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Rep. Mace introduces measure to ban trans women from Capitol's female bathrooms — The South Carolina Republican's resolution comes two weeks after the historic election of Democrat Sarah McBride, a trans woman, to Congress. — CORRECTION — A previous version of this article misattributed …
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Republican bathroom bill targets Congress's first transgender member — South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace introduces bill two months before Sarah McBride is to be sworn in — After Delaware elected the first ever openly transgender member of Congress earlier this month …
Axios:
Johnson pressured by GOP firebrands on trans bathroom access
Johnson pressured by GOP firebrands on trans bathroom access
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
Hacker Is Said to Have Gained Access to File With Damaging Testimony About Gaetz — The computer file is said to contain testimony from the woman who said she had sex with Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be attorney general, when she was 17.
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New York Times:
Trump Transition Live Updates: Hacker Is Said to Have Obtained Damaging Testimony About Gaetz — President-elect Donald J. Trump's attorney general candidate, Matt Gaetz, was investigated, but not charged, with having sex with a 17-year-old girl. The computer file included testimony from the girl …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Truth Social investors hoped to get ‘very rich’ after Trump's win. Not quite.
Truth Social investors hoped to get ‘very rich’ after Trump's win. Not quite.
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John Nichols / The Nation:
Donald Trump Has NOT Won a Majority of the Votes Cast for President — Donald Trump's popular vote total has fallen below 50 percent, and his margin over Kamala Harris has narrowed considerably as all the votes are counted. — Pocket — “America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate …
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NBC News:
Harris lost to Trump. She may have one last chance to defy him. — The vice president is prepared to provide tie-breaking votes in critical judicial appointments as Biden works to push through confirmations. — Fresh from a devastating loss to Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris …
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NBC News:
Weak turnout in key cities hurt Harris in the ‘blue wall’ states — More people voted in 2024 than in 2020 in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, but that growth came from pro-Trump areas. — A new analysis of precinct-level data by the NBC News Decision Desk shows the extent …
CNN:
Linda McMahon expected to be named Education secretary, sources say — Trump transition co-chair Linda McMahon is expected to be named as secretary of the Department of Education, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN. — The decision took shape after it became clear that McMahon would be passed over for Commerce secretary.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Pick Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary
Trump to Pick Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
The stunning success of vaccines in America, in one chart — Measles, mumps, and polio are supposed to be diseases of the past. In the early to mid-20th century, scientists developed vaccines that effectively eliminated the risk of anyone getting sick or dying from illnesses that had killed millions over millennia of human history.
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Los Angeles Times
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Sam Stein / The Bulwark:
RFK Jr. Said the Government May Have Planned COVID
RFK Jr. Said the Government May Have Planned COVID
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Vanity Fair and Mediaite
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Trump Is Calling Senators on Behalf of Matt Gaetz. It's Not Going Well. — “Matt Gaetz is toxic among House Republicans. Among Senate Republicans, he is radioactive,” one source familiar with the conversations told NOTUS. — Copy — As Republicans circle the wagons around Matt Gaetz …
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New York Times:
Gaetz May Not Be Confirmed, Trump Admits. He's Pushing Him and Others Anyway.
Gaetz May Not Be Confirmed, Trump Admits. He's Pushing Him and Others Anyway.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Senate Republicans deliver a message to Trump: Gaetz's confirmation is in jeopardy
Senate Republicans deliver a message to Trump: Gaetz's confirmation is in jeopardy
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The Nation, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, Vanity Fair and New York Post
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead massive Medicare and Medicaid agency CMS … President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz — celebrity TV host and former U.S. Senate candidate — as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator.
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Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Trump chooses billionaire and key adviser Howard Lutnick for commerce secretary
Trump chooses billionaire and key adviser Howard Lutnick for commerce secretary
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Mariam Khan / ABC News:
In reversal, Thune seeks to slow down Biden's judicial nominees — In 2020, Thune touted the importance of confirming judges to the bench. — Senator John newly elected Senate Majority Leader for the upcoming 119th Congress, speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington.
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Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Republicans slow down Senate floor to delay Biden judicial picks
Republicans slow down Senate floor to delay Biden judicial picks
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Troy Closson / New York Times:
Texas Education Board Backs Curriculum With Lessons Drawn From Bible — School districts serving more than two million elementary school children would be able to adopt a curriculum that draws on the Bible. — Texas education officials approved in an initial vote on Tuesday …
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Fallon Roth / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Bucks County board chair says comment about violating election law has been misinterpreted — Bucks County Board of Commissioners Chair Diane Ellis-Marseglia said Monday that her comments about violating the Pennsylvania Supreme Court were taken out of context after they set off a national backlash …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
‘Morning Joe’ meeting with Trump was driven by fears of retribution from incoming administration, sources say — New York CNN — “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski announced Monday, in dramatic fashion, that they went to Mar-a-Lago last week for a fence-mending meeting with President-elect Donald Trump.
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Nikita Mazurov / The Intercept:
Vice's Hard-Right Turn to Trumpism — VICE News once covered the border with videos that exposed the hardships faced by immigrants, such as “The Human Cost of Hardening the US-Mexico Border” and “What It's Like To Raise Your Child In An Immigration Detention Center.”
Washington Post:
Trump ignores transition rules. It's a ‘hostile takeover,’ ally says. — Donald Trump's transition team has begun what a close ally calls a hostile takeover of the federal government, ignoring the rules for the handover of power in the process. — A thousand miles from the austere buildings …
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ABC News
Tim Collins / Washington Examiner:
Bill Clinton says he wishes he ‘never met’ Jeffrey Epstein in new book — Former President Bill Clinton says in his new book that he wishes he “had never met” Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted sexual offender. — In his latest memoir, Citizen: My Life After the White House …
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Glenn Gamboa / Associated Press:
Bill Clinton explains why philanthropy fills his post-presidential life in his new book ‘Citizen’
Bill Clinton explains why philanthropy fills his post-presidential life in his new book ‘Citizen’
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NPR
Politico:
Teamsters president pushing Chavez-DeRemer for Labor secretary — Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) is in the mix to be Trump's Labor secretary and, notably, has the backing of Teamsters President Sean O'Brien, according to three people familiar with the conversations granted anonymity to share private discussions.
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NBC News:
Nancy Mace defends anti-trans bathroom bill, says it ‘absolutely’ targets Sarah McBride — McBride, the first out transgender person elected to Congress, will be serving in the House starting next year and Mace doesn't want her using women's bathrooms at the Capitol.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Vance says Trump is interviewing FBI director replacements — President-elect Donald Trump's plans to end business-as-usual at the Justice Department apparently include replacing FBI Director Christopher Wray, Vice President-elect JD Vance indicated in a social media post on Tuesday.
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New York Times:
Manhattan D.A. Suggests Freezing Trump's Case While He Is President — With President-elect Donald J. Trump's sentencing on hold, his lawyers are pushing to dismiss the case. The district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, is opposing the effort. — Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday rebuffed …
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Associated Press:
Prosecutors oppose tossing Trump's hush money conviction but are open to sentencing delay
Prosecutors oppose tossing Trump's hush money conviction but are open to sentencing delay
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