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9:15 AM ET, October 13, 2023

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Washington Post:
Live updates House speakership stalled as Scalise withdraws from race  —  Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced at a Republican conference meeting Thursday night that he is pulling out of the race to become speaker.  The announcement came after a day full of lengthy meetings with fellow Republicans …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
With the World in Crisis, House Republicans Bicker Among Themselves  —  Despite conflicts overseas and an approaching deadline to avert a government shutdown, Republicans are unable to rise above their internal divisions.  —  Two key U.S. allies are engulfed in vicious wars.
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Top House Republican Wants Help From Democrats to Pick a Speaker  — House Armed Services Chair Says GOP unable to elect speaker  — Calls on Democratic leader to offer conditions to aid GOP  —  A powerful Republican is looking to Democrats to help resolve his party's impasse over naming a speaker of the House.
Politico:
Fear and loathing grips the House GOP  —  While Republicans appear to be turning next to Jim Jordan, some are already airing open doubts that he can pull off what the majority leader couldn't.  —  The House GOP has entered an angrier and more bewildered phase in its leadership crisis.
Discussion: The Messenger, Raw Story, Vox and USA Today
The Hill:
Steve Scalise drops out of Speaker's race  —  House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Thursday dropped out of the race for Speaker, just one day after he won the Republican nomination for the role.  —  Scalise narrowly prevailed in a secret ballot internal GOP election on Wednesday …
Politico:
Playbook: The House GOP sinks deeper into chaos  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  OVERNIGHT — AP: “Israel's military told some 1 million Palestinians living in Gaza on Friday to evacuate the north, according to the United Nations …
Discussion: Punchbowl News
The Messenger:
Moderate House Republicans Plot To Empower McHenry Amid Stalled Speaker Search  —  The Republican Governance Group has gathered signatures on a petition to give temporary Speaker Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., more authority … As House Republicans remain divided over their next leader …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Chaos persists as ‘fractured’ House GOP frets about when — or if — it will elect a speaker  —  Some Republicans worry they might never get the votes without some Democratic help.  Others say it's time to empower Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry to conduct business.
CNN:
Steve Scalise drops out of speaker's race as House GOP faces leadership crisis
Washington Post:
With support for Scalise in limbo, some Republicans look for alternatives
Eric Albeen / Fox News:
Former President Trump on Israel, Speaker's race, Nikki Haley & RFK, Jr.  —  Former President Trump joined Brian for a wide ranging interview in which he criticized Israel's lack of preparedness for the horrific attack by the terrorist group Hamas on Saturday, October 7th.
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Associated Press:
Trump says Netanyahu ‘let us down’ before the 2020 airstrike that killed a top Iranian general
Reuters:
Hamas tells Gaza residents to stay home as Israel ground offensive looms  —  Mosques and Hamas officials told Gaza Strip residents to stay in their homes on Friday, in defiance of an Israeli military call for more than a million civilians to move south within 24 hours in the build-up to its expected ground offensive.
Discussion: Power Line
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Associated Press:
Israel orders unprecedented evacuation of 1 million in Gaza as possible ground offensive looms  —  Gaza's energy crisis risk hospitals turning into morgues  —  Israel Defense Forces release footage of assault on Gaza-adjacent outpost  —  Israel's military told some 1 million Palestinians …
Associated Press:
Israel-Hamas war: Strikes devastate Gaza as Israel prepares for possible ground assault
New York Times:
Israel-Hamas War  —  U.N. Warns of ‘Disaster’ in Gaza as Israel Strikes Back at Hamas
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court Justices Avoid Falling Chunk Of Marble In Courtyard  —  Democratic institutions in D.C. are literally crumbling, apparently.  —  LOADING  —  The Supreme Court avoided a catastrophic accident last year when a piece of marble at least 2 feet long crashed to the ground …
Discussion: USA Today
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Biden team launches organizing pilot project in Wisconsin and Arizona  —  The reelection effort is focused on recruiting large numbers of volunteers to use their own relationships to spread the Biden message directly  —  President Biden's reelection effort will launch a pilot test …
Jerusalem Post:
Poll: Majority blames gov't for Hamas massacre, says Netanyahu must resign  —  An overwhelming majority of 86% of respondents, including 79% of coalition supporters, said the surprise attack from Gaza is a failure of the country's leadership.  —  Four out of five Jewish Israelis believe …
Barbara McQuade / MSNBC:
Jack Smith tells Trump to put up or shut up  —  Smith's demand that Trump and his lawyers clarify his strategy is important because an affirmative defense would trigger two significant consequences  —  Jack Smith is asking former President Donald Trump to put his money where his mouth is.
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
US Department of Justice:
IRS Contractor Pleads Guilty to Disclosing Tax Return Information to News Organizations  —  For Immediate Release  —  An IRS contractor, Charles Littlejohn, 38, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to disclosing tax return information without authorization.
Emily Jacobs / Washington Examiner:
Fetterman calls on Senate to expel Menendez after foreign agent charges  —  Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) on Thursday called on the Senate to expel Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) after the latter was hit with additional federal charges that accuse him of being a foreign agent.
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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
A new indictment charges Sen. Menendez with being an unregistered agent of the Egyptian government
CNN:
Israeli official says government cannot confirm babies were beheaded in Hamas attack  —  The Israeli government has not confirmed the specific claim that Hamas attackers cut off the heads of babies during their shock attack on Saturday, an Israeli official told CNN, contradicting …
 
 
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Discussion: PJ Media
Reuters:
France bans pro-Palestinian protests, citing risk of ‘disturbances to public order’