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  • 1 hour 27 minutes
    Top Dem On Ethics Panel Reacts To Meeting On Gaetz

    The House Ethics Committee spent hours behind closed doors and came out with no agreement on what to do about the report on Matt Gaetz. The fate of the committee investigation into allegations of sexual impropriety and statutory rape remain in limbo. Plus, for the first time in Russia’s war with Ukraine the U.S. fully closed its embassy in Kyiv. 

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    21 November 2024, 2:47 am
  • 1 hour 26 minutes
    Trump Picks Dr. Mehmet Oz For Top Medicare & Medicaid Post

    President-elect selects Mehmet Oz for a top health role. Plus, a deadly stabbing spree in New York City. Also, Trump was joined by Elon Musk for a SpaceX test flight of the most powerful launch vehicle ever built.

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    20 November 2024, 2:55 am
  • 1 hour 27 minutes
    Trump Determined To See Gaetz Confirmed As Attorney General

    The president-elect is all in on Matt Gaetz as the attorney general, according to a source. But, what about that alleged sexual encounter with a 17-year-old girl which Gaetz denies? Today, some unbelievable details emerged in a related civil lawsuit while members of the House Ethics Committee debate whether they will make their report about the former congressman public. 

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    19 November 2024, 2:54 am
  • 1 hour 24 minutes
    Speaker Johnson Opposes Release Of Gaetz Ethics Report

    Donald Trump tries to fill out the front lines of his incoming administration and named a communications director, an interior secretary, a personnel director, and pushed to fire FBI director Christopher Wray. Plus, House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks out after originally saying it would be inappropriate for him to weigh in on whether the House Ethics Committee should release its investigation of Matt Gaetz. 

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    16 November 2024, 2:55 am
  • 1 hour 27 minutes
    Source: Trump Offered RFK Jr. Health & Human Services Secy Role

    According to several people close to the situation, Donald Trump is on the verge of announcing RFK Jr. as his next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. A devout skeptic of childhood vaccines, RFK Jr. endorsed Trump since he suspended his own presidential campaign in August and has been advising Trump’s transition team. 

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    15 November 2024, 2:50 am
  • 1 hour 27 minutes
    Shock Waves Over Unexpected Trump Cabinet Picks

    President-elect Donald Trump just announced on Truth Social that he is picking Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida to be the new United States attorney general. Gaetz is currently facing a House Committee on Ethics investigation over whether he may have engaged in sexual misconduct, accepted improper gifts, dispensed special privileges and favors to individuals with whom he had a personal relationship, and more. 

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    14 November 2024, 2:48 am
  • 1 hour 25 minutes
    Tomorrow: Senate GOP To Pick Leader To Replace McConnell

    It has been one week since president-elect Trump’s historic win and his team is announcing new names for his incoming administration. One senator who pulled his name out of consideration for one of the biggest jobs joins to discuss. Plus, another outbreak of antisemitic violence in Amsterdam occurs and now police in France are on guard. 

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    13 November 2024, 2:51 am
  • 1 hour 26 minutes
    Sources: Trump To Give Stephen Miller White House Role

    Donald Trump’s wants some of his latest picks for his brand new administration to be put in their jobs without congressional approval in recess appointments. Also, a split ticket truth, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is asking why people would vote for her and also Donald Trump.  

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    12 November 2024, 3:00 am
  • 1 hour 21 minutes
    Trump Picks First Woman To Be WH Chief Of Staff

    The celebratory calls pour into Mar-a-Lago from leaders around the world, but one president found himself not only on the phone with Donald Trump but also Elon Musk. Plus, federal prosecutors announce charges in a thwarted plot to kill Donald Trump allegedly plotted by Iran. 

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    9 November 2024, 2:49 am
  • 1 hour 37 minutes
    Trump Prepares To Retake Power, Carry Out Campaign Promises

    President-elect Donald Trump is putting the pieces in place for his second term and his allies around him float names of who could be in the next Trump administration. Plus, a look at what President Joe Biden told Trump on the phone after the election. 

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    8 November 2024, 2:50 am
  • 1 hour 23 minutes
    Election Day In America: Kamala Harris Delivers Concession Speech

    Kamala Harris spoke to supporters at Howard University after conceding the presidential race to Donald Trump. Four states are left to project: Arizona, Maine, Nevada, and Alaska. Michigan was called for Donald Trump giving him a full sweep of the blue wall states. 

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    7 November 2024, 1:49 am
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