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Liars, expulsions and near-fistfights: Congress plumbs the depths in 2023

From removing a House speaker and expelling an indicted member, it was not a great year for America’s representatives

The Guardian - US

Brawny billionaires, pumped-up politicians: why powerful men are challenging each other to fights

Musk and Zuck challenged each other to a fight; the former House speaker allegedly shoved a colleague. It was a bumper year for male insecurity

The Guardian - UK

A year in congressional chaos: The craziest moments from 2023

From falsely activated fire alarms to lunging lawmakers and criminal indictments, here are the moments that defined 2023 in Congress. Ariana Baio reports

The Independent UK

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GOP lawmaker accused of picking colleagues’ noses on Israel trip

‘It was just middle school,’ former Congressman David Trott’s wife said

The Independent UK

Australian supermarket vanilla ice-cream taste test: the best tub is from Aldi (so is the worst)

From velvety specimens to ‘watery’ experiences, Nicholas Jordan has the inside scoop on ice-cream tubs – the good, the bad, and the simply vanilla

The Guardian - AU

Senator who threatened fight during hearing blames union boss: ‘He started it’

Markwayne Mullin, a former mixed martial arts fighter, said he ‘did not deal good with bullies’

The Independent UK

GOP senator boasts about almost getting in a fight with union leader

Near-brawl during Senate hearing was stopped by Bernie Sanders

The Independent UK

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Bernie, Ingraham torch "pathetic" Mullin

Markwayne Mullin in another interview reminisced about the days when you "used to be able to cane" in Congress

Salon

Offering to fight union leader was just ‘Oklahoma values’, senator claims

Republican Markwayne Mullin accused of ‘acting like a 12-year-old’ by Teamsters leader Sean O’Brien during Senate confrontation

The Guardian - US

GOP's institutional tantrum gets violent

It's hard to see how this ends well — for any of us

Salon

Daily Show guest host reveals three GOP lawmakers she’d like to fight

Leslie Jones said she ‘wants in’ in the physical fights breaking out among GOP lawmakers in Congress

The Independent UK

Jimmy Kimmel renames Capitol live-stream ‘UFC-SPAN’ after GOP fights

Jimmy Kimmel joked the Republican party had turned into ‘UFC-SPAN all of a sudden’

The Independent UK

A GOP senator challenges Teamsters head to a fight in a fiery exchange at a hearing

A congressional hearing devolved into an angry confrontation between Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin and Sean O'Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

WEKU

Senator mocked after challenging hearing witness to fistfight

Democratic strategist shares ‘reminder that big time coward @SenMullin hid in fear from the insurrectionists he helped foment’

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The Guardian - US

Sanders intervenes after Republican senator challenges union boss to fight

Senator bangs gavel and calms tensions after Markwayne Mullin asked Teamsters’ Sean O’Brien if he wanted to 'finish it here’

Salon

GOPer challenges union boss to fight

Markwayne Mullin dared Teamsters President Sean O'Brien to "stand your butt up" and fight over mean tweets

Fortune

The largest freight bankruptcy in history punched a $5 billion hole in the economy, cost 30,000 jobs, and left the taxpayer holding the bag for a COVID bailout

Would you take a deal to revive Yellow and bring back some of its lost jobs? Or would you scrap it and sell it for parts?

Chicago Sun-Times

Teamsters Local 731, Waste Management agree on 5-year deal

The new contract for scandal-scarred Local 731, negotiated with help from union President Sean O’Brien, could set a pattern for other talks with waste haulers in the Chicago area.

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The Independent UK

A new breed of leaders are atop the largest US unions today. Here are some faces to know

From picket lines in Hollywood to walkouts against Detroit automakers, it's already been a big year for labor organizing — and behind several major showdowns with enormous companies are some of America's largest unions

WEKU

UPS union negotiated a historic contract. Now workers have the final say

The Teamsters union reached a tentative deal with UPS, narrowly averting a nationwide strike. Rank-and-file union members are voting on whether to approve the contract.

The Guardian - US

Yellow trucking firm lays off its 30,000 US workers as it ceases operations

Troubled shipping company expected to file for bankruptcy, Teamsters union says, after it failed to refinance huge debts

The Independent UK

Yellow is shutting down and headed for bankruptcy, the Teamsters Union says. Here's what to know

Trucking company Yellow Corp. has shut down operations and is headed for a bankruptcy filing, according to the Teamsters Union and multiple media reports

The Guardian - US

‘It feels like it’s strike summer’: US unions flex muscles across industries

Labor is increasingly militant after years of inaction, energized by star power from the actors’ and writers’ strikes

The Guardian - US

‘They’re fired up’: Teamsters president on looming UPS strike

Sean O’Brien could be leading his union in one of the biggest – and costliest – strike at a single private employer in US history

Salon

Historic UPS strike looms

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined other New York lawmakers at a rally with members of the Teamsters union

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