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3:00 PM ET, December 23, 2024

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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 Committee on Ethics:
Statement of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Matt Gaetz  —  On December 23, 2024, the Committee on Ethics (Committee) released the attached Report regarding allegations relating to Representative Matt Gaetz.  —  The Committee previously noted that there has been a significant …
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 …
NBC News:
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz seeks restraining order to halt release of House Ethics report  —  The committee was expected to soon release the report about the former GOP lawmaker.  —  WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., sought a restraining order Monday against the House Ethics Committee …
Washington Post:   House Ethics report says Matt Gaetz paid for sex, including with an underage girl
House Committee on Ethics:
In the Matter of Allegations Relating to Representative Matt Gaetz
Discussion: Must Read Alaska and Raw Story
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 before Trump can resume executions  —  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 …
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 …
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Commutes the Sentences of 37 Individuals on Death Row
Naomi LaChance / Rolling Stone:
Biden Clears Out Most of Federal Death Row Before Trump Can Kill Them
Discussion: Althouse and IJR
Aishvarya Kavi / New York Times:
Biden Commutes 37 Death Sentences Ahead of Trump's Plan to Resume Federal Executions
Michelle Stoddart / ABC News:
Biden commutes sentences of nearly all federal death row inmates
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
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Reuters:
Greenland is not for sale, its leader says in response to Trump  —  Greenland is not for sale, its elected leader said on Monday, responding to comments made by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump regarding the “ownership and control” of the vast Arctic island that has been part of Denmark for over 600 years.
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump suggests he wants to buy Greenland
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
UnitedHealthcare murder suspect Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty in New York  —  Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty as he faces the prospect of life in prison without parole on charges including murder in the killing of a UnitedHealthcare CEO.  —  NEW YORK — The man accused …
Discussion: Axios, RTÉ, New York Daily News and IJR
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Sean O'Driscoll / Newsweek:
Trump Organization Accused of Tax Evasion in Panama: What We Know  —  has started a quarrel with Panama over the fees it's charging American ships to use the Panama Canal, while the Trump Organization is fighting a court case over taxes in the central American country.  —  What to Know
Discussion: Reuters
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
Texas AG Paxton sues NCAA for allowing transgender women to compete  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued the NCAA on Sunday, accusing the organization of engaging in “false, deceptive, and misleading practices” by allowing transgender women to participate in athletic events it markets as women's competitions.
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Anti-Abortion Officials Continue Deputizing Angry Men To Turn Over Their Partners In New Legal Foray  —  A 20-year-old woman in Collin County, Texas arrives at the emergency room to address severe bleeding.  A health care provider tells the man she's with that the woman had been nine weeks pregnant.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's lawsuit against Ann Selzer is textbook authoritarianism  —  🎄🎄🎄 SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MEDIA THIS HOLIDAY SEASON 🎄🎄🎄 … 🎁 Subscribe to Public Notice 🎁  —  Reading the complaint in Donald Trump's lawsuit against pollster Ann Selzer …
Hatty Willmoth / Newsweek:
Scientists Warn of Harmful Release From Tea Bags  —  Drinking tea from plastic-containing tea bags could expose you to billions of nano- and microplastics with every sip, putting your health at risk.  —  Many tea bags contain small amounts of tiny plastic particles called microplastics.
 
 
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Cardinal Dolan: Trump ‘takes his Christian faith seriously’
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Becca Lower / RedState:
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Discussion: Townhall and Raw Story
David Strom / HotAir:
The Absurdity of NATO Worrying About Russia
Discussion: Bloomberg
Rebecca Robbins / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants to Ban Drug Ads on TV. It Wouldn't Be Easy.
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CNN:
Inside the Trump team's plans to try to end birthright citizenship
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