Liveblog - Weekend Wrap up: May 16, 2021

President Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to urge calm as violence in the region escalates https://t.co/CdsFx39tSO pic.twitter.com/3B1aW8kqlq

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 16, 2021

MIDEAST CONFLICT ESCALATES: Pres. Biden has spoken with Israeli and Palestinian leaders as violence escalates and the death toll grows, with the White House facing growing pressure to intervene. @MaryAliceParks has more. https://t.co/NS38J9dV0g pic.twitter.com/Fb16sNqUJh

— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) May 16, 2021

I had a mask on as I stepped off the Floor. An aide with @mtgreenee yelled at me to take my mask off. No one should be bullied for wearing a mask. So I told the bully what I thought of his order. Predictably, he went speechless. I regret I wasn’t more explicit. https://t.co/o8j0DXWOBm

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) May 14, 2021

‘How many Palestinians have to die for their lives to matter?’ — Rep. Tlaib called out U.S. involvement in Israeli violence during this powerful floor speech pic.twitter.com/ukxD6CJn9G

— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) May 16, 2021

Israel was not targeting media, they were targeting the terrorist organization Hamas that is funded $30M/month by Iran, and has been firing over 1,000 rockets into Israel this past week. @RashidaTlaib do you support Hamas Jihad and Iran funding terrorism?

If so, resign now. https://t.co/V6bKYDJhTE

— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) May 16, 2021

Liz Cheney to Chris Wallace on Trump: "He is a continuing danger to our system. Those millions of people that you mentioned who supported [him] have been misled, they've been betrayed." pic.twitter.com/vdbi4jvxie

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 16, 2021

The #FBI needs you to help identify individuals who incited violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. If you recognize the man in these photos, submit a tip at https://t.co/iL7sD5efWD. Refer to photo 346 in your tip. pic.twitter.com/5BNyQQKXzs

— FBI (@FBI) May 16, 2021

Wow. This is unhinged. I’m literally looking at our voter registration database on my other screen. Right now.

We can’t indulge these insane lies any longer. As a party. As a state. As a country.

This is as readily falsifiable as 2+2=5. If we don’t call this out… pic.twitter.com/5tDy1wsZg6

— Stephen Richer—MaricopaCountyRecorder (prsnl acct) (@stephen_richer) May 15, 2021

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A black cat found some luck this week when it used one of its nine lives to take a chance leaping from a fifth-floor unit that was on fire in Englewood. https://t.co/CXMICzMKXm

— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) May 16, 2021

A look back at Kobe Bryant's Hall of Fame career 🏆

(via @NBA) https://t.co/O3GxGypETP

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 15, 2021

The student reporter who gained national acclaim when he interviewed President Barack Obama at the White House in 2009 has died of natural causes, his family says. https://t.co/d0MoFaO7Oj

— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) May 16, 2021

ROMBAUER HAS WON THE @PreaknessStakes!

Rombauer passed Medina Spirit and Midnight Bourbon in the stretch at @PimlicoRC! pic.twitter.com/sfQmuO1Qjc

— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) May 15, 2021

McKissick defeats pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood to remain South Carolina GOP chair https://t.co/tKGVzoMblj pic.twitter.com/zvraq7Kin9

— The Hill (@thehill) May 16, 2021

TASS is Russia pic.twitter.com/rVXMMKr8Jj

— Badd Company (@BaddCompani) May 16, 2021