Republicans

Law & Crime reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to take away funding from a children’s hospital if it fails to follow his executive order requiring medical care facilities to ask patients about their immigration status on intake forms. Abbott made the post on X in response to a doctor’s viral video on TikTok telling patients they were under no …

The Washington Post reports: In a 2019 production of his eponymous show, Mehmet Oz extolled the transformational results of Ozempic in an interview with comedian Billy Gardell about managing his Type 2 diabetes — and shedding 21 pounds after five months on the medication. “Whoa! Now we’re talking!” Oz said as he double high-fived Gardell before turning to a drug …

Axios reports: Three of the biggest investment firms in the world were sued by 11 states last week, in a case that not only could transform the way trillions of dollars is managed, but could also hobble global efforts to transition to a sustainable level of carbon emissions. Texas AG Ken Paxton, along with 10 of his colleagues, is attempting …

ABC News reports: Republican Sen. Mike Rounds emphasized his support for current FBI Director Christopher Wray after President-elect Donald Trump announced he intended to nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the department’s top job. “I think the president picked a very good man to be the director of the FBI when he did that in his first term,” Rounds told ABC …

“Joe Biden has lied from start to finish about his family’s corrupt influence peddling activities. Not only has he falsely claimed that he never met with his son’s foreign business associates and that his son did nothing wrong, but he also lied when he said he would not pardon Hunter Biden. The charges Hunter faced were just the tip of …

The Daily Beast reports: A senior Republican has given full-throated backing to Kash Patel’s nomination as head of the FBI, revealing he personally urged Donald Trump to bring the controversial former Department of Justice official “to the table” and looks forward to watching him rip the agency “apart.” Speaking with NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday morning, Sen. Bill Hagerty …

From a 2020 Tampa Bay Times report: Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne looked down at his ringing cell phone. It was the cop who had him arrested. A month earlier, Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister stood in front of a row of news cameras and blasted the pastor’s “reckless disregard” for the safety of his flock in holding two crowded Sunday services. Chronister …

Axios reports: Chemistry with Trump is a huge factor in the most controversial picks. “These are people that get him and understand him,” a longtime Trump confidant told us. “Last time, there were lots of people who didn’t understand the vision or buy into the vision.” Another transition source tells us Patel was close to being named deputy FBI director, …

The Hill reports: Former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) time in Congress may be over, but the saga over the House Ethics Committee’s report on its years-long investigation into him is in its final act. Two Democrats who moved to force votes requiring the Ethics panel to release its report have signaled they will continue that push, which could tee up …

Axios reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Saturday condemned a series of bomb threats targeting House and Senate Democrats from New England over the Thanksgiving recess. The incidents left members of Congress feeling shaken and beleaguered by the increasingly relentless cycle of violence facing American political figures. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ (D-N.Y.) office said each threat was “signed …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Donald Trump’s campaign-trail vow to end President Biden’s signature climate law is running into a cold reality: Too many Republican lawmakers want to keep it. The Inflation Reduction Act has channeled billions of dollars to renewable-energy projects across the country, with Republican-led states getting the lion’s share of the funding. Even though not a single …

The Guardian reports: Musk has long been a critic of the Biden administration’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (Bead) Program, which provides $42.45 billion through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to expand high-speed internet access in rural communities. Starlink, the satellite internet services subsidiary of SpaceX, has largely been shut out of this funding after government agencies deemed it too slow …

Axios reports: President-elect Trump wants to see a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza before he assumes office on Jan. 20, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Axios in an interview. Israeli officials believe the Trump administration might take a different approach to Gaza, specifically on what the “day after” the war would look like. But Graham — who speaks with …

The Kentucky Lantern reports: A federal judge in Kentucky has blocked the Biden administration’s expanded protections for farmworkers who come to work in the United States under H-2A visas. The injunction issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves applies in Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia and Alabama. Plaintiffs in the case — Kentucky farmers and Republican attorneys general from the …

Mediaite reports: X/Twitter users were stunned by Vice President JD Vance’s Thanksgiving post — a parody of Norman Rockwell’s “Free From Want” depicting President-elect Donald Trump as the husband, Vance as the wife, and a county-level electoral map as the turkey. In a Thanksgiving twist that has set social media ablaze, Trump and Vance are depicted in a parody image …

“This year, there was not just one but TWO assassination attempts on President Trump. Now some of his Cabinet nominees and their families are facing bomb threats. This is dangerous and unhinged. It is not who we are in America. Joe Biden and all Democrat leaders have an obligation to speak up and condemn this now.” – House Speaker Mike …

“Here’s what’s really been inflationary, the last four years of the radical out-of-control Biden spending with this Inflation Reduction Act, that’s what has caused inflation. And if it means that I have to pay more for guacamole but fentanyl poisoning does not come across the Canadian and Mexican border, and our mothers and sisters and brothers and daughters aren’t poisoned …

Nashville’s NPR affiliate reports: Goodlettsville police say they responded this morning to a bomb threat at the home of Pete Hegseth, president-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense. The heavy police presence led to the closure of portions of Patton Branch and Madison Creek roads in the Sumner County portion of Goodlettsville Wednesday. This is one of a number …

“Mexico has been aiding the drug cartels and helping our enemies. They must pay the price. Mexico’s socialist President, Claudia Sheinbaum, is sending 400,000 barrels of oil to the murderous Communist Castro regime in Cuba. “I applaud President Donald Trump’s decision to implement a 25% tariff on all products coming into the United States until the drug and border crisis …

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is appealing a decision that permanently struck down Ohio’s most restrictive abortion ban and other abortion regulations. In October, Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Christian Jenkins permanently struck down an Ohio law that required doctors to check for cardiac activity before performing an abortion. Those who didn’t follow this protocol …