Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, withdrew his name from consideration on Thursday, Nov. 21. The former Florida congressman said his nomination had “unfairly” become a distraction to Trump’s transition. “There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I’ll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve…

Ukraine has accused Russia of launching intercontinental ballistic missiles. The FBI says it thwarted an attack on the New York Stock Exchange. And the Pacific Northwest is experiencing a one-two punch as a “bomb cyclone” combines with an atmospheric river. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Ukraine says Russia…

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is enforcing a new policy requiring public bathroom use on the House side of the Capitol to line up with biological sex and not gender identity. The new rule comes as the first openly transgender person elected to Congress, Delaware Democratic Representative-elect Sarah McBride, prepares to be sworn in on…

Linda McMahon, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of education, is under scrutiny for her handling of alleged child sex abuse when she was CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). A decades-old allegation against a WWE employee has recently been revisited in a lawsuit by plaintiffs who claim they were abused while working for the…

Javier Milei promised pain for the people of Argentina, and they elected him president anyway, with the highest share of votes since Argentina’s return to democracy. One year removed from his resounding victory, are Argentines already running out of patience with Milei? He’s still the most popular political leader in the inflation-ravaged nation, but popularity is…

Donald Trump’s sweep of Congress and the White House, complete with the first GOP win in the national popular vote count since 2004, has stunned observers, pollsters and politicians alike. Since Nov. 6, commentators from across the spectrum have chimed in with their thoughts on how the Democrats lost so much while the Republicans won…

A key meeting of the House Ethics Committee could affect the nomination of former Congressman Matt Gaetz as attorney general. And President-elect Donald Trump looks on as Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches its latest Starship test flight. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. House Ethics Committee to discuss Gaetz…

A hacker has allegedly accessed a computer file said to include sworn testimony from a woman who says she had sex with former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., when she was a minor, The New York Times reported. Gaetz is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for the position of attorney general. The file allegedly includes 24 total…

The head of FEMA said it is continuing the investigation into a former supervisor who told employees to avoid homes with Trump gear when responding to a hurricane. Administrator Deanne Criswell said she asked the inspector general to do a full review of the incident and is working with the office of special counsel to…

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could have an unlikely ally on Capitol Hill: Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. They both said diets and ingredients approved by the FDA are poison and they both agree that the food subsidy system in the U.S. needs to be overhauled.  According to Booker,…