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Thursday, November 21, 2024

Republicans on the House Ethics Committee fell in line behind GOP leaders and voted not to release the results of their investigation into Donald Trump's attorney general pick, Matt Gaetz, despite growing calls from the Senate GOP to make the findings public ahead of his confirmation hearing. read more


Haley, who was Trump's most significant Republican primary opponent, argued Wednesday on her radio show against confirming Gabbard as director of national intelligence and Kennedy to lead Health and Human Services. read more


The House Ethics Committee obtained records, including a check and records of Venmo payments, that appear to show that then-Rep. Matt Gaetz paid more than $10,000 to two women who were later witnesses in sexual misconduct probes conducted by both the House and the Justice Department, according to documents obtained by ABC News. read more


The shortage may last months as the US expects an increase in hospitalizations due to respiratory virus season. read more


North Carolina Republican lawmakers voted to strip the state's incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of key powers, passing a sweeping bill before the GOP likely loses their veto-proof supermajority in the Legislature next year. read more


House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday he is banning transgender individuals from accessing bathrooms on the House side of the Capitol complex that correspond to their gender identity. read more


Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Ranging from a threatening hiss to a blood-curdling scream, the sound of the Aztec death whistle is as creepy as the skull-like appearance of the instrument that produces it. read more


Malcolm Turnbull has accused Rupert Murdoch's News Corp of eroding democracy in the US and Australia by dividing people and undermining institutions with lies and populist rightwing ideology. read more


Pakistan detected one more polio case in the restive northwest bordering Afghanistan, raising the country's tally of the infectious disease to 50 cases this year, officials said Wednesday. read more


GOP Sen. Rand Paul denounced President-elect Donald Trump's plan to deploy the military to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants upon his return to office, saying it would be a "huge mistake" and a misuse of military personnel. read more


A major storm swept across the northwest U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages and downing trees that killed at least two people. read more


Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham has offered President-elect Donald Trump the use of a 1,402-acre ranch in Starr County, on the U.S.-Mexico border, for the construction of concentration camps. read more


Trump transition co-chair Linda McMahon is expected to be named as secretary of the Department of Education, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN. read more


Across platforms, male news influencers outnumber women, and creators with explicit political orientations lean conservative. read more


A Georgia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol with fellow members of the anti-government Oath Keepers extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to probation ... read more


Tech giants and their allies lean on culture-war issues to splinter bipartisan support for the bill read more


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