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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 attack on the Chem Pluto. A drone launched from Iran strikes the Liberian-flagged, Japanese-owned chemical tanker Chem Pluto in the Indian Ocean. Kurdish–Turkish conflict. Seventeen PKK militants and 12 Turkish soldiers are killed during two days of shootouts in northern Iraq. Nigerian bandit conflict
2023 Asia heat wave. 2023 China heat wave. Beijing, China, reports a record temperature for June of 41 °C (106 °F), surpassing the previous June record of 40.6 °C (105.1 °F) in 1961. It is announced that at least 170 people have died in Northern India due to the heat wave, with temperatures of up to 46 °C (115 °F) reported.
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.
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.
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.
As a year of record-breaking weather comes to a close, AccuWeather is taking a look back at the most intense moments. From powerful hurricanes and tornadoes to drought-busting storms and the ...
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)