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POLITICO Playbook: Inside McCarthy's brewing speaker deal — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — After spending the last 48 hours on life support, KEVIN McCARTHY's bid for the speakership is seeing a potential revival.
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Washington Post:
Does the House even exist right now? — A chamber full of representatives-elect is failing to install Kevin McCarthy (or anyone else) as speaker, so they can't be sworn in yet — Just before noon Wednesday, a Democrat from Washington state climbed the stairs to the House side of the Capitol building …
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Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
House Is Paralyzed Without a Speaker—Creating National Security Risks and a Shadow Shutdown — Imagine if this impasse were occurring in a presidential inaugural year. — As Kevin McCarthy repeatedly fails to secure enough votes to become speaker and the House of Representatives sits in limbo …
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Washington Post:
The House hard-liners blocking McCarthy aren't listening to Trump — In another sign of the former president's waning influence, his efforts to bolster McCarthy's bid as House speaker have not persuaded 20 Republicans to drop their opposition — For the first time in recent memory …
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
House adjourns after tense vote as McCarthy plays for more time — The House voted Wednesday to adjourn for the second time of the day — as Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said he wanted more time to negotiate after six rounds of voting on the speakership resulted in deadlock.
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Politico:
GOP debates: Who could take McCarthy's place? — If not Kevin McCarthy, then who? — It's the all-consuming question that has started openly percolating among the House GOP, as McCarthy's speaker bid stalls. — So far, though, Justin Amash — a former congressman who switched from Republican …
NBC News:
McCarthy makes concessions heading into third day of House voting for speaker
McCarthy makes concessions heading into third day of House voting for speaker
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Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
The Kevin McCarthy Mess Is Peak Trumpism
The Kevin McCarthy Mess Is Peak Trumpism
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
House Republicans' dysfunction points to more chaos ahead
House Republicans' dysfunction points to more chaos ahead
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Kevin McCarthy Must Commit to Government Shutdown Over Raising Debt Ceiling, Says Freedom Caucus Holdout
Kevin McCarthy Must Commit to Government Shutdown Over Raising Debt Ceiling, Says Freedom Caucus Holdout
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
The House speaker election is so embarrassing (for you)
The House speaker election is so embarrassing (for you)
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Democrats' Sherman Floats Possible Deal to Make McCarthy Speaker
Democrats' Sherman Floats Possible Deal to Make McCarthy Speaker
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Leopards Eat Kevin McCarthy's Face
Leopards Eat Kevin McCarthy's Face
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Washington Post:
Speaker fight stagnates as House Republicans fail to find consensus
Speaker fight stagnates as House Republicans fail to find consensus
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Hannity presses Boebert on Speaker chaos: ‘Is this a game show?’
Hannity presses Boebert on Speaker chaos: ‘Is this a game show?’
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Billy House / Bloomberg:
GOP Hard-Liners Angle for Plum Posts as Price of McCarthy Votes
GOP Hard-Liners Angle for Plum Posts as Price of McCarthy Votes
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
In bipartisan event with McConnell, Biden shows contrast with House Republicans — The White House will seek to highlight the contrast between with the House GOP's dysfunction, as Biden did on Wednesday — President of the United States since 2021 — WASHINGTON — “Total chaos.”
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Biden-McConnell Comity Is Sharp Contrast to GOP's Speaker Mayhem — As Republican leader Kevin McCarthy fought party hardliners in a faltering bid to become US House speaker, his GOP counterpart in the Senate was almost 500 miles away from Washington — celebrating a landmark bipartisan accomplishment with the Democratic president.
Alec Karam / The Daily Beast:
George Santos Lied About Voting on a Bill BEFORE He Joined Congress — SANTOS LIE #2342 — Perpetual liar George Santos is back at it. The congressman-elect, whose disastrous first day in Congress was Tuesday, claimed on his website that he voted “nay” on the House omnibus bill …
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Washington Post:
U.S. edges closer to sending armored weaponry to Ukraine — President Biden acknowledges that Bradley fighting vehicles are under consideration for delivery to Kyiv, as France pledges light tanks — After months of resisting Kyiv's pleas for tanks to face increasingly dug-in Russian forces along …
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Dave Biscobing / ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix:
Phoenix PD handcuffed, detained Wall Street Journal reporter — PHOENIX — The Wall Street Journal is demanding the Phoenix Police Department conduct an internal review and take action to ensure journalists' rights are protected after one of its reporters was handcuffed and detained.
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Plans to Visit U.S.-Mexico Border — The White House adds 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 — WASHINGTON—President Biden …
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The Guardian:
Iran warns France over ‘insulting’ cartoons depicting supreme leader Ali Khamenei — Publication by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo ‘will not go without effective response’, says Tehran foreign minister — Iran has summoned the French ambassador over publication of caricatures …
Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
CNN Exclusive: A single Iranian attack drone found to contain parts from more than a dozen US companies — Parts made by more than a dozen US and Western companies were found inside a single Iranian drone downed in Ukraine last fall, according to a Ukrainian intelligence assessment obtained exclusively by CNN.
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Associated Press:
The U.S. is reopening visa and consular services at embassy in Cuba — HAVANA — The United States Embassy in Cuba is reopening visa and consular services Wednesday, the first time it has done so since a spate of unexplained health incidents among diplomatic staff in 2017 slashed the American presence in Havana.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Prince Harry details physical attack by brother William in new book — Exclusive: Harry writes in new autobiography Spare that William ‘knocked me to the floor’ during confrontation in London in 2019 — In his highly anticipated autobiography, Spare, Prince Harry recounts …
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Maya Oppenheim / The Independent:
Romanian authorities seize Andrew Tate's car collection as investigation continues — Online misogynist boasted about his cars in a tweet to Greta Thunberg that earned a viral rebuke — Influencer Andrew Tate detained amid human trafficking probe … Romanian authorities have seized …
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Matt Shea / VICE:
Exclusive: Andrew Tate Was Arrested on Suspicion of Rape in the UK in 2015
Exclusive: Andrew Tate Was Arrested on Suspicion of Rape in the UK in 2015
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Dong Cao / Bloomberg:
Battered by Covid, China Hits Pause on Giant Chip Spending Aimed at Rivaling US — China is pausing massive investments aimed at building a chip industry to compete with the US, as a nationwide Covid resurgence strains the world's No. 2 economy and Beijing's finances.
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