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The House Ethics Committee released a long-awaited report on its investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. The investigation came to an end when Gaetz resigned from Congress in November after he was announced as President-elect Donald Trump's choice for U.S. attorney general. (The Ethics panel only has jurisdiction over sitting members of Congress.) Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration to lead the Justice Department on Nov. 21, as details emerged about the testimony of women who spoke to the Ethics committee. Read the full report below:

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The House Ethics Committee Monday released its report summarizing the investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who vacated his seat days before the report was expected to initially be made public. A woman told the committee she saw Gaetz at a party having sex with a minor, her lawyer told NBC News last month. The same woman told the panel that, at the same party, she witnessed Gaetz having sex with her friend, who was 17 years old at the time. Prior to the report's release, Gaetz had repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, noting that a separate Justice Department probe into allegations of sex trafficking ended with no charges. Earlier Monday, in an attempt to prevent the report’s release, Gaetz sought a temporary restraining order against the House Ethics Committee and its Chair, Michael Guest, calling for an injunction that would prevent their release of the expected report detailing the investigation into him.

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WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., sought a restraining order Monday against the House Ethics Committee in an effort to halt the panel's expected release of a final report summarizing its investigation into him. NBC News reported last week that the House Ethics Committee had voted to publicly release the panel’s report detailing its investigation into Gaetz. Concerns about the allegations against Gaetz caused him to withdraw his name from consideration to be President-elect-Donald Trump’s attorney general. While Gaetz has asserted that it's against the committee's practices to release ethics reports about former members, there is precedent for that scenario. Two months after former Rep. Bill Boner, D-Tenn., resigned in 1987, and on the day former Rep. Buz Lukens, R-Ohio, resigned from the House in 1990, the committee released its reports into the lawmakers.

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Text messages made public Monday by the House Ethics Committee showed that women complained that former Rep. Matt Gaetz had not paid them adequately for their alleged encounters with him. During the years-long investigation, Gaetz has vehemently denied he ever paid anyone for sex. “So I’m not to be taken care of for last week?” the woman asked Gaetz in the screenshotted text. The committee report said Greenberg often sent women money on behalf of Gaetz for the alleged sexual encounters with the former congressman. In the text exchange released by the committee, the other person asked the woman what Greenberg had said in a response.

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☆ What lawmaker finds ‘very disturbing’ about how House Ethics Committee handled Gaetz report
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( Jennifer Smith | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

What lawmaker finds 'very disturbing' about how House Ethics Committee handled Gaetz reportRep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) speaks to CNN's Kate Bolduan about the House Ethics Committee finding evidence that former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for sex or drugs on at least 20 occasions, including paying a 17-year-old girl for sex in 2017, according to a final draft of the panel’s report on the Florida Republican, obtained by CNN. Gaetz has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and has pointed to the Justice Department declining to bring charges against him in 2023. In a statement Gaetz released on X last week after CNN reported that the committee had voted to release the report, Gaetz denied having sex with a minor or paying women for sex. “In my single days, I often sent funds to women I dated - even some I never dated but who asked. I dated several of these women for years,” Gaetz said.

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☆ Matt Gaetz ethics report: Then-congressman paid thousands for sex and drugs
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( Sarah Ferris | Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

In a statement Gaetz released on X last week after CNN reported that the committee had voted to release the report, Gaetz denied having sex with a minor or paying women for sex. “Nearly every young woman that the Committee interviewed confirmed that she was paid for sex by, or on behalf of, Representative Gaetz,” the panel wrote. “Victim A recalled receiving $400 in cash from Representative Gaetz that evening, which she understood to be payment for sex. The committee wrote that Gaetz did not appear to negotiate specific payment amounts for sex with the women he paid. At least two women saw Representative Gaetz using cocaine and ecstasy at different events,” the committee wrote.

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☆ The biggest unknown quantity around Trump is tariffs, says strategist
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe biggest unknown quantity around Trump is tariffs, says strategistMatt Ryan, global head of market strategy at Ebury, discusses President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House and what it means for global FX markets.

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☆ House Ethics Committee releases the report on former Florida Representative Matt Gaetz
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( Emily Wilkins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHouse Ethics Committee releases the report on former Florida Representative Matt GaetzCNBC's Emily Wilkins reports on news from the House Ethics Committee.

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☆ House Ethics panel finds Matt Gaetz had sex with 17-year-old, 'regularly' paid for sex
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The House Ethics Committee on Monday revealed it found "substantial evidence" that former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz had sex with a 17-year-old girl in 2017, and that he "regularly" paid women for sex while he was in Congress. Gaetz also accepted gifts, including a 2018 trip to the Bahamas, "in excess of permissible amounts," the bipartisan committee concluded. "Representative Gaetz has acted in a manner that reflects discreditably upon the House," the report said. But the Ethics Committee, which had paused its own efforts while the DOJ's version played out, reauthorized its investigation in May 2023. News outlets reported at the time that Gaetz's departure came just two days before the Ethics panel was set to vote to release the report.

