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Senators urge Biden to greenlight tanks for Ukraine - Roll Call

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle urged the Biden administration to send tanks to Ukraine amid reports that Germany had decided to do so.

Roll Call

Debt ceiling: 2011 showdown leaves lessons for Biden, GOP

Lessons learned from the debt ceiling standoff more than a decade ago are rippling through Washington

The Independent UK

Pete Ricketts sworn in as Nebraska senator, replacing Sasse

Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts was sworn into the U.S. Senate on Monday, replacing Republican Sen. Ben Sasse as the Senate returns from several weeks of recess and begins a new session of closely-divided government

The Independent UK

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Senate swears in newest member Pete Ricketts

WASHINGTON — Pete Ricketts had less than three weeks between his old job and his new one a thousand miles away. The former governor of Nebraska was sworn in to the Senate on Monday, raising his right hand as the chamber returned to start the year’s work in earnest.

Tribune News Service

Senate swears in newest member Pete Ricketts - Roll Call

Ricketts had less than three weeks between his old job and his new one. The former Nebraska governor was sworn in as a senator on Monday.

Roll Call

GOP investigations of Biden to test Chairman Comer’s power

Rep. James Comer has a balancing act ahead of him as the new chairman of the powerful House Oversight and Accountability Committee

The Independent UK

Kevin McCarthy’s debt ceiling standoff is yet more Republican madness

The new House speaker is just a small man, talking a big game, taking a long walk off a short pier

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Biden-McConnell: Personally mismatched, professionally bound

By temperament and manner, Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell are decidedly mismatched

The Independent UK

Biden-McConnell: personally mismatched, professionally bound

By temperament and manner, Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell are decidedly mismatched

The Independent UK

The battle over MLK's words

The divided nation uses King's words about colorblindness differently — and often incorrectly.

Axios

US President Biden to give State of the Union speech in February

Biden will likely push for bipartisanship as he faces an empowered Republican majority in House of Representatives.

Al Jazeera

Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts appointed to Senate

WASHINGTON — New Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has followed through on appointing his predecessor, Pete Ricketts, to the Senate following the resignation of Sen. Ben Sasse.

Tribune News Service

Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts appointed to Senate - Roll Call

Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts was named by his successor to fill the vacant seat left by the resignation of Sen. Ben Sasse.

Roll Call

Trump accused of having ‘racist obsession’ with Elaine Chao after repeatedly posting offensive nickname

Ms Chao, who was born in Taiwan, served as former president’s transportation secretary

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Trump news – live: Trump Organization CFO Weisselberg sentenced as ex-president blasts border, Biden papers

All the latest developments from Trumpworld

The Independent UK

Trump news - live: Trump stays silent on Brazil attack by Bolsonaro supporters mirroring Jan 6

Over a weekend of multiple posts on Truth Social, Donald Trump has remained silent regarding the attack on the Brazilian presidential palace and national Congress that mirrored the events of 6 January 2021 when supporters of the former president stormed the US Capitol.

The Independent UK

Trump news - live: Fulton County election fraud grand jury concludes probe as Trump silent on Brazil unrest

All the latest developments from Trumpworld

Los Angeles Times

Doyle McManus: The real winner from the House fight? Mitch McConnell, the Senate's indispensable man

The television split screen told the story.

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Kemp done being underestimated, aims to steer GOP past Trump

Georgia’s Brian Kemp is done being underestimated

Salon

House mess reveals danger to democracy

History shows a weakened House could erode democracy — and lead to the potential rise of an American dictator

Roll Call

Bridge to Somewhere: Joe and Mitch on the Ohio River - Roll Call

The Brent Spence Bridge is having its moment, again, thanks to President Joe Biden and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.

Salon

GOP in shambles — Dems are loving it

Actual bipartisanship was on display in Kentucky — not that anyone noticed amid the toddler tantrum on Capitol Hill

Salon

Kev's lesson: GOP trolls eat their own

Calling Republican renegades "ultraconservative" doesn't cut it: This clown show is a symptom of the big F

The Independent UK

'A disaster': Speaker fight exposes GOP leadership vacuum

The stalemate over the Republican House speaker vote is more than just an embarrassment for Kevin McCarthy, who is now the first person in a century to muddle through multiple ballots

Los Angeles Times

Deadlocked House adjourns until Thursday after Kevin McCarthy racks up 3 more defeats

WASHINGTON — The House adjourned without electing a speaker on Wednesday after Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed in his fourth, fifth and sixth attempts to secure the post he has long desired.

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