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On Friday’s Front Page: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise surprised rank-and-file Republicans by dropping out of the speaker’s race, Israel’s military has ramped up its promised campaign of retaliation against Hamas, and more.
Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s path to the House speaker’s chair hit a brick wall Thursday, and he surprised rank-and-file Republicans by dropping out of contention after roughly 20 conservatives refused to support him.Read more HERE Israel’s military on Thursday ramped up its promised campaign of retaliation for last weekend’s murderous rampage by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, leveling entire neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip, massing troops for a possible ground operation against the Hamas stronghold, and vowing that a punishing blockage of the densely populated Palestinian enclave would continue until the 100-plus Israeli and foreign hostages are freed.Read more HERE The U.S.-led push to normalize relations between Israel and major Arab nations — started by President Trump’s Abraham Accords in 2020 and cautiously pursued by President Biden — has been thrown into confusion by the surging clash between Israel and Hamas.Read more HERE Ski masks are undergoing a rebrand, and criminals couldn’t be happier.Read more HERE
Homicides, carjackings and robberies have increased sharply in the District this year, but federal data for fiscal 2022 shows that D.C. prosecutors refused to try two-thirds of the cases brought to them.Read more HERE The gap between what Americans owe the government and what they actually pay is large and growing, the IRS said Thursday, estimating the “tax gap” for 2021 at more than $600 billion.Read more HERE
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