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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's secret call to Mitch McConnell puts squeeze on oligarchs

WASHINGTON — The day before Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy swept into the United States and delivered an impassioned speech to Congress, he made a quiet phone call to one of the country’s most powerful Republicans: Mitch McConnell.

Tribune News Service

Rand Paul Complains That Democrats Squandered Their Opportunity To Enact Marijuana Reforms

The prospects in the next session, when Republicans will control the House, are iffy.

Reason

Former transportation secretary Elaine Chao tells media to stop repeating Trump’s racist nickname for her

Ms Trump was condemned by several Republican lawmakers for the comment

The Independent UK

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Former Philly politico Jamie Fleet told Jan. 6 committee that preparations for election challenges started in summer 2020

Testimony from a former Philadelphia politico and top adviser to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described how Democrats were worried about former President Donald Trump’s effort to challenge the results of the 2020 election months before Americans cast their ballots.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: The Senate fails Afghans and US service members

Let’s get right to the point: If and when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Chuck Grassley ever again try to prop up their bona fides as supporters of U.S. troops and our allies abroad, they should be laughed out of the room.

Tribune News Service

Why Take Responsibility When You Can Blame Somebody Else?

The year’s highlights in buck passing feature petulant politicians, brazen bureaucrats, careless cops, loony lawyers, and junky journalists.

Reason

2022: A year in which public figures brought their A blame

For many politicians, bureaucrats, cops, lawyers and journalists, the buck didn’t stop anywhere.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Trump attacks reporter after she revealed his 2024 adviser thinks ‘the magic is gone’

Throughout the Christmas period, the one-term president has gone on a series of un-festive rants on his Truth Social platform

The Independent UK

Trump lashes out at McConnell and wife over government funding bill

Former president again employs racist nickname for his former transportation secretary

The Independent UK

McConnell declares win, Paul cries ‘abomination’ as year ends with two still apart

WASHINGTON — Kentucky’s two Republican senators ended the year’s legislative session about as far apart as they began it.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Mitch: Trump's "clout has diminished"

McConnell shares his opinion of the decline in support for the GOP following the midterm elections

Salon

Matthew Yglesias: This Congress showed that democracy can work

The 117th Congress opened with the political bang of Donald Trump’s second impeachment and is ending with the legislative bang of a $1.7 trillion spending bill.

Tribune News Service

Sen. Mitch McConnell says ‘diminished’ Trump losing grip on GOP ahead of 2024

The “Old Crow” is scratching back a little.

Tribune News Service

McConnell calls Trump ‘diminished’ and vows to find better Senate candidates next time

Senate minority leader says he won’t shy away from pushing back against unelectable Trump-aligned candidates in 2024

The Independent UK

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Reason

Don't Count on Criminal Prosecution To Hold Trump Accountable for His Egregious Post-Election Behavior

The final report from the January 6 select committee falls short of proving the elements required to convict the former president.

The Independent UK

Senate reaches deal on $1.7trn package to fund government a day before deadline

Deal that aims to finance federal agencies through September now goes to House

Roll Call

At the Races: Disarray OK? - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

The Independent UK

OLD Senate reaches deal on $1.7T package, pushing toward passage

The Senate appears back on track to pass a $1.7 trillion bill to finance federal agencies through September

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Salon

Gaetz, Boebert diss Zelenskyy speech

Gaetz and Boebert sat through standing ovations and checked their phones as the Ukrainian leader pleaded for help

Salon

Trump really is a world-class loser

Not only did Trump's candidates lose big in 2022, but he couldn't even make money selling White House influence

Tribune News Service

Robert A. George: Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger put patriotism over politics

“Thank you for your service.” Most Americans use the phrase when they see a member of the military at the airport or in the supermarket. We should also now use it whenever we see Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger.

Tribune News Service

Hopes dim for quick omnibus spending passage amid Title 42 dispute

WASHINGTON — Senators left the Capitol late Wednesday as a partisan dispute over pandemic-era border restrictions snarled debate on the massive fiscal 2023 omnibus spending package.

France 24

President Biden and Zelensky try to keep US Congress from balking

Volodymyr Zelensky's dramatic visit to Washington was a moment for the White House to demonstrate to Russia's Vladimir Putin that the United States would sustain its commitment to the war for, as President Joe Biden put it, “as long as it takes.”

Los Angeles Times

Zelenskyy to Congress: 'Your money is not charity'

WASHINGTON — Making a dramatic, risky wartime visit to Washington on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy strategized privately with President Joe Biden at the White House, addressed a packed joint session of Congress and delivered an impassioned pitch for sustained U.S. military aid for his country.

The Independent UK

GOP congressman accuses Biden of ‘fooling himself’ on Ukraine aid

A Republican congressman contended ahead of Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech to Congress on Wednesay that Joe Biden was the biggest hurdle standing in between Capitol Hill and Washington approving more aid to Ukraine.

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