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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 …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:   Vulnerable Republicans face a moment of reckoning with Jim Jordan speaker vote
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Jim Jordan's remarkably thin legislative track record
Discussion: ABC News, The Hill and Political Wire
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
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
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 …
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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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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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Will County Sheriff's Office:
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP HOMICIDE UPDATE  —  On 10/14/2023 at approximately 11:38 AM …
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
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 …
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
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 …
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Scott's super PAC cancels TV ad reservations as campaign sputters  —  The super PAC supporting Tim Scott's presidential campaign said Monday it will cancel “all of our Fall media inventory.”  —  The super PAC supporting Tim Scott's presidential bid is canceling most of its remaining TV spending …
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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 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 …
 
 
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