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View Online    TIPSHEET TIPSHEET   Trump, McCarthy, Biden: Six political storylines that will shape 2023 BY BRETT SAMUELS © Greg Nash/Associated Press-Lynne Sladky After a 2022 that saw Democrats celebrate passing key parts of their agenda and defy expectations in the midterms, the next year is set to bring about change in Congress and set the table for another big election year.   Tuesday will see the swearing in of a divided Congress. The 2024 presidential field will take shape as Republicans mull whether to take on former President Trump, while President Biden's own future takes center stage for Democrats. And the Supreme Court could once again reshape the political arena with major rulings. Read the full story here Vice President Harris reaches 2023 at a crossroads BY AMIE PARNES AND ALEX GANGITANO Vice President Harris finds herself at a crossroads as she enters her third year in office. Read the full story here McCarthy offers concessions to detractors with House Rules package BY EMILY BROOKS House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) offered some key concessions to his detractors in a House Rules package released by Republicans on Sunday, but it is still far from clear whether the moves will help him lock up the votes necessary to become Speaker on Jan. 3. Read the full story here House conservatives say McCarthy's efforts to address demands 'insufficient' ahead of speaker election BY BRAD DRESS Nine House conservatives expressed doubts about electing Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as the next speaker of the House, calling for a "radical departure from the status quo" ahead of the Tuesday floor vote. Read the full story here Trump says 'abortion issue' responsible for GOP underperforming expectations in midterms BY JARED GANS Former President Trump blamed the "abortion issue" for Republicans underperforming expectations in the 2022 midterm elections.  Read the full story here Kinzinger blames McCarthy for Trump 'factor,' 'crazy elements' in Congress BY JARED GANS Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said on Sunday that he blamed House Minority Leader (R-Calif.) for what he called the "crazy elements" in Congress and for the reason former President Trump is "still a factor" in politics. Read the full story here GOP governor: Jan. 6 should disqualify Trump from holding office BY THERESA MAHER Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) reiterated on Sunday that he preferred a different GOP presidential candidate in 2024 who was not former President Trump, telling ABC's "This Week" that Jan. 6 should disqualify Trump from holding office again. Read the full story here Ex-Capitol Police chief warns agency still 'not in a better place' two years after Jan. 6 failures: book BY THERESA MAHER Former Capitol Police chief Steven Sund writes in a forthcoming book that issues remain at the agency two years after "a failure" in its upper ranks left it unprepared for the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Read the full story here Four ways to prepare for an uncertain 2023 economy BY SYLVAN LANE For the U.S. economy, 2022 was a wild and somewhat painful year. And 2023 could be even more intense. Read the full story here Biden to tout infrastructure investments alongside McConnell on Wednesday BY BRETT SAMUELS President Biden will travel to Kentucky on Wednesday to tout infrastructure investments and his broader economic plan, and he'll be joined by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the White House said Sunday. Read the full story here The Supreme Court's squandered opportunity BY ANDREW KOPPELMAN OPINION | In 2022 the Supreme Court threw away an opportunity to ameliorate the toxic polarization of America. After the unseemly gamesmanship that led to the appointments of Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, the new conservative majority should have looked for opportunities to, as Barrett said shortly after her confirmation, "convince you that this court is not comprised of a bunch of partisan hacks." Read the full story here Bureaucracy, not billionaires, keeps our emergency rooms full BY DR. MARC SIEGEL OPINION | New York City emergency rooms are always swamped with patients, many of whom are lying on stretchers in the hallways. When a health care provider passes, some will raise their hands, wave, shout or try in any way they can to get a doctor, nurse or physician's assistant's attention. All U.S. ERs must take all comers, and there is no shut-off valve at the triage desk, so despite how clogged it is, still the patients come. Read the full story here The Associated Press: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI body lying in state at Vatican BY GIANA ZAMPANO AND FRANCES D'EMILIO VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 's body, his head resting on a pair of crimson pillows, lay in state in St. Peter's Basilica on Monday as thousands of people filed by to pay tribute to the pontiff who shocked the world by retiring a decade ago. Read the full story here The Wall Street Journal: Big Banks predict recession, Fed pivot in 2023 BY DION RABOUIN Big banks are predicting that an economic downturn is fast approaching. More than two-thirds of the economists at 23 large financial institutions that do business directly with the Federal Reserve are betting the U.S. will have a recession in 2023. Two others are predicting a recession in 2024. Read the full story here The New York Times: Russia's war on Ukraine worsens global starvation BY EDWARD WONG AND ANA SWANSON An enduring global food crisis has become one of the farthest-reaching consequences of Russia's war, contributing to widespread starvation, poverty and premature deaths. Read the full story here The Washington Post: Benedict's funeral to bring 'two popes' era to a complicated close BY CHICO HARLAN AND STEFANO PITRELLI VATICAN CITY — One of the most atypical chapters in modern Catholic history began on March 13, 2013, when a just-elected Pope Francis, appearing on the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, offered a prayer for his still-living predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. 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