internecine

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The internecine warfare in the House was not between those who respect democratic institutions and those who do not.

From Salon

Live coverage of Representative Kevin McCarthy’s struggle to clinch the House speakership — and the grueling internecine fight in the Republican Party — has translated into bigger-than-usual ratings for cable news, according to Nielsen.

From New York Times

Fox’s highest-rated program, the panel show “The Five,” sought after days of deadlock to mostly avoid the Republicans’ internecine meltdown.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, the disapproval of the far-right rebellion — coming mainly from more traditional conservatives — seemed like a rerun of the internecine conflicts that played out during Donald J. Trump’s rise to power.

From New York Times

Through it all, many church traditionalists — and also right-wing political populists — invoked the name of Benedict as the church’s real moral authority and sought to draw him into an internecine ideological war.

From New York Times