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Senate Democrats have sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking for “the complete evidentiary file” from the bureau’s investigation into allegations of sex trafficking of minors against former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), whom President-elected Trump has tapped to become the next attorney general, The Hill reports.

Politico: “The president-elect has vowed to redirect all unspent funds from President Joe Biden’s climate programs to ‘important projects like roads, bridges and dams.’”

“Senate Republicans are thrilled that Lara Trump, the Republican National Committee co-chair, is being floated as a potential replacement for Sen. Marco Rubio if he is confirmed as secretary of state,” NOTUS reports.
“And for her would-be colleagues in the Senate, that she’s President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law doesn’t hurt.”

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Russ Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, CBS News reports.

New York Times: “The legal and ethical issues surrounding some of President-elect Donald Trump’s selections for top administration jobs, not to mention their history of eyebrow-raising public statements, are far more profound than the kinds of revelations that have killed nominations in the Senate in the past.”

“Republicans in North Carolina are rushing a bill through the legislature before they lose their supermajority to give their party more control over elections, eliminate the jobs of judges who have ruled against them and limit the authority of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general,” the Washington Post reports.

“We’re all just people trying to pee in peace.”
— Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE), on Bluesky, in response to the new transgender bathroom ban on Capitol Hill.

“Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) said Wednesday that Speaker Mike Johnson has blocked her proposal to allow new mothers to vote by proxy for several months from being included in the rules package for the next Congress,” Politico reports.

“The House Ethics Committee met Wednesday but did not release its report on former Rep.

“The House Ethics Committee obtained records, including a check and records of Venmo payments, that appear to show that then-Rep. Matt Gaetz paid more than $10,000 to two women who were later witnesses in sexual misconduct probes conducted by both the House and the Justice Department,” ABC News reports.