YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP | | | | Plus: Arab leaders don't want spillover from Israel-Hamas war. | | | |
The number of Palestinians who have evacuated northern Gaza surpassed 600,000 as of Sunday ahead of an impending ground invasion by Israel. Also in the news: Ohio Republican Jim Jordan is trying to bring the party together to win the speaker's gavel and prosecutors won't file charges against U.S. Border Patrol agents who shot and killed a member of the Tohono O'odham Nation. | | | |
Here are Monday's headlines to know. |
Blinken says Arab leaders don't want spillover from Israel-Hamas war |
U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will return to Israel on Monday after completing a six-nation sweep across the region aimed at preventing the war from spreading, and he's bringing back critical words from a neighbor. |
In Cairo, Blinken affirmed President Joe Biden's position that the U.S. would support Israel, but also said Israel must take "every possible precaution to avoid harming civilians." |
| • | Blinken also shared there was a common theme to the feedback he heard from Arab leaders during his trip: "A determination of shared view that we have to do everything possible to make sure this doesn't spread to other places." | | • | But a humanitarian crisis is unfolding. Palestinians in besieged Gaza are crowding into hospitals and schools. They are seeking shelter, fuel, food and water. Aid groups are prepared to arrive with resources but are awaiting the U.S. and international mediators to reach a deal for a humanitarian cease-fire to allow aid in and foreigners to exit Gaza. | | • | The war's impact in the U.S: A 71-year-old Illinois man accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old and seriously injuring a 32-year-old woman was charged with a hate crime Sunday for what authorities believe was a targeted attack in response to the war. | |
More from USA TODAY on the Israel and Hamas war: | US citizens wait at the port of Haifa to be evacuated to Cyprus on October 16, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. ARIS MESSINIS, AFP via Getty Images |
Jim Jordan won the nomination in the House speaker election. Now what? |
House Republicans have nominated Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, for speaker after an internal secret ballot vote behind closed-doors, marking another step towards electing a new leader. The conference's nomination however, is just a formal endorsement from the majority of GOP lawmakers. For Jordan to become speaker, he will still have to rally an overwhelming majority of House Republicans behind him to win a vote on the floor with 217 votes, the magic number needed to get the top job. Read more | Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters after departing from a GOP caucus meeting working to formally elect a new speaker of the House. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades-USA TODAY |
Judge to hear arguments about Donald Trump gag order in election conspiracy case |
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan will hear arguments Monday about whether to place a gag order on Donald Trump as requested by prosecutors to avoid influencing his trial on election conspiracy charges. Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith asked for the order to stop Trump's speeches and statements on social media that attack witnesses, prosecutors and the judge in ways that can sometimes provoke his supporters to threaten violence. But Trump opposed the order as political interference and a violation of his First Amendment right to speech in the 2024 presidential campaign. Read more |
Arizona tribe protests decision not to prosecute Border Patrol agents who fatally shot Raymond Mattia |
Federal prosecutors won't file charges against U.S. Border Patrol agents who shot and killed a member of the Tohono O'odham Nation just steps outside his home earlier this year, sparking outrage from the tribe who called the decision "a travesty of justice." Three Border Patrol agents shot Raymond Mattia nine times on May 18 after he lobbed a sheathed machete in front of a Tohono O'odham Nation Police Department officer. Body-camera footage released in June revealed that the agents who fatally shot Mattia were concerned he may have been carrying a firearm but none had been found. Read more | People gather outside of the Ajo Border Patrol Station to protest the fatal Border Patrol shooting of Raymond Mattia, a Tohono O'odham Nation member who was killed on May 18, 2023, near Ajo, Arizona. Joe Rondone/The Republic |
Sunday Night Football highlights: Bills survive for late win against Giants |
The Buffalo Bills came alive late in the game and the defense held on for a win against the injury-riddled New York Giants, 14-9. The Giants led — and even shut out the Bills — for the first three quarters inside Highmark Stadium, but the offensive power of Buffalo finally woke up in the fourth quarter with back-to-back touchdown scores while the defense kept New York away from the end zone for the entirety of the game. Read our full recap of the game. | Buffalo Bills tight end Quintin Morris (85) celebrates after his touchdown. Jeffrey T. Barnes, AP |
Photo of the day: What did Saturday's solar eclipse look like? |
Some of the U.S. got to see a "ring of fire" eclipse Saturday, caused by the moon blocking the sun. The rest of us, well, we get to see the photos. | People gather to check out the annular eclipse of the sun during a watch party at the Fleischmann Planetarium in Reno on Oct. 14, 2023. Jason Bean / Reno Gazette Journal |
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