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Senate GOP sees Hegseth nomination as likely doomed

12/05/24 5:36 PM ET Pete Hegseth’s nomination to serve as secretary of Defense appears doomed despite his fiery declaration that he’s “not going anywhere,” Republicans on Capitol Hill told The Hill on Thursday. “I think most people do not expect Hegseth to make it,” said one Republican senator. “There’s seven or eight [Republican] votes against him. It’s a matter of time.” “It’s on the death watch,” the senator added. GOP senators say that President-elect Trump is letting Hegseth twist in t ...

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U.S. sets Thanksgiving record for whooping cough cases

December 5, 2024 / 4:44 PM EST At least 364 pertussis infections were reported to health authorities last week, according to figures published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, marking the worst Thanksgiving week for whooping cough in recent decades. This tops the previous Thanksgiving record of 228 cases of pertussis which were reported for the week ending Nov. 27, 2010. That year there were 27,550 cases reported by the end of 2010, below the 28,167 already tallied ...

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Elon Musk Spent Over $250 Million to Help Elect Trump

Elon Musk Spent Over $250 Million to Help Elect Trump The enormous spending from the world's richest man quietly fueled allied groups and was revealed only now, as Mr. Musk plays a key role in the presidential transition. Elon Musk on Thursday in Washington after a meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Tom Brenner for The New York Times By Theodore Schleifer and Maggie Haberman Theodore Schleifer reported from Washington, and Maggie Haberman from New York. Dec. 5, 2024 Elon Musk, the worl ...

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Elon Musk was behind mysterious pro-Trump super PAC that invoked Ruth Bader Ginsburg

POLITICS Elon Musk was behind mysterious pro-Trump super PAC that invoked Ruth Bader Ginsburg The world's richest man was likely the single largest individual political donor of the 2024 election. Elon Musk speaks during a rally for Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York, on Oct. 27. Angelina Katsanis/POLITICO By JESSICA PIPER 12/05/2024 08:42 PM EST Elon Musk was the sole funder of a super PAC formed in the final weeks of the election that spent millions on ads claiming Donald ...

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Project 2025 backers will spend $1 million to pressure GOP senators to confirm Pete Hegseth

Thursday 05 December 2024 22:04 GMT The think tank behind Project 2025, the conservative blueprint linked to President-elect Donald Trump, is launching an effort to back Trump's imperiled selection for secretary of defense in its latest attempt to wield influence in the incoming Republican administration. Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said Thursday that his group will spend $1 million to pressure senators unwilling to back Pete Hegseth, whose nomination to lead the Pentagon has ...

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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield decides not to proceed with new anesthesia policy

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Anthem Insurance (Blue Cross Blue Shield) has reversed course on a new policy of capping anesthesia coverage after a certain time limit. A company representative told KCTV5 on Thursday afternoon that it has decided not to proceed with the plan. The health insurance giant initially had announced that the move would take effect on Feb. 1, 2025. Anthem stated that it would change how it evaluates billed time on professional claims for anesthesia services. After the Amer ...

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Bahamas rejects Trump proposal to take in deported migrants

The Bahamas has rejected a proposal from the incoming Trump administration to take in deported people, as the president-elect seeks to follow up on pledges to slash immigration. Donald Trump’s team has drawn up a list of countries to which it wants to deport migrants when their home countries refuse to accept them, according to NBC News. But the Bahamas said it had “reviewed and firmly rejected” the plan. Prime Minister Philip Davis’s office said his government had received a proposal from th ...

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House votes against releasing Matt Gaetz ethics report for now

Dec. 5, 2024, 1:00 PM EST / Updated Dec. 5, 2024, 6:15 PM EST WASHINGTON -- House lawmakers voted Thursday against releasing an Ethics Committee report on an exhaustive, yearslong investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a close ally and confidant of President-elect Donald Trump. Democrats had forced the votes and Republicans responded by voting to return the matter to the Ethics Committee, ending the fight over the report's release for now. Whether the report ever becomes public re ...

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NASA once again delays astronaut moon landing, pushing to 2027

NASA once again delays astronaut moon landing, pushing to 2027 By Jackie Wattles and Kristin Fisher, CNN * 3 minute read Updated 1:44 PM EST, Thu December 5, 2024 NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft on top is pictured at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 26, 2022, ahead of the Artemis I launch. Eric Bordelon/NASA (CNN) — NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon this decade amid a renewed international push for lunar exp ...

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'High on the list of items': Ramaswamy threat to claw back Rivian loan sparks criticism of Musk's conflict of interest

Vivek Ramaswamy, the incoming co-chair of President-elect Donald Trump’s commission to cut government spending, has set his sights on money the Biden administration is dispersing in its final days in office, including a key loan to a rival company of his commission co-chair, Elon Musk. Last week, the Department of Energy announced a $6.6 billion conditional loan commitment to Rivian, the electric vehicle startup that is a nascent competitor to Tesla, Musk’s $1 trillion car company. [....] Th ...

