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10:45 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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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: Raw Story, The Messenger, Vox and USA Today
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.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
House GOP in total chaos: So much for fascist order and discipline!  —  Aren't far-right movements supposed to make the trains run on time?  GOP can't elect a speaker from its own tribe  —  Nearly eight decades after the end of World War II, the thing we ought to understand most clearly …
Discussion: Axios
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: NBC News and Punchbowl News
The Hill:
Steve Scalise drops out of Speaker's race
CNN:
Steve Scalise drops out of speaker's race as House GOP faces leadership crisis
Politico:
GOP says time is running out for Scalise to lock down the speakership
Washington Post:
With support for Scalise in limbo, some Republicans look for alternatives
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 …
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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: The Messenger, ThePrint and Power Line
Associated Press:
Hamas practiced in plain sight, posting video of mock attack weeks before border breach  —  Less than a month before Hamas fighters blew through Israel's high-tech “Iron Wall” and launched an attack that would leave more than 1,200 Israelis dead, they practiced in a very public dress rehearsal.
Associated Press:
Israel-Hamas war: Strikes devastate Gaza as Israel prepares for possible ground assault
Washington Post:
How 91 felony charges boosted Trump's standing in the GOP  —  Interviews in multiple states show that Trump's constant message of victimhood has seeped in with voters  —  David Alexander, an engineer who attended the Iowa Faith and Freedom dinner last month, called the absent Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Why is Trump Trashing Netanyahu?
Associated Press:
Trump says Netanyahu ‘let us down’ before the 2020 airstrike that killed a top Iranian general
Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Gov. DeSantis signs executive order authorizing rescue of Floridians stranded in Israel: ‘Help is on the way’  —  Hundreds of U.S. families are believed to be stranded in Israel  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order on Thursday authorizing planes from his state …
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
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.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 12, 2023  —  We are in a bizarre moment.  —  If the U.S. government were operating within its normal parameters, my first story tonight would be about new federal charges that Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was acting as an agent of Egypt while chairing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
Don't overlook Biden's empowering of antisemites  —  It is undeniably true that President Joe Biden emboldened terrorists to attack Israel with his support for funding for Gaza and Iran, but it is also the case that Biden has emboldened and legitimized antisemites who support those terrorists and their actions.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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
 
 
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Biden team launches organizing pilot project in Wisconsin and Arizona
CNN:
Israeli official says government cannot confirm babies were beheaded in Hamas attack
Matt Holt / The Messenger:
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Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNN:
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Van Orden defends outburst at Biden officials over Israel, denies cursing
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Waahmbulance time: When your water pipes become rockets, it's Israel's fault there's no water
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