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9:00 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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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Not the Life Matt Gaetz Was Planning On  —  The normal rules of public disgrace may no longer apply to Donald Trump.  But at least some expectation of good behavior remains, it seems, for a politician in Trump's orbit.  —  After a multiyear investigation, the House Ethics Committee reported today …
Discussion: Alternet.org, The Hill and Raw Story
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 …
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 …
NBC News:
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz seeks restraining order to halt release of House Ethics report
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Ethics report alleges Gaetz paid 17-year-old for sex
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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The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Commutes the Sentences of 37 Individuals on Death Row
Associated Press:
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions
The Hill:
Biden's death row commutations draws chorus of mixed reactions
Sam Fossum / CNN:
Biden commutes most federal death row sentences to life in prison before Trump takes office
NBC News:
Bill Clinton is hospitalized for observation and testing after developing a fever  —  A source close to the 42nd president told NBC News that the situation is “not urgent” and that Clinton is “awake and alert.”  —  Former President Bill Clinton has been hospitalized in Washington after developing a fever …
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Fox News:
Bill Clinton admitted to hospital for ‘testing and observation’ after falling ill
Discussion: Associated Press
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Former D.C. police intel chief found guilty of tipping off Proud Boys leader ahead of Jan. 6 attack  —  Shane Lamond was charged for tipping then-Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio off about the warrant out for his arrest in the leadup to the Capitol attack.
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Washington Post:
D.C. officer guilty of leaking to Proud Boys' Tarrio before Jan. 6  —  Prosecutors said former intel unit head Shane Lamond helped Tarrio and the Proud Boys in the days before the Capitol riot.  —  A former D.C. police lieutenant was found guilty in federal court Monday on charges …
Discussion: WTTG-TV, HuffPost and Axios
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
An ex-Washington police officer is convicted of lying about leaks to the Proud Boys leader
Discussion: The Hill and CBS News
New York Times:
Trump's Wish to Control Greenland and Panama Canal: Not a Joke This Time  —  In recent days the president-elect has called for asserting U.S. control over the Panama Canal and Greenland, showing that his “America First” philosophy has an expansionist dimension.
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Reuters:
Greenland is not for sale, its leader says in response to Trump
Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
Donald Trump, American Imperialist
ABC News:
Luigi Mangione's attorney blasts police, mayor for using the accused CEO killer as ‘political fodder’  —  Mangione pleaded not guilty to state murder and terror charges.  —  Luigi Mangione sits with his lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo during a hearing in New York State Supreme Court on charges …
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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.
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
Elon Musk Is a Paid Subscriber to Shockingly Racist Pro-Apartheid South African X Account  —  Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, is a paid subscriber to a virulently racist X account.  —  Musk not only follows an account called “Boer” …
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
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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New York Post:
Fiend accused of burning woman to death on NYC subway is illegal migrant from Guatemala who sneaked into US after he was deported  —  The illegal Guatemalan migrant accused of setting a straphanger on fire and gawking as she burned to death was once deported — but sneaked back into the US …
Emily Baumgaertner / New York Times:
Research Finds Vaccines Are Not Behind the Rise in Autism.  So What Is?  —  There is no one factor that causes autism — or explains its growing prevalence.  Researchers are seeking explanations for the surge.  Here are some possibilities.  —  When President-elect Donald J. Trump mused …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump's FCC pick sends stern letter to Bob Iger, blasting ‘erosion in public trust’  —  New York CNN —  The incoming chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is sending a stern message to the owners of television stations and networks.  And he is using ABC's recent settlement …
 
 
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USA Today:
Man charged with murder after woman set ablaze on New York City subway train
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Texas, Florida, Arizona and Idaho likely to gain House seats after 2030 census
Discussion: The Federalist
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump's many special envoys could mean some special headaches
Discussion: Alternet.org
Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
Trump's MAGA merchandise business operations are unacceptably opaque
Discussion: Raw Story
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
A Pro-Trump Group's Risky Bet on Infrequent Voters Seems to Have Paid Off
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Cardinal Dolan: Trump ‘takes his Christian faith seriously’
Discussion: Fox News and Breitbart
David Strom / HotAir:
The Absurdity of NATO Worrying About Russia
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Anti-Abortion Officials Continue Deputizing Angry Men To Turn Over Their Partners In New Legal Foray
 

 
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