Even the experts who study Congress don't know how this House speakership drama will end

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A visitor takes a photo of the sign above former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office suite.
Despite former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's historic ouster, the sign is still up as the House searches for a new leader.

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Exxon's $60 billion bet on fossil fuels proves we're failing at the energy transition

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ExxonMobil plans to acquire a major shale producer for $60 billion, entrenching its future in oil and gas for decades.

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We've been posting our way through the Israel-Hamas war. But should we be?

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Israeli forces extracting dead bodies of Israeli residents from a destroyed house as fighting between Israeli troops and Islamist Hamas militants continues.
10 October 2023, Israel, Kfar Aza: Israeli forces extracting dead bodies of Israeli residents from a destroyed house as fighting between Israeli troops and Islamist Hamas militants continues.

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Putin says he can be a peacemaker in Israel — but he has far more to gain from prolonging the war

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Pictures of the Russian flag and Russia's President Vladimir Putin are seen at a petrol station in the city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank on October 8, 2022.

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Teens love Starbucks for these 4 reasons

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A guest wears gold large earrings, a gold large chain necklace, a white cropped t-shirt with yellow large fluffy fringes long sleeves, a dark green sleeveless puffer jacket, a high waist felt midi tube skirt, an orange suede and brown leather handbag, outside Louis Vuitton, during Paris Fashion Week January 2022
A Piper Sandler analyst said that Starbucks' brand equity was "relevant social currency."

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Congress is in shambles and failing America when it needs it to function most

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Caution tape blows in the wind on the east front plaza of the U.S. Capitol Building on September 27, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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Israel vowed to blaze through Gaza and destroy Hamas — a task it may find impossible

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Palestinian Hamas militants during a military show in the Bani Suheila district on July 20, 2017 in Gaza.

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Israel's military is vastly more powerful than Hamas, but invading Gaza to root it out would still be a nasty fight

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An Israeli tank drives toward the Israeli southern border with the Gaza Strip on October 9, 2023 near Sderot, Israel.
An Israeli tank drives toward the Israeli southern border with the Gaza Strip on October 9, 2023 near Sderot, Israel.

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Israel could eventually divide the left — while Ukraine divides the right

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington and other House progressives on the Capitol steps on May 31, 2023.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington and other House progressives on the Capitol steps on May 31, 2023.

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GOP legislators and pundits shamed Biden for calling an early 'lid' on Monday as fighting rages in the Middle East, but Biden was meeting with world leaders

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the September jobs report at the White House on October 06, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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