Biden backs Israel and says hospital blast in Gaza 'appears as though it was done by the other team'

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President Joe Biden is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport, in Tel Aviv, on October 18, 2023.

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Biden's wartime visit to Israel got more complicated in 2 key ways before he even landed

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President Joe Biden boards Air Force One for a trip to Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
President Joe Biden boards Air Force One for a trip to Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

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Grimes says Taylor Swift could unite the US if she were president, even though it's 'probably exceptionally unadvisable'

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Grimes (left) and Taylor Swift (right).
Grimes (left) and Taylor Swift (right).

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More than 14,000 licensed childcare centers in the US are behind on state-mandated inspections

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Toys and watering cans lie ready in a box on the grounds of a daycare center.

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Trump and NY AG Letitia James are fighting hard over one short but incriminating quote from his NY fraud trial

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Donald Trump at his civil fraud trial in Manhattan on Tuesday.
Donald Trump at his civil fraud trial in Manhattan on Tuesday.

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Netanyahu deleted a post on X about a struggle against 'children of darkness' around the time of a tragic hospital explosion in Gaza

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, July 24, 2016.

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Photos show the chaos of Jim Jordan's first attempt at becoming speaker of the House

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Ahead of the first vote, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy cackles as Rep. Jim Jordan speaks with an aide.
Ahead of the first vote, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy cackles as Rep. Jim Jordan speaks with an aide.

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Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib denounces Biden for 'your war' after a hospital in Gaza was struck

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.

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We toured the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, which can house 75 aircraft (but doesn't have urinals)

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The flight deck of the USS Gerald R. Ford.

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20 Republicans oppose Jim Jordan for speaker, sinking his chances on the first ballot

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Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio (center) failed to win enough support to become speaker of the House on the first ballot. Republican Reps. Don Bacon of Nebraska (left) and Kay Granger of Texas both opposed him on the first ballot.

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