President Joe Biden heads to the Middle East; Jim Jordan fails to achieve enough votes for house speakership – Tuesday, October 17, 2023

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• President Joe Biden’s efforts to tamp down tensions in the escalating war between Israel and Hamas faced a massive setbacks before he even departed for the Middle East when an explosion in a Gaza hospital killed hundreds of Palestinians — in response to the explosion, representatives from Jordan and Palestine cancelled their scheduled meetings with Biden, who will now only visit Israel.
• Republicans reject Rep. Jim Jordan for House Speaker on a first ballot.
• A former candidate for governor in Michigan sentenced for his role in the Capitol riot.
• California Senator Alex Padilla announces Bipartisan Mental Health Caucus.
• California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a warning to more than 150 food packaging and cookware manufacturers, distributors, and sellers, reminding them of their obligations under recently enacted state legislation banning toxic PFAS chemicals from many food packaging products and cookware in the state.

A tally sheet is recorded as Republicans try to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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