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McCarthy won’t run for Speaker again . . . Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he will not seek the Speaker’s gavel again after being removed from the position on Tuesday, a stunning decision that capped off a historic day on Capitol Hill. The Hill

Nancy Pelosi evicted from her private office in the Capitol by interim House speaker . . . Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was evicted from her private Capitol office by the new speaker pro-tempore. Fox News Digital confirmed that House Speaker pro-tempore Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., gave the order to Pelosi to vacate her Capitol hideaway by Wednesday. McHenry is a close ally to now-former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was ousted from his role on Tuesday. Fox News

Eight Republicans Vote With Democrats To Remove McCarthy as House Speaker . . . as eight Republicans voted with 208 Democrats to remove McCarthy from his post. In debate on the House floor, Gaetz and a handful of allies criticized McCarthy for relying on Democratic votes to pass temporary funding that headed off a partial government shutdown. "We need a speaker who will fight for something—anything—other than staying on as speaker," said Republican representative Bob Good. Free Beacon

Why Matt Gaetz led charge to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker . . . The longstanding feud between Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) goes back much farther than Tuesday’s historic vote to unseat McCarthy as House speaker.

Gaetz has long been McCarthy’s loudest opponent — dramatically voting “present” rather than backing the California Republican’s bid for the gavel in January. New York Post

The RNC Said This Time Would Be Different, Yet The First Two Debates Have Conservatives Frustrated And Disappointed . . . The aftermath of the second GOP presidential debate on Sept. 27 could not have been clearer: in near unanimity, dejected conservative personalities with huge followings denounced the questions as “offensively stupid,” baked in “liberal framing,” and used words like “inappropriate,” “boring,” and straight up “disappointing” to describe the moderators’ performance. Daily Caller

The race is on: Who could replace McCarthy as speaker? . . . Republicans will hold a candidate forum next Tuesday before deciding on who to nominate, with the first speakership vote expected as soon as the following Wednesday. Here’s who could be eyeing the speakership: Steve Scalise,  Kevin Hern, Jim Jordan. Washington Examiner

Some Republican donors worry legal troubles will win nomination for Donald Trump . . . Some big anti-Donald Trump Republican donors fear the former US president is building an unassailable lead in the primary campaign, as his party rallies around him in his battle against federal and state prosecutors. Trump leads his closest party rival by roughly 30 points in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, according to RealClearPolitics’ polling averages. He has expanded his lead in national polls over the Republican field since late March, when he became the first former US president to be criminally charged. Financial Times

Nuclear targeting debate: Cities or militaries? . . . China’s emergence as a major nuclear power has set off a debate among U.S. strategic analysts over how best to deter war in the new three-way nuclear standoff between Washington, Beijing and Moscow. Four strategic nuclear experts recently called for keeping the 40-year policy of not targeting civilians in urban areas after two anti-nuclear, arms control advocates suggested adopting the strategy of planning nuclear strikes on Chinese and Russian cities. Washington Times

Putin picks new hitmen to lead Wagner mercenaries in Ukraine and beyond . . . By Rebekah Koffler. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting in the Kremlin aired on Russian TV, gave orders to a senior leader of the infamous Wagner Group to take command of "volunteer units" fighting in Ukraine and to ensure that they perform their "combat work" in the "best possible way".

Andrei Troshev, known by his call sign "Sedoi" (Gray Hair), a highly decorated retired colonel who fought in Afghanistan, Chechnya and Syria, will serve as a de-facto successor to Wagner’s former leader, warlord Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who died in a mysterious plane crash on Aug. 23. Rebekah Koffler | Fox News

Kremlin Readying Putin's 2024 Campaign Reveal . . . The Kremlin plans to announce President Vladimir Putin's campaign for a fifth presidential term at an economic exposition next month, according to reports citing Russian officials and Kremlin insiders. Putin may use his upcoming visit to the “Russia” expo — which will see regions and cities showcase their economic successes amid international sanctions — to announce his candidacy, the Kommersant business daily reported Tuesday, citing an unidentified source close to the Kremlin. Moscow Times

Iran’s Captive Minds . . . In June 2014, Dina Esfandiary and Ariane Tabatabai wrote an article in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, making the case that Iran had “genuine and reasonable concerns” about its nuclear fuel supplies and that it would need many more centrifuges to become energy independent. There had to be “a mechanism to guarantee Iranian supply,” they wrote, a position plainly sympathetic to Tehran’s interests. The Bulletin identified Esfandiary as a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and Tabatabai as a political scientist at the RAND Corporation. What it did not say was that both women belonged to the Iran Experts Initiative. According to blockbuster reporting in Semafor and Iran International, it was a high-level informal influence operation, involving a handful of scholars of Iranian descent, that was conceived and manipulated by the Iranian regime. New York Times

