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Democrat files resolution to force full House to vote on Matt Gaetz's ethics report

Democratic Rep. Sean Casten (IL) told MSNBC on Wednesday that he has filed a resolution that would force a vote on the full House to decide whether to release the Ethics Committee investigation report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).

Gaetz was under investigation for engaging in a sexual relationship with an underage teen, paying for sex, and illicit drug use, all of which he denies.

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'This is modern McCarthyism': Furious Dem nails Republicans on  hidden purge hypocrisy

Call it the Catch-2025.

President-elect Donald Trump's Republican loyalists were called out Wednesday by a frustrated Democrat over a paradox concealed within their promised purge of federal government professionals.

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'Betrayed': Ethics committee Democrat lashes out at GOP chair's remarks on Gaetz report

Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) gave a statement after the House Ethics Committee meeting about the group's decision not to release the report about former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on party lines.

She said she left the room with plans to abide by their agreement not to discuss what transpired.

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'Less oversight': Trump children accused of capitalizing on election with new businesses

President-elect Donald Trump's children aren't wasting any time launching new money-making opportunities after their father was elected to a second term in the White House.

According to the Daily Beast, Lara Trump – the Republican National Committee co-chair who is married to the president-elect's son, Eric — is now launching a new clothing line. Her company, LT Brand by Lara Trump Collection, is labeled "a celebration of strength, resilience and patriotism." She wrote on Instagram that it would help "American workers and factories" and that her products will be "handcrafted in the USA because I believe in bringing jobs back home and making a difference where it matters most."

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'Huge mistake': GOP senator trashes Trump’s proposal to turn Army into deportation force

A cornerstone of President-elect Donald Trump's second-term agenda is the mass deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants. And his recent call to use emergency powers to deploy the U.S. military on U.S. soil is now being publicly slammed by a top Senate Republican.

Earlier this week, Trump said on his Truth Social platform that he would make a national emergency declaration that would allow for the military to be called up to assist his administration with mass deportations. And his nominations of immigration hard-liners like South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem for Homeland Security Secretary and his former Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief Tom Homan as border czar signal that his Cabinet would be taking an especially radical approach to undocumented immigrants.

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'Unsurpassed in grifting': Trump's newest merch release stuns onlookers

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he was selling guitars at $1,500 a piece, sending a chorus of laughs rippling through social media.

In a Truth Social post to his followers, the incoming president said “Limited Edition American Eagle Guitar Series” would be available for purchase.

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'Crisis is real': Analyst warns Trump of looming plight that could doom presidency

Donald Trump managed to win a second term in large part due to the frustration of the electorate over prices — but there's a big economic crisis looming over the president-elect's head that could end up defeating him, Heather Long wrote for The Washington Post.

That crisis is the cost of a home.

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House Ethics Committee does not agree to release sexual misconduct report on Matt Gaetz

Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS), chair of the House Ethics Committee, said there was no agreement on releasing a report about sexual misconduct allegations against former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general.

After a two-hour Ethics Committee meeting on Wednesday, Guest told reporters there "was not an agreement to release the report." The Republican chair would not say if the committee voted on the matter.

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Ultra-rich 'government in waiting' donors gather with core Trump aides at glitzy retreat

On the heels of the Republican Party's election success, lead figures from Donald Trump's team has been meeting with a "stealthy" group of ultra-rich donors that suddenly has major influence, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

The newspaper followed insiders, including incoming White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, from the campaign trail to a Las Vegas gathering of the Rockbridge Network, a group co-founded by J.D. Vance five years ago. In the past year, the group has been funding its own "government-in-waiting" to prepare for Trump's win and eventual takeover, the Times reported.

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'My Republican friends are laughing': Trump told that own party members mock his decisions

Republican lawmakers are laughing at President-elect Donald Trump and the "clown" he wants to see appointed the nation's top law enforcement officer, according to Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA).

Swalwell on Wednesday scoffed at Trump's chosen attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), and his attempts to bury a potentially damning Ethics committee report on accusations he had sex with a minor.

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GOP accused of power-grab with bill being pushed through weeks before Dems take over in NC

North Carolina Republican lawmakers have just a few weeks before a Democrat takes over the governor's mansion and the GOP loses its supermajority in the legislature — and they're being accused of trying to push through some last-minute changes that would weaken the incoming administration.

Taking to X on Wednesday, election law expert David Becker, who is the executive director of The Center for Election Innovation and Research, said the Republicans are "dropping some major structural and procedural changes to North Carolina elections in a 'hurricane relief' bill during the lame-duck session."

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'It's shameful': James Comer slammed on House floor over bill suggesting 'racism is over'

Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) called out white conservatives like Rep. James Comer (R-KY) after he pushed a bill that would modify the Civil Rights Act to outlaw diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the federal government.

During a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday, Comer encouraged members to support the Dismantle DEI Act.

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‘Declaration of war on expertise’: Experts explain danger of Trump ‘MAGA zealot’ nominees

President-elect Donald Trump has surprised and even alarmed many across the country, and "puzzled" and "baffled" some within his own party, with his Cabinet and other top White House nominations. Critics on the left have denounced his picks for their apparent lack of experience or qualifications for the roles they are expected to take on, noting some hold controversial or even false positions in the fields they may soon direct policy on. Meanwhile, experts in the fields of government, fascism, and democracy, are raising serious concerns about the potential “danger” some nominees represent, drawing comparisons to the “professional propagandists” often found in authoritarian regimes.

Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an NYU professor of history and a recognized expert on fascism and authoritarianism, on Wednesday pointed to this report on one of Trump's most-recent nominations, Linda McMahon:

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