GOP’s Scalise ends his bid to become U.S. House speaker as Republican holdouts refuse to back the nominee
Republican Steve Scalise ended his bid to become House speaker late Thursday after hardline holdouts refused to support him.
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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.
Republicans nominate Steve Scalise to be U.S. House speaker
In private balloting at the Capitol, House Republicans pushed aside Rep. Jim Jordan, the Judiciary Committee chairman, in favor of Rep. Steve Scalise, the current majority leader,
U.S. Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton is in intensive care with pneumonia
Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton has pneumonia and is in intensive care in a Texas hospital.
Biden condemns Hamas for “unadulterated evil” in attack, vows U.S. resolve in backing Israel
President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned the militant group Hamas for “sheer evil” for its shocking multipronged attack on Israel launched from the Gaza Strip that has killed hundreds of civilians, including at least 14 American citizens.
U.S. begins delivering munitions to Israel after Hamas attacks
The U.S. has already begun delivering critically needed munitions and military equipment to Israel, which is fighting back against attacks from Hamas.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. drops Democratic presidential primary bid and will run as an independent
Kennedy said there is corruption “in the leadership of both political parties” and said he wants to “rewrite the assumptions and change the habits of American politics.”
Israel battles Hamas militants as country’s death toll from mass incursion reaches 600
Israeli soldiers battled Hamas fighters in the streets of southern Israel on Sunday and launched retaliation strikes that leveled buildings in Gaza, while in northern Israel a brief exchange of strikes with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group raised fears of a broader conflict.
Earthquakes kill more than 2,000 in Afghanistan; people using bare hands to recover dead and injured
Powerful earthquakes killed at least 2,000 people in western Afghanistan, a Taliban government spokesman said Sunday. It’s one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades.
Israel Prime Minister: We are “at war” after Hamas attack
The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip have carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel.
