Oct 13 70 people, mostly women and children, killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza's fleeing convoys, Hamas says By Isabel Debre, Edith M. Lederer, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Hamas' media office says the cars were struck in three places as they headed south from Gaza City. It was not immediately clear who the target of the airstrikes was, or whether militants were among the passengers. Continue reading
Oct 13 WATCH: War in the Holy Land: A PBS News Special Report By Amna Nawaz, Geoff Bennett, Leila Molana-Allen, Sam Lane, Mike Fritz, Jorgen Samso Co-anchored by PBS NewsHour’s Amna Nawaz from Israel and Geoff Bennett from the nation’s capital, the one hour primetime special covers the historic and devastating week of violence in Israel and Gaza. Continue reading
Oct 13 Schumer to lead bipartisan group of senators to Israel to show 'unwavering' U.S. support By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Schumer, D-N.Y., is leading a bipartisan group of senators to the country “to show the United States' unwavering support for Israel,” his office said. Continue reading
Oct 13 House GOP considers Trump-backed Jim Jordan as speaker. Not all Republicans are in favor By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Attention has swiftly turned to Rep. Jim Jordan, the pugilistic Judiciary Committee chairman as the next potential candidate. Continue reading
Oct 13 WATCH: Biden touts economy and green energy in Philadelphia speech By Will Weissert, Associated Press President Joe Biden returned to Pennsylvania Friday to use the critical battleground state again as a backdrop for some of his favorite political themes. But the war between Israel and Hamas has scrambled geopolitics and potentially reshuffled a 2024 presidential… Continue reading
Oct 13 Live updates: What's happening on Day 7 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press Israel’s military ordered hundreds of thousands of civilians living in Gaza City to evacuate Friday ahead of a feared Israel ground offensive. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 4:35 Scalise withdraws from speaker race, sending GOP search for leader into further chaos By Lisa Desjardins, Ian Couzens, Alexa Gold A day after House Republicans narrowly voted to nominate Steve Scalise to be the next speaker, the Louisiana congressman withdrew his name from consideration after it was clear he did not have the votes to win on the House floor. Continue watching
Oct 12 GOP's Scalise ends his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Stephen Groves, Associated Press Next steps are uncertain as the House is now essentially closed while the Republican majority tries to elect a speaker after ousting Kevin McCarthy from the job. Continue reading
Oct 12 The morgue at Gaza's largest hospital is overflowing as Israeli attacks intensify By Isabel Debre, Samya Kullab, Mohammed Jahjouh, Associated Press Scores of Palestinians are being crushed each day in the rubble from a relentless Israeli onslaught on Gaza, which comes in response to an unprecedented Hamas attack in southern Israel. Continue reading
Oct 12 1 police officer convicted, 1 acquitted in death of Elijah McClain By Colleen Slevin, Matthew Brown, Associated Press Jurors convicted a Denver-area police officer Thursday and acquitted another of charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in protests over racial injustice in policing. Continue reading