Matt Gaetz ethics report says his drug use and sex with a minor violated state laws

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican who briefly stood to become President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, was found by congressional ethics investigators to have paid numerous women — including a 17-year-old girl — for sex, and to have purchased — and used — illegal drugs, including from his Capitol Hill office,

Gaetz ethics report says his drug use, sex with a minor violated state laws

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican who briefly stood to become President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, was found by congressional ethics investigators to have paid numerous women — including a 17-year-old girl — for sex, and to have purchased and used illegal drugs, including from his Capitol Hill office, according to

Trump Fills More Defense Department Roles

President-elect Donald Trump announced more nominations to fill his incoming Department of Defense (DoD) on Sunday, less than a month before his inauguration day. Trump said in a series of statements posted to Truth Social that his “slate of American First Patriots” will work alongside his Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth to advocate for dedicated

Sullivan ‘Proud of What We’re Handing Off’ to Trump as Foreign Adversaries Weaken

‘America’s competitors and adversaries are weaker and under greater pressure than they have been,’ Sullivan said. WASHINGTON—White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Dec. 22 praised President Joe Biden’s foreign policies, stating that the incoming administration will inherit a stronger America globally, vis-à-vis its adversaries. In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Sullivan said

U.S. Navy crew ejects safely when jet shot down by likely “friendly fire”

A U.S. Navy crew was shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S. military said Sunday. The two-person crew — a pilot and a weapons officer — were recovered alive, with one suffering minor injuries in the incident. The incident came as the U.S. military conducted airstrikes targeting Yemen’s

Under Trump, Will Keystone XL Remain a Pipe Dream?

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to issue a day-one executive order to restore federal approvals for the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, similar to his January 2017 directive overturning the Obama administration’s 2015 rejection of the same project. Trump’s first-term Keystone restoration was reversed by President Joe Biden in a January 2021 executive order, again halting