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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden aides slam Trump for calling Hezbollah ‘very smart’ — Aides to President Biden and his campaign blasted former President Trump on Thursday for remarks a night earlier in which Trump described Hezbollah as “very smart” amid unfolding violence in Israel.
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Criticizes Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Calls Hezbollah ‘Very Smart’ — The former president admitted he could have been dishing classified information at a campaign event with a claim about the Israeli leader. — LOADING — Former President Donald Trump …
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Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Why is Trump Trashing Netanyahu? — Not even an international crisis of epic proportion can prevent the former president from making everything about his ego. — On Wednesday, Donald Trump held a rally in West Palm Beach, Florida. Considering Palm Beach County has one of the highest concentrations …
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Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
Trump to Return to NYC Court for Civil Fraud Trial (Exclusive)
Trump to Return to NYC Court for Civil Fraud Trial (Exclusive)
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
How to Make Trump Go “Crazy,” According to George Conway
How to Make Trump Go “Crazy,” According to George Conway
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Associated Press:
Trump says Netanyahu ‘let us down’ before the 2020 airstrike that killed a top Iranian general
Trump says Netanyahu ‘let us down’ before the 2020 airstrike that killed a top Iranian general
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Punchbowl News:
10/12/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … But worse. Maybe way worse. … Only the stakes this time are higher, the time frame is shorter, the opposition is larger and the House Republican Conference is angrier. … After winning the GOP speaker nomination on Wednesday — barely …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The New Republican Establishment — An alternative Trumpist governing elite gets closer to ruling the party. — In the final account, the rise and fall of Kevin McCarthy might read like the familiar tale of a Republican congressional leader toppled by a small but uncompromising right-wing faction.
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Speaker vote: Scalise and House Republicans could be facing another floor fiasco
Speaker vote: Scalise and House Republicans could be facing another floor fiasco
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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
A new indictment charges Sen. Menendez with being an unregistered agent of the Egyptian government — Federal prosecutors have rewritten their indictment against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife to charge them with conspiring to have him act as an agent of Egypt and Egyptian officials.
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Erica Orden / Politico:
Menendez accused of acting as foreign agent for Egypt while helming Senate Foreign Relations Committee — The new indictment comes three weeks after a federal grand jury charged the senator with conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and conspiracy to commit extortion.
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Gabe Bullard / Nieman Reports:
Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible — A lot of people threaten to leave Twitter. Not many of them have actually done it. — This was true even before Elon Musk's purchase of the platform a year ago. But the parade of calamities since …
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Washington Post:
U.S., Qatar agree to stop Iran from tapping $6 billion fund after Hamas attack — U.S. officials and the Qatari government have agreed to stop Iran from accessing a $6 billion account for humanitarian assistance in light of Hamas's attack on Israel, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told House Democrats …
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New York Times:
Israel-Hamas War — U.N. Warns of ‘Disaster’ in Gaza as Israel Strikes Back at Hamas — More than 300,000 people are homeless as Israeli airstrikes pound Gaza in retaliation for the Hamas attack. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged steadfast support for Israel while calling for …
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Live updates Humanitarian crisis unfolds in Gaza; Blinken visits Israel
Live updates Humanitarian crisis unfolds in Gaza; Blinken visits Israel
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Ethan Bronner / Bloomberg:
Israel Targets All Hamas Leaders Across Gaza in Fresh War Effort
Israel Targets All Hamas Leaders Across Gaza in Fresh War Effort
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Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
Blinken Says Number of Americans Killed in Israel Has Risen to 25
Blinken Says Number of Americans Killed in Israel Has Risen to 25
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Wisconsin Republicans Retreat From Threats to Impeach Liberal Justice — Republicans had floated the idea of impeaching Janet Protasiewicz, newly seated on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, before she could undo the party's legislative gerrymander. But on Thursday, they backed off.
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Republican Sen. Tuberville Warns Against ‘Picking Sides in the Middle East’ in Jaw-Dropping Interview — Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is under fire for telling an interviewer that “when you start picking sides in the Middle East, it can get really messy very quick” amid the violence in Israel spurred by Hamas.
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Beege Welborn / HotAir:
Waahmbulance time: When your water pipes become rockets, it's Israel's fault there's no water — Since Hamas didn't seem to be getting any sympathy at the moment in the “Look what Israel's doing to our buildings!” quarter (I'm admittedly biased)... ...they've apparently decided to switch tacks.
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
US Gives First Iron Dome Interceptors to Israel — US to send more Tamir interceptors to Israel, official says — Interceptors are located in Israel but owned by the US — The Pentagon has transferred to Israel the first missiles in US inventories for the Iron Dome air-defense system …
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
North Carolina's cautionary tale for purple states — Republicans have made themselves so powerful, it doesn't matter if Dems win elections. … North Carolina Republicans are having a very good year, and now that they've locked down both the legislature and the judiciary …
Reuters:
France bans pro-Palestinian protests, citing risk of ‘disturbances to public order’ — French police used teargas and water cannon to break up a banned rally in support of the Palestinian people in Paris on Thursday after the interior minister said such gatherings were “likely to generate disturbances to public order”.
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump tells court he had no duty to ‘support’ the Constitution as president — Former President Donald Trump is arguing to a judge in Colorado that he was not required to “support” the Constitution as president, reported Brandi Buchman from Law & Crime. — The argument came as he seeks …
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Post-Texas Stress Disorder
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Massacre in Israel and the Need for a Decent Left — On Tuesday evening, I was drinking on the porch of my friend and neighbor Misha Shulman, the Israel-born rabbi of a progressive New York synagogue called the New Shul. All day, he'd been on the phone with congregants deeply distraught …
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Tesnim Zekeria / Popular Information:
Texas Republicans are fighting about whether it's OK to associate with white supremacists — Last week, Jonathan Stickland — president of the far-right Defend Texas Liberty PAC and a former state representative — met with notorious white supremacist Nick Fuentes and other right-wing extremists.
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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Trump Doral event with Eric Trump will feature a Hitler-promoting antisemite who killed someone — This is at least the fourth Hitler-promoting antisemite who's toured with Eric Trump — Trump National Doral Miami is scheduled to host a ReAwaken America tour event featuring Eric Trump …