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4:15 AM ET, December 24, 2024

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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 …
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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
New York Times:
Trump Transition Live Updates: Ethics Panel Draft Report Accuses Gaetz of ‘Regularly’ Paying for Sex and Using Drugs
Washington Post:
Read the full report on Matt Gaetz from the House Ethics Committee
House Committee on Ethics:
Statement of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Matt Gaetz
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  —  Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to a hospital Monday afternoon for testing and observation after developing a fever, a spokesperson for Clinton said.  —  “President Clinton was admitted …
Discussion: Associated Press and Alternet.org
Associated Press:
Relief, defiance, anger: Families and advocates react to Biden's death row commutations  —  Victims' families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions shared a range of emotions on Monday, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences.
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The Hill:
Biden's death row commutations draws chorus of mixed reactions
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The long decline of the American death penalty, explained
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
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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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Joseph R. Biden Jr / The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on H.R. 5009, Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025  —  Today, I have signed into law H.R. 5009, the “Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025” (the “Act").
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Associated Press:
Biden signs defense bill despite objections to ban on transgender health care for military children  —  The president also objected to language prohibiting the use of money earmarked to transfer detainees held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to some foreign countries and into the U.S.
Discussion: Politico
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 …
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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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” …
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.
Alina Selyukh / NPR:
Walmart illegally opened delivery drivers' deposit accounts, U.S. says  —  A federal lawsuit alleges that Walmart deceived more than a million delivery drivers by creating deposit accounts without their knowledge or consent, using their Social Security numbers and other personal information.
Associated Press:
Judge rules Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against librarians is unconstitutional  —  A federal judge on Monday struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors.
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 …
 
 
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Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Biden vetoes bill that would have created dozens of new federal judge slots
Discussion: Associated Press and Reuters
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Republicans' Anti-Trans Attacks Have Left Democrats Flat-Footed
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Johnson allies urge Trump to intervene as messy speaker battle threatens to delay 2024 certification
Discussion: The Independent
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
 Earlier Items: 
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
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
A Pro-Trump Group's Risky Bet on Infrequent Voters Seems to Have Paid Off
Discussion: Breitbart and Townhall
Emily Baumgaertner / New York Times:
Research Finds Vaccines Are Not Behind the Rise in Autism. So What Is?
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
Texas AG Paxton sues NCAA for allowing transgender women to compete
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Cardinal Dolan: Trump ‘takes his Christian faith seriously’
Discussion: Breitbart, Fox News and IJR