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'No real solutions': Trans rep-elect hits back at 'extremists' for Capitol bathroom ban

The first trans woman elected to Congress issued a forceful response over a Republican lawmaker's reported plans to try to ban trans women from using female bathrooms at the Capitol.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) plans to introduce a resolution that would ban trans women from using the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity at the Capitol, Fox News reported Monday. The move comes just before Congress swears in Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE).

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'How Russian of him': Internet mocks Trump for picking another 'propagandist' for Cabinet

Donald Trump made another selection for his Cabinet on Monday, picking former Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI), now a host at Fox News, to be secretary of transportation.

The selection of Duffy, a longtime loyalist for Trump who has brushed off the former president's rape allegations as simply "engagements with women," triggered an immediate reaction from commenters on the growing social media platform Bluesky — particularly because it's the second Cabinet nominee Trump has taken from Fox News, after tapping Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense. That particular nomination appears to be facing a rocky path given the sexual assault allegations against him. He also selected Thomas Homan to be his next "border czar," who comes directly from Fox’s payroll.

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Court 'unlikely' to save ex-Fox News host in press freedom 'showdown' under Trump: report

Ex-Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge is subject to fines and possible jail time as a federal appeals court "appears unlikely to rescue" the conservative journalist for "refusing" to reveal her sources for reports about a Chinese American scientist who was probed by the FBI, Politico reports.

When Donald Trump succeeds Joe Biden in January, Politico reports the MAGA leader "could order the Justice Department to settle an underlying lawsuit filed by the woman, Yanping Chen," which "would wipe away the fines and any other punishment against Herridge."

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GOP Rep seeks to ban trans women from Capitol's female bathrooms after trans woman elected

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) plans to introduce a resolution that would ban transgender individuals from the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity at the Capitol, Fox News reported Monday — and it comes just before Congress swears in its first-ever transgender congresswoman.

"The sanctity of protecting women and standing up against the Left’s systematic erasure of biological women starts here in the nation’s Capitol," Mace told Fox. The measure calls for "prohibiting Members, officers, and employees of the House from using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex, and for other purposes," and would task the Sergeant-at-Arms with enforcing the rule.

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'Tremendous and well-liked': Trump taps another Fox TV host for Cabinet position

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a Fox Business co-host to be the nation's next Transportation Secretary, according to reports.

Trump said Monday he is nominating former Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) to head the agency.

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Georgia appeals court cancels hearing on Trump case — with no public explanation

A Georgia appeals court has canceled a hearing scheduled for Dec. 5 on the state's election subversion case involving Donald Trump and several of his allies.

According to Politico's Kyle Cheney, the order, released Monday simply stated that "the oral argument ... is hereby canceled until further order of this Court."

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'Sobering': Retired Marine Corps pilot says she took part in war games to prep for Trump

Former Marine Corps fighter pilot Amy McGrath took part in "war games" with the Veterans for Responsible Leadership (a 527 Super PAC) earlier this year for situations that might now come to pass.

The group worked through the first days of Donald Trump's new presidency using the policies he has indicated he plans to implement, The Atlantic reported at the time.

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Trump is personally calling GOP senators to stump for embattled nominee: report

President-elect Donald Trump has launched a phone campaign to urge Republican senators to confirm embattled Florida Republican Matt Gaetz as his next attorney general, according to a report.

Trump has called senators including Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Axios reported Monday. Another senator, who wasn't named, also confirmed Trump had called them.

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MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace: Looming Matt Gaetz fight is meant to 'humiliate' the Senate GOP

A battle is looming over Donald Trump's Cabinet picks and MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace thinks that the overarching goal is to "humiliate" Republican senators.

Speaking to former Republican strategist Tim Miller, Wallace said she thinks former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) "will be the attorney general" even if the House Ethics Committee report proves damaging.

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GOP Ethics chair: We don't take orders from Speaker Johnson on the Gaetz report

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) does not get to dictate what the House Ethics Committee does, said the bipartisan committee's Republican chair on Monday, per Politico.

The committee has to decide whether to release a potentially explosive report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who faces an investigation into alleged child sex trafficking, illicit drug use, and acceptance of improper gifts, among other transgressions.

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FAA has proposed large fines for Musk — and he may soon hold power over them: report

A battle could be looming between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and the Federal Aviation Administration, which handles, among other things, air traffic as planes fly through U.S. airspace.

Musk faced proposed fines last year of about $633,000 over SpaceX violations, Politico reported, including over the company's unauthorized rocket firing.

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'You're all in big, big trouble': Don Jr. warns people who 'sold out' Trump after Jan. 6

Donald Trump Jr. issued a warning to people who refused to stand with his father after he incited a riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

During a Monday interview with the younger Trump, right-wing host Charlie Kirk celebrated the results of the November election.

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Trump defiant after lawyer says clients told ethics committee Matt Gaetz paid for sex

The Trump transition team is doubling down on his pick for attorney general, pushing Matt Gaetz through even after an attorney who represents two women says his clients told the House Ethics Committee that the then-congressman paid them for sex. One also says she saw the Florida Republican having sex with a minor at a house party.

“She testified [that] in July of 2017, at this house party, she was walking out to the pool area, and she looked to her right, and she saw Rep. Gaetz having sex with her friend, who was 17,” Florida attorney Joel Leppard told ABC News.

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