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☆ Read the Full Matt Gaetz Report from the House Ethics Committee
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Representative Gaetz refused to answer questions about his relationships with the women involved. The woman asserted to Representative Gaetz that she was being “treated differently" than other women he was paying for sex. 53 Mr. Greenberg told the Committee that Representative Gaetz was aware that the women they had sex with and paid had met Mr. Greenberg through the “sugar dating” website. In 2017, using a pseudonymous account, Representative Gaetz made payments to women largely without a description of the purpose of the payment. I think maybe [Representative Gaetz] even didn't really understand at some points because maybe that's why he wasn't giving me what I wanted.

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☆ Shohei Ohtani wins 3rd AP Male Athlete of the Year award, tying Michael Jordan for 1 shy of record
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The Japanese superstar caps 2024 by winning The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the third time, tying him with basketball great Michael Jordan. Maybe next year, I’ll get the award again.”In balloting by 74 sports journalists from the AP and its members, Ohtani received 48 points. He previously won the award in 2023 and 2021, when he was with the Angels. “It wouldn’t shock me if he went 60/60 and 20 wins a year from now,” Brad Ausmus, who managed the Angels in 2019 during Ohtani’s second season in Anaheim, said recently. Ohtani won his first World Series last season.

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☆ Gift at the pump: Cheapest Christmas gas since Covid
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Americans will likely be greeted by the lowest Christmas Day gas prices since 2020 during the pandemic, according to GasBuddy, an app that crowd-sources pump prices. GasBuddy told CNN it expects gas prices will average $3.01 a gallon nationally on Christmas Day. That would represent a modest dip from $3.10 last year and the Christmas Day record of $3.26 in 2021. Travel slowed sharply in 2020 due to the pandemic, keeping gas prices very low. However, a surprise increase in gas prices in recent days, primarily in the Great Lakes region, prompted De Haan to revise his initial forecast higher.

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☆ I interviewed 70 parents who raised highly successful adults: 4 things they wish they had known
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-23 | by ( Margot Machol Bisnow | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Over 15 years, I interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs and their parents to learn how they were raised. The parents say their grown children are not only accomplished and financially successful, but generous and kind. But looking back now, so many of the parents told me there were several things they wished they had known while their children were growing up. 'Don't panic if they don't finish college'Most of the parents I spoke to believed that a college degree was essential for a successful career. Their parents told me they worried that all the time their children were spending on the playing field instead of the classroom was a waste of time.

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☆ Meet the Press – December 22, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-22 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +54 min

I don't think I'm in a minority that want to figure it out. The latest poll I saw was over 70% of the country – people in the country don't like the direction of the country. And so this was really, really tough. I'm going to worry about my job and my salary, and I don't think I'm going to participate. I'm really, really for that.

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☆ NFL Week 16 top storylines: Eagles still soaring; who earns final AFC playoff spots?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-22 | by ( Mike Jones | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

NFL Week 16 is in full swing, with three games already in the books after Thursday and Saturday’s action. Five more teams — Baltimore and Pittsburgh in the AFC; Detroit, Philadelphia and Minnesota in the NFC — have also secured playoff berths. The Eagles have won 10 straight games, the longest active streak in the NFL and the longest in team history. The Eagles, Lions and Vikings enter Sunday with identical 12-2 records. Williams hasn’t topped 200 yards passing for two straight games, and the Bears have been outscored 68-25 in two games since Eberflus’ firing.

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☆ Joe Manchin: West Virginia senator torches Democrats on the way out the door
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-22 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

For more on Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, watch CNN’s “Inside Politics with Manu Raju” at 8 a.m. “They have basically expanded upon thinking, ‘Well, we want to protect you there, but we’re going to tell you how you should live your life from that far on,’” Manchin added. Let anybody have anything they want,’” Manchin added. He added that during the Army-Navy football game last weekend, he told the president-elect, “I want to help any way I can.”“I want you to succeed,” Manchin said he told Trump. The senator added the third party would be called the “American Party” and would serve as a space for moderate Democrats and Republicans.

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☆ The new pro-crypto government could spur a stablecoin boom in 2025. What it means for investors
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-22 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"A 2025 stablecoin boom will send the market cap of stablecoins to $400 billion or higher," Hougan said in his 2025 crypto predictions report . "There's about $150 billion of stablecoin currency," he said. "If the U.S. normalizes that there's no reason why U.S. banks and U.S. companies can't issue $10 trillion of digital currency backed by U.S. dollar currency equivalents sitting in U.S. banks. … We need full reserve digital dollars, like stablecoins, to become a mass export product of the United States. And if there's going to be a major currency of the internet, [we need to] make sure it's a digital dollar."

