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http://youtu.be/HwQdkpNgIOM Hardline conservative Republican Jim Jordan's quest to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives ended on Friday (October 20) as his fellow Republicans revoked their support following a third, failed vote on the House floor, lawmakers said. Jordan told reporters that he had been honored to be a candidate but that the his caucus had informed him that he should drop out of the race. Republicans voted 112-86 to revoke Jordan's nomination in a closed-door meeting. The secret-ballot vote means the chamber will be leaderless and unable to respond to President Joe Biden's request for aid to Ukraine and Israel until next week at the earliest. Support for Jordan's candidacy faded over the course of the week. He received 194 votes in a third round of balloti...

http://youtu.be/hhEWEFYITSk A 17-year-old girl wanted for allegedly shooting five people after being turned away from a Denver bar last month has been arrested more than 900 miles away in California. Officers from the Denver Police Department tracked down Keanna Rosenburgh to a location in the city of Barstow in San Bernardino County Thursday, with assistance from the FBI and local police. Rosenburgh was being held in California on 8 counts of investigation of first-degree attempted homicide, police said in a news update Friday. The mass shooting occurred on September 16 outside country singer Dierks Bentley’s crowded Whiskey Row bar in Denver’s downtown. The shooter, later identified by the police as Rosenburgh, was allegedly angry after being stopped by security guards from entering...

http://youtu.be/ym_82p2PtzY Apple and its CEO Tim Cook have been remarkably quiet when it comes to the Hamas attacks on Israel – and sources speculate it has something to do with China. NY Post Business reporter Lydia Moynihan shares this story. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg condemned the Oct. 7 attacks as “pure evil.” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted he was “heartbroken by the horrific terrorist attacks.” Google CEO Sundar Pichai proclaimed his “stand against antisemitism.” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on X called the attacks on Israel “shocking and painful.” Meanwhile, Cook – who pulled Apple products out of Russia following the Ukraine invasion, posted an open letter on Apple’s website “speaking up on racism” and has told climate skeptics he doesn’t want them to hold Apple shares – has poste...

http://youtu.be/DJNA9oapcDc Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) bowed out of the running to become House speaker Friday after failing on a third ballot, clearing the way for new candidates to take their shot at the gavel next week. NY Post Politics reporter Josh Christenson breaks down this story. The House Judiciary Committee chairman and founding member of the Freedom Caucus struggled to win over moderates in his last bid for the speakership, winning just 194 votes from his colleagues on the House floor before suspending his run hours later. Potential replacements filled the void soon after, with Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and Reps. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) and Jack Bergman (R-Mich.) throwing their hats in the ring. Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.), who lost a conference vote to Jordan last week, ...