The House gaveled in and gaveled out without a vote for speaker on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 12. Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., doesn’t have the 217 votes he needs to be officially elected as speaker on the House floor.  Scalise won the nomination in a simple majority vote amongst Republicans Wednesday, Oct. 11. There are…

On Saturday, Oct. 7, Hamas militants attacked Israel, launching missiles, killing hundreds of soldiers and civilians, and taking hostages. Later that day, Israel launched a counterattack on Gaza. Since then, attacks have continued from both sides. As of Thursday morning, Oct. 12, according to Israeli and U.S. sources, Hamas’ surprise attack in Israel has killed…

In the wake of the U.S.-China trade war and the Covid-19 pandemic, low-cost manufacturing is shifting from China to countries like India, Vietnam, and Mexico. Thanks to significant new factories and investments, Mexico is now a major trading partner for U.S. companies like Tesla, GM, and Kia. But can Mexico fully capitalize on this opportunity?…

United Auto Workers expanded its ongoing strike against Detroit’s Big Three automakers on Wednesday, Oct. 11, as 8,700 employees walked out of Ford’s largest and most profitable plant. The move effectively shut down the Kentucky plant where Ford’s F-series pickup trucks and Ford and Lincoln SUVs are produced. According to the UAW, the move, called…

Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., has secured the Republican nomination for House speaker after a secret ballot vote on Wednesday, Oct. 11. Scalise edged out his opponent, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in a 113-99 vote win. This closed-door vote does not, however, mark the end of the search for a new House…

Israel, forming an emergency war-time government, continues its strikes against Hamas in Gaza as the U.S. works to bring American hostages back home. And auto workers take their strike to Ford’s largest plant in the world – these stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Israel continues airstrikes against Hamas;…

The first shipment of U.S. aid has arrived in the east Mediterranean Sea. The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group, with its accompanying ships and fighter jets, was already operating in the Mediterranean Sea when President Joe Biden ordered the strike group to the Middle East to help deter other countries or groups, particularly…

The United States Supreme Court is hearing from South Carolina officials Wednesday, Oct. 11, as they defend a congressional district map drawn by Republicans. The map was blocked by a panel of three federal judges who said the state unconstitutionally moved Black voters from one district to another. In the ruling, the panel said that…

A website called PimEyes allows users to reverse image search for faces, raising privacy concerns about this use of facial recognition technology. The website crawls the public web and indexes publicly accessible photos. PimEyes users can upload a photo of someone and the website will search for other photos of that person online, along with…

There’s a bipartisan proposal in the House of Representatives, co-sponsored by more than 15 lawmakers, to give Israel an extra $2 billion for its Iron Dome defense system. The co-sponsors include Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., who also wrote a letter to President Biden urging him to use all available resources to evacuate Americans from Israel. …