News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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The United States government will evacuate its nationals from Israel to Cyprus by sea, the US Embassy in Israel said. https://t.co/BNAjD23Vjm pic.twitter.com/IMIIfbEVv5
— CNN (@CNN) October 15, 2023
Majority Leader Schumer and a bipartisan group of senators have met with Israeli President Herzog in Tel Aviv, just over a week after Hamas launched an attack on the country. https://t.co/y1LZEWVV4s
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 15, 2023
Schumer rushed to shelter from rockets in Tel Aviv https://t.co/4DGsihDPmZ pic.twitter.com/DfVvGyY55T
— The Hill (@thehill) October 15, 2023
The Israeli military said it would continue to allow Gazans to evacuate south as its troops prepared for a ground assault on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in retaliation for unprecedented attacks https://t.co/lyg6W2h2FT pic.twitter.com/IJeno877Xj
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 15, 2023
JUST IN: "Israelis are bombing the crap out of Gaza": CNN's @jaketapper presses National Security Adviser to the US Jake Sullivan about US efforts to free American hostages taken by Hamas in Gaza. @CNNSotu #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/9jk9D0UrFh
— CNN (@CNN) October 15, 2023
.@RepMikeTurner says Jim Jordan is "working" to get votes to become House speaker, and defends Jordan against accusations that he turned a blind eye to sexual assault at Ohio State University and that he had knowledge of Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election. pic.twitter.com/BRIZHaOJbx
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) October 15, 2023
Nikki Haley, former UN ambassador and a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, said Sunday the GOP needs "to get it together" to figure out who will be the next Speaker of the House. https://t.co/ciQICYZB5v
— Axios (@axios) October 15, 2023
Pres. Biden and the DNC raised more than $71 million for his reelection campaign from July through September — a strong indication that party donors remain united behind him going into a 2024 race. https://t.co/DfjbdkpzYR pic.twitter.com/kom9HZEm7R
— ABC News (@ABC) October 15, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: Former Vice President Mike Pence’s 2024 campaign is facing a potentially existential cash squeeze, with debt already piling up on the balance sheet. https://t.co/t5dRF8u78T
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 15, 2023
Boebert spent campaign cash at Beetlejuice boyfriend’s bar https://t.co/Xul6dNFhab
— POLITICO (@politico) October 15, 2023
Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump, has won the Louisiana governor's race.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 15, 2023
The win is a major victory for the GOP as they reclaim the governor's mansion in Louisiana for the first time in eight years. https://t.co/taLCFyAcG4
NASA reveals that "the building blocks of life on Earth" may have been found in an asteroid sample collected from space. https://t.co/2LZM3MfaiP
— ABC News (@ABC) October 15, 2023
