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Johnson allies beg Trump to help him keep job, as report highlights Gaetz sex and drug claims: Live
Gaetz stands accused of buying and using illegal drugs, including from his office on Capitol Hill, according to the report
Oliver O'Connell, Gustaf Kilander, Kelly RissmanTuesday 24 December 2024 12:00 GMT
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Congress Narrowly Averts Government Shutdown — And Rejects Trump’s Debt Ceiling Commands
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Allies of Speaker Mike Johnsonare urging Donald Trumpto reaffirm his support for the Republican leader of the House of Representatives in the hope of heading off a messy battle for the role in the new year.
Should other contenders for the speakership emerge with any significant support following last week’s spending bill battle, it could delay the certification of the president-elect’s own victory, according to some lawmakers.
Democrats have also said that they won’t step in and rescue Johnsonthis time.
The House Ethics Committee report into former Rep. Matt Gaetzof Florida“ determined there is substantial evidence” that the former congressman “violated House Rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress.”
Gaetz sued the committeeto block the release of the report that found that he paid thousands of dollars to more than a dozen women — including a 17-year-old girl — for sex, but on Monday, drafts had already been published in several news outlets.
Finally, there is continued international incredulity over Trump’s desire to see the US retake the Panama Canaland buy Greenland, with the latter’s prime minister saying his country will “never be for sale.”
Recommended How will a second Trump presidency impact the tech world in 2025? Illegal drugs and sex with a minor: All the allegations against Matt Gaetz revealed in explosive report Trump taps Katie Miller, wife of key aide Stephen Miller, for Musk’s DOGE panel Speaker’s allies call for Trump to back him to avoid another round of Republican civil war
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Speaker’s allies call for Trump to back him to avoid another round of Republican civil warIf Mike Johnson is hoping for help from Democrats, he might be disappointed...Ethics committee report finds evidence Matt Gaetz paid 17-year-old-girl for sex‘These claims would be destroyed in court,’ Gaetz says
Trump considering attempting to boot Mike Johnson: report
President-elect Donald Trump is considering attempting to boot Speaker Mike Johnson from his post, according to Politico .
This comes after Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown on Friday night.
Trump is reportedly unhappy with the funding deal and that he didn’t get the debt ceiling hike he sought.
“The president is upset — he wanted the debt ceiling dealt with,” a person in Trump’s circle told the outlet.
“In the past couple weeks, we’ve questioned whether [Johnson has] been an honest broker,” another person said.
“I don’t see how Johnson survives,” yet another individual told Politico.
Gustaf Kilander 24 December 2024 12:00
Trump declares Elon Musk is ‘not going to be president’ amid ongoing taunts over who’s really in charge
While Donald Trumpstill thinks his “first buddy”Elon Muskis a “great guy,” he wants to make it clear that only one man is calling the shots.
“No, he’s not taking the presidency,” Trump declared in a Sunday night speech. “That’s not happening.”
The president-elect’s snarky remark comes as Democrats have sought to drive a wedge between the world’s richest man and the notoriously thin-skinned Trump by highlighting Musk’s growing influence and describing him as the “real president.”The taunts have only grownfollowing last week’s chaos on Capitol Hill after Musk raged againstHouse Republicans’ original spending bill, prompting lawmakers to race against the clock to strike another deal to prevent the government from shutting down.
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Trump declares Elon Musk is ‘not going to be president’ amid ongoing taunts‘No, he’s not taking the presidency,’ Donald Trump exclaimed Sunday night. ‘That’s not happening.’
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Chair of Ethics Committee did not vote to release report
The chair of the Ethics Committee, Republican Rep. Michael Guest said that while he does “not challenge the Committee’s findings,” he did not vote to release the report.
I believe, have publicly stated, and remain steadfast in the position that the House Committee on Ethics lost jurisdiction to release to the public any substantive work product regarding Mr. Gaetz after his resignation from the House on November 14, 2024.
While I do not challenge the Committee’s findings, I did not vote to support the release of the report and I take great exception that the majority deviated from the Committee’s well-established standards and voted to release a report on an individual no longer under the Committee’s jurisdiction, an action the Committee has not taken since 2006.
Representative Gaetz resigned from Congress, withdrew from consideration to serve in the next administration, and declared that he would not seek to be seated in the 119th Congress. The decision to publish a report after his resignation breaks from the Committee’s long-standing practice and is a dangerous departure with potentially catastrophic consequences.
