GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Braces for Leadership Fight

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🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Oct. 2. WSJ reporter Siobhan Hughes outlines the challenge from Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz after McCarthy bypassed conservatives in passing a bill to avoid a government shutdown. Plus, Chinese data offers some glimmers of hope as it struggles to steady its economic recovery. And Journal reporter Corinne Ramey discusses what’s at stake for former President Donald Trump in his civil-fraud trial set to begin in New York today. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Danny Dyer, and welcome to What's That Smell?
0:07.6	Smell with a hint of burgers, it's my barbecue apron.
0:10.8	Luckily, I can make this smell like freshly picked lilies.
0:14.0	Just pop it in the washing machine, add some surf tropical lily laundry detergent and
0:18.4	oh, my fave, it smells like my dream holiday.
0:23.3	Get long-lasting fragrance with natural essential oils with surf laundry detergent.
0:28.0	You can make anything perf of surf.
0:29.6	A government shutdown may be averted, but now, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could lose
0:38.8	his job.
0:40.0	New economic data offers some glimmers of hope for China, and Donald Trump's legal battles
0:45.0	enter a new phase as his civil fraud trial kicks off in New York today.
0:49.5	These penalties are really, really substantial, and this could have really a crippling effect
0:53.8	on Trump's businesses.
0:56.0	This Monday, October 2nd, I'm Keith Collins for The Wall Street Journal, and here's
1:00.2	the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:11.1	Over the weekend, lawmakers successfully passed a last minute measure to avoid a government
1:15.2	shutdown, but the hard one deal and effect only kicks the can down the road several weeks,
1:20.5	and it has left Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in a potentially precarious spot.
1:25.5	Joining us to discuss the state of play is journal reporter Shavan Hughes.
1:29.7	Shavan, could you just give us a quick review of what's in this deal and how it came together?
1:36.1	This deal came together after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy backed into a corner, decided
1:41.5	to break with his right flank and keep the government open.
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