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Despite the House Ethics Committee's findings in its investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-FL) alleged sexual misconduct, a number of MAGA allies are encouraging the ex-Florida lawmaker to fight back, according to Politico.

As the House investigated sexual harassment allegations last month, Gaetz quit as a congressman and then withdrew his name days after Donald Trump nominated the former congressman to be the next U.S. attorney general.

Scandal-ridden former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has at least one outspoken defender — another disgraced former congressman.

"Is Matt Gaetz a choir boy? NO! Is he a bad person? NO!" wrote former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) on X. "Is the 'ethics' report bias and mental to smear him? YES! I want to call for a special counsel to start an investigation on all 435 members of the house of the 119th Congress and watch it all come down in flames! Cheats, insider traders, DUI’s, DWI’s, prostitution, and, illegals drugs consumption are all some of the commonalities across the board in BOTH parties in the US House of Representatives."

After months of Democratic — and some Republican — lawmakers' urging the House Ethics Committee to release its investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-FL) alleged sexual misconduct, the committee released the report on Monday.

While the committee's report "found evidence that Gaetz paid thousands of dollars for sex; violated Florida’s statutory rape law; used cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana illegally; violated the rule on accepting gifts from lobbyists; gave friends special privileges and favors; and tried to obstruct the committee’s investigation," NOTUS reports that the report also sheds light on another issue.

Nebraska's governor has been hospitalized in an intensive care unit after he was "bucked off" a horse, leaving him with broken vertebrae and ribs and a spleen injury, according to reports.

Gov. Jim Pillen, 68, was horseback riding with members of his family when he was thrown Sunday, NBC News reported. Pillen was rushed to a hospital “out of an abundance of caution” and then taken to a separate hospital.

Democrats felt they hit rock bottom after the election — but are now looking on with satisfaction as Republicans tear themselves apart before even achieving unified control of government, Politico reported.

Barely emerging from licking their wounds, the party "watched with barely contained glee as President-elect Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Musk nearly caused a government shutdown last week," reported Holly Otterbein, Brakkton Booker and Ally Mutnick. "Ditto when Trump and his allies vowed to field primary challenges against Republicans who didn’t take their side on the funding battle. And then they couldn’t believe their luck when Trump fumed about House Speaker Mike Johnson, opening up the possibility of a messy leadership fight next year that could stall his agenda."

President Joe Biden exhibited profound "moral wisdom" in his decision to commute 37 out of 40 death row inmates to life without parole, Elizabeth Bruenig wrote for The Atlantic on Monday.

Biden issued these pardons to prevent another spree of executions like that which occurred under the first Trump administration — although, perhaps sensitive to the controversy over his last mass clemency including some particularly heinous criminals, took care not to commute the sentences of the Charleston church shooter, the Boston Marathon bomber, or the Tree of Life Synagogue shooter — and despite that, Republicans still pounced and threw a fit over the decision.

A New York Democrat thinks he knows what's behind President-elect Donald Trump's bizarre new request: money.

Over the weekend, Trump suggested the United States should reclaim the Panama Canal, citing exorbitant fees for access and an increasing Chinese presence in the waterway.

Fort Worth-based Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) continuing to serve on Congressional payroll while secretly living in a dementia care facility is a massive disgrace, wrote right-leaning Never Trump commentator Charlie Sykes for The Atlantic — and it speaks to a broader problem of American politics becoming increasingly dominated by people of advanced age.

This follows a presidential cycle that, for the first half, was dominated by speculation about President Joe Biden's cognitive and physical fitness to run for a second term and the transparency with which his administration presented his health to the public, which culminated in his leaving the race, and President-elect Donald Trump, also approaching his 80s, facing allegations of even worse cognitive deficits.

A handful of Republican leaders — some nominated to assume positions in Donald Trump's Cabinet — are planning to use their newfound power in the coming months to "reshape higher education," according to a Monday Bloomberg report. And they're starting with Harvard University.

Per the report, the Harvard Crimson found in a survey that "only 13% of this year’s graduating seniors describe themselves as conservative or very conservative and more than three-quarters of faculty identify as liberal."

A Houston woman is accused of locking a 7-year-old girl in a dog cage underneath a Christmas tree, according to police.

Per ABC 7 News, "Rose Anderson appeared before a Harris County Magistrate on Sunday, though the incident reportedly happened 'on or around' Dec. 13."

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas left out additional gifts he received from Republican donor Harlan Crow, and a legal analyst blasted the judge for desperately needing an "emotional support billionaire."

The Senate Judiciary Committee revealed that two trips, one on Crow's private jet and another on his yacht, went previously undisclosed despite editing his previous disclosures to include other trips.

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is withdrawing a motion for a restraining order on the release of a House Ethics Committee report into his alleged misconduct — as it has already been released and the issue has been made moot.

The original complaint was filed earlier today after it became evident the committee planned to release it, and as the media were beginning to obtain details of the report's contents.

Over the weekend, Donald Trump went on a bizarre rant about Panama and threatened to take back the canal, which would require an American invasion.

Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday, ranting: “The fees being charged by Panama are ridiculous."