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3:55 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.
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.
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 …
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 …
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Biden: GOP speaker drama ‘embarrassing’ and ‘not my problem’  —  President Joe Biden on Wednesday called the fight unfolding in the race for House speaker “embarrassing,” after House Republicans failed to coalesce around one candidate during three separate votes Tuesday.
Eli Okun / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Day Two of speaker votes gets underway
Discussion: HuffPost, Political Wire and Breitbart
Punchbowl News:
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Discussion: Breitbart and CNN
John F. Harris / Politico:
After Another Failed Vote, McCarthy's Speaker Bid Is Starting to Look Pathetic
Discussion: Mediaite
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Florida Sen. Rick Scott urges Senate Republicans ‘to be bold... stop caving in,’ in new nationwide ad blitz
Tara Palmeri / Puck:
We Need to Talk About Kevin
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
New York Times:
How Far Right Are the 20 Republicans Who Voted Against McCarthy
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
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 Signorile Report
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Alexa Schwerha / The Daily Caller:
DeSantis Admin Orders Florida Universities To Provide Information On How They're Pushing Woke Programming  —  Florida colleges and universities are required to submit information detailing how they use state resources to support diversity, equity and inclusion programming …
Discussion: USA Today and The Capitolist
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Emma Pettit / Chronicle of Higher Education:
A Florida University Is Quickly Assembling a List of Courses on Diversity. Why? DeSantis Asked.
Discussion: Florida Politics
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.
 
 
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Philip Klein / National Review:
Chaotic House Speaker Race Makes Debt-Ceiling Breach More Likely
Discussion: HuffPost, Vox and New York Post
Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
Pete Buttigieg brought husband Chasten on military aircraft to attend sporting event in Netherlands
Bruce Golding / New York Post:
Dem Rep. Adam Schiff wanted journalist Paul Sperry's account suspended over reporting on Trump whistleblower, Twitter Files reveals
Lee Drutman / Undercurrent Events:
GOP learns the hard way: Turning the base up too high blows out your Speaker
Discussion: New York Times
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
‘Romeo and Juliet’ Stars Sue Paramount for Child Abuse Over Nude Scene in 1968 Film
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
On official tours of the U.S. Capitol, there is no mention of Jan. 6
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
No, Congress Doesn't Need More ‘Independents’ Like Sinema
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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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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
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