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Nation & World

Published
October 13, 2023

Native Mainer leads Jerusalem Post’s wartime coverage

David Brinn, who grew up in Portland, is the managing editor of Israel's largest English-language daily newspaper.
Published
October 13, 2023

Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally’s reach

Electing Jordan, a founding member of the Freedom Caucus, to the powerful position second in line to the presidency would move the Republican’s far right into a central seat of U.S. power.
Published
October 13, 2023

Judge orders Texas county where Juneteenth began to redraw maps after voting rights challenge

The decision by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Trump appointee, adds to victories voting rights groups have notched in the South this year over maps that Black voters say dilute their political power.
Published
October 13, 2023

U.S. officials bolster support for Israel as potential ground offensive in Gaza looms

The visits to the Middle East by Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken came as Israel escalated its war against Hamas militants in response to their shocking and brutal rampage last weekend.
Published
October 13, 2023

Abortion workers, crushed by restrictions and buoyed by labor movement, are unionizing

At least 8 reproductive health-care groups have organized since the Supreme Court overturned Roe.

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Published
October 13, 2023

French authorities link a school stabbing that killed a teacher to Islamic extremism

Authorities say a man of Chechen origin who was under surveillance by the French security services over suspected Islamic radicalization stabbed a teacher to death at his former high school in northern France.
Published
October 13, 2023

House Republicans in chaos after ousting McCarthy and rejecting Scalise. What’s next?

The U.S. House has been without a leader for more than a week, as majority Republicans threw out Speaker Kevin McCarthy and refused to rally around his No. 2, Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise.
Published
October 13, 2023

Some want to grant temporary House speaker more power as gridlock stalls Congress

Rep. Patrick McHenry is presiding over the House as speaker pro tempore following the unprecedented ouster of Kevin McCarthy.
Published
October 13, 2023

Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as ground attack looms

The evacuation order sparked widespread panic among civilians and aid workers already running from Israeli airstrikes and contending with a total siege and a territory-wide blackout.
Published
October 12, 2023

The morgue at Gaza’s biggest hospital is overflowing as Israeli attacks intensify

The morgue at Shifa Hospital can only handle some 30 bodies at a time, and workers had to stack corpses outside the walk-in cooler and put dozens more in the parking lot.