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The Hill:
Jordan builds Speakership momentum as opposition falls  —  Opposition to House GOP Speaker nominee Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio) is crumbling as Republicans return to Washington for a House vote to try to officially elect him.  —  Four key lawmakers who signaled opposition to Jordan last week fell …
Brittany Lewis / Forbes:
House Democratic Lawmaker Floats George W. Bush For Speaker Of The House  —  On Forbes Newsroom, California Democratic Congressman Brad Sherman floated the idea of former President George W. Bush becoming the next Speaker of the House.  —  “He could come back,” Sherman said.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Jim Jordan skeptics begin lining up behind his House speaker bid  —  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is shoring up support from detractors for his bid for House speaker as he prepares to go to the floor for a vote on Tuesday. … - “Jim Jordan and I have had two cordial, thoughtful …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Jim Jordan's remarkably thin legislative track record  —  In a historically fraught time marked not only by partisan gridlock but also a remarkably incohesive Republican Party, the House GOP could soon elect a speaker with a remarkably thin legislative track record and precious little experience building …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:   Vulnerable Republicans face a moment of reckoning with Jim Jordan speaker vote
Washington Post:
Inside Jim Jordan's uphill battle to win the speaker's gavel
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
With the House GOP in full meltdown, Democrats could offer a way out
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Biden campaign to launch account on Trump's Truth Social  —  'There's very little ‘truth’ happening on Truth Social, but at least now it'll be a little fun,' Biden campaign tells Fox News Digital  —  EXCLUSIVE: The Biden campaign is launching an account on former President Trump's Truth Social, Fox News Digital has learned.
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CNN:
President Joe Biden will visit Israel in high-stakes trip  —  US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced in the early hours of Tuesday from Tel Aviv.  —  Biden had been deliberating whether to make a wartime visit to Israel …
New York Times:
Biden Faces Risks in His Wartime Visit to Israel
Washington Post:
Trump placed under limited gag order in federal election case in D.C.  —  No ‘carte blanche’ for a candidate who is also a defendant, the judge said at a hearing  —  A federal judge issued a limited gag order Monday against Donald Trump, saying the former president must stop disparaging prosecutors …
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Politico:
Judge imposes gag order on Donald Trump in D.C. trial  —  Judge Tanya Chutkan said Trump's “presidential candidacy does not give him carte blanche to vilify ... public servants who are simply doing their job.”  —  A federal judge has barred Donald Trump from attacking witnesses …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump faces reckoning as D.C. judge mulls gag order
Aliza Chasan / CBS News:
21 species removed from endangered list due to extinction, U.S. wildlife officials say  —  Nearly two dozen species are being taken off the endangered species list because they are extinct, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday.  —  Most of the species were listed under …
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Federal government declares 21 species extinct  —  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared 21 species extinct Monday, including 10 birds and two freshwater fish.  —  The species, which the agency removed from the list of those protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) …
Discussion: Washington Post
NBC News:
Suspect in death of 6-year-old Palestinian American boy was obsessed with Israel-Hamas war, prosecutors say  —  Hundreds are expected to attend the funeral of Wadea Al-Fayoume, whose death is being investigated as an anti-Muslim hate crime.  —  The suburban Chicago landlord accused of stabbing …
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US Department of Justice:
Attorney General Statement on the Killing of Six-Year-Old Child Wadea Al-Fayoume and Severe Wounding of His Mother Hanaan Shahin in Illinois
Will County Sheriff's Office:
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP HOMICIDE UPDATE  —  On 10/14/2023 at approximately 11:38 AM …
Sydney Trent / Washington Post:
Race isn't real, science says.  Advocates want the census to reflect that.  —  A small but vocal group of professionals and academics imagine a future where categories don't matter  —  The notice from the federal government arrived in Carlos Hoyt's inbox last August.
Discussion: Althouse
The Daily Pennsylvanian:
Huntsman family, longtime Penn supporters, will halt donations to ‘unrecognizable’ University  —  This story is developing and will continue to be updated.  —  1987 College graduate Jon Huntsman Jr. told Penn President Liz Magill that his family will stop donating to Penn …
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump, under fire for Israel comments, proposes fresh crackdown on Muslim immigrants  —  The Republican polling leader responded to backlash for calling Hezbollah ‘very smart’ by reviving a proposal for screening immigrants by ideology  —  CLIVE, Iowa — Former president Donald Trump …
Nancy A. Youssef / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Picks Troops to Prepare for Potential Deployment to Middle East  —  The U.S. military has selected roughly 2,000 troops to prepare for a potential deployment to support Israel, U.S. defense officials said.  The troops are tasked with missions like advising and medical support …
Darren Samuelsohn / The Messenger:
Justice Department Seeking Stronger Prison Sentences for Proud Boys Members  —  DOJ filed notice it wants the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C., to help impose longer sentences for Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Dominic Pezzola and Ethan Nordean
Discussion: The Hill, Atlas News and The Mahablog
Ben Samuels / Reuters:
Rockets are fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Monday.Credit: Leo Correa /AP  — Hamas releases first video of Israeli hostage in Gaza; family confirms  — Hamas claims to hold 200 Israeli hostages, with dozens held by other Gaza factions
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Isabel Keane / New York Post:
Iran says Hamas ready to release hostages if Israel stops airstrikes as at least 199 now known taken
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Former Navajo Nation president challenges Arizona Republican who ousted McCarthy  —  Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez is challenging Republican Rep. Eli Crane for his seat in Arizona's 2nd Congressional District.  —  Nez, in his announcement on X, the website formerly known as Twitter …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Blinken urges Bibi to allow aid into Gaza to maintain wider support for invasion  —  Secretary of State Tony Blinken urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Monday to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza in order to maintain international support for the Israeli operation …
Discussion: Semafor
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Marjorie Taylor Greene and the lingering belief that truth is partisan  —  Paul Hodgkins was one of the first people to plead guilty to charges stemming from the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.  Hodgkins made it to the floor of the Senate, where he was photographed next to the “QAnon Shaman” and others.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Justice Amy Coney Barrett says ethics rules for the Supreme Court would be a ‘good idea’
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2 shot dead in Brussels ‘terrorist attack’ with suspect on the run
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Scott's super PAC cancels TV ad reservations as campaign sputters
Associated Press:
Settlement over Trump family separations at the border limits future separations for 8 years
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