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10:10 PM ET, November 22, 2024

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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump expected to offer Kelly Loeffler secretary of Agriculture  —  President-elect Donald Trump is expected to offer Kelly Loeffler the job of secretary of the Department of Agriculture, two people familiar with the matter told CNN.  —  He is set to meet with her at Mar-a-Lago Friday afternoon …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrats prepare to make Mike Johnson's life hell … - On any GOP-only legislation, there is “going to be enormous pressure” on Republican centrists to break away, said Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.).  — Morelle pointed to Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), predicting some GOP bills will be …
Discussion: NBC News and CNN
Kristen Holmes / CNN:
Matt Gaetz says he's not returning to Congress next year
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Is Pissed at True Reports His Victory Wasn't Exactly a Landslide
Discussion: Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
The Hill:
Trump expected to name Kelly Loeffler for Agriculture secretary
Discussion: Daily Mail and Democrats
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Matt Gaetz says he doesn't plan to rejoin Congress after withdrawing name for attorney general
David Frum / The Atlantic:   A Good Country's Bad Choice
Rolling Stone:
Team Trump Is Furious Hegseth Hid Sex Assault Claim: ‘This Is the F-king Pentagon!’  —  The president-elect is putting Republican senators to the test with a string of controversial administration picks … Hegseth was already facing an uphill confirmation battle to become the Secretary …
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Liam Archacki / The Daily Beast:
Now GOP Senators Want Another Trump Nominee's Full FBI File  —  JUST A LITTLE PEEK  —  An alignment between Russia and Tulsi Gabbard is worrying some Senate Intelligence Committee members.  —  Some Republican senators are privately eager to see Tulsi Gabbard's FBI file …
Discussion: ABC News
Punchbowl News:
Gabbard nomination puts Senate GOP in a bind … That panel — which is responsible for processing Gabbard's nomination — is stacked with hawks on both sides of the dais. … But GOP senators are already indicating they'll be interested in probing Gabbard's controversial …
Wall Street Journal:
Musk Unleashes Online Army on Federal Workers.  'A Tough Way to Find Out She's Losing Her Job.'  —  As Trump efficiency czar, the billionaire is targeting employees by name on X—sparking pushback  —  As co-director of President-elect Donald Trump's nascent Department of Government Efficiency …
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Elon Musk Is Now Cyberbullying Government Employees  —  Elon Musk is so excited to start his new gig ruining the federal government that he's getting an early start by goading his millions of followers to cyberbully government employees.  —  This week, Musk took aim at Ashley Thomas …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Picks Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary  —  Hedge-fund manager has been a key economic adviser to president-elect  —  WASHINGTON—Donald Trump has selected hedge-fund manager Scott Bessent to lead the Treasury Department, according to people familiar with the matter …
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Associated Press:
Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor
New York Times:
Trump Picks Key Figure in Project 2025 for Powerful Budget Role
The Guardian:
Texas approves new Bible-based curriculum for elementary schools  —  Teachers can opt in, but state is offering financial incentive of $60 a student for participating school districts  —  The Texas board of education voted 8-7 on Friday to approve a new Bible-based curriculum in elementary schools.
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Associated Press:
Texas education board approves optional Bible-infused curriculum for elementary schools
CNN:
Trump's intel pick was placed on government watch list for overseas travel and foreign connections  —  Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump's pick to lead the intelligence community, was briefly placed on a Transportation Security Administration list that prompts additional security screening …
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Politico:
Trump chooses Fox News contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat for surgeon general  —  She is also a medical director for a network of urgent care centers in New York and New Jersey.  —  President-elect Donald Trump said Friday he has chosen Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to serve as surgeon general in his new administration.
Christiaan Hetzner / Fortune:
Walmart just leveled with Americans: China won't be paying for Trump's tariffs, in all likelihood you will  —  Donald Trump told voters tariffs are a tax on a foreign country.  But it's Americans that will pay the price, Walmart's finance chief warned.  —  Voters who returned Donald …
Discussion: Fox Business, Raw Story and Quartz
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Top senator calls Salt Typhoon 'worst telecom hack in our nation's history'  —  The severity of the Chinese breach highlights the need for more telecommunications regulation, lawmakers say.  —  The Chinese government espionage campaign that has deeply penetrated more than a dozen U.S …
Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
Trump selects former NFL player Scott Turner to lead housing agency  —  The one-time Texas lawmaker works at a Trump-allied think tank.  —  President-elect Donald Trump selected motivational speaker Scott Turner of the America First Policy Institute to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development …
NBC News:
Trump's transition team turns to Project 2025 after disavowing it during the campaign  —  Transition officials have used Project 2025's extensive personnel database to identify potential hires for the incoming administration, a person familiar with the plans said.
Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning:
Nancy Mace's Federal Trans Bathroom Ban Would Apply To Major Airports, Hindering Travel  —  Congresswoman Nancy Mace, who has targeted Congresswoman Sarah McBride with a bathroom ban in the capitol, is now pushing a sweeping federal bathroom ban for trans people.
Discussion: Washington Post, them. and Inqorporeal
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Elon Musk Gets a Crash Course in How Trumpworld Works  —  The world's richest person, not known for his humility, is still learning the cutthroat courtier politics of Donald Trump's inner circle — and his ultimate influence remains an open question.  —  For the first 53 years of his life …
Discussion: Business Insider
Elizabeth Weise / USA Today:
More details about JFK assassination keep emerging, even 61 years later  —  Sixty-one years ago, on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in a shocking tragedy that still echoes.  —  The JFK assassination sent the nation into mourning and shook it to its core …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Is she on our side?’:  Jan. 6 defendants and allies puzzle over Bondi nomination  —  Trump's new nominee for attorney general has been largely silent about the Jan. 6 riot.  —  Everyone knew where Matt Gaetz stood on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.  He promoted conspiracy theories …
Discussion: Raw Story, The 19th, Axios and USA Today
 
 
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MSNBC:
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