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Matt Gaetz probe in focus as House Ethics panel expected to meet
By Bo Erickson and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Ethics Committee is expected to meet behind closed doors Wednesday as some Senate Republicans call for it to share the findin...
Nov 20, 2024
Once again, polls underestimated Trump. Experts only have a hunch why
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Following Republican President-elect Donald Trump's resounding victory in this month's election, some U.S. pollsters are scrambling to understand why their survey...
Nov 20, 2024
Trump expected to name Linda McMahon as education secretary, CNN reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Linda McMahon as education secretary, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing four sources familiar with the matter. McMahon is a p...
Nov 19, 2024
Trump says he is not reconsidering Gaetz nomination for attorney general
By Jasper Ward (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was not reconsidering the nomination of former Congressman Matt Gaetz as attorney general. Gaetz, 42, who was inves...
Nov 19, 2024
Hacker accessed documents on Matt Gaetz misconduct allegations, lawyer says
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unidentified hacker accessed copies of confidential testimony in a lawsuit involving allegations of sexual misconduct by Matt Gaetz, U.S. President-elect ...
Nov 19, 2024
Republican bill to restrict first transgender member of Congress draws criticism
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill aimed at blocking the chamber's first openly transgender member from using women's ...
Nov 19, 2024
Prominent Wall Street boss Lutnick has been one of Trump's biggest cheerleaders
By Saeed Azhar (Reuters) - Wall Street veteran Howard Lutnick, whose domain stretches from brokerages to real estate, has been one of Donald Trump's biggest promoters from the business world in recent...
Nov 19, 2024
Clinton, Yellen to back US community lending fund as Trump seeks spending cuts
(Corrects to show that Yellen became Council of Economic Advisers chair in 1997, after CDFI fund was launched, in paragraph 2) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton will return to the U...
Nov 19, 2024
Trump picks TV's Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had chosen celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz to serve as administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz, ...
Nov 19, 2024
Trump's hush money case should be paused, prosecutors say
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The case in which Donald Trump was convicted on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star should be paused in light of his election victory to all...
Nov 19, 2024
