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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.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Bipartisan talk grows as GOP fails to find a speaker — Lawmakers in both parties are expressing growing openness, both in public and in private, to a bipartisan deal to elect a House speaker as Republicans are continually thwarted in their efforts to do it alone.
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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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Politico:
House GOP rejects — again — bid to avoid messy speaker fight on the floor — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is now the only declared candidate for the GOP's nod, but he remains short of the support needed to win.
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NBC News:
House speaker live updates: Republicans weigh Jim Jordan after Steve Scalise quits
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Politico:
Playbook: The House GOP sinks deeper into chaos
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
With the World in Crisis, House Republicans Bicker Among Themselves
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The Messenger:
Moderate House Republicans Plot To Empower McHenry Amid Stalled Speaker Search
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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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CNN:
Steve Scalise drops out of speaker's race as House GOP faces leadership crisis
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Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Will Narcissist Trump's Bizarre Praise for Hezbollah Hurt Him? — DONALD TRUMP HAS DEMONSTRATED YET AGAIN that he is a man without a single ounce of human decency. At an event in West Palm Beach on Wednesday night, just four days after Hamas's brutal attack on Israeli civilians, Trump did the unthinkable.
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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Israeli War Insight — He attacks Netanyahu in a crisis because of old personal grudges. — The front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination for some reason used the words “smart” and “Hezbollah” in the same sentence on Wednesday night.
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Washington Post:
Fraudster freed from prison by Trump faces prosecution under Biden — Philip Esformes received clemency from Trump in the final weeks of his presidency after well-connected supporters pushed for his release. — Philip Esformes beat the system. Or so it seemed.
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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
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Eric Albeen / Fox News:
Former President Trump on Israel, Speaker's race, Nikki Haley & RFK, Jr.
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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
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Associated Press:
Israel-Hamas war: Strikes devastate Gaza as Israel prepares for possible ground assault
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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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Emily Jacobs / Washington Examiner:
Fetterman calls on Senate to expel Menendez after foreign agent charges
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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 …
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.
Politico:
‘America wants me’: How GOP Rep. Wagner recalls a private Scalise-Jordan conversation — The Ohio Republican's spokesperson disputes the Missourian's recollection. But her frustration illustrates that Jordan has a speakership race problem.
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CNN:
Top DOJ prosecutor in DC refutes claim that he blocked Hunter Biden tax charges in his district — In recent closed-door testimony to Congress, the top-ranking Justice Department prosecutor in Washington, DC, refuted claims from two Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers …
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