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4:05 PM ET, November 21, 2024

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Associated Press:
Gaetz withdraws as Trump's pick for attorney general, averting confirmation battle in the Senate  —  Matt Gaetz withdrew Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general following continued scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation that cast doubt on his ability …
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Several of Trump's Cabinet picks — and Trump himself — have been accused of sexual misconduct  —  While Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from the nomination process for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump has picked several other people for his Cabinet and key staff positions who have been accused of some form of sexual misconduct.
Discussion: USA Today, Politico, Slate, NBC News and Axios
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Politico:
‘Black mark’: Lawmakers seethe over Ethics' Gaetz report imbroglio  —  The panel deadlocked over whether to release the report Wednesday, though they're scheduled to meet again on the matter Dec. 5.  —  Matt Gaetz is plunging the House into chaos, again.  —  Members of the House Ethics …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Matt Gaetz withdraws his bid for attorney general amid sexual misconduct allegations
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP warns Gaetz hearings will be ‘Kavanaugh on steroids’
Jonathan Martin / Politico:   Here Are the GOP Senators Best Positioned to Take on Trump
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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CNN:
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 …
Associated Press:
Police report reveals assault allegations against Hegseth, Trump's pick for defense secretary
Politico:
Scoop: The YIMBYs are coming — to Congress
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Politico:
Keep your eyes on these Senate Republicans. They could upend Pete Hegseth's confirmation.
Discussion: Forbes
CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Ethics committee told of second sexual encounter between Matt Gaetz and 17-year-old at party, sources say  —  The woman who says she had sex when she was a minor with then-Rep. Matt Gaetz told the House Ethics Committee she had two sexual encounters with him at one party in 2017, sources familiar with her testimony tell CNN.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Historically brief, but Gaetz's Cabinet bid still did a lot of damage  —  No candidate for the Cabinet has been named so soon after an election and then withdrawn as rapidly as Gaetz.  —  If it seems like only a week ago that President-elect Donald Trump named then-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) …
Washington Post:
Matt Gaetz withdraws bid to be attorney general in Trump administration
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Semafor and The Independent
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Peter Pinedo / Fox News:
Biden administration loosens immigration restrictions ahead of second Trump term: ‘Last-ditch effort’
Discussion: RedState
Teri Christoph / RedState:
UNREAL: ABC News Tries to Blame Donald Trump for Laken Riley's Murder
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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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') …
Noah Hurowitz / The Intercept:
The House Just Blessed Trump's Authoritarian Playbook by Passing Nonprofit-Killer Bill  —  A bill that would give President-elect Donald Trump broad powers to target his political foes has passed a major hurdle toward becoming law.  —  The House of Representatives on Thursday passed …
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 …
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” …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
RFK Jr. compared Trump to Hitler and praised descriptions of his supporters as ‘Nazis’  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of Health and Human Services, has a long history of scathing critiques against Trump, labeling him a “threat to democracy,” a …
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 …
New York Times:
Inside the Lobbying Career of Trump's New Chief of Staff  —  Before managing the campaign of President-elect Donald J. Trump, Susie Wiles represented a tobacco company and a mining project, among others.  —  Donald J. Trump's first presidential transition was marked by chaos and vows to drain the swamp.
Discussion: Fox News and Associated Press
Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Number of women in Congress stalls for the first time since Trump's 2016 election  —  The ranks of women in Congress could decline, if only slightly, for the first time in recent years.  —  Women have made significant gains in Congress in recent elections, but that progress has stalled …
 
 
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Benjamin Oreskes / New York Times:
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Discussion: New Republic
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Gun Ownership Rates Have Spiked Among Republican Women
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Shawn Hubler / New York Times:
Newsom to Visit California's Trump Country: ‘Message Received’
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Simon Shuster / Time:
How Elon Musk Became a Kingmaker
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