--- title: Biggest Moments in U.S. Politics 2023 description: Take a look at some of the biggest moments in U.S. politics from 2023 with TIME Senior Politics reporter Brian Bennett. canonical: https://time.com/6548806/biggest-moments-politics-2023/ author: Jeannie Kopstein article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-12-18T18:48:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T12:48:10.845Z article:section: Politics og:title: Biggest Moments in U.S. Politics 2023 og:description: Take a look at some of the biggest moments in U.S. politics from 2023 with TIME Senior Politics reporter Brian Bennett. og:url: https://time.com/6548806/biggest-moments-politics-2023/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccc7afd55a108fac/698a435d16d8845f47c3c98a/MAIN_PIC.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Daily Life In Washington DC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Biggest Moments in U.S. Politics 2023 twitter:description: Take a look at some of the biggest moments in U.S. politics from 2023 with TIME Senior Politics reporter Brian Bennett. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccc7afd55a108fac/698a435d16d8845f47c3c98a/MAIN_PIC.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Biggest Moments in U.S. Politics From 2023 by [Jeannie Kopstein](https://time.com/author/jeannie-kopstein/) and [Brian Bennett](https://time.com/author/brian-bennett/) Dec 18, 2023 6:48 PM UTC  Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto by [Jeannie Kopstein](https://time.com/author/jeannie-kopstein/) and [Brian Bennett](https://time.com/author/brian-bennett/) Dec 18, 2023 6:48 PM UTC Take a look at some of the biggest moments in U.S. politics from 2023 with TIME Senior Politics reporter Brian Bennett. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6548806/biggest-moments-politics-2023/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6548806/biggest-moments-politics-2023/"},"headline":"The Biggest Moments in U.S. Politics From 2023","datePublished":"2023-12-18T18:48:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T12:48:10.845Z","description":"Take a look at some of the biggest moments in U.S. politics from 2023 with TIME Senior Politics reporter Brian Bennett.","url":"https://time.com/6548806/biggest-moments-politics-2023/","keywords":["The D.C. Brief","video","Explainer","uspoliticspolicy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccc7afd55a108fac/698a435d16d8845f47c3c98a/MAIN_PIC.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jeannie Kopstein","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jeannie-kopstein/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Brian Bennett","jobTitle":"Bennett is the senior White House correspondent at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/brian-bennett/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccc7afd55a108fac/698a435d16d8845f47c3c98a/MAIN_PIC.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Daily Life In Washington DC","caption":"","creditText":"Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/the-dc-brief/","name":"The D.C. Brief"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6548806/biggest-moments-politics-2023/","name":"The Biggest Moments in U.S. Politics From 2023"}}]}] ```