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7:20 PM ET, January 7, 2023

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Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Inside the 28 minutes that saved Kevin McCarthy  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  For the first time all week, House Republicans were jubilant and KEVIN McCARTHY's smile finally seemed genuine.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Fox News:
Rogers confronting Gaetz on House floor ‘completely out of line,’ Greene says: ‘Lost his temper’  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says, 'I'm sure it'll be dealt with,' after Rep. Mike Rogers confronts Rep. Matt Gaetz  —  Mike Rogers lunges at Matt Gaetz during House speaker voting, other members intervene.
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Mike Lindell Turns on Marjorie Taylor Greene Over Speaker Vote  —  TRUMP FOR SPEAKER  —  MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell isn't pleased with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) over her fervent support of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for House Speaker.  Instead, he argued Friday night …
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Kevin McCarthy ‘won’ the House speakership.  Now the country will pay the price  —  For years, Kevin McCarthy wanted to be speaker of the House in the worst possible way, and that's precisely what he accomplished by winning the leadership post after 15 humiliating rounds of voting and days of give-away-the-store negotiations.
CNN:
How McCarthy survived the House chaos to win the speaker's gavel  —  Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz strode into House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy's office on Monday night with a list of demands.  Among them: The chairmanship of a key House Armed Services subcommittee.  —  McCarthy rejected the offer.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Closest of friends, Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan split over Kevin McCarthy  —  As members of Congress, Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) formed a brutally powerful duo on Capitol Hill last decade, developing a niche specialty in blowing things up.
Discussion: Plain Dealer and Yahoo News
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
What we learned from the McCarthy imbroglio  —  Kevin McCarthy is finally speaker.  But not before he endured 15 ballots — the most in a speaker election since the Civil War — made a series of major concessions and dealt with some ugly scenes overnight on the House floor.
Semafor:
Kevin McCarthy finally became Speaker of the House after one last shocking meltdown. Here's how it all happened.
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Election of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House
Roll Call:
McCarthy wins speaker election, finally
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Kevin McCarthy should get used to this feeling
Discussion: Vox, Mother Jones, NBC News and The Hill
David L. Chandler / MIT News:
Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?  —  An unexpected ancient manufacturing strategy may hold the key to designing concrete that lasts for millennia. … The ancient Romans were masters of engineering, constructing vast networks of roads, aqueducts, ports, and massive buildings …
Nick Arama / RedState:
There Are Many Questions About George Santos, but Latest Leftist Complaint Is Incredibly Dumb  —  There are a ton of valid questions that one might ask about Rep. George Santos (R-NY) who seems to be following in the grand tradition of Joe Biden and lying — a lot — about his background and a variety of aspects of his life.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Proposed GOP select panel would be empowered to review ‘ongoing criminal investigations’  —  A proposed subcommittee to investigate “weaponization” of the federal government — a key demand of House conservatives who delivered Speaker Kevin McCarthy the gavel — would be given sweeping investigatory powers …
WTKR-TV:
6-year-old student in custody after shooting teacher at Richneck Elem.  School: Police chief  —  Police chief Steve Drew confirmed to us that a 6-year-old first grade student has been identified as the shooting suspect at a 5:30 p.m. press conference.  The chief also stated that the shooting was not accidental.
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Associated Press:
Police: 6-year-old shoots teacher in Virginia classroom
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
How Democrat Adam Schiff abused his power to demand I be kicked off Twitter simply due to a personal vendetta  —  Back from holiday vacation, I found an interesting email waiting for me in my inbox from Matt Taibbi, the independent journo Elon Musk tasked with reviewing and releasing internal Twitter documents …
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
“We Don't Do This”: Adam Schiff and the Underbelly of American Censorship
Discussion: New York Post
Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Conservatives pan Jefferies ‘rambling disaster of a speech,’ yet gets high praise from left  —  Jeffries went A-Z through how Democrats have better values than Republicans, drawing boos from the GOP side of the aisle  —  Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats will ‘never compromise our principles’
Brian E. Frydenborg / Real Context News:
Biden's and Democrats' Historic Awesomeness Cannot Be Denied: Midterms Edition  —  As we watch the escapades of the incoming Republican House majority of the 118th Congress broadcast to the world the most dysfunction for an incoming House majority or plurality since the 1850s …
UN News:
New US border measures ‘not in line with international standards’, warns UNHCR  —  Plans by the Biden administration to expand restrictions on people seeking refuge in the United States are “not in line with refugee law standards”, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Zac Anderson / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
DeSantis seeks to transform Sarasota's New College with conservative board takeover  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis began the process Friday of transforming Sarasota's New College of Florida into a more conservative institution, appointing six new board members, including conservative activist Christopher Rufo …
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Matt Leach / Fox News:
‘CORPORATE KINGDOM’: DeSantis-backed plan to take control of Disney's land announced
 
 
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Washington Post:
If Republicans do not consider Larry Hogan, it will be their loss
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
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Discussion: The Daily Beast
New York Times:
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United States Capitol Police:
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 Earlier Items: 
Veronika Melkozerova / Politico:
A very special Christmas mass for Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Discussion: Reuters
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The January 6 Attack Is Not Over  —  This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily …
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Shootings Reported at Homes and Offices of 5 New Mexico Democrats
 

 
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