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🟡 NEW: Republicans fear Laura Loomer is influencing Donald Trump. “Regardless of any guardrails the Trump campaign has put on her, I don’t think it’s working,” one person close to the campaign said.🟡 NEW: Republicans fear Laura Loomer is influencing Donald Trump. “Regardless of any guardrails the Trump campaign has put on her, I don’t think it’s working,” one person close to the campaign said.

Republicans fear Laura Loomer is influencing Donald Trump
Republicans fear Laura Loomer is influencing Donald Trump

The right-wing “pro-white nationalism” agitator has been appearing alongside the candidate.

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George Santos is on a revenge tour after Republicans lost the seat vacated by his expulsion. “Now go tell the Republicans Base what you f***ing idiots did,” he wrote in a group chat with the entire New York Republican delegation.

George Santos puts former congressional colleagues in group chat to call them ‘f***ing idiots’
George Santos puts former congressional colleagues in group chat to call them ‘f***ing idiots’

The ex-Congressman is gloating after the Republicans who ousted him failed to hold his seat.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he will not agree to a ceasefire in Gaza, saying it would be a “surrender to Hamas” and “to terrorism.”

Netanyahu refuses Gaza ceasefire: 'This is a time for war'
Netanyahu refuses Gaza ceasefire: 'This is a time for war'

The Israeli prime minister has demanded that the international community do more to help free the over 230 hostages abducted by Hamas.

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🟡 SCOOP: President Biden raged against The New York Times in a private White House meeting early last week, after the Times amplified a Hamas claim that an Israeli airstrike was behind the Oct. 17 bombing of a Gaza hospital.

Biden blasted Times’s Gaza coverage
Biden blasted Times’s Gaza coverage

The president said at a private meeting in the White House last week that he thought the New York Times's "irresponsible" reporting could have triggered military escalation in the Middle East.

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Rep. Tom Emmer dropped his bid for the speakership, barely four hours after the Minnesota Republican secured the GOP nomination.

Rep. Tom Emmer drops out of House Speaker race
Rep. Tom Emmer drops out of House Speaker race

It was the quickest exit yet for a Republican seeking the speaker’s gavel, the third in less than a month.

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Attention now turns to whether Republicans can unite behind Emmer on the House floor and deliver a majority to elevate him to speaker.

Republicans nominate Tom Emmer for House speaker
Republicans nominate Tom Emmer for House speaker

The congressman from Minnesota, who is currently the majority whip, emerged victorious after several rounds of votes behind closed doors.

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Israel said it had struck more than 320 targets in Gaza over 24 hours and targeted Hezbollah cells in southern Lebanon, as fears grew over an escalating, multi-front war.

Israel bombards Gaza and targets Hezbollah in south Lebanon
Israel bombards Gaza and targets Hezbollah in south Lebanon

Israel said it had struck more than 320 targets in Gaza over the last 24 hours and targeted Hezbollah cells in south Lebanon.

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🟡 SCOOP: Several well-monied think tanks focusing on artificial intelligence policy have sprung up in D.C. in recent months, with most linked to the billionaire-backed effective altruism movement that has made preventing an AI apocalypse one of its top priorities.

The new think tanks influencing AI policy in Washington
The new think tanks influencing AI policy in Washington

A group of well-funded organizations have sprung up in recent months to convince lawmakers about what they say are serious risks posed by artificial intelligence.

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