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Kevin McCarthy wins GOP nomination for House speaker

WASHINGTON — House Republicans voted Tuesday to nominate Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as the next speaker, putting the California lawmaker on track to achieve a long-sought ambition.

Los Angeles Times

Biden asks for more than $37 billion in Ukraine aid

President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide more than $37 billion in aid to Ukraine

The Independent UK

Trump thinks 2024 bid will stop DOJ

Trump privately tells aides that his presidential announcement will force DOJ to back off, NY Times reporter says

Salon

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Fox News host defends Trump as ‘aging at a different rate’ to Biden as people point out he’s three years his junior

Donald Trump is currently 76 and US President Joe Biden will be turning 80 at the end of the month

The Independent UK

Exclusive-Kamala Harris to visit Philippine islands at edge of South China Sea dispute

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the Philippine islands of Palawan on the edge of the disputed South China Sea, a senior administration official said on Tuesday, in a move that may be interpreted by Beijing as a rebuke.

Reuters

Donald Trump 2024: Ex-president to announce presidential run

Trump expected to announce candidacy for White House, days after his party’s lacklustre midterm election performance.

Al Jazeera

Court throws out pandemic-era border expulsion policy - Roll Call

A federal judge in Washington struck down a pandemic-related border directive known as Title 42 on Tuesday.

Roll Call

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Kevin McCarthy elected House GOP leader over objections from Chip Roy, Michael Cloud and other hard-liners

The California Republican still needs at least 218 votes to become House speaker. That vote will be on Jan. 3.

The Texas Tribune

Donald Trump, his grip loosening inside the GOP, expected to launch White House bid tonight

Donald Trump looks wounded.

Tribune News Service

Senate Democrats plan spree of judicial confirmations in lame duck

Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin said the party wants to get through as many of the nominees as possible by the end of the year.

Roll Call

Ivanka has abandoned him and Melania has White House PTSD: What Trump’s family really think of a second term

The thoughts of Melania, Don Jr, Eric, Lara, Ivanka, Jared Kushner and Mary Trump on the prospect of the former president launching another tilt at the White House in two years’ time, Joe Sommerlad writes

The Independent UK

Permitting Hell vs. Climate Hell at COP27

Onerous environmental permitting regulations make rapid renewable energy deployment in the United States a "fantasy."

Reason

Call to impeach Thomas over Jan 6 ruling

"It's absurd that Thomas did not recuse," says CREW

Salon

The Pacific benefits of Biden and Xi's thawing tensions

China and the US hammering out their differences face-to-face at the G20 this week can only be a good thing for both New Zealand and the wider Indo-Pacific region, writes @jo_moir

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Hudson to lead House GOP campaign arm for 2024 cycle - Roll Call

North Carolina's Richard Hudson takes over the House GOP's campaign committee after a disappointing midterm election.

Axios

Biden-Xi meeting presses pause on U.S.-China free fall

The two leaders said they would resume climate cooperation.

Reason

Kari Lake's Defeat Is the Latest Disaster for Arizona's Trump-Backed Republicans

Voters rejected other Republicans who have cozied up to the former president, including Senate candidate Blake Masters and secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Airstrikes Reported in Cities across Ukraine

Russian airstrikes targeting energy and other facilities rocked Ukraine from east to west Tuesday, causing broad power blackouts. A senior official warned that the situation was “critical” and urged Ukrainians to “hang in there” as neighborhoods went dark. The aerial assault, which resulted in at least one death in a…

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The Independent UK

West Virginia's GOP Rep. Mooney announces 2024 Senate run

West Virginia U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney didn’t wait long to announce a run for Senate in 2024

The Independent UK

FBI reportedly had up to eight informants in the Proud Boys on Jan 6

Defence lawyer says new information questions ‘whether a Proud Boy conspiracy plan to obstruct the Biden-Harris vote certification or to commit sedition ever existed or could have existed’

Salon

GOP will regroup — but this win was big

Longtime Democratic insider on why the "red wave" evaporated, and why the GOP civil war is great news for America

Reason

Parents Face Criminal Charges Over Children's Tattoos

Plus: a nationwide injunction on student loan forgiveness, Tyson and Holyfield team up on marijuana edibles, government needn't save risky crypto investors from themselves, and more...

The Conversation

US-China talks: Biden and Xi attempt to play down superpower tensions but Ukraine and Taiwan loom large

Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Joe Biden of the United States have held their first face-to-face meeting since 2017. The pair met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, to discuss their joint obligation for charting a new course towards a better a bilateral relationship.

Al Jazeera

Election deniers lose key races in US midterm elections

Voters reject many Republican candidates who campaigned on false claims of election fraud.

The Conversation

US midterm elections deserve Africa’s attention – but not for reasons of foreign policy

Africans normally pay little attention to American elections when the presidency is not at stake. But the midterm polls – such as the 8 November 2022 one – deserve Africa’s attention.

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