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3:40 PM ET, January 4, 2023

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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Speaker Fight Reveals a Divided and Disoriented House Majority  —  In failing to coalesce around Kevin McCarthy for speaker, Republicans showcased divisions that portend real difficulties in governing.  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday began their new majority rule with a chaotic …
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Houston Keene / Fox News:
Matt Gaetz responds after Trump urges support for McCarthy: ‘Sad!’  —  Gaetz says Trump's endorsement of embattled Republican ‘change neither my view of McCarthy nor Trump nor my vote.’  —  Newt Gingrich rips Republican holdouts as ‘blackmailers’: 'Don't know what their endgame is'
Fox News:
McCarthy loses House speakership in 4th round, splitting votes with Jeffries, Donalds  —  House Freedom Caucus nominated Rep. Byron Donalds  —  The House voted to elect a speaker three times Tuesday after McCarthy repeatedly failed to secure enough support to win a majority of members present.
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez on conversations with Gosar, Gaetz: ‘In chaos, anything is possible’  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday said, “In chaos, anything is possible,” after she was seen in floor conversations with GOP Reps. Paul Gosar (Ariz.) and Matt Gaetz (Fla.) during the vote for House Speaker.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The humiliation of Kevin McCarthy  —  Post-policy Republicans prefer posturing and tormenting each other to governing.  —  Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy went down to humiliating defeat in his bid to take the speaker's gavel Tuesday.  Not satisfied with that, he then went down to humiliating defeat again.
Discussion: ABC News and Newsbusters
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Trump calls for all Republicans to back McCarthy for Speaker  —  Former President Trump called on House Republicans to unite behind House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) for the Speakership, announcing early Wednesday that he is standing by McCarthy despite opposition from some hard-line members of the party.
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
What the Speaker Fight Says about the Republican Party  —  On the menu today: The fight over whether Kevin McCarthy becomes the next speaker of the House continues, and after three failed votes yesterday, his prospects don't look great.  The notion that 19 or 20 Republicans could force …
Tal Kopan / The Boston Globe:
'There isn't any House': Speaker drama ripples throughout basic congressional function  —  WASHINGTON—As the second day of the 118th Congress dawned Wednesday, one chamber technically had no members.  —  “There isn't any House,” said California Democratic Representative Anna Eshoo, who has served since 1993.
Wall Street Journal:
The GOP's Chaos Caucus Returns  —  A rump faction blocks McCarthy's Speaker bid, and for what?  —  By The Editorial Board  —  WSJ Opinion: Congress Is Now Officially Divided  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  1x  —  House Republicans say they want to drain …
John F. Harris / Politico:
After Another Failed Vote, McCarthy's Speaker Bid Is Starting to Look Pathetic
Discussion: Mediaite
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Biden: GOP speaker drama ‘embarrassing’ and ‘not my problem’
Punchbowl News:
1/4/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM
Discussion: CNN and Breitbart
Tara Palmeri / Puck:
We Need to Talk About Kevin
New York Times:
How Far Right Are the 20 Republicans Who Voted Against McCarthy
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump warns lawmakers opposing McCarthy for speaker are playing a ‘dangerous game,’ the deal must get done
Discussion: The Hill and UPI
NBC News:
Live updates: McCarthy's bid for House speaker enters second day after failed votes
Discussion: 77 WABC and The Daily Signal
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Behind the Humiliation of Kevin McCarthy
Matt Bai / Washington Post:
McCarthy is the last of three little pigs. He'd best start packing.
