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“Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA), the top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, was absent from the panel’s meeting last week after being traced as the source of leaks to the press regarding the investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL),” The Hill reports. “It remains unclear if Wild voluntarily skipped the Thursday gathering or was asked not to attend, what information she leaked and to whom, and how the panel tracked her back as being the leaker.”

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) signaled Monday she’s willing to give a chance to President-elect Trump’s embattled Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth, Axios reports. Said Ernst: “As I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a fair hearing based on truth, not anonymous sources.”

“Democrats are still reeling and reflecting on what went so wrong for their party this year,” NBC News reports. “But at the Democratic governors’ annual gathering in California, they were in full agreement that something has to change in order for their party — and, in their eyes, hopefully one of them — to have a real shot at the White House in 2028.”

Kari Lake is a leading contender for the nomination as Donald Trump’s ambassador to Mexico, Semafor reports.

“More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services,” the New York Times reports. “The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice.”

“Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada ‘will respond’ if US President-elect Donald Trump imposes new tariffs on Canadian imports, and argued that retaliatory tariffs were successful when Trump put tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum in 2018,” Bloomberg reports. “The comments are Trudeau’s strongest language yet in signaling his government is preparing retaliation if Trump follows through on his threat.”