More than three weeks after the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the saga to find the next speaker of the House is finally over - will the left's simmering rage at the election of Speaker Mike Johnson mean trouble for SoCal Republican representatives? "Inside the Issues: The Podcast" hosts Alex Cohen and Sara Sadhwani weigh the possibilities.

And a look at the job that Laphonza Butler said she will not run for after she's done filling the Senate seat left vacant by Dianne Feinstein's death.

Then, a look at what Gov. Gavin Newsom did and did not do during his visits to Israel and China.

Finally, why Mark Gonzalez, the LA County Democratic Party chair and candidate for Assembly District 54, didn't make the list of endorsements by The Stonewall Democrats.