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Michael Kaplan / CBS News:
Matt Gaetz ethics report says his drug use and sex with a minor violated state laws — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican who briefly stood to become President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, was found by congressional ethics investigators to have paid numerous women …
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House Ethics report finds evidence Matt Gaetz paid thousands for sex and drugs including paying a 17-year-old for sex in 2017 — The House Ethics Committee found evidence that former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for sex or drugs on at least 20 occasions …
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The Hill:
Gaetz sues Ethics Committee in last-minute bid to block release of report — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Monday filed a lawsuit against the House Ethics Committee in a last-minute attempt to block the panel from releasing its report on the Florida Republican.
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Ethics report alleges Gaetz paid 17-year-old for sex — Investigators also said the Florida Republican solicited prostitutes, used illegal drugs, took improper gifts and tried to obstruct their probe. — A yearslong House Ethics Committee investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz found …
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Federal Death Row Commutations — I've dedicated my career to reducing violent crime and ensuring a fair and effective justice system. — Today, I am commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole.
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Associated Press:
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates so Trump can't have them executed — President Joe Biden announced on Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks …
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Sam Fossum / CNN:
Biden commutes most federal death row sentences to life in prison before Trump takes office — President Joe Biden announced Monday that he is taking 37 people off federal death row to serve out life sentences behind bars — a decision that leaves only three federal prisoners awaiting execution …
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ACLU:
ACLU Celebrates President Biden's Historic Federal Death Row Commutations — National leaders and organizations across the political and faith spectrums joined the ACLU in calling on Biden to commute federal death sentences — WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union celebrates …
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Aishvarya Kavi / New York Times:
Biden Commutes 37 Death Sentences Ahead of Trump's Plan to Resume Federal Executions — Those affected by the president's action on Monday are still subject to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Three men will remain on federal death row.
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Elizabeth Pritchett / Fox News:
Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row inmates in final month of presidency — The move is aimed at preventing the Trump administration from carrying out executions that would not take place under the moratorium Biden issued in 2021 — President Biden is commuting the sentences …
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Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Commutes Sentences of 37 Death Row Inmates
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Trump Picks Callista Gingrich for Ambassador to Switzerland — In announcing his choice of various envoys, including ambassador to Denmark, the president-elect again floated the idea of the United States acquiring Greenland. — President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Sunday that he intended …
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Reuters:
Greenland is not for sale, its leader says in response to Trump
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump suggests he wants to buy Greenland
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Previews Second Term in Sprawling Speech to Conservative Conference
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump's big Mike Johnson decision — A messy Capitol Hill endgame has the president-elect pondering a change in House leadership. — After the House passed a shutdown-averting spending bill Friday, a very relieved Speaker Mike Johnson proclaimed to reporters that President-elect Donald Trump was “certainly happy about this outcome.”
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
By stepping on rakes, Trump ruins his own ‘honeymoon’ phase — The president-elect had one demand for the bill to prevent a government shutdown. He didn't get it. The result made him look weak at an inopportune time. — It's not uncommon for a president-elect to enjoy a “honeymoon” …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump bristles at Musk's rocketing profile as Democrats play on the president-elect's vanity
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Axios:
Congress' age debate reignites over member living in retirement home … - “Since early September, my health challenges have progressed making frequent travel to Washington both difficult and unpredictable.” — Granger's son Brandon told the Dallas Morning News that she has been “having some dementia issues late in the year.”
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Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
Texas Rep. Kay Granger Found At Senior Living Facility After Missing Months Of Crucial Votes
Elena Schneider / Politico:
New research shows the massive hole Dems are in — Even voters who previously backed Democrats cast the party as weak and overly focused on diversity and elites. — Democrats conducting post-mortems on their sweeping losses in 2024 are finding more reason for alarm.
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Kaanita Iyer / CNN:
Joe Manchin torches Democrats on the way out the door — For more on Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, watch CNN's “Inside Politics with Manu Raju” at 8 a.m. ET and 11 a.m. ET. — Washington CNN — As Joe Manchin prepares to leave Congress after nearly 15 years, the West Virginia senator …
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Washington Post:
Trump picks billionaire financier for deputy defense secretary — The choice of Stephen Feinberg of Cerberus Capital Management comes as Pete Hegseth continues to face questions in the confirmation process for the top Pentagon post.
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Zach LaChance / Washington Examiner:
Trump finalizes Defense Department with slate of picks
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Amethyst Martinez / The Daily Beast:
AOC Shuts Down Pregnancy Rumors After Being Approached by GOP Colleague — NO BABY ON BOARD — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is clearing up the pregnancy rumors after a Republican member asked her whether she was expecting on the House floor this week. In an Instagram story video …
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