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Trump picks former Georgia Sen. David Perdue for U.S. ambassador to China

9 min ago - Dec. 5, 2024, 10:39 PM EST / Updated Dec. 5, 2024, 11:08 PM EST HONG KONG — President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that former Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., had agreed to be nominated to be the next U.S. ambassador to China. “As a Fortune 5 ... (NBC News)

Brian Thompson's killing sparks outrage over state of US healthcare

35 min ago - Thu 5 Dec 2024 16.50 EST Last modified on Thu 5 Dec 2024 20.03 EST In the aftermath of the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, while Thompson’s colleagues grieve and politicians decry his murder, some online discussion has shown lit ... (The Guardian)

Trump-district Democrats put speakership in reach for Hakeem Jeffries

59 min ago - 11 hours ago House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' (D-N.Y.) path to the speakership will run through President-elect Trump's home turf. Why it matters: The strategy (and math) are pretty basic for Jeffries, who needs to pick up just three seats in ... (Axios)

Chelsea Manning, trans rights activists protest at Capitol, GOP lawmaker uses slur

1 hr ago - Published 6:33 p.m. ET Dec. 5, 2024 Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. Army Soldier and WikiLeaks whistleblower, joined a group of transgender rights activists staging a sit-in protest Thursday at a bathroom near Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) off ... (USA Today)

Ex-Proud Boys Leader dodges questions at trial of officer charged with feeding him intel

1 hr ago - Dec. 5, 2024, 6:22 PM EST WASHINGTON — Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio, who is serving 22 years in prison on charges related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, sparred with a federal prosecutor and a judge and refused to answer questions re ... (NBC News)

Defamed election workers seek double whammy against Giuliani -- ask judge to hold him in contempt for violating court

2 hrs ago - Dec 5th, 2024, 6:22 pm Georgia election workers defamed by Rudy Giuliani are now asking for him to be slapped with “severe sanctions” for allegedly violating several court orders and repeatedly flouting his discovery obligations. On Thursd ... (Law & Crime)

Former US officials alarmed over Tulsi Gabbard's alleged 'sympathy for dictators'

2 hrs ago - Thu 5 Dec 2024 17.43 EST Nearly 100 former US diplomats and intelligence and national security officials have called for the Senate to hold closed-door briefings on Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence for her alleged &#1 ... (The Guardian)

Senate GOP sees Hegseth nomination as likely doomed

3 hrs ago - 12/05/24 5:36 PM ET Pete Hegseth’s nomination to serve as secretary of Defense appears doomed despite his fiery declaration that he’s “not going anywhere,” Republicans on Capitol Hill told The Hill on Thursday. “I think most ... (The Hill)

Project 2025 backers will spend $1 million to pressure GOP senators to confirm Pete Hegseth

3 hrs ago - Thursday 05 December 2024 22:04 GMT The think tank behind Project 2025, the conservative blueprint linked to President-elect Donald Trump, is launching an effort to back Trump's imperiled selection for secretary of defense in its latest attempt to wi ... (The Independent)

U.S. sets Thanksgiving record for whooping cough cases

4 hrs ago - December 5, 2024 / 4:44 PM EST At least 364 pertussis infections were reported to health authorities last week, according to figures published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, marking the worst Thanksgiving week for whoopin ... (CBS News)

Elon Musk was behind mysterious pro-Trump super PAC that invoked Ruth Bader Ginsburg

5 hrs ago - POLITICS Elon Musk was behind mysterious pro-Trump super PAC that invoked Ruth Bader Ginsburg The world's richest man was likely the single largest individual political donor of the 2024 election. Elon Musk speaks during a rally for Donald Trump at M ... (Politico)

Elon Musk Spent Over $250 Million to Help Elect Trump

6 hrs ago - Elon Musk Spent Over $250 Million to Help Elect Trump The enormous spending from the world's richest man quietly fueled allied groups and was revealed only now, as Mr. Musk plays a key role in the presidential transition. Elon Musk on Thursday in Was ... (New York Times)

Senior Biden aide commits to giving Ukraine avalanche of military assistance

6 hrs ago - White House games last-minute strategy to bolster Ukraine, including $20bn in loans and sweeping sanctions on Russia Joseph Gedeon in Washington Thu 5 Dec 2024 20.01 EST The White House has gamed out a last-minute strategy to bolster Ukraine’s ... (guardian)

John Fetterman says Hunter Biden, Trump both deserve pardons after 'politically motivated' trials

6 hrs ago - Democratic Sen. John Fetterman said Thursday that the federal cases against President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden and the New York hush money case against President-elect Donald Trump were both "politically motivated" and deserving of pardons. Biden ... (NBC News)

Major Health Insurance Companies Take Down Leadership Pages Following Murder of United Healthcare CEO

9 hrs ago - Following the murder of its CEO on Wednesday morning, United Healthcare removed a page from its website listing the rest of its executive leadership, and several other health insurance companies have done the same, hiding the names and photos of thei ... (404Media)

Biden Proposal Would Make Airlines Pay Travelers For Mechanical Delays

12 hrs ago - Thu, December 5, 2024 at 10:19 AM EST The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Thursday it is pursuing a new rule that would force airlines to compensate passengers for long delays that are the airlines’ fault, including those caused by m ... (Yahoo! News/Huff Post)

Johnson rejects Biden request for $24 billion on new Ukraine aid

12 hrs ago - House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday rejected a White House request to pass $24 billion in additional aid for Ukraine by the end of the year, saying any further assistance for Kyiv would be decided by President-elect Trump when he assumes office i ... (The Hill)

Trump promises a crackdown on diversity initiatives. Fearful institutions are dialing them back already

12 hrs ago - Thu 5 Dec 2024 07.00 EST Last modified on Thu 5 Dec 2024 15.58 EST In 2020, Donald Trump signed an executive order against “race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating” which would have set the stage for sweeping attacks on diversity initiat ... (The Guardian)

GOP senators push to take out provision in defense bill to draft women in military

13 hrs ago - 12/05/24 5:51 PM ET Eight Republican senators sent a letter to the top negotiators for the annual defense bill asking them to take out a provision that would require women to register for the Selective Service System (SSS), which compiles a registry ... (The Hill)

House votes against releasing Matt Gaetz ethics report for now

13 hrs ago - Dec. 5, 2024, 1:00 PM EST / Updated Dec. 5, 2024, 6:15 PM EST WASHINGTON -- House lawmakers voted Thursday against releasing an Ethics Committee report on an exhaustive, yearslong investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a close ally and co ... (NBC News)

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