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6:20 PM ET, November 18, 2024

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ABC News:
Lawyer tells ABC News his 2 clients told House Ethics Committee that Gaetz paid them for sex  —  Trump has tapped Gaetz, a former congressman, to be the new attorney general.  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz departs after speaking during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024 …
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Washington Post:
Two women testified that Matt Gaetz paid them for sex, lawyer says  —  An attorney representing two witnesses in the House Ethics Committee investigation goes public  —  A woman testified to the House Ethics Committee that former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid her for sex and that she witnessed …
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Could Trump bypass Congress if Senate Republicans don't push through his Cabinet picks?  —  One little-known constitutional provision is now in the spotlight.  —  President-elect Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House during a meeting with President Joe Biden, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington.
Discussion: Breitbart, Reuters and The Bulwark
Reuters:
Republican senator calls on House to share Matt Gaetz ethics report  —  Republican U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin called on the House of Representatives on Sunday to share an unreleased ethics report into alleged sexual misconduct involving a 17-year-old girl by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general.
NBC News:
Republicans look to push government funding fight into Trump's term in early 2025
Discussion: ABC News
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson open to supporting recess appointment for Trump nominees
Discussion: KELOLAND.com
Washington Post:
Live updates Trump confirms plans to use military for mass deportations  —  President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Monday that his plan for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants will involve a national emergency declaration and the military.  Trump, in an early-morning post on social media …
Discussion: Forbes and CNN
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Nishant Kumar / Bloomberg:
Ken Griffin Says He's ‘Very Anxious’ About Trump's Tariff Policy  — Hedge fund founder said US will ‘return’ to creating jobs  — Griffin said talent at Citadel is his single-best investment  —  Hedge-fund titan Ken Griffin said he's anxious about Donald Trump's potential tariff policies …
Discussion: Washington Post
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Trump confirms he will declare national emergency to carry out mass deportations
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump Confirms He's Declaring National Emergency So Military Can Deport Migrants
Fox News:
Trump says media is ‘vital’ to making America ‘great again,’ vows to work with ‘free, fair and open’ press  —  EXCLUSIVE: PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that in order to “Make America Great Again,” it is “vital” to have a “free, fair and open media,” …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
MSNBC ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Meet With Trump in Bid for “New Approach” to Coverage
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
‘Morning Joe’ Stars Reveal a Mar-a-Lago Reunion With Trump
Brian Stelter / CNN:
MSNBC's ‘Morning Joe’ hosts reveal they met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago ‘to restart communications’
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Trump's War With the Press Takes a Terrifying Turn  —  Donald Trump has announced that the next Federal Communications Commission chair would be Brendan Carr, the senior-most Republican on the FCC and a contributor to Project 2025.  —  “Commissioner Carr is a warrior for free speech …
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Verge Editor-In-Chief Nilay Patel breathes fire on Elon Musk and Donald Trump's Big Tech enablers
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
House Ethics chair: Panel's decision on Gaetz report won't be influenced by Johnson  —  House Ethics Chair Michael Guest said Monday that his panel will make its own decision about releasing the report into Matt Gaetz, regardless of Speaker Mike Johnson's opinion that it should be kept under wraps.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Democrats won ‘highly engaged’ voters and struggled with everyone else in 2024  —  The final NBC News poll showed Vice President Kamala Harris losing voters who don't follow politics closely by double digits.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats convinced frequent voters …
Discussion: Jacobin
Washington Post:
Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation  —  Republican leaders, looking for ways to offset the cost of lower taxes, are considering changes to safety net programs for the poor.  —  President-elect Donald Trump's economic advisers and congressional Republicans …
Scott R. Anderson / The UnPopulist:
How to Stop President-Elect Trump's Potentially Abusive Domestic Deployments of the Military  —  Dear Readers:  —  President-elect Donald Trump has not been coy about his desire to deploy the American military for all kinds of domestic purposes.  Early this morning, he reaffirmed his intentions …
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Wisconsin Election Denier Finally Concedes To Sen. Tammy Baldwin  —  GOP candidate Eric Hovde claimed there were “troubling issues around these absentee ballots and their timing.”  —  LOADING  —  Eric Hovde, the Republican Senate candidate in Wisconsin who's been spreading election …
Discussion: WisPolitics and Daily Kos
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Musk, top Trump adviser clash over Cabinet picks … - Musk — who fueled Trump's election effort by giving at least $119 million — has questioned whether Epshteyn has had too much influence in Trump's selections, especially his top Justice Department picks and the White House counsel …
Grace Harrington / The Daily Beast:
‘Mother of MAGA’ Sarah Palin Fumes at Trump Cabinet Snub  —  WHAT ABOUT ME?!  —  Palin posted several messages she received from supporters Sunday night.  —  As Donald Trump quickly fills out his cabinet and top roles in his administration, Sarah Palin asks: Why not me?
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Independent
Megan Messerly / Politico:
Health care organization launches ‘Stop RFK War Room’  —  Democratic-aligned health care advocacy groups are putting together a strategy to fight Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to be HHS secretary.  During an organizing call on Monday, the details of which have not been reported publicly …
NewsHound Ellen / Crooks and Liars:
Hegseth In Extramarital Affair With Baby Mama 3 When Accused Of Rape  —  While he was living with his third baby mama, Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's unqualified pick to run DoD, allegedly raped a woman.  He claims relations were consensual.  —  Can you help us out?
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
‘60 Minutes’ Opening Prompts MAGA Meltdown  —  “Pure Democratic propaganda,” one Trump-supporting critic wrote about the news show.  —  LOADING  —  Scott Pelley recapped the cabinet picks of President-elect Donald Trump in the “60 Minutes” opening Sunday, enraging MAGA supporters despite the segment's recitation of facts.
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Top House Democrat: Gabbard ‘a national security threat’ to US  —  Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), the ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Monday that former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii), now a Republican and President-elect Trump's pick for director of national intelligence …
 
 
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Nancy Pelosi is finished — no one deserves more blame for Dems' $1B electoral collapse
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
'Voters just didn't care': The abortion-rights movement grapples with Trump's return
Discussion: LifeNews.com and Daily Kos
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Majorities Still Back Stricter Gun Laws, Assault Weapons Ban
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