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.

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 …

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 …

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.

‘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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead massive Medicare, Medicaid agency CMS … President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.  —  CMS operates or oversees health-care programs that provide coverage to about 1 out of every 2 Americans …

Prosecutors oppose tossing Trump's hush money conviction but are open to sentencing delay  —  New York prosecutors oppose any effort to dismiss President-elect Donald Trump's hush money conviction, but they expressed openness Tuesday to delaying sentencing until after his impending second term.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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 …

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 …