23 lasting images from a chaotic year in politics

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Off years in US politics are supposed to be relatively quiet. Heading into 2023, we expected a divided Congress to pass very little sweeping legislation. We knew that Republicans would be jockeying for the GOP presidential nomination. And you can always expect a surprise or two.

Oh, how quaint that seems now.

The US debt mountain is growing so fast the government could soon be spending more on interest payments than on defense

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U.S. President Joe Biden pauses during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the war between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Pool Photo via AP)
US President Joe Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv this week.

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Russia's PM took a jab at Biden's Christmas vacation, saying the Kremlin is still hard at work

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President Joe Biden and his family climb down the stairs of Air Force One.
President Joe Biden and his family climb down the stairs of Air Force One on December 27, 2023, after arriving on the US Virgin Island of St. Croix for a vacation.

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Here's how Elon Musk spent his Christmas reigniting his feud with Joe Biden

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Elon Musk (left) and Joe Biden (right).
Elon Musk (left) and Joe Biden (right).

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Biden won Arizona and Georgia in 2020 by a nose. Here's why that'll be hard to do next year.

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In 2020, Joe Biden scored a major win when he carried Georgia in that year's presidential election.

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Biden pardons low-level marijuana offenders

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Marijuana activists stage a demonstration in front of the White House on Independence Day on July 4, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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Biden is considering hiking import tariffs on Chinese EVs, new report says

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President Joe Biden.

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Apple can't delay the US sales ban on some of its watches, regulators said. Only Joe Biden can stop it now.

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President Joe Biden looking at his watch.
Apple's attempt to delay a ban on some of its Apple Watch models was denied on Wednesday. The Biden Administration has until December 25 to stop the ban.

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Xi straight-up told Biden that China is going to take over Taiwan, report says. It could end in war.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden take a walk after their talks in the Filoli Estate in the U.S. state of California, Nov. 15, 2023.

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The polling is clear: Biden needs to get popular again quickly or drop out

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President Joe Biden arrives for a meeting of his National Infrastructure Advisory Council in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on December 13, 2023, in Washington, DC.

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