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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Police Report Offers Graphic Details of Sexual Assault Claim Against Hegseth — President-elect Donald J. Trump's choice for defense secretary was never charged with a crime and vehemently denied to the police that a sexual encounter was coerced. — A police report released Wednesday night …
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Police report reveals new details from sexual assault allegation against Trump's defense secretary nominee — A California woman told police that Trump Cabinet pick Pete Hegseth physically blocked her from leaving a hotel room, took her phone, and then sexually assaulted her even though she …
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Patrick Smith / NBC News:
Police report details alleged sexual assault by Trump's defense pick Pete Hegseth — “JANE DOE remembered saying ‘no’ a lot,” the police report into the 2017 incident said. — A woman told police she was sexually assaulted by a man she identified as Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice …
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Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Senate Democrat: Trump wants to ‘subjugate’ GOP senators with Gaetz appointment — Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) suggested that President-elect Trump appointing former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to serve as the head of the Justice Department (DOJ) is somewhat of a power play against Senate Republicans.
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Charted: Harris' popular vote gap with Biden … - Harris won far fewer voters than Biden in New York City, Chicago and L.A., and ran behind Biden in blue areas generally, a New York Times analysis shows. … But both were also unusually high-turnout elections.
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Grace Harrington / The Daily Beast:
Pollster Nate Silver Calls on Biden to Resign Immediately — YOU'RE FIRED — Silver said Kamala Harris should assume the presidency after criticism over Biden's trip to Brazil. — Pollster Nate Silver called for President Joe Biden to step down and let Kamala Harris assume office …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Comer to create DOGE subcommittee chaired by Marjorie Taylor Greene to work with Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy — Ramaswamy tells Fox News Digital he and his team have already met with Comer and Greene and they ‘look forward to working together’ — EXCLUSIVE: House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer …
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have spelled out their plans for DOGE … Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy were officially appointed the co-leads of President-elect Donald Trump's “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) last week, and on Wednesday, the two men spelled out their plans …
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Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy: The DOGE Plan to Reform Government
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy: The DOGE Plan to Reform Government
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ICC news:
Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel's challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant — Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court ('Court') …
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John Towfighi / CNN:
Linda McMahon, Trump's Education pick, was sued for allegedly enabling sexual abuse of children — A recent lawsuit alleges Linda McMahon, who President-elect Donald Trump tapped to lead the Department of Education, knowingly enabled the sexual exploitation of children by a World Wrestling Entertainment …
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Linda McMahon's background as Trump's pick for education secretary
Linda McMahon's background as Trump's pick for education secretary
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Simon Shuster / Time:
How Elon Musk Became a Kingmaker — Hang on a minute. Whom did we just elect? The Republican ticket had two names at the top: Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. But parts of this delirious November created the impression that someone else has taken hold of our collective destiny.
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Mike Masnick / MSNBC:
The blurred line between X and the Trump administration
Josh Dickey / The Wrap:
Ellen DeGeneres Has Moved to Great Britain, Lists Montecito Estate: ‘Never Coming Back’ to the United States | Exclusive — The “kicked out of show business” comedian made the move after the election of Donald Trump — Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi have moved to rural England …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Federal Inquiry Traced Payments From Gaetz to Women — A document prepared by federal investigators bolsters claims by women who say they were hired for sex by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump's choice for attorney general, who denies wrongdoing.
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NBC News:
'Like nothing you've seen': Trump team readies a flurry of executive actions for Day 1 — Expect action on illegal immigration and more socially conservative health care policies for members of the military. — WASHINGTON — Within hours of taking office as president …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Tells Republicans to ‘Kill’ Reporter Shield Bill Passed Unanimously by House — The bill, known as the PRESS Act, would codify protections against federal investigators seizing reporters' records. It is now less likely the legislation would clear the Senate before the current session ends.
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Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning:
Congresswoman McBride Announces She Will Comply With Rules Declaring Her a Man — The decision comes after Mike Johnson declared that transgender people are not allowed in bathrooms of their gender identity under the provision that he “controls the facilities.”
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Amy Yurkanin / ProPublica:
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths — In a letter, the state's public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee …
Kyle Harris / Denverite:
How Denver's mayor is responding to Trump's threats to defund sanctuary cities — “We're not going to sell out those values to anyone. We're not going to be bullied into changing them.” — Listen to our interview with Mayor Mike Johnston — Denver has built a reputation as a city …
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Isaiah Hankel / Human Events:
The resignation of Scientific American's editor-in-chief is great for humanity — Once revered for presenting science as a neutral and evidence-based pursuit, the publication became mired in ideological bias under the leadership of the now former Editor-in-Chief, Laura Helmuth.
Dylan Byers / Puck:
Mika & Joe's Excellent Adventure — News and notes on the real ulterior motive behind the Mar-a-Lago pilgrimage. Plus, all the nail-biting and agita unleashed at 30 Rock in the wake of the Comcast spinco news. — On Monday morning, MSNBC's connubial co-hosts Joe Scarborough …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
A Trump Judge Just Nixed Overtime Pay for Millions—and Media Yawned — You probably missed it, because it created barely a ripple in the media, but last Friday, a federal judge appointed by Donald Trump struck down one of President Biden's most pro-worker policies: his effort to ensure …
Dara Lind / New York Times:
Don't Do Trump's Work for Him on Mass Deportations — If you didn't think they were serious before, you certainly ought to know better now. — Donald Trump's team has construed his victory as a mandate for carrying out what it has described as mass deportations.
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Brendan Morrow / USA Today:
Jussie Smollett conviction in hate crime hoax overturned by Illinois Supreme Court — The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned actor Jussie Smollett's conviction for staging a fake hate crime against himself. — In a decision issued Thursday, the court overturned the “Empire” …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
November 20, 2024 — Remember how American voters so hated Project 2025, the playbook for a second Trump term written by the Heritage Foundation and other right-wing institutions, that Trump said he had nothing to do with it, and then one of its key architects, Russell Vought …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Trump selling $11,000 signed MAGA guitars — President-elect Trump is aiming to strike a chord with consumers with his latest business venture — selling signed “Make America Great Again” guitars for as much as $11,000. — In a photo posted Wednesday on Truth Social, Trump hawked a …
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CNN:
Trump eyes right-wing personality Dan Bongino among current and former agents for US Secret Service director — Donald Trump is considering a right-wing media personality, people who have served on his US Secret Service detail, as well as others to run the agency that has been plagued …
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Washington Post:
How Democrats won in districts Trump carried — The Washington Post's essential guide to power and influence in D.C. — Sign upfor Early Brief newsletter — Good morning, Early Birds. Good luck to all the incoming House members in this morning's office space lottery. We hope you did your homework.
USA Today:
A new era in American politics: When sexual misconduct allegations are overlooked — Michael Collins Erin MansfieldUSA TODAY — WASHINGTON ― There was a time in American politics when allegations of sexual misconduct would end a political career. — But accusations of sexual misdeeds …
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
The Technology the Trump Administration Could Use to Hack Your Phone — Other Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target political opponents, activists, journalists, and other vulnerable groups. Could it happen here? — In September, the Department of Homeland Security …
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