Joe Raedle / Getty Images Plan B Gaining Ground After House GOP Fails to Elect Jordan as Speaker Under the plan, designated speaker pro tempore Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina would be empowered for a period of time. By Randy DeSoto October 17, 2023
LifeJourneys / Getty Images House Foreign Affairs Chairman Says He's Drafting Bill to Allow US Military Force in Israel Legislation that could authorize the use of force and put combat troops on the ground in the Middle East is being developed. By Jack Davis October 17, 2023
@IsraelMFA / X video screen shot Israel Says Gaza Hospital Explosion That Killed Hundreds Was Caused by Failed Terrorist Rocket Israel's government stated Tuesday an errant Islamic Jihad rocket and not the Israeli Defense Force is responsible. By Randy DeSoto October 17, 2023
Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images ; Andrew Caballero-Reynolds - AFP / Getty Images Biden Campaign Joins Trump's Truth Social - It Immediately Backfires: 'We Thought It Would Be Very Funny' Joe Biden’s re-election campaign leaders soon learned they had entered enemy territory when they joined Trump's Truth Social on Monday. By Juliette Fairley October 17, 2023
Kent Nishimura / Getty Images Biden About to Hand Iran 'Huge Victory' by Letting Missile Sanctions Expire, National Security Veteran Says Responses to lack of action by Biden administration include "appeasement," "unforgivable," and "heart breaking." By Mike Landry October 17, 2023
Aaron J. Thornton / Getty Images Maxine Waters Gets Shouted Down as She Makes a Scene and Attacks Jim Jordan During Speaker Vote Rep. Maxine Waters, one of the more vocal and outspoken lawmakers in the country, just couldn't help herself during a floor vote. By Bryan Chai October 17, 2023
Matt Rourke / AP Hunter Biden Investigated as Possible Foreign Agent as DOJ Ramps Up 'Rare' Enforcement The walls are closing in on first son Hunter Biden as a new legal headache just popped up -- a headache that just took down a different Dem. By Bryan Chai October 17, 2023
Henry Nicholls - AFP / Getty Images Greta Thunberg Arrested in London Polarizing environmental activist Greta Thunberg was detained by police -- again. And she didn't seem bothered at all -- again. By Bryan Chai October 17, 2023
John Lamparski / Getty Images Prosecutors Move to Recharge Alec Baldwin Over 'Rust' Shooting: 'Additional Facts Have Come to Light' Special prosecutors said Tuesday they are seeking to recharge actor Alec Baldwin in the 2021 fatal shooting on the "Rust" set. By The Associated Press October 17, 2023
Saul Loeb - AFP / Getty ImagesBreaking Breaking: House Fails to Elect Speaker as 20 Republicans Vote Against Jim Jordan Tuesday's first vote was reminiscent of McCarthy's bid for the gavel, which took 15 rounds of voting before a compromise was reached. By Johnathan Jones October 17, 2023