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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 …
Washington Post:
President-elect Donald Trump is now receiving intelligence briefings  —  Trump took regular intelligence briefings during his first term but has a history of being cavalier with classified information.  —  President-elect Donald Trump, the only former president to have been charged …
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 …
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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.
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
MTG threatens to fight transgender woman  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in a private House GOP conference meeting indicated she'd fight a transgender woman if she tried to use a woman's bathroom on the House side of the Capitol, according to two people in the room, as Congress …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Senate Republicans deliver a message to Trump: Gaetz's confirmation is in jeopardy  —  They're privately hoping Trump doesn't make them walk the plank.  —  Numerous Republican lawmakers told Donald Trump and his team that they believe his pick to be attorney general, controversial Rep. Matt Gaetz …
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Nick Akerman / The Hill:   Gaetz, Gabbard and Hegseth are unqualified — Senate Republicans should reject them
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators deride idea of replacing FBI background checks for Trump nominees
Discussion: MSNBC
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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CNN:
Behind the Mar-a-Lago meeting  —  Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski's fence-mending meeting with President-elect Donald Trump has the media world buzzing.  Now I have some new reporting to share about why it happened.  —  Yesterday, as outraged “Morning Joe” fans registered their objections …
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).
Discussion: Politico, Daily Mail and CNBC
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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.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
The Bulwark:
RFK Jr. Said the Government May Have Planned COVID
Discussion: CBS News
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Daily Mail:
Ukraine fires first US-made missile into Russia: WW3 fears as Kremlin threatens ‘nuclear response’ if long-range Western weapons are used on its territory  — Ukrainian officials confirmed the use of ATACMS on Russian soil for the first time  — Comes as Kremlin said its updated nuclear doctrine allowed a ‘nuclear response’
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Associated Press:
Putin signs new Russian nuclear doctrine after Biden's arms decision for Ukraine
New York Times:
Ukraine Fired U.S.-Made Missiles Into Russia for First Time, Officials Say
Nicole Narea / Vox:
The law is clear on birthright citizenship.  Can Trump end it anyway?  —  Ending birthright citizenship has been on President-elect Donald Trump's wish list for years, and he's pledged to kill it once and for all in his next term.  But ending it may not be as easy as he's promised.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Arianna Coghill / Mother Jones:
Trump Confirms Plan to Use Military to Carry Out Mass Deportations
Steven Lubet / The Hill:   The Trump administration's next target: naturalized US citizens
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Republicans slow down Senate floor to delay Biden judicial picks  —  Senate Republicans moved to slow down the pace of judicial nomination confirmations in the waning days of Joe Biden's presidency on Monday evening, forcing the chamber into hours of routine votes.  What happened?
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Mariam Khan / ABC News:
In reversal, Thune seeks to slow down Biden's judicial nominees
Discussion: The Hill, Reuters and E&E News
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Marjorie Taylor Greene: GOP Covered Up ‘Sexual Harassment and Assault’ Claims  —  THROWING DOWN  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) made a sensational allegation that her Republican colleagues in Congress have covered up “sexual harassment and assault claims” by paying off victims with taxpayer money.
Discussion: Mediaite
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump's Treasury Challenge: A Pick Who Loves Tariffs Yet Calms Markets  —  The president-elect is considering a conflicting mix of qualities as he decides who will steer his economic agenda.  —  The conflicting goals of President-elect Donald J. Trump's economic agenda have been playing …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Politico and The Hill
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Politico:   ‘Ready for prime time’: Trump trots out once-scorned economic plans
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Pick Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary  —  Cantor Fitzgerald chief executive has been a key transition adviser to president-elect  —  WASHINGTON—Donald Trump is expected to nominate veteran Wall Street financier Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department …
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Axios:
Trump to tap Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Making cowardly Senate Republicans pay a political price  —  Voters must understand who is causing their pain  —  As justifiably alarmed as Democrats are by President-elect Donald Trump's radical agenda and his nominations of unqualified candidates for Cabinet positions …
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
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NOTUS:
Sen. Thom Tillis Faces an Early Trump Loyalty Test
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Buddy Carter / Washington Post:
I sleep in my office.  The rest of Congress should, too.  —  The House would be more bipartisan if lawmakers made the Hill their home away from home.  —  Buddy Carter, a Republican, represents Georgia's 1st Congressional District in the House of Representatives.
Politico:
Trump considering bringing Vought back to lead OMB  —  President-elect Donald Trump is considering giving Russell Vought, his previous Office of Management and Budget director, his old job back.  If tapped for the role, Vought would lead the powerful office tasked with reviewing federal regulations …
Politico:
JD Vance is bringing some of Trump's controversial Cabinet picks to meet with Republicans on the Hill  —  Vice President-elect JD Vance will be on Capitol Hill this week arranging meetings between some of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks and key Republican senators who could determine …
 
 
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