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This is an unprecedented political crisis in Washington. On Tuesday, the Speaker of the House of Representatives lost a vote of confidence after a revolt from the right wing of the Republican Party, a first in American history. Kevin McCarthy will therefore only have been Speaker for 269 days. Eight ultraconservatives led by Matt Gaetz, who criticized him for having concluded a temporary agreement on the budget to avoid a “shutdown”, voted with the Democrats (216-210) to dismiss him. North Carolina elected official Patrick McHenry was chosen to become temporary Speaker until a vote can take place. Given the internal war of the Republicans, amplified by the candidacy of Donald Trump for the next presidential election, this could take time.
A page in political journalism is turning. The familiar voice of Jean-Pierre Elkabbach died on Tuesday. The journalist died at the age of 86, confirmed the Canal+ group and Europe 1, of which he was a figure for decades. At this announcement, reactions poured in from everyone he had interviewed. “Jean-Pierre Elkabbach left his mark on an entire generation. I am one of them, for having hoped so much, then a young elected official, to be his guest at the microphone of Europe 1 until he gave me my chance,” reacted former president Nicolas Sarkozy. His successor at the Elysée, François Hollande, for his part praised a “pugnacity that no interlocutor could exhaust”.
The Sang et Or have their heads held high in C1. In a fiery atmosphere, Lens defeated Arsenal (2-1) on Tuesday, celebrating its first Champions League match at the Stade Bollaert in twenty-one years with a great success. This victory against the favorite of Pool B places the Artesian club alone in the lead ahead of the Londoners and Sevilla FC joined on the wire by PSV Eindhoven (2-2).