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Police report reveals new details from sexual assault allegation against Trump’s defense secretary nominee

A California woman told police that Trump Cabinet pick Pete Hegseth physically blocked her from leaving a hotel room, took her phone, and then sexually assaulted her even though she “remembered saying ‘no’ a lot,” a police report obtained by CNN shows.

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OPINION | In defense of politics at Thanksgiving dinner

Political debates became a Thanksgiving tradition after the election of President-elect Donald Trump in 2016, though they were practiced before then — during the Civil War, the 1960s and almost eve

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Trump-district House Democrat loses Alaska seat to political scion

House Republicans is projected to score a valuable pickup in Alaska's lone seat in the chamber, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola.

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Senate defeats effort led by Bernie Sanders to block planned US arms sales to Israel

The Senate on Wednesday voted down an effort led by Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders to block a series of planned US weapons sales to Israel.

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New document details the trail of payments Gaetz made to women

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Video from 2020 shows RFK Jr. implying US government may have planned Covid

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NC Senate leader defends move to strip power from Democrats as bill heads to governor

Senate leader Phil Berger is defending legislation that Democrats consider a partisan power grab, as the bill passed the Senate Wednesday and heads to the governor.

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Analysis: Trump’s picks don’t look like America. They look exactly like Fox News

While President Joe Biden bragged about picking the most diverse Cabinet in history, one that he said “looks like America,” President-elect Donald Trump is looking for TV experience.

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After a stinging election defeat, the Democrats' next big race kicks off: From the Politics Desk

Plus, the House Ethics Committee did not reach an agreement on whether to release their Matt Gaetz report. And Trump risks burning his political capital quickly.

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Ex-Obama education secretary has a piece of advice for Trump’s pick Linda McMahon

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Republicans on ethics panel vote to block Gaetz report

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.

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Trump's transition trouble : The NPR Politics Podcast

Well before we know who wins the presidential election, a clock is ticking, counting down to the next administration. The transition between one president to the next can be tumultuous, and the current transition to Donald Trump's second term is proving to be bumpier than usual. This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and editor/correspondent Ron Elving.The podcast is produced by Jeongyoon Han and Kelli Wessinger, and edited by Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.

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Fox News Politics: Fetterman says he's open to Oz

The Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump transition, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.

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Absences by Trump’s Senate pals help Democrats confirm Biden judges

Senate Democrats have confirmed some of President Joe Biden’s picks for the federal bench this week in the face of President-elect Donald Trump’s calls for a total GOP blockade of judicial nominations – in part because several Republicans involved with the Trump transition process have been missing votes.

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Has life in the U.S. become too political? You can buy a house in Italy for $1.

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EU clash between worker shortages, anti-immigrant politics

As aging populations exacerbate worker shortages, European countries are quietly luring skilled foreign workers — even as pressure from the far right to keep immigration down has increased.

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'A leadership crisis': Rep. Torres doesn't rule out bid for N.Y. governor

In an interview Wednesday, Torres said he has made “no final decision.”

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Merkel eviscerates ‘emotional’ Trump in upcoming memoir

The former German Chancellor painted a scathing picture of the president-elect — and hinted at a playbook for dealing with him.

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Trump eyes right-wing personality Dan Bongino among current and former agents for US Secret Service director

Donald Trump is considering a right-wing media personality and people who have served on his US Secret Service detail to run the agency that has been plagued by its failure to preempt two alleged assassination attempts on Trump this summer, sources familiar with the president-elect’s thinking tell CNN.

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Georgia election workers defamed by Rudy Giuliani ask judge to hold him in contempt in new legal threat

Two Georgia election workers who won a massive verdict against Rudy Giuliani because he defamed them after the 2020 election are asking a federal judge to hold him in contempt of court.

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House Ethics Panel Deadlocks on Whether to Release Gaetz Report

Senators in both parties have demanded to see the committee’s investigative report into sexual misconduct and illicit drug use allegations against Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general.

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Speaker Mike Johnson Says He Will Ban Transgender Women From Capitol Bathrooms

The G.O.P. speaker sided with hard-right members of his conference who called for blocking Representative-elect Sarah McBride, the first transgender member of Congress, from using Capitol women’s rooms.

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Republicans support bathroom ban after US transgender lawmaker elected

Republicans have pushed an effort barring first federal transgender lawmaker from women’s restrooms in the US Capitol.

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Pennsylvania Democratic official apologizes for comments about ignoring election laws

A Democratic election official in Pennsylvania offered an impassioned apology Wednesday for claiming “precedent by a court doesn’t matter anymore in this country” to justify counting about 600 faulty ballots in defiance of state Supreme Court rulings.

