WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill rallied around Pete Hegseth , Trump’s Pentagon pick, on Thursday even as new details surfaced about allegations that he had sexually assaulted a woman in 2017. The GOP embrace of Hegseth came as another controversial Trump nominee, Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration for attorney general. Gaetz said it was clear he had become a “distraction" amid pressure on the House to release an ethics report about allegations of his own sexual misconduct. An attorney for two women has said that his clients told House Ethics Committee investigators that Gaetz paid them for sex on multiple occasions beginning in 2017, when Gaetz was a Florida congressman. Fresh questions over the two nominees' pasts, and their treatment of women, arose with Republicans under pressure from Trump and his allies to quickly confirm his Cabinet. At the same time, his transition has so far balked at the vetting and background checks that have traditionally been required. While few Republican senators have publicly criticized any of Trump's nominees, it became clear after Gaetz's withdrawal that many had been harboring private concerns about him. Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin, who served with Gaetz in the House, said it was a “positive move.” Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker said it was a “positive development.” Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Gaetz “put country first and I am pleased with his decision.” After meeting with Hegseth, though, Republicans rallied around him. “I think he’s going to be in pretty good shape,” said Wicker, who is expected to chair the Senate Armed Services Committee in the next Congress. Republican senators' careful words, and their early reluctance to publicly question Trump's picks, illustrated not only their fear of retribution from the incoming president but also some of their hopes that the confirmation process can proceed normally, with proper vetting and background checks that could potentially disqualify problematic nominees earlier. Gaetz withdrew after meeting with senators on Wednesday. Sen. Thom Tillis said Gaetz was “in a pressure cooker” when he decided to withdraw, but suggested that it would have little bearing on Trump’s other nominees. “Transactions — one at a time,” he said. As the Hegseth nomination proceeds, Republicans also appear to be betting that they won't face much backlash for publicly setting aside the allegations of sexual misconduct — especially after Trump won election after being found liable for sexual abuse last year. Hegseth held a round of private meetings alongside incoming Vice President JD Vance on Thursday in an attempt to shore up support and told reporters afterward: “The matter was fully investigated and I was completely cleared, and that’s where I’m gonna leave it.” A 22-page police report report made public late Wednesday offered the first detailed account of the allegations against him. A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave. The report cited police interviews with the alleged victim, a nurse who treated her, a hotel staffer, another woman at the event and Hegseth. Hegseth’s lawyer, Timothy Palatore, said the incident was “fully investigated and police found the allegations to be false.” Hegseth paid the woman in 2023 as part of a confidential settlement to head off the threat of what he described as a baseless lawsuit, Palatore has said. Wicker played down the allegations against Hegseth, a former Fox News host, saying that “since no charges were brought from the authorities, we only have press reports.” Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., said after his meeting with Hegseth that he "shared with him the fact that I was saddened by the attacks that are coming his way.” Hagerty dismissed the allegations as “a he-said, she-said thing” and called it a “shame” that they were being raised at all. The senator said attention should instead be focused on the Defense Department that Hegseth would head. It's one of the most complex parts of the federal government with more than 3 million employees, including military service members and civilians. Sexual assault has been a persistent problem in the military, though Pentagon officials have been cautiously optimistic they are seeing a decline in reported sexual assaults among active-duty service members and the military academies. Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, who will be the No. 2 Republican in the Senate next year, said after his meeting with Hegseth that the nominee is a strong candidate who “pledged that the Pentagon will focus on strength and hard power – not the current administration’s woke political agenda.” Senate Republicans are under pressure to hold hearings once they take office in January and confirm nominees as soon as Trump is inaugurated, despite questions about whether Trump’s choices will be properly screened or if some, like Hegseth, have enough experience for the job. Senate Armed Services Chairman Jack Reed, who will be the top Democrat on the panel next year, said the reports on Hegseth “emphasized the need for a thorough investigation by the FBI on the background of all the nominees.” It takes a simple majority to approve Cabinet nominations, meaning that if Democrats all opposed a nominee, four Republican senators would also have to defect for any Trump choice to be defeated. 