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☆ How false claims that the Madison school shooter was transgender spread online
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-21 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Is A Tech Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Only 38 minutes after a Madison, Wisconsin, teacher called 911 to report Monday’s school shooting, the lies began to spread. The first one, in a post on X, said simply: “Taking bets on another trans shooter.” The post didn’t pick up much traction. Without the context, dozens of X accounts used the Townhall video to speculate that the shooter was transgender. His post received only about 47,000 views, compared to the millions of views the false claim got on the platform. One X account said “the trans thing is obvious” from comments on an X account that appeared to belong to her.

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After three years of tense reductions, the skies are clearing over Silicon Valley, and startup investors seem broadly optimistic about a resurgence in tech dealmaking. AdvertisementIn 2025, venture capitalists expect a loosening of antitrust regulations under the new presidential administration. Established funds raised the lion's share of funding dollars, while many newish and boutique funds struggled to raise. "Uncertainty breeds defense, optimism breeds offense," said Matt Murphy, a partner at Menlo Ventures and early Anthropic investor. AdvertisementFrom IPOs to robotaxis, these are the tech trends to watch in 2025, according to venture capitalists.

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☆ Breastfeeding can be hard and lonely. These women are trying to change that
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-21 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that infants consume only breast milk — no formula — until they are about 6 months old. But at that age, just 56% of US babies consume any breast milk, according the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But for some women or birthing parents, exclusive breastfeeding or chestfeeding is simply not possible because of inadequate supply. “It is personalized.” Studies suggest that breastfed babies have lower risks of illness and chronic health problems, and that breastfeeding parents have lower risks of maternal diabetes and hypertension. “We have a long way to go.”The Lactation Network is privately held and doesn’t have external investment, Neff said.

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☆ Trump has claimed his victory was a mandate. Washington’s realities are already challenging that
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-21 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Donald Trump has yet to arrive in Washington, but he is already confronting the limitations of his electoral mandate. Trump has asserted his decisive November victory should clear any roadblocks standing in the way of his agenda. “The beauty is that we won by so much,” Trump told Time Magazine in a recent interview. “The mandate was massive.”Yet, Trump in the last month has already faced several high-profile defeats at the hands of his own party before even taking office. On Monday, Trump told reporters he didn’t expect DeSantis to name Lara to the post and distanced himself from the campaign pushing his daughter-in-law all together.

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☆ The best illustrations and photos from Business Insider in 2024.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-20 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Business Insider's creative team covered an array of projects this year. We brought our stories to life by incorporating animations, crafting bespoke multimedia experiences for our biggest stories, producing and commissioning hundreds of illustrations, and working with photographers around the globe. Our visuals captured a wide range of topics, from looking into illegal lockouts in major US cities to Ozempic Scams. We hired nearly 250 talented freelancers who helped bring our most compelling stories to life, producing over 1,500 pieces of custom art that enhanced our storytelling. Here are some of our favorite visual creations from 2024.

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☆ Is Indiana at Notre Dame in the Playoff one of the state’s biggest sporting events ever?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-20 | by ( Matt Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

The magnitude of Friday night’s College Football Playoff opener between Notre Dame and Indiana became apparent immediately after the bracket was announced. It makes our list because of what happened next — not just the school’s third national championship (and first under Bob Knight). Two nights later, Denny Crum coached Louisville past UCLA for the Cardinals’ first national championship. Georgia’s drought endsThere were no local ties here, but the magnitude of a national championship game puts this on the list. The Bulldogs edged Michigan State in the semifinal and faced Duke for the national championship.

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☆ Nike's problem is larger than marketing, says JPMorgan's Matt Boss
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNike's problem is larger than marketing, says JPMorgan's Matt BossMatt Boss, JPMorgan equity research analyst, joins CNBC's 'Closing Bell' to discuss outlooks on Nike's challenges, retail picks, and more.

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☆ Gold prices edge higher with focus on Fed's policy decision
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Gold prices edged higher on Wednesday as attention turned to the Federal Reserve's upcoming monetary policy decision, with the U.S. central bank anticipated to implement a third rate cut this year and provide insights into its plans for 2025. Spot gold nudged 0.1% higher to $2,648.43 per ounce by 0237 GMT. U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in November, adding to warmer inflation readings in recent months and suggesting that the central bank could pause rate reduction in January. On the policy front, the Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Riksbank and Norges Bank are expected to deliver their policy verdicts later this week. Chile's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.00% on Tuesday, extending an easing cycle that began last year.

Persons: Matt Simpson Organizations: Federal, U.S, Fed, City Index, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Norges Bank Locations: Riksbank

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