YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP | | | | The U.S. works to get as many aid trucks approved to enter Gaza as possible. | | | |
President Joe Biden is expected to ask Congress for combined additional support for Israel and Ukraine, one day after he secured an agreement with Israel to allow limited humanitarian aid into Gaza. Also in the news: Republican Jim Jordan isn't giving up the fight for House speaker and inside efforts to enshrine marriage equality in Ohio law. | | | |
Now here are the headlines to know Thursday. |
Biden: Up to 20 trucks of aid to go into Gaza starting Friday |
Humanitarian assistance, along with $100 million in new U.S. funding for Gaza and the West Bank announced by President Joe Biden, could provide a critical lifeline to Palestinians in the besieged territory where water, food, fuel and medicine are in desperate need. |
In his visit to wartime Israel on Wednesday, Biden affirmed U.S. support for the nation, negotiated the aid agreement and issued a plea for Israelis not to allow rage over the deadly Hamas attack to consume them. |
| • | ''I came to get something done, I got it done'': Egypt has agreed to allow up to 20 trucks of humanitarian aid to travel through its crossing to Gaza. Aid may not reach Gaza until Friday, Biden said. The roads must be patched first, and that work will begin Thursday. | | • | U.S. voters are worried about the conflict expanding: New polling shows about three-quarters of voters believe supporting Israel is in the U.S.'s national interest, but 85% are at least somewhat concerned the current conflict may escalate. | | • | Meanwhile, United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council draft resolution Wednesday that called for a "humanitarian pause" in Gaza. The failed resolution came the same day hundreds of demonstrators gathered in a Congressional office building, demanding a ceasefire and an end to the war. | | Demonstrators sit inside the Canon House office building calling on Congress for an immediate ceasefire and for humanitarian assistance to be allowed to enter Gaza, during a rally on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Washington. Jose Luis Magana, AP |
Jim Jordan wants to try for speaker — again |
The House remains frozen after lawmakers again failed to elect a new speaker, with no clear resolution in sight. Though Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, continues to face stiff opposition, he intends to go through a third speaker ballot, slated for Thursday at noon. Republicans nominated Jordan for the speakership Tuesday on the House floor, but the Ohio Republican failed to garner the near-unanimous support – 217 votes – he needed to become speaker. And the scene played out again Wednesday, as Jordan failed a second floor vote with holdouts standing their ground. Read more | Temporary House leader Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., talks with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as Republicans try to elect Jordan in a second ballot to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Alex Brandon, AP |
Inside the Ohio push to protect interracial, same-sex marriages |
Ohio Democrats and LGBTQ advocates are pushing for legislation to enshrine the right to same-sex and interracial marriage amid concerns about future U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Ohio's same-sex marriage bans aren't in effect. But House Democrats fear that could change any time after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. With that in mind, they unveiled plans Tuesday for legislation that would codify protections in Obergefell and Loving v. Virginia, which established the right to interracial marriage. Read more |
Joran van der Sloot confesses to 2005 murder of Natalee Holloway |
Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the unsolved disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in 2005, has confessed to killing her and disposing of her remains before trying to extort the girl's grieving family, court documents state. The initial revelation came via U.S. Judge Anna Manasco Wednesday during a sentencing hearing in U.S. federal court where van der Sloot, 36, agreed to plead guilty to charges accusing him of extortion and wire fraud. Read more |
Defendant in Tupac Shakur killing case will enter plea |
The Southern California street gang leader charged in the fatal shooting of Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas will make a court appearance Thursday. Duane "Keffe D" Davis' faces accusations he orchestrated the drive-by killing of the rap music icon. Davis won't immediately enter a plea. In recent years Davis has publicly described his role in Shakur's death, including in interviews and a 2019 tell-all memoir that described his life as a leader of a Crips gang sect in Compton. Davis is the only living person among four men who were in the car from which shots were fired at Shakur and rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight, and his indictment made him the first person ever arrested in Shakur's death. Read more | Duane "Keffe D" Davis is led into the courtroom at the Regional Justice Center on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in Las Vegas. Davis has been charged in the 1996 fatal drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur. Bizuayehu Tesfaye, AP |
Photo of the day: Houston Astros awaken in 8-5 ALCS Game 3 conquest |
The Texas Rangers' Max Scherzer first appearance in five weeks due to a shoulder strain was a bust, as he was peppered for five runs in four innings and the Astros went on to an 8-5 victory in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series. Read more | Houston Astros' Jose Altuve, left, celebrates after hitting a home run as Texas Rangers catcher Jonah Heim kneels behind home plate during the third inning in Game 3 of the baseball American League Championship Series Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Arlington, Texas. Godofredo A. Vasquez, AP |
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