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As protests broke out across American cities in June 2020, Pete Hegseth, co-host of the weekend “Fox & Friends” show, joined an on-air panel to discuss the situation in Seattle, where protestors had created a self-declared autonomous zone around a few blocks near downtown. Hegseth, speaking remotely from his home, suggested the only way to save the city was to send in the military. “The question is, do you send in the troops? Do you say, ‘Hey, this isn’t going to happen anymore’? Or do you let Seattle, sort of, implode on itself?” said Hegseth, comparing it to teaching a wayward child a lesson. “It’s the idea of you caught your kid with cigarettes underage. Do you take them away right away or do you force them to smoke every cigarette in front of you in the entire pack to learn the lesson of what’s not going to work?” As President-elect Donald Trump ’s pick to lead the US military as secretary of defense, Hegseth would be in position to execute that kind of order should it come from the White House. During his first term in office, Trump never went so far as to order active-duty troops to put down riots in American cities. The closest he came was in the summer of 2020, when he ordered the DC National Guard to assist local law enforcement in responding to riots and looting in the city. He also asked governors to send in their state guard units to DC. Among those who deployed to the nation’s capital that summer was Hegseth. “If the National Guard had not been called up, I can’t help but think where Washington, DC, would be right now,” Hegseth said on Fox News in 2020. Hegseth also applauded a controversial New York Times op-ed written that summer by Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, who called for the military to break up nationwide riots around the country. While Hegseth called the policy a “ very mainstream idea ,” some Pentagon officials expressed concern about using the military to “dominate” protesters and worried about using military force against civilians. Polls at the time indicated Americans were evenly split on the idea of using the military to quell riots and protests that summer. Hegseth’s position on using the military to put down domestic riots is among a number of controversial policies he has supported in the past, including speaking in favor of enhanced interrogation methods such as waterboarding, pardoning US soldiers convicted of war crimes, targeting cultural institutions in drone strikes, and banning women from combat roles . CNN’s KFile reviewed hundreds of Hegseth’s radio and TV appearances from 2008 through 2024, many of which occurred while he was a Fox News contributor and host. After initially criticizing Trump’s lack of national security experience during the 2016 presidential primaries, Hegseth became one of Trump’s most ardent supporters after he won the election that year. On military matters in particular, Hegseth has often praised Trump’s decisions and sometimes encouraged him to go further. Hegseth’s selection has been clouded by a number of factors, including his decision in 2020 to pay an undisclosed amount in a settlement to a woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2017. Hegseth strongly denies her allegations . A New Yorker article published Sunday alleged Hegseth was pushed out as the head of two veterans’ advocacy organizations amid internal allegations of financial mismanagement and personal misconduct. Hegseth’s lack of experience has also raised concerns about his ability to manage a large organization like the Pentagon with its nearly $1 trillion annual budget. But his views on certain aspects of military policy, albeit expressed from the confines of his job as a cable news co-host, strike some experts as outside the mainstream, not in keeping with classic military doctrine, and all but impossible to implement. “If he came into the secretary of defense job trying to institute all these policies, boom, boom, boom, the place would stop functioning and he would find himself an irrelevant secretary of defense,” said retired Army Maj. Gen. James “Spider” Marks, a CNN military analyst. In a statement to CNN, a spokesperson for the Trump-Vance transition touted Hegseth’s record of military service and defended his past comments as a Fox News host. “Pete has shared points of view in the past as a private citizen and media personality, but as nominee for Secretary of Defense, he’s committed to upholding the Constitution and President Trump’s Make America Strong Again agenda,” the statement read. An early Trump critic A Princeton and Harvard graduate, Hegseth, 44, joined the Army National Guard in 2002 and served for nearly 20 years before retiring as a major. He deployed to Guantanamo Bay, where he served as an infantry platoon leader, and later served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was awarded two Bronze Stars, among other awards, for his service. He frequently appeared on Fox News while working at veterans-related nonprofits and later became the weekend co-host of “Fox & Friends” in 2017. During the 2016 presidential election, Hegseth initially supported Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. He harshly criticized Trump’s grasp of national security issues and for saying that he got his military advice from people like himself on Fox News. “You wouldn’t want a top-tier presidential candidate getting all of their military advice from watching ‘Meet the Press.’ There’s a lot more nuance. There’s a lot more detail,” Hegseth said i n August 2015. “Foreign policy, national security is not about TV shows. [The campaign is] going to have to walk back a little bit from this idea that he gets it from the political shows.” Before Trump secured the 2016 Republican nomination, Hegseth also attacked him for his five draft deferments during the Vietnam War, calling him an “armchair tough guy.” “[Trump is] all bluster, very little substance. He talks a tough game. But then when pressed he’s an armchair tough guy,” Hegseth said on Fox News in March 2016, noting that Trump sought his “own five military deferments.” In October 2015 , Hegseth further attacked Trump for flip-flopping his position on the war in Afghanistan – first saying he never supported the war and calling it a mistake before reversing that position – and condemned Trump’s stance on the Iraq War and the veterans who fought in it. Hegseth on numerous occasions was critical of Trump’s stances on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which the president-elect has shifted multiple times over the years. However, Hegseth has since embraced Trump’s skepticism of those two wars and his “America First” ethos. “If you step back for a moment and look at what was our return on investment, you start to realize, I can eat – I need to eat some humble pie. Put America first and realize that our orientation in the Middle East is ultimately not making us safer right now,” Hegseth said in September 2020. War criminals and waterboarding In 2019, CNN reported that Hegseth was privately courting Trump to pardon some servicemen accused and convicted of war crimes. Against the advice of his Pentagon officials , who worried the pardons would undermine the military justice system, Trump pardoned two service members and restored the rank of a Navy SEAL who had been demoted. Hegseth reiterated his support for not criminalizing soldiers on a podcast in June 2024. “Donald Trump pardoned a bunch of guys I advocated for in his last couple years in office. They killed the right guys in the wrong way, according to somebody. I’m done with that,” Hegseth said. “We need to fight total war against our enemies when we do. And yeah, you don’t kill civilians on purpose, but you kill bad guys. All of ’em, you stack bodies, and when it’s over, then you let the dust settle and you figure out who’s ahead.” Hegseth also pushed Trump to take further action against Iran after the president ordered a drone strike in January 2020 that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani. In a Fox News segment, Hegseth suggested Trump should take further action by targeting cultural sites that may harbor dangerous weapons – a violation of both international law and the Department of Defense’s policy . “If we want to defeat them, we have to think smart about how we navigate within these rules, without playing a game rigged to help them,” he said in January 2020 . “I don’t want to hit cultural sites on purpose. If you are using one to harbor your most dangerous weapons, that should be on the list.” Like Trump , Hegseth has also praised waterboarding as an “effective” tactic. He said it was “absolutely a mistake” to take waterboarding off the table in 2016 and said the president had the power to bring it back. “If it’s gonna keep us safe, all it would take is an executive order by the next president to change that law,” Hegseth said in 2016. Congress codified a ban on waterboarding in 2015. CNN’s Winter Hawk and Ileya Robinson-Williams contributed to this report.USD Earns Fourth Seed In FCS PlayoffsRyan Strome's goal late in 3rd period helps Ducks rally for 5-3 victory over Oilers ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Strome scored with 2:36 remaining as the Anaheim Ducks rallied from a two-goal deficit in the second period to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Sunday. Canadian Press Dec 29, 2024 3:59 PM Dec 29, 2024 4:05 PM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Strome (16) shoots to score against Edmonton Oilers goaltender Calvin Pickard (30) and defenseman Darnell Nurse (25) during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo) ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Strome scored with 2:36 remaining as the Anaheim Ducks rallied from a two-goal deficit in the second period to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Sunday. Strome's goal, his sixth of the season, originally wasn't called, but it was reversed after a review. Strome's shot was entirely over the goal line before Edmonton goalie Calvin Pickard could stop it with his skate. Mason McTavish added an empty-net goal. It is the first time since March 30, 2019, the Ducks have defeated the Oilers by more than one goal. Cutter Gauthier, McTavish and Robby Fabbri each had a goal and an assist. Drew Helleson also scored for Anaheim, which snapped a seven-game losing streak to Edmonton. Lukas Dostal made 20 saves. Leon Draisaitl had two goals and Connor McDavid two assists for the Oilers, who were 3-0-1 in their past four. Evan Bouchard also tallied a goal and Pickard stopped 27 shots. Takeaways Oilers: Draisaitl became the fourth player with at least 120 regular-season points in the calendar year. The forward has 50 goals and 71 assists in 2024. The last calendar year to feature as many NHL skaters with 120-plus points was 1993. Ducks: Anaheim had a 32-23 advantage in shots on goal and has won four of its last seven. Key moment Fabbri tied it at 3-all with 2:27 remaining on a snap shot from the right faceoff circle after getting the pass from McTavish. Fabbri has seven points (three goals, four assists) in eight games since returning from a knee injury. Key stat McDavid has a 14-game point streak against the Ducks (11 goals, 23 assists). The only teams he has a longer active point streak against are Nashville and New Jersey at 15 games. Up Next Both teams have home games on Tuesday. The Oilers face Utah while the Ducks take on New Jersey. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl The Associated Press See a typo/mistake? Have a story/tip? This has been shared 0 times 0 Shares Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message More National Sports Willander scores twice to lead Sweden to 7-5 win over Switzerland at world juniors Dec 29, 2024 3:50 PM Top draft prospect James Hagens shining at world juniors with U.S. Dec 29, 2024 3:13 PM Maschmeyer's 34 saves carry Ottawa Charge past New York Sirens, 3-1 Dec 29, 2024 1:39 PM Featured Flyer

ST. PAUL — Former Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic died Friday following a battle with cancer. She was 62. Her family said she died surrounded by loved ones. “She had a heart of gold, willing to go to any measure to help those she loved,” they said in a statement. Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chair Ken Martin the Minneapolis Democrat was committed to working for Minnesotans. She served in the Minnesota Senate for more than a decade. “It is impossible to overstate the positive impact that Senator Dziedzic’s leadership has had on our state,” Martin said in a statement. “She devoted her life to making her fellow Minnesotans’ lives better, and she refused to allow cancer to get in her way. Minnesota has lost a giant, but her extraordinary legacy will outlast us all.” Dziedzic was instrumental in holding together the Senate DFL caucus in 2023 as they passed, with a one-vote majority, a variety of Democratic priorities like funding universal school meals for students, approving a paid family and medical leave program, cementing legal protections for abortion and gender-affirming care and legalizing cannabis for recreational use. She was respected on both sides of the political aisle and her demeanor was always steady, even amid tense times in the Senate. Dziedzic’s laid-back style made her a surprising pick for majority leader after the 2022 election. Leaders from both major political parties said they were heartbroken by her death. “Senator Kari Dziedzic was a passionate legislator, a respected leader, and a trusted colleague and friend. She will be remembered for her integrity and her compassion for Minnesotans, something that we all saw as she continued to serve even as she battled cancer,” said Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson, an East Grand Forks Republican. “I’m deeply saddened at her passing and am praying for her family and friends as we all mourn this loss.” House Speaker Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, said she was “one of the most skilled diplomats ever to serve in elected office.” “Her legacy includes significant achievements in policy and investment in Minnesota, but more importantly she will be remembered for treating people with dignity and respect and never giving up on finding workable compromises,” Hortman said. “She had an incredible ability to work diligently through the most arcane and difficult policy issues to find resolution.” Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul, agreed, saying she was “an uncommon leader.” “Her talents as a consequential and thoughtful leader made us all better legislators, and her examples of kindness humor, and selflessness made us all better people,” Murphy said. Former Senate DFL Leader Melisa López Franzen praised Dziedzic as a hard worker. “The last time I spoke to Kari a few weeks ago she was still serving her constituents,” she wrote on social media. “That’s Senator Dziedzic, the hardest working legislator I have ever had the honor to serve with. Rest in peace my friend.” Dziedzic was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2023 and underwent emergency surgery to limit its spread. She stepped down from her leadership position in February after her cancer recurred. The Senate will now stand in a 33-33 tie between Democrats and Republicans heading into the 2025 legislative session. Gov. Tim Walz has not yet said when he might call for a special election in the Minneapolis district. Dziedzic had a degree in engineering but couldn’t resist the family pull into public service. Her father, Walt, was a colorful Minneapolis city council member who later served on the park board. Dziedzic told MPR News that she felt drawn into politics after watching her father’s example. “I knew the long hours. I knew the phone calls at home. I knew what I was walking into,” she said. “But I also knew the opportunity that you have to help other people. And it’s about helping people and making your community better.” Dziedzic began a career in public service as a campaign volunteer and later moved on to become a scheduling aide for former U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone. After a stint working for a Hennepin County commissioner, she was nudged to run for a state Senate seat when longtime lawmaker Larry Pogemiller stepped down to take another government job. Gov. 