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Israel's defense minister told ground troops yesterday to "be ready" to invade northern Gaza, but it's not clear when they might. Under an agreement with President Joe Biden, the military was set to allow some trucks with food, water and medical supplies into the besieged territory. Egypt has pushed, so far unsuccessfully, to allow in fuel for generators to power healthcare facilities. 

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tells troops Israel will "destroy" Hamas.

(Photo by Israeli Defense Ministry/Ariel Hermoni /Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

In an Oval Office address last night, President Biden said he would request more Funding for wars in Israel and Ukraine. His national security funding request will reportedly total $105 billion, including $60 billion for Ukraine, $14 billion for Israel, $14 billion for the U.S.-Mexico border and $10 billion for unspecified humanitarian efforts. For any of that funding to be approved, the House will need first to select a speaker.

Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office on Thursday.

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Rep. Jim Jordan will try for a third time to become House speaker when the House convenes today, but the far-right Judiciary Committee chair is expected to get even fewer votes as more moderate Republicans revolt against harassment, and even death threats, they've received for not backing him. 

Army Pvt. Travis King, who ran across the North Korean border this summer after an assault conviction in South Korea, faces military charges of desertion and possessing sexual images of a child. The maximum sentence for desertion is three years. King was released by North Korea in September after being held there for about two months.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said inflation isn't falling fast enough and hinted that the central bank could extend interest rate increases until the economy cools down. Inflation has fallen from a peak of 7% in June 2022 to 3.5% last month, but the Fed's official goal rate is 2%.

We know he didn't say, "Not enough of you are unemployed," but it sort of feels that way.

Lawyer Sidney Powell, who helped former President Donald Trump try to overturn the 2020 election results, pleaded guilty in Georgia to six misdemeanor charges of conspiracy for interfering in the state's 2020 presidential election. In exchange for reduced charges and a probation sentence, Powell agreed to testify against co-defendants, who include Trump and lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

Second thoughts: Powell watching Giuliani speak on Nov. 19, 2020.

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Russia detained a Russian-American journalist and accused her of being an unregistered "foreign agent." Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, is the second American journalist arrested by Russia this year after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershvokich, who awaits trial on espionage charges.

Atlanta-based Ameris Bank agreed to a $9 million settlement over Justice Department claims that its mortgage lending in Jacksonville, Fla., purposefully excluded Black and Latino communities, known as redlining. Most of Ameris' settlement funding will be put into a loan subsidy fund for potential Black and Hispanic mortgage borrowers.

Last year, more than 70,000 people in the U.S. were scammed out of more than $1 billion because people preyed on their desire for love and connection. Our correspondent spoke to a man who gave up scamming when he saw the devastation he was inflicting. Now he works to stop people from victimizing the people he once did. 

This clip is exactly what it sounds like, and it looks really cool. Sam Raimondi, aka the DIY Huntress, said the quick project takes just two tools you already have and is impossible to mess up.

We have screwed up elementary school crafts — as adults — but this one looks manageable even for us.

On this second-to-last Friday before Halloween, we recommend — in order of increasing spookiness — a new take on the Russian musical fairy tale Peter & The Wolf, Disney's Goosebumps revamp, and a 100% scares-the-pants-off-you horror film. If you want to watch something cute instead, check out a second season of toddlers running errands in Japan in Old Enough!

From the classic 1995 series.

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One thing we love: Hitting a Broadway show with friends.

One thing we hate: Planning an outdoor party for months — only to have it postponed by yet another rainy weekend.

One thing we ate: Kumamoto-style ramen with pork slices and soft-boiled eggs.

Found a blemish only I could see and picked at it until it became my whole face.

—@ihatejoelkim

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