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Column | How 2024 may shift our understanding of the political generation gap

Data from the election remains incomplete, but we can already assess how the generational divide has changed — and how it hasn’t.

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Opposition politician’s abduction continues “a growing and worrying trend of transnational repression”

This is not the first time a foreign dissident has been abducted on Kenyan soil. It is part of a growing and worrying trend of transnational repression with governments violating human rights beyond their borders.

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Election workers seek to hold Rudy Giuliani in contempt for continued defamatory comments

Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss say the former Trump attorney violated an agreement to stop trashing them publicly.

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Trump Picks Matthew Whitaker, Former Acting Attorney General, to Be U.S. Ambassador to NATO

Mr. Whitaker briefly served as acting attorney general in Mr. Trump’s first term.

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Londonderry mayor defends US trade trip meetings

Lilian Seenoi Barr has faced criticism from councillors in Derry over a recent rip to the US.

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Elon Musk shares Milton Freidman's loathing of government bloat

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) co-lead Elon Musk is pointing to famed economist Milton Friedman's take on which federal agencies should be scrapped.

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Tillis: Recess appointments for Cabinet picks ‘should be absolutely off the table’

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Incoming Senate Dem Elissa Slotkin torches identity politics in 2024 autopsy: 'Go the way of the dodo'

Sen.-elect Elissa Slotkin tore into identity politics as she recalled why she believes she won her race in a Trump-voting state.

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Trump announces Matthew Whitaker as his pick to be US ambassador to NATO

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Matthew Whitaker, who served as acting attorney general during Trump’s first term, as his pick to be US ambassador to NATO.

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Biden set to use his pardon power Monday for Thanksgiving turkey tradition

With just two months until he leaves office, President Joe Biden is gearing up to utilize his presidential pardon power for fowl reasons.

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Jon Delano, long-time KDKA Money & Politics Editor to retire on December 1

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Trump lawyers demand Bragg case be 'immediately dismissed,' say election 'supersedes' political 'motivations'

Trump lawyers called for an "immediate dismissal" of New York v. Trump, declaring that the American people’s choice to elect the former president to a second term "supersedes" Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s "political motivations."

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Holiday Gatherings After the Election Don’t Have to Be Contentious

How to avoid a contentious family holiday after the big election.

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Fetterman would be willing to confirm Dr. Oz

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said he will vote to confirm Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator if Oz is committed to protecting Medicare and Medicaid.

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3 urgent tasks awaiting Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary

Ensuring the US doesn’t default on its obligations. Extending trillions of dollars in tax cuts before they expire. Quarterbacking President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for the economy.

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Live updates: Trump presidential transition news

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Trump picks lead for Education Department. And, tips to bridge political divides

What we know about Linda McMahon, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Department of Education. And, science-backed tips to bridge political divides.

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Biden makes another Ukraine policy shift with approval of sending anti-personnel mines

Ukrainian forces are now being supplied with American anti-personnel mines, a second escalation by President Biden before leaving office.

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Remote work crackdown: How Trump’s DOGE could push federal workers to quit

President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency, a nongovernmental entity helmed by billionaire Elon Musk and biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, is expected to make a push for an end to remote work across federal agencies as a way to help reduce the federal workforce through attrition.

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Maybe we should bring up politics this Thanksgiving

As Thanksgiving approaches, Americans across the nation are gearing up for football, food and time with friends and family. Most years, but especially on election years, I’ve crossed my fingers and hoped that politics will not be brought up in conversation and inevitably taint the holiday with division and awkward tension between relatives. If you’re...

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Trump’s coalition is a mess of contradictions — and they’re about to be exposed

There’s a brewing fight over what Trumpism really stands for, one that pits Trump’s top allies against each other.

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Marine Le Pen accuses prosecutors of trying to sentence her to ‘political death,’ calls her trial ‘politicized’

The far-right leader also threatened to topple the Barnier government over budgetary disagreements.

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Wealthy Americans are rushing to grab foreign passports following Trump’s win

Europe could soon be welcoming a wave of well-heeled Americans, as Democratic voters facing the prospect of another Donald Trump presidency eye refuges abroad.

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Analysis: Almost everyone thinks the 2024 election results are legitimate, a rare occurrence

The reaction from Democrats to Donald Trump’s 2024 victory is, to put it mildly, very much unlike their reaction to his 2016 win. Instead of mass protests in the streets, Democrats have been, for the most part, quiet.

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The Complex Politics of Tribal Enrollment

How did the U.S. government become involved in “adjudicating Indianness”?

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McMahon nomination shows Trump ‘could not care less about students’ futures’

National Education Association criticises WWE founder as an ‘unqualified’ pick for education secretary

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