Michael Guest
Gustaf Kilander 24 December 2024 10:00
Biden commutes most federal death row sentences. Here’s the full list
Thirty-seven people on death row had their sentences commutated by President Joe Bidenon Monday morning and will now serve life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, rather than face execution.
Maintaining the tradition of offering clemency in the last few weeks of a presidency, Biden exercised his power to remove most inmates from federal death row. Only three people will remain.
It comes a little less than a month before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Unlike Biden, Trump supports the death penaltyand has suggested more people should be given death sentences– though he has not offered specifics on that. Trump restarted federal executions after a 17-year pause during his first term, with 13 being carried out.
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Biden commutes most federal death row sentences. Here’s the full listThree people who committed hate-motivated mass killings or terrorism were exempt from commutation
Ariana Baio 24 December 2024 09:00
Greenland prime minister balks at Trump’s renewed play for territory: ‘We are not for sale’
The leader of Greenland has flat-out rejected President-elect Donald Trump’srenewed interest in purchasing the massive Arctic island from Denmark, insisting that the territory is not on the market.
“Greenland is ours,” Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede said in a statement on Monday. “We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom.”
Egede’s comment comes after the incoming president announced that he wanted to revisit the idea of buying the semi-autonomous land from Denmark. During his first term in the White House, Trump expressed a desire to make a “large real estate deal” because “strategically” it would be “very nice.”
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Greenland leader balks at Trump’s renewed play for territory: ‘We are not for sale’The leader of Greenland has flat-out rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s renewed interest in purchasing the massive Arctic island from Denmark, insisting that the territory is not on the market.
Justin Baragona 24 December 2024 08:00
Lord Mandelson ‘open to working with Farage to win over Trump’
Lord Mandelsonis reportedly set to call on Nigel Farageto help him win over Donald Trumpin his new role as UK ambassador to the US.
He is said to be ready to work with the Reform UK leader, as part of an attempt to persuade the president-elect not to target Britain with tariffs.
Experts have warned of a looming trade warafter Mr Trump himself said: “Tariff is my favourite word”, and promised to implement 10 to 20 per cent tariffson all goods coming into the country – a figure that rises to 60 per cent for those from China.
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Peter Mandelson ‘open to working with Farage to win over Trump’Nigel Farage, who has been a close ally of Donald Trump since his 2016 presidential election campaign, has offered his services to Lord Mandelson to act as a link to the president-elect
Millie Cooke 24 December 2024 07:00
Biden cheered by Democrats and civil rights groups for commuting dozens of death row sentences
Civil rights groups who were anxiously preparing for the onset of Donald Trump’s presidency breathed a sigh of relief on Monday as President Joe Bidenannounced the largest single-day commutationof federal death rowinmates in modern history.
The White House announced early Monday morning that the president would commute the sentences of 37 inmates awaiting execution in the federal prison system. Now, just three people will remain on death row following the commutations: mass murderers Dylann Roof, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and Robert Bowers.
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Biden cheered by civil rights groups for commuting dozens of death row sentencesBiden’s announcement leaves Democrats breathing easier after Hunter, ‘Kids for Cash’ clemency news
John Bowden 24 December 2024 06:00
Watch: Ethics report finds ‘substantial evidence’ Matt Gaetz violated statutory rape law
Ethics report finds ‘substantial evidence’ Matt Gaetz violated statutory rape law
Gustaf Kilander 24 December 2024 05:00
‘We are not for sale’: Greenland prime minister balks at Trump’s renewed play for territory
The leader of Greenland has flat-out rejected President-elect Donald Trump’srenewed interest in purchasing the massive Arctic island from Denmark, insisting that the territory is not on the market.
“Greenland is ours,” the territory’s prime minister Múte Egede said in a statement on Monday. “We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom.”
Justin Barangoa reports.
Greenland leader balks at Trump’s renewed play for territory: ‘We are not for sale’The leader of Greenland has flat-out rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s renewed interest in purchasing the massive Arctic island from Denmark, insisting that the territory is not on the market.
Oliver O'Connell 24 December 2024 04:43
Biden to decide on US Steel acquisition after no consensus on national security risks
A powerful government panel on Monday failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of a nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japanto purchase U.S. Steel, leaving a decision to President Joe Biden, a longtime opponent of the deal.
Continue reading... Biden will decide on US Steel acquisition after influential panel fails to reach consensusA powerful government panel has failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of a nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase U.S. Steel
AP 24 December 2024 04:20
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