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Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson.

And today is Saturday, November 16, 2024.

This is the excerpt.

Today, the House Speaker pushes the Ethics Committee to keep a Matt Gates report secret.

Plus, what's next for Democrats after their rough November and how scientists helped revive frogs at Yosemite National Park.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said yesterday he will request the House Ethics Committee

to not release a potentially damaging report on the conduct of former Florida Congressman Matt

Gates, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General. Johnson told reporters and comments

first reported by Politico and CNN

that releasing the report would be a terrible precedent to set. Gates, a firebrand conservative

and trusted Trump ally, resigned Wednesday from Congress shortly after his nomination to lead

the Justice Department and two days before the Ethics Committee was set yesterday to consider

the release of a report on the panel's three-year investigation into Gates. The probe, which effectively

ended with Gates's resignation, covered allegations of sexual misconduct, illicit drug use, accepting improper

gifts, and giving out special favors to individuals with whom he had

relationships. Johnson said he plans to talk to House Ethics Chairman Republican Congressman Michael

Guest about the matter, according to a CNN report. Gesta said he does not plan to make the

report public.

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Defense Secretary was involved in a 2017 sexual assault investigation police have confirmed. Pete Hagseth, a former Fox News host, an Army

National Guard veteran, was nominated this week to lead the nation's military. Thursday evening, city officials in

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