances (www.cnn.com)

Justice Elena Kagan declined Thursday to outright answer the question of whether Congress could impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court, but she did allow that it could do “various things” to regulate the high court....

Mortgage rates climb toward 7% after America's credit rating was downgraded (www.cnn.com)

US mortgage rates jumped this week, climbing closer to 7%. The move follows last week’s rate hike from the Federal Reserve, and the downgrade this week by Fitch Ratings agency of US sovereign debt, and of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

Texas troopers told to push back migrants into Rio Grande River and ordered not to give water amid soaring temperatures, report says (www.cnn.com)

Emails shared with CNN by the Texas Department of Public Safety detail a trooper-medic expressing concerns to a supervisor over the inhumane treatment of migrants along the border in Eagle Pass, Texas.

Putin says Russia and North Korea will help each other if attacked, taking ties to a ‘new level’ (www.cnn.com)

Vladimir Putin said Russia and North Korea have ramped up ties to a “new level,” pledging to help each other if either nation is attacked in a “breakthrough” new partnership announced during the Russian president’s rare visit to the reclusive state....

NY governor calls vandalism at the homes of Jewish board members of the Brooklyn Museum ‘an abhorrent act of antisemitism’ (www.cnn.com)

Alex Jones agrees to liquidate his assets to pay Sandy Hook families, in move that would end his ownership of Infowars (www.cnn.com)

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families of Sandy Hook victims whom he owes more than $1.5 billion in damages over his lies about the 2012 school massacre....

Pentagon says none of the aid unloaded from US pier off coast of Gaza has been delivered to broader Palestinian population (www.cnn.com)

None of the aid that has been unloaded from the temporary pier the US constructed off the coast of Gaza has been delivered to the broader Palestinian population, as the US works with the UN and Israel to identify safe delivery routes inside the enclave, the Pentagon said on Tuesday....

Man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in attack on Paul Pelosi (www.cnn.com)

International court rules Switzerland violated human rights in landmark climate case brought by 2,000 women (www.cnn.com)

An international court in France on Tuesday ruled Switzerland’s failure to adequately tackle the climate crisis was in violation of human rights, in a landmark climate judgment that could have a ripple effect across the globe....

Trump stares down first derailment of his campaign-to-courthouse strategy (www.cnn.com)

For days, Donald Trump’s fury over the requirement to secure hundreds of millions of dollars in bond money by Monday has been bubbling behind the scenes and through a steady stream of social media posts....

Speaker Mike Johnson faces critical decision on Ukraine aid as international pressure grows to act (www.cnn.com)

Speaker Mike Johnson is facing international criticism over his lack of swift action on Ukraine aid, which is ratcheting up pressure to make a critical decision that will not only have massive implications for his rookie speakership but also for Ukraine’s ongoing war effort against Russia....

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