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Patna: JD(U) spokesman and MLC Neeraj Kumar on Sunday took a dig at Tejashwi Yadav , the leader of the opposition in the state assembly, claiming that the RJD leader may give the winter session a slip out of " political shame ". Kumar's comments in a video message came a day after the NDA, of which the party is a crucial partner, swept by-elections to four assembly seats in the state, retaining Imamganj and wresting from the INDIA bloc Tarari, Ramgarh and Belaganj. IPL 2025 mega auction IPL Auction 2025: Who got whom IPL 2025 Auction: Updated Full Team Squads The RJD lost two seats, thereby getting deprived of the "single-largest party" status in the 243-strong assembly that Yadav and his colleagues prided themselves on. Kumar also recalled Yadav's absence during the monsoon session, asserting that the latter had played truant because of "raajneetik lajja (political shame)" resulting from the Lok Sabha polls. The NDA, which won back Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the JD(U) supremo, earlier this year, bagged 30 out of 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The RJD, which is INDIA bloc's largest constituent in Bihar, returned with a dismal tally of only four seats. Neeraj Kumar's earlier allegation that Yadav had indulged in a "salary ghotala (scam)" by under-reporting his income in the election affidavit has invited a defamation notice from the RJD leader. "A fresh session of the legislature is scheduled. If Tejashwi Yadav chooses to remain absent, then after ‘salary ghotala', he shall be accused of ‘kartavya (duty) ghotala'," the JD(U) spokesman said. The legislature's five-day-long winter session commences on Monday. PTIElon Musk to not receive highest-level government security clearance – reports

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Kari Dziedzic, former Minnesota Senate majority leader, dies at 62ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 18, 2024-- Gilgal Medical Supplies, a leading provider of medical supplies in Florida with locations throughout the state, has announced a strategic change in its operations. Effective immediately, the company will no longer accept insurance for medical supplies. This decision comes after years of increasing challenges and systemic difficulties associated with insurance reimbursement processes. "Providing durable medical equipment and supplies for thousands of patients has always been at the core of our mission," said Thomas Chacko, Vice President at Gilgal Medical Supplies. "However, the constant denials, excessive documentation requests, unnecessary audits, and recoupment efforts by Medicare and insurance companies have made the process untenable." For years, insurance companies have imposed increasingly burdensome requirements, often prioritizing their bottom line over patient care. This has created significant hardships for durable medical equipment providers like Gilgal Medical Supplies, affecting their ability to serve patients effectively. The intense administrative demands and frequent audits have reached a point where continuing to accept insurance is no longer sustainable. Gilgal Medical Supplies has taken measures to ensure its current patients have ample time and support to transition to other providers. "We remain deeply committed to our patients and their well-being," said Thomas Chacko. "We are working diligently to provide them with the necessary resources and guidance during this transition." Moving forward, Gilgal Medical Supplies will focus on retail sales and wholesale distribution. This new direction will allow the company to continue providing high-quality medical supplies without the constraints and inefficiencies of the insurance reimbursement system. "We believe this shift will enable us to serve our customers more effectively and focus on delivering value directly to those who need it," added Thomas Chacko. Gilgal Medical Supplies operates from strategic locations across Florida and we serve thousands of customers a month on a monthly basis. For more information about Gilgal Medical Supplies’ services and offerings, visit www.gilgalmedical.com or call 407 891 2120. About Gilgal Medical Supplies Founded with a mission to serve the medical supply needs of Florida communities, Gilgal Medical Supplies has built a reputation for quality products and exceptional customer service. With a focus on integrity and care, Gilgal remains committed to enhancing lives through reliable and accessible solutions. View source version on businesswire.com : https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241218129761/en/ CONTACT: Media Contact: Gilgal Medical Supplies Phone: 407 484 0032 Email:tchacko@gilgalmedical.com KEYWORD: FLORIDA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: SURGERY CHILDREN BABY/MATERNITY OTHER HEALTH SOFTWARE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY HARDWARE ENERGY MEDICAL DEVICES INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITALS TECHNOLOGY CARDIOLOGY WOMEN BIOTECHNOLOGY PRACTICE MANAGEMENT VETERINARY AIDS MANAGED CARE MEDICAL SUPPLIES HEALTH MEN FINANCE FAMILY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONSUMER SOURCE: Gilgal Medical Supplies Copyright Business Wire 2024. PUB: 12/18/2024 03:00 PM/DISC: 12/18/2024 03:00 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241218129761/en

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