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A year in congressional chaos: The craziest moments from 2023

From falsely activated fire alarms to lunging lawmakers and criminal indictments, here are the moments that defined 2023 in Congress. Ariana Baio reports

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Allegations of Russian blackmail rock Republican congressmen's integrity

Congressman Tim Burchett of Tennessee raises eyebrows as he discusses alleged Russian blackmail involving hookers and drugs among Republican members. Dive ...

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McCarthy limps towards possible exit from Congress after year of bruising speakership

Ex-speaker appeared to be caught by surprise when Republican holdouts joined Democrats to fire him

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McCarthy says Gaetz ‘belongs in jail’ in latest spat between Republican enemies

Mr McCarthy may be considering resigning from Congress, according to a recent report

The Independent UK

Another Republican accuses McCarthy of violence after elbow incident

‘Wham! I get shoulder-checked,’ former Illinois congressman Adam Kinzinger said

The Independent UK

Kimmel on Trump echoing Nazis: ‘He’s coming up with it all on his own’

Late-night hosts discuss Joe Biden’s meeting with Xi Jinping, literal fighting in Congress and Donald Trump echoing Nazi terminology in his speeches

The Guardian - US

Can Biden give us hope in dark times?

As we head into yet another Trump-Biden race in 2024, America is fueled by seething anger. Can we escape?

Salon

Teachers deserve higher tax deduction for out-of-pocket classroom expenses

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, a Democrat, and Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett have introduced legislation to increase the amount educators can deduct from $250 to $1,000.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blame Trump for Republican taunts, smackdowns and fights in Congress

Donald Trump ushered in a new kind of ugliness in the GOP. It’s worse than embarrassing, the direct result of a morally bankrupt president and the complicit and power-hungry political party that fed his ego.

Chicago Sun-Times

GOP rep hints Nancy Mace has dirt on Kevin McCarthy after elbow saga

Nancy Mace ‘could come back with some stuff that he doesn’t want out there in the public,’ Newsmax host Rob Finnerty chimed in with Tim Burchett

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Salon

GOP's institutional tantrum gets violent

It's hard to see how this ends well — for any of us

The Independent UK

Jimmy Kimmel renames Capitol live-stream ‘UFC-SPAN’ after GOP fights

Jimmy Kimmel joked the Republican party had turned into ‘UFC-SPAN all of a sudden’

Salon

Republican chases McCarthy over "elbow"

Rep. Tim Burchett, who voted to oust the former speaker, accused McCarthy of elbowing him in the kidneys in hallway

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GOP rifts boil over in exchange between Reps. McCarthy and Burchett

Tensions among House Republicans boiled over in a physical altercation between former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Tim Burchett, one of the members who voted to oust McCarthy from the job.

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Ethics complaint filed against former speaker after hallway altercation - Roll Call

A hallway incident between Republican Reps. Kevin McCarthy and Tim Burchett is now an issue for the House Ethics Committee to tackle.

The Guardian - US

‘A bully’: McCarthy accused of shoving Republican who helped oust him

Tim Burchett calls former speaker ‘pathetic’ after Capitol confrontation witnessed by NPR reporter Claudia Grisales

The Independent UK

Gaetz files ethics complaint against McCarthy for ‘elbowing’ GOP rep

‘It still hurts because it was a shot to the kidneys,’ Rep Tim Burchett says after alleged altercation with former speaker

Roll Call

Hill gets heated, with a ‘shot to the kidneys’ and ‘stand your butt up’

Tim Burchett accuses former Speaker Kevin McCarthy of elbowing him from behind, while Markwayne Mullin nearly brawls with a union boss.

WEKU

Speaker Johnson navigates 'mission impossible' to avoid shutdown, without clear plan

Congress has a week to avoid a government shutdown. But the new speaker is facing familiar GOP divisions trying to pass his party's own spending bills and still hasn't decided on a short term bill.

The Independent UK

Pentagon launches new tool to report UFO sightings

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office is reportedly considering a version of the tool that allows for civilians to report their sightings

The Guardian - US

‘This war is prophetically significant’: why US evangelical Christians support Israel

One strand of evangelical theology holds that the return of Jews to the region starts the clock ticking on a seven-year armageddon, after which Jesus Christ will return

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