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The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in the United States. The dominant political story of the year has been the 270-day long speakership of Representative Kevin McCarthy , whose slim majority in the House of Representatives has enabled a far-right rebellion to exert more weight over the lower chamber.
2023 Guayana Esequiba crisis Amid growing border tensions between Guyana and Venezuela , the U.S. embassy in Guyana announces that the United States Southern Command will conduct joint flight operations with the Guyana Defence Force .
2022–2023 United Kingdom industrial disputes and strikes. Junior doctors in England begin their longest strike action yet, spanning nine days, to address pay-related disputes with the National Health Service. (AFP via ABS-CBN News) 2018–present Argentine monetary crisis
2023 began with a bump; more specifically, Rihanna revealed baby number two was on the way during her Super Bowl half-time show. At the movies, Hollywood got off to a big start. "Everything ...
Tornado outbreak of March 24, 2023. At least 23 people are killed after a series of violent tornadoes impact the U.S. state of Mississippi. 2023 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion. Seven people are killed and many others are injured after an explosion at a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. (The Guardian)
2023 Guayana Esequiba crisis. 2023 Venezuelan referendum. Venezuelans vote in a referendum on the territorial claim to Guayana Esequiba, which is disputed with Guyana. 2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election. Former Prime Minister Matata Ponyo Mapon withdraws his candidacy for president and endorses Katanga Governor Moïse Katumbi.
Canada experienced its worst wildfire season on record, obliterating all other years in terms of area burned. Over the course of the fire season, flames scorched an estimated 18.4 million hectares ...
October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election The Republican majority fails to deliver enough votes for Jim Jordan to become House Speaker on the third vote, with Jordan also losing a subsequent secret ballot among Republican members, thereby ending his nomination.