Reuters US Domestic News Summary

28 shooting of Jacob Johns, 42, of Spokane, Washington, who remains in critical condition in an Albuquerque, New Mexico hospital. US Republican speaker nominee Jordan known as Ukraine aid skeptic U.S. Representative Jim Jordan, who won the Republican nomination to lead the House of Representatives on Friday, has voted against most aid to Ukraine as it fights a Russian invasion and told reporters he would object to further aid if he became speaker.

Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs.

House lawmakers urge US airlines to quickly resume flights to Israel

More than 30 U.S. lawmakers on Friday urged the chief executives of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines to resume flights to Israel "as soon as possible." The three U.S. carriers have all suspended flights to Israel citing security concerns.

Jim Jordan, longtime critic of top US House Republicans, grasps at gavel

Republican Jim Jordan, founder of a hardline U.S. House caucus that a former Republican speaker derided as "legislative terrorists," on Friday was nominated by his party to take the top spot, testing whether a longtime critic can lead the restive caucus. Jordan, 59, was nominated for the role - second in line to the U.S. presidency after the vice president - after eight House Republicans, with the support of Democrats, voted his predecessor Kevin McCarthy out of leadership in a historic first and heir-apparent Steve Scalise dropped his bid.

Idaho bill restricting trans students' restroom use can take effect -judge

A federal judge has allowed an Idaho law requiring public-school students to use the bathroom corresponding to their assigned sex at birth to take effect, while also allowing a challenge to the law by the family of a transgender student to continue. U.S. District Judge David Nye found on Thursday that his court is "not a policy-making body" and must defer to the state's legislature, at least for now. Nye, who was appointed by Republican former President Donald Trump, had in August issued a temporary order blocking the law.

US Nobel-winning poet Louise Gluck dies at 80

Louise Gluck, a renowned poet who won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 2020, has died at age 80, according to media reports in the United States on Friday that cited her editor. Her poetry was known for its candor in exploring family and childhood with "an unmistakable voice" and "austere beauty," the Swedish Academy, which is responsible for selecting the winner of the literature prize, said when awarding her the Nobel.

New Mexico judge rules protest shooter face trial

A New Mexico judge on Friday found probable cause to try a counter protester for attempted murder for shooting a Native American activist at a protest over plans to reinstall the statue of a 16th century Spanish colonial ruler. Ryan Martinez, 23, of Sandia Park, New Mexico, was charged for the Sept. 28 shooting of Jacob Johns, 42, of Spokane, Washington, who remains in critical condition in an Albuquerque, New Mexico hospital.

US Republican speaker nominee Jordan known as Ukraine aid skeptic

U.S. Representative Jim Jordan, who won the Republican nomination to lead the House of Representatives on Friday, has voted against most aid to Ukraine as it fights a Russian invasion and told reporters he would object to further aid if he became speaker. The House has been without a speaker since Oct. 3, when eight Republicans joined Democrats to oust Kevin McCarthy, the first time in U.S. history a speaker has been removed from the position.

US House Republicans nominate Jim Jordan for speaker, testing hardline appeal

Representative Jim Jordan won the Republican nomination to lead the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, but the hardline conservative appeared to be well short of the support he would need to seize the speaker's gavel. Successive closed-door votes left Jordan with the backing of a majority of House Republicans, but still shy of the 217 votes he would need to win the job.

Annular solar eclipse transfixes crowds across the Americas

Thousands of people across the Americas gazed at the heavens on Saturday to witness a rare phenomenon known as an annular solar eclipse, when the moon passes in front of the sun, momentarily producing the appearance of a "ring of fire" in the sky. "It's one of those things you can't miss," said Oscar Lopez, 26, who travelled from Mexico City to the southern Mexican city of Campeche to see the eclipse. "It's amazing. We're really lucky as human beings to be able to experience these things."

U.S. State Dept aware of 29 citizens dead and 15 missing - spokesperson

Twenty-nine citizens of the United States have perished in Hamas attacks in Israel, a U.S. State Department spokesperson confirmed on Saturday. Previously 27 had been confirmed dead amid the violence.

US law enforcement on alert, thousands rally for Palestinian cause in New York City

U.S. law enforcement agencies stepped up security measures on Friday to safeguard Jewish and Muslim communities amid global protests over Israeli-Arab bloodshed in the Middle East, as thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators took to the streets in New York City. Throngs of protesters assembled near Times Square in Manhattan, demanding Palestinian independence and decrying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as his government intensified its strikes on the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the wave of surprise attacks in Israel by Hamas.

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