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3:40 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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CNN:
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 …
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 …
David Firestone / New York Times:
The Trumpian Attitude at the Heart of the Gaetz Report  —  The Trumpian Attitude at the Heart of the Gaetz Report  —  There is so much repellently sleazy behavior documented in the House Ethics Committee report about Matt Gaetz that a reader has to stop every few pages to look away and focus …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Raw Story and CBS News
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 …
New York Times:
Trump Transition Live Updates: Ethics Panel Draft Report Accuses Gaetz of ‘Regularly’ Paying for Sex and Using Drugs  —  Where Things Stand  — A draft report by the House Ethics Committee accused former Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, of regularly paying for sex …
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Ethics report alleges Gaetz paid 17-year-old for sex
House Committee on Ethics:
In the Matter of Allegations Relating to Representative Matt Gaetz
Discussion: Must Read Alaska and Raw Story
Washington Post:   House Ethics report says Matt Gaetz paid for sex, including with an underage girl
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
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The long decline of the American death penalty, explained
Discussion: Fox News and The Intercept
Naomi LaChance / Rolling Stone:
Biden Clears Out Most of Federal Death Row Before Trump Can Kill Them
Discussion: The Hill
Aishvarya Kavi / New York Times:
Biden Commutes 37 Death Sentences Ahead of Trump's Plan to Resume Federal Executions
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
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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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
Washington Post:
D.C. officer guilty for leaking to Proud Boys' Tarrio before Jan. 6  —  Prosecutors said former intel unit head Shane Lamond helped Tarrio and the Proud Boys stay “one step ahead” of law enforcement in the fateful days before the Capitol riot, a cat-and-mouse game with police.
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.
 
 
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
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Discussion: Townhall and Raw Story
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