Trump’s senility problem can’t be ignored

Plus, top Democrats weigh in on the fate of McCarthy’s speakership [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news Sunday, October 01, 2023 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT [Alternate text] With just hours to spare, House Republicans and Democrats on Saturday [struck a surprise deal]( to fund the government for another 45 days and avert a shutdown that would have inflicted [economic pain on millions of American families](. The GOP-drafted funding bill includes billions in disaster aid but none of the new Ukraine aid Democrats had pushed for. McCarthy’s decision to pass a continuing resolution with Democratic votes doesn’t bode well for his political future, given that [conservative bomb-thrower]( Rep. Matt Gaetz has been [threatening for weeks](to call a vote on McCarthy’s speakership if he brought a CR to the floor. [All eyes are now on Gaetz]( to see if he will [follow through with his threat.]( While the countdown clock to a government shutdown loomed over America’s head all week, House Republicans added [an embarrassing chapter]( to the Biden impeachment saga with their first hearing Thursday. Those proceedings featured six hours of [muddled, scattershot, and baseless](conspiracy theories, [united opposition f](rom Democrats, [comically ill-prepared witnesses,]( and grumbling from [within Republican ranks]( at a missed opportunity. It was also [a very bad week]( for twice-impeached, quadruple-indicted former president Trump, who kicked off the week by almost [accidentally committing (another) a felony](during a campaign stop in South Carolina. He followed that up by posting a [morally reprehensible death threat]( against the most senior military official in the U.S. Department of Defense, retiring [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley](. Amid that fallout, Trump also faced a slew of legal blows this week, including [a brutal court ruling]( in his New York civil fraud trial(which [officially kicks off Monday](), after a judge concluded his business committed [repeated acts of fraud](. In another [dramatic development]( that [poses a grave risk]( to the former president, Fulton County co-defendant Scott Hall became [the first person to accept a plea deal](in the Georgia election interference case. During Wednesday night’s [second Republican debate](, several of his Republican challengers [stepped up their attacks]( against Trump during an otherwise [cringeworthy](, [substance-free](, and [overall bizarre]( presidential debate.   EDITOR'S PICKS [Alternate text] [MSNBC]( [Government to remain open after Congress passes funding bill]( With just hours to spare, the House voted 335 to 91 to pass a 45-day stopgap spending measure that would keep the government open. [BRIAN TYLER COHEN]( [Trump’s senility problem can’t be ignored anymore]( The right-wing media's coverage of Biden’s age has a Trump-shaped hole. [Read more.]( [CHRISTOPHER J. GRAMICCIONI]( [What prosecutors learned from the first Menendez corruption trial]( The 'surgical' indictment against Robert Menendez leaves little to the imagination. [Read more.]( [A photo of Sen. Feinstein]( [STEVE BENEN]( [What will happen to Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat after her death?]( After three decades in the Senate and over 50 years in public office, Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has died at the age of 90. [Read more.]( [A photo of Cassidy Hutchinson]( [PAUL WALDMAN]( Trump’s autoworker speech was a scam]( The former president slapped a new coat of paint on the same old lies for autoworkers. [Read more.]( [MICHEAL BIROS]( [The mighty Mississippi is less so. And New Orleans’ drinking water is at risk.]( The drought-induced saltwater wedge threatening New Orleans' water supply has induced a panic-fueled run on bottled water. [Read more.]( [YASMIN VOSSOUGHIAN REPORTS]( [Raskin on if Dems will bail out McCarthy: Some problems that GOP causes, GOP must solve]( Rep. Raskin explains what Democrats got out of the short-term CR and weighs in on whether he would come to McCarthy’s rescue if the far-right faction of his party goes through with the motion to vacate. [MSNBC]( [Biden applauds passage of bipartisan CR funding bill]( In a statement, President Joe Biden praised the passage of the CR funding bill to keep the government open which Biden said prevents "an unnecessary crisis that would have inflicted needless pain on millions of hardworking Americans." [SYMONE]( [A last-minute hustle: House Democrat reveals what it took to dodge a government shutdown]( Rep. Jasmine Crockett discusses the heated scramble to avoid the shutdown and what it means for McCarthy's speakership. She also discusses her viral takedown of GOP colleagues during this week's impeachment hearing. [RACHEL MADDOW]( ['Reckless and careless': former Trump White House aide describes mishandling of documents]( Cassidy Hutchinson, former Trump White House aide and author of "Enough," talks with Rachel Maddow about how classified material was handled by her boss at the time, then Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows.     MORE FROM MSNBC [Alternate text] Next Sunday, MSNBC Films presents “Martha’s Vineyard v. DeSantis,” the latest installment of “The Turning Point” documentary series from Executive Producer Trevor Noah. The film tells the story of the migrants flown to the New England island, the community that took them in, and the Florida governor behind it all. Watch “Martha’s Vineyard v. DeSantis,” next Sunday at 10pm ET on MSNBC and streaming on Peacock. 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