Today is Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Let's get caught up.Here are today's top stories, celebrity birthdays and a look back at this date in history.
Government-politics AP Rep. Matt Gaetz is threatening to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy. It won't be easy One of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's harshest critics plans to make good on his threat to remove the California Republican from his leadership post. Rep. Matt Gaetz says he will use a procedural tool — called a motion to vacate — to try and strip McCarthy of his office as soon as this week.
Government-politics AP Biden says there's 'not much time' to keep aid flowing to Ukraine and Congress must 'stop the games' President Joe Biden says American aid to Ukraine will keep flowing for now as he tries to reassure allies of continued U.S. financial support for the war effort. But he said from the White House on Sunday that time is running out as he warned Congress to act. Biden said, “We cannot under any circumstances allow American for Ukraine to be interrupted,.
Nation & World AP Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world Jimmy Carter put off his usual Sunday practice of watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains. The gathering will take place in the same one-story structure where the Carters lived before he was first elected as a state senator in 1962.