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It's Monday, May 13th, 2024.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your top Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, Israel and FAA dominate the Hill agenda.

Happy Monday.

Both the House and the Senate are out today, but come back to town on Tuesday.

This week, the crisis in Gaza, and present Joe Biden's handling of the war between Israel and Hamas will dominate Capitol Hill.

The FAA bill on House Republicans' Police Week agenda will also attract attention as well.

Hill Republicans are oppressing Biden and senior administration officials over the president's refusal to provide Israel with heavy bombs, while Israeli forces continue their assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafa.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are fleeing the Israeli offensive.

Republicans are accusing Biden of, quote, cutting off or abandoning Israel in the middle of the war.

But to be clear, Israel continues to receive huge shipments of American-made weapons.

Yet this is the most serious strain in U.S.-Israeli relations in decades, and Republicans are

exploiting it in an attempt to put Biden and Democratic congressional leaders

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