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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.
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.
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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 …
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Axios
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.
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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 …
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The Messenger:
Moderate House Republicans Plot To Empower McHenry Amid Stalled Speaker Search
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CNN:
Steve Scalise drops out of speaker's race as House GOP faces leadership crisis
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Chaos persists as ‘fractured’ House GOP frets about when — or if — it will elect a speaker
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Politico:
GOP says time is running out for Scalise to lock down the speakership
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump suggests Scalise's health a concern in his Speaker bid
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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Associated Press:
Israel-Hamas war: Strikes devastate Gaza as Israel prepares for possible ground assault
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David French / New York Times:
What It Would Mean to Treat Hamas Like ISIS
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Shannon K. Crawford / ABC News:
Blinken describes images of Hamas attack victims, pledges US support on trip to Israel
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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 …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's turn against Israel offers stark reminder of what his diplomacy looks like — Donald Trump's inflammatory and artless comments about Hamas' horror in Israel emphasize the defining characteristic of his attitude toward foreign policy and his entire political world view: It's all about him.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
De Niro warns democracy 'won't survive' Trump reelection
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Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Why is Trump Trashing Netanyahu?
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Associated Press:
Trump says Netanyahu ‘let us down’ before the 2020 airstrike that killed a top Iranian general
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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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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 …
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USA Today
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.
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