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'A problem': Pete Hegseth's former Fox News colleague believes Trump nominee raped woman

Fox News contributor Leslie Marshall revealed she had worked with former host Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary, and she believes that he is a rapist.

In a Fox News segment on Sunday, host Howard Kurtz noted that Hegseth was accused of rape in 2017 by a woman who went to the police, "and a rape kit confirmed the sexual encounter."

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'Unqualified to be your babysitter': Fox News pundit rips Matt Gaetz over sex allegations

Fox News pundits Ben Domenech and Leslie Marshall agreed that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was unqualified to be a babysitter or drive teenage girls in an Uber because he had been accused of having sex with a 17-year-old girl.

During a Sunday panel discussion on Fox News, Domenech agreed with Gaetz's decision to withdraw as President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene threatens to remove 'toilets in Africa' with help of Elon Musk

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) vowed to support Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) by investigating NPR and "toilets in Africa."

"Elon Musk will be leading the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, under the Trump administration, aimed at cutting at least $2 trillion said to be government waste of taxpayer money," Fox News host Maria Bartiromo explained during an interview with Greene on Sunday.

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'I know that's not a woman': Fox News host and Nancy Mace slur trans member of Congress

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy told Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) that she didn't need to see women's private parts to enforce anti-transgender bathroom bans because she could tell who was a biological woman by looking at them.

During a Sunday interview on Fox News, Mace explained her crusade against Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (R-DE) by suggesting she had a fear of being raped in the bathroom by the first transgender member of Congress.

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'You don't care?' ABC host stunned as GOP senator shrugs off FBI checks for Trump picks

ABC host Jonathan Karl pressed Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) after he suggested that FBI background checks for President-elect Donald Trump's nominees weren't necessary.

During a Sunday interview on ABC's This Week program, Karl noted that Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) had called for an FBI background check for defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, who faced sexual misconduct allegations.

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Trump is hiding donors' names as he rakes in 'secret money': NYT

A decision by Donald Trump's transition team to skip over filing ethics and disclosure forms to the General Services Administration has allowed them to rake in cash from outside sources to fund his transition efforts while not disclosing where the cash is coming from and how much they are taking in.

According to an alarming report from the New York Times, the unprecedented decision to blow off federal funding of the transition by the the president-elect's team opens the door to "secret money" which is alarming ethics experts who believe it will result in unknown actors calling the shots in the incoming Trump White House.

As the Times' Ken Bensinger and David Fahrenthold wrote, "President-elect Donald J. Trump is keeping secret the names of the donors who are funding his transition effort, a break from tradition that could make it impossible to see what interest groups, businesses or wealthy people are helping launch his second term," adding, "Mr. Trump is the first president-elect to sidestep the restrictions, provoking alarm among ethics experts."

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The report notes Trump and his team are forgoing up to $7.2 million in federal funds by not signing an agreement with the Biden administration, which allows them to raise unlimited funds –– including from undisclosed foreign nationals.

Heath Brown, a professor of public policy at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, claimed that should raise red flags.

“When the money isn’t disclosed, it’s not clear how much everybody is giving, who is giving it and what they are getting in return for their donations,” he explained. “It’s an area where the vast majority of Americans would agree that they want to know who is paying that bill.”

"Mr. Trump’s transition team, formally known as Trump Vance 2025 Transition Inc., has revealed nothing about how much money it hopes to raise, who has contributed to the fund or how it is spending the money," the Times is reporting before adding, "The current Trump transition, like its predecessors, is set up as a 'dark money' nonprofit. Those groups typically do not have to disclose their donors, even to the Internal Revenue Service. But unlike Mr. Trump’s team this year, earlier transitions accepted financial support from the General Services Administration, which oversees much of the transition process."

According to Brian Galle, a Georgetown University law professor, the IRS could require an audit for transparency, but that it seems unlikely.

“Given the political sensitivity of this organization, I’d say the odds of their being audited are zero," he predicted.

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'Knife fight': Trump reportedly 'expressed frustration' at inner circle 'game of thrones'

Donald Trump became upset as two of his closest allies in the world of finance battled it out for a key job in his administration, according to a new report.

Various reports have detailed fights among those on Trump's transition team, including a physical altercation between top Trump advisers that reportedly took place at Mar-a-Lago.

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'Showstopping': Report describes  'physical confrontation' between two top Trump advisers

Two top advisers for Donald Trump got into a "physical confrontation" at Mar-a-Lago, according to the Washington Post.

Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn, who was charged in an Arizona indictment of false electors, was reportedly involved in the interaction with Howard Lutnick, Trump's pick for commerce secretary who was at the center of a stand-off that some say showed the limits of Elon Musk's influence over the former and incoming president.

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'Smoke screen': Expert flags a 'broken Trump campaign promise' he says will 'never happen'

Donald Trump made a campaign promise to eliminate the Department of Education, but that will never come to fruition, an expert said Saturday.

Former President Barack Obama's Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, appeared on MSNBC over the weekend to discuss Trump's vow to end the department Duncan once led.

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'Some voters feel betrayed' as Trump gives 'middle finger' to campaign promises: analyst

Donald Trump promised during his presidential campaign that he had nothing to do with Project 2025, and wanted nothing to do with it, but his embrace of figures close to the conservative plan to overhaul the federal government could be upsetting some of his voters, according to a political analyst.

Alexi McCammond, who serves as an opinion editor for the Washington Post and has previously commented on Trump's relationship to the MAGA base, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday. The host, Alex Witt, asked about Trump appointing those with close ties to Project 2025.

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Trump move shows 'limit to influence' of one of his 'strongest political allies': report

One of Donald Trump's latest actions shows that one of his closest allies doesn't have the influence over the president-elect that some thought, according to a new report.

Elon Musk is the richest man in the world and he poured millions of dollars into efforts to get the former and incoming president elected, but he doesn't have unlimited sway over Trump's actions, Business Insider reported.

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'Booo!' Trump fans say they are 'disheartened' after he gives 'slap in the face to MAGA'

Donald Trump made an announcement about his upcoming administration, and his biggest fans are not happy about it.

Trump said on Friday that he had chosen Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, a physician and Fox News medical contributor, as his surgeon general. She also "serves as a medical director at CityMD, a network of urgent care centers in New York and New Jersey," according to Politico's reporting.

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'Lying liar who lies': Ex-Republican hits out at Trump over latest decisions

During an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, former GOP communications director Tara Setmayer pounced on Donald Trump for lying his way back into the White House.

Speaking with host Alex Witt, the two watched clips of Donald Trump repeatedly claiming he knew nothing about the controversial Project 2025, or anyone associated with it, before the election, only to have turned around and stocked his incoming administration with a bevy of conservatives with deep ties to it.

After the MSNBC host ticked off several of the more prominent Project 2025 associates who have been nominated for high-profile Cabinet positions, she asked her guest, "What does this tell you, though? His choices – what does it indicate?"

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"It indicates that Donald Trump, as we know, is a lying liar who lies and the proof was there before the election that he absolutely did know about Project 2025," replied Setmayar who worked for former Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) until 2013. Setmayer left the Republican Party in 2020 and co-founded the Seneca Project, which works to galvanize moderate women voters.

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