Money

Costco quickly selling out of gold bars listed on wholesaler's website: 'Impeccable quality' . . . Costco is reportedly selling out of a shiny item each time the item is listed for purchase online. The wholesaler offers gold bars on its website, where Costco members can purchase the investment. "I've gotten a couple of calls that people have seen online that we've been selling one-ounce gold bars," Richard Galanti, chief financial officer of Costco, shared with investors during the retailer's fourth-quarter earnings call. Galanti said the bars are "typically gone within a few hours" and the purchase limit is "two per member." Fox Business

Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Prices . . . Amazon used an algorithm code-named “Project Nessie” to test how much it could raise prices in a way that competitors would follow, according to redacted portions of the Federal Trade Commission’s monopoly lawsuit against the company. The algorithm helped Amazon improve its profit on items across shopping categories, and because of the power the company has in e-commerce, led competitors to raise their prices and charge customers more, according to people familiar with the allegations in the complaint. In instances where competitors didn’t raise their prices to Amazon’s level, the algorithm—which is no longer in use—automatically returned the item to its normal price point. Wall Street Journal

Dow now negative for year as rising yields hit stocks . . . U.S. stocks saw broad and steep selling on Tuesday as bond yields continued climbing, with the 10-year Treasury at the highest level in 16 years, nearing 4.7%. Fox Business

Culture

Almost Half of All Young Adults in the United States Are Living With Their Parents . . . If close to half of our young adults find themselves needing to live with their parents, we have a major crisis on our hands. Most young adults in America today don’t actually want to live with their parents.  Given the opportunity, they would love to have their own homes.  Unfortunately, home prices have risen to absolutely absurd levels and housing in America is now more unaffordable than it has ever been before. Millions upon millions of young people that are struggling so much right now. We encourage them to pile up giant mountains of student loan debt without ever considering the consequences, and then once they get out into the real world they quickly discover that the cost of living has become extremely suffocating. As a result, vast numbers of young adults are finding that it is necessary to move back in with their parents. Lew Rockwell

Some Americans Jailed in Russia Fear Being Left Behind . . . When Marc Fogel, a teacher at the Anglo-American School of Moscow, was sentenced to 14 years in prison after being convicted of marijuana smuggling last year, he joined a growing number of Americans held in Russia. Fogel had transported roughly 17 grams of marijuana on a flight into Russia. He said he intended to use the drug for medical purposes to treat chronic pain. Fogel’s Russian lawyer, Dmitry Ovsyannikov, said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that the sentence was significantly longer than those given for similar offenses, which Ovsyannikov said suggested a political motive. U.S. Embassy staffers have for decades sent their children to the school where Fogel taught. Wall Street Journal

Biden's war on everything Elon Musk . . . Way back in 2021 Elon Musk was the darling of the Left… of the cultural elite? He was building electric cars and then launching them into space on rockets he built. He went to all the black-tie events and dated beautiful celebrities and socialites. But Musk made the mistake of coming out in favor of free speech, and then he bought Twitter. Something that the Left could not forgive. In August 2023, the U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against SpaceX, Musk’s rocket and spacecraft company, which has extensive government contracts, for allegedly discriminating against refugees in its hiring practices.

The suit claims that, "from at least September 2018 to May 2022, SpaceX routinely discouraged asylees and refugees from applying and refused to hire or consider them, because of their citizenship status, in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act…" according to an August 24 DOJ news release. Musk being Musk, hit back, Tweeting a picture of a job posting at the Federal Bureau of Prisons showing that U.S. citizenship is required as a condition of employment.  He added the comment, the "DOJ needs to sue themselves!" Fox News

Pope Francis Creates 21 New Cardinals . . . On September 30, in advance of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality, Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals in St. Peter’s Square.  The ceremony to install them, called a consistory, was the ninth during Pope Francis’s pontificate.

Cardinals play an important role in the Catholic Church and serve as principal advisors to the Pope, chief officials of the Roman Curia, and archbishops of major dioceses around the world. Additionally, cardinals under the age of 80 serve as cardinal electors in conclaves. Gingrich360 

Never eat these 4 popular foods, safety experts warn: ‘Just not worth the risk’ . . . Food safety experts have revealed the four things sold at the grocery store that they would never eat — and some of them may surprise you. Raw sprouts; Raw, unpasteurized milk; Produce that’s been pre-cut; hot food bar. New York Post

'Emotional support' alligator denied entry into baseball stadium . . .  An "emotional support" alligator has been denied entry into a baseball stadium, according to its owner. Joie Henney took Wally the alligator to the home of the Philadelphia Phillies ahead of their game against Pittsburgh on Wednesday, much to the surprise of onlookers.

Wally - or WallyGator - is considered a support animal and has tens of thousands of followers on social media, where he's often seen being hugged or kissed. Sky News