McCarthy's Removal, Trump’s Eligibility for Speaker, DHS Announces Expedited Border Wall Construction, Biden Forgives $9B of Student Loan Debt, and More.

Episode Format:

1. McCarthy Becomes First Speaker To Be Removed; Events Leading Up to and Following Removal; Who's Running in the Next Election; Can Donald Trump Be Speaker; Explainer of Speaker Pro Tempore McHenry; Capitol Hideaways (2:21)

2. DHS Announces Waiver of Laws and Regulations to Expedite Border Wall Construction (20:09)

3. Clarifying Aspects of Donald Trump's Fraud Trial; Answering Frequently Asked Questions About Money Damages, the Lack of Jury Trial, the Mar-a-Lago Valuation, and the Appeal (25:21)

4. Biden Administration Forgives $9B of Student Loan Debt (32:08)

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McCarthy Becomes First Speaker To Be Removed

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/matt-gaetz-kevin-mccarthy-house-speakership-10-03-23/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YC9Xst9L5w

https://apnews.com/article/mccarthy-gaetz-speaker-motion-to-vacate-congress-327e294a39f8de079ef5e4abfb1fa555

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/10/03/congress/mchenry-pelosi-hideaway-office-house-remove-00119803

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideaway_(U.S._Senate)#:~:text=Senators%20use%20hideaways%20as%20a,to%20senators%20based%20on%20seniority.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/04/1203566052/pelosi-office-patrick-mchenry-speaker

https://gaetz.house.gov/media/press-releases/breaking-congressman-matt-gaetz-files-motion-vacate-against-speaker-mccarthy

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/03/politics/pelosi-vacate-office-capitol-mchenry-interim-speaker/index.html

https://nypost.com/2023/10/04/hold-on-heres-why-trump-cant-become-house-speaker-for-now/

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4238156-why-rule-26-is-trending-trump-speaker/#:~:text=Rule%2026%20is%20included%20in,years%20imprisonment%20may%20be%20imposed.%E2%80%9D

https://www.gop.gov/conference-rules-of-the-118th-congress/

DHS Announces Waiver of Laws and Regulations to Expedite Border Wall Construction

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/05/2023-22176/determination-pursuant-to-section-102-of-the-illegal-immigration-reform-and-immigrant-responsibility

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/05/politics/biden-administration-border-wall/index.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-administration-waives-federal-laws-allow-border-wall-constructio-rcna118959

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4240303-biden-argues-his-hands-were-tied-with-border-wall-funds/

Clarifying Aspects of Donald Trump's Fraud Trial

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/03/business/trump-fraud-judge-mar-a-lago/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/04/politics/trump-new-york-case-no-jury/index.html

https://nypost.com/2023/10/02/judge-implores-media-to-stop-saying-he-valued-mar-a-lago-at-18m/

https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-7/

Biden Administration Forgives $9B of Student Loan Debt

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-announce-9-billion-more-student-debt-relief-2023-10-04/

https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/biden-harris-administration-announces-additional-9-billion-student-debt-relief