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Mace introduces bill to bar trans women from Capitol restrooms — Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Monday introduced a bill to bar transgender women from facilities on Capitol Hill that match their gender identity. — The resolution, which would prohibit members, officers and employees …
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Oriana González / NOTUS:
Republican Bill Targets Sarah McBride From Using Women's Restrooms in the Capitol — Rep. Nancy Mace authored the bill and said McBride, who is trans, should “use the men's restroom.” — Copy — Some Republicans are officially moving to give Rep.-elect Sarah McBride an unwelcome arrival to the House.
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Transgender women to be banned from Capitol Hill female bathrooms under new House GOP proposal
Transgender women to be banned from Capitol Hill female bathrooms under new House GOP proposal
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Axios:
Scoop: Trump personally squeezes senators on Matt Gaetz … - “He clearly wants Matt Gaetz,” said Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), who received a call from Trump. … - “One thing about Donald Trump, people should never confuse his support for one of his nominees as a tactical or strategic tool for somebody else,” Cramer said.
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New York Times:
Gaetz May Not Be Confirmed, Trump Admits. He's Pushing Him and Others Anyway. — The president-elect is taking a flood-the-zone approach to his cabinet nominations, betting that the Senate won't dare to turn them all down. — In his private conversations over the past few days …
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Could Trump bypass Congress if Senate Republicans don't push through his Cabinet picks?
Could Trump bypass Congress if Senate Republicans don't push through his Cabinet picks?
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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 …
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Rusty Weiss / RedState:
WATCH: Megyn Kelly Unleashes the Hounds of Hell on Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough — Megyn Kelly offered up a simple three-word response to MSNBC's “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski visiting Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend. — “Go f**k yourselves,” she fired back.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
‘Kissing the ring?’ MSNBC ‘Morning Joe’ hosts meet with Trump to reopen lines of communication
‘Kissing the ring?’ MSNBC ‘Morning Joe’ hosts meet with Trump to reopen lines of communication
Brian Stelter / CNN:
MSNBC's ‘Morning Joe’ hosts reveal they met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago ‘to restart communications’
MSNBC's ‘Morning Joe’ hosts reveal they met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago ‘to restart communications’
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
‘Morning Joe’ Stars Reveal a Mar-a-Lago Reunion With Trump
‘Morning Joe’ Stars Reveal a Mar-a-Lago Reunion With Trump
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Trump nominates former Rep. Sean Duffy as transportation secretary — President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Rep. Sean Duffy as transportation secretary. — After appearing on several reality TV shows, on which he met his wife, Duffy served as a district attorney in Wisconsin from 2002 to 2010.
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Chris Marquette / Politico:
Trump taps former lawmaker and reality TV star for Transportation
Trump taps former lawmaker and reality TV star for Transportation
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Leak it like Sam Alito — What is obviously a very damning report about Matt Gaetz is now available for everyone on the Ethics Committee to view: … Guest's claims to be free of influence from leadership are the antithesis of credible. But it shouldn't matter.
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
House Ethics chair: Panel's decision on Gaetz report won't be influenced by Johnson
House Ethics chair: Panel's decision on Gaetz report won't be influenced by Johnson
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Top Democrat on Ethics panel says she wants to publish Gaetz report
Top Democrat on Ethics panel says she wants to publish Gaetz report
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Dan Osborn Wants to Help the Working Class Run for Office — Mr. Osborn, the industrial mechanic who turned a long-shot Senate bid in red Nebraska into an unexpectedly tight race, is starting a PAC aimed at recruiting more blue-collar candidates like himself.
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Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
For Minority Working-Class Voters, Dismay in Democrats Led to Distrust — In scores of interviews throughout 2024, Latino, Black and Asian American voters, many of whom voted for Donald Trump, said they no longer trusted Democrats to improve the economy. — The working-class voters Vice …
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
ACLU sues to get clues on Trump's mass deportation plans … - They are seeking records on how “ICE Air Operations” could be expanded to carry out a deportation and detention program that could ensnare millions of undocumented immigrants. — Trump has repeatedly promised he will launch …
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump Confirms He's Declaring National Emergency So Military Can Deport Migrants
Trump Confirms He's Declaring National Emergency So Military Can Deport Migrants
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The first task for Musk's Department of Government Efficiency — President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to head the Department of Government Efficency. Despite the name, it is not a government department. In fact, it is not part of the government at all.
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Public Notice:
RFK Jr. is a massive public health threat — Dems like Jared Polis shouldn't pretend pretend otherwise. — ∙ Paid … Donald Trump, in his vacuous orange wisdom, has nominated vaccine denier, crank, and champion of disease Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Annie Waldman / ProPublica:
How UnitedHealth's Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans' Treatment at Risk — America's Mental Barrier: How Insurers Interfere With Mental Health Care — An Insurer Sanctioned: Three states found United's algorithmic system to limit mental health coverage illegal …
CNN:
Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy — Cheyenne, Wyoming AP — A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming's overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy.
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Lee O. Sanderlin / The Baltimore Banner:
O'Malley resigns from Social Security Administration to run for DNC chair — O'Malley's candidacy to lead the committee comes at a time of soul-searching and finger-pointing in the wake of Donald Trump's presidential victory — Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is resigning …
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Frank Figliuzzi / MSNBC:
Biden should order background checks of Trump's Cabinet picks — The FBI has conducted background investigations of White House nominees since at least the tenure of President Dwight Eisenhower's time in office. — We had fair warning. Last month, The New York Times reported …
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