Discussion: Raw Story
Erin Doherty / Axios:
What happens if there's no House speaker
Washington Post:
George Santos had an awkward first day at the office  —  The New York Republican, accused of fabricating details of his biography, got a taste of scrutiny that comes with his new job  —  On Tuesday, looking very much like a freshman at a prep school in hell, congressman-elect George Santos wore …
Discussion: Insider and The Daily Beast
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Michelangelo Signorile / The Signorile Report:
How we dodged a bullet with the exposé of George Santos
Discussion: The Guardian
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Considers Visit to U.S.-Mexico Border  —  The White House weighs adding a long-debated border visit to the president's planned Mexico City summit trip  —  Migrants in Border Cities Weigh Options After Title 42 Ruling  —  Created with sketchtool. … 1x
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
FBI Washington Field Office, ATF Washington Field Division, and Metropolitan Police Department Raise Reward for Information About Capitol Hill Pipe Bomber to $500,000 … “For two years, a dedicated team of FBI agents, analysts, and law enforcement partners have been tirelessly reviewing evidence …
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Sky Palma / Raw Story:
Joy Behar compared House Republicans to cannibalistic turtles - and conservatives are furious  —  On The View this Wednesday, host Joy Behar slammed Congressional Republicans over their inability to unify the vote for House Speaker, calling them “turtles in an aquarium” who eat their own.
Morgan Trau / Ohio Capital Journal:
‘Moderate’ Republican Jason Stephens snatches Ohio House Speaker position in surprise upset  —  Moderately conservative Republican Jason Stephens, with the help of the Democratic Party, snatched the coveted Ohio House Speaker job Tuesday from a far-right lawmaker who was already elected speaker in a non-official party vote.
Jack Stripling / Washington Post:
Fla. surgeon general used ‘flawed’ vaccine science, faculty peers say  —  But the University of Florida declined to discipline Joseph A. Ladapo, who is a tenured professor of medicine there  —  Joseph A. Ladapo, a professor of medicine at the University of Florida and the state's surgeon general …
Discussion: Florida Politics
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Abortion Pills Can Now Be Offered at Retail Pharmacies, F.D.A. Says  —  Mifepristone, the first of two drugs in medication abortions, previously had to be dispensed only by clinics, doctors or a few mail-order pharmacies.  Now, if local drugstores or chains like CVS agree to certain rules, they can provide it.
Pavel Polityuk / Reuters:
Ukraine says Russia plans new mobilisation to ‘turn tide of war’  —  Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia was planning to call up more troops for a major new offensive, even as Moscow was facing some of its biggest internal criticism of the war over a strike that killed scores of fresh conscripts.
Lee Drutman / Undercurrent Events:
GOP learns the hard way: Turning the base up too high blows out your Speaker  —  Plus, my take on Independent Sinema, and: why do we all feel like political losers these days?  —  Hello, and Happy New Year.  It's 2023, and the Republican Party is in disarray.
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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Philip Klein / National Review:
Chaotic House Speaker Race Makes Debt-Ceiling Breach More Likely
Discussion: Vox, HuffPost and New York Post
Emma Pettit / Chronicle of Higher Education:
A Florida University Is Quickly Assembling a List of Courses on Diversity. Why? DeSantis Asked.
Discussion: Florida Politics
Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
Pete Buttigieg brought husband Chasten on military aircraft to attend sporting event in Netherlands
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Florida Sen. Rick Scott urges Senate Republicans ‘to be bold... stop caving in,’ in new nationwide ad blitz
Bruce Golding / New York Post:
Dem Rep. Adam Schiff wanted journalist Paul Sperry's account suspended over reporting on Trump whistleblower, Twitter Files reveals
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
On official tours of the U.S. Capitol, there is no mention of Jan. 6
 Earlier Items: 
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
No, Congress Doesn't Need More ‘Independents’ Like Sinema
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
New Congresswoman Fights Rival Over Witchcraft Accusation
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
Ryan Dezember / Wall Street Journal:
Natural-Gas Prices Plunge as Unseasonably Warm Weather Is Forecast
Discussion: UPI, KUSI-TV and Times of San Diego
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump's offensive against Ruby Freeman reaches an ugly new level
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi Health Care Faces ‘Looming Disaster,’ Medical Group Warns Lawmakers
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