President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to salvage Matt Gaetz’s nomination for attorney general failed due to lack of political capital, prompting Gaetz to withdraw and be replaced by Pam Bondi. Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, is seen as a more suitable candidate with experience and without personal baggage. Meanwhile, scrutiny has shifted to Pete Hegseth’s nomination to run the Pentagon’s global bureaucracy amid concerns about his past handling of a sexual assault accusation.
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Oklahoma Proposes Teaching 2020 Election ‘Discrepancies’ in U.S. History
High school students in Oklahoma would be asked to identify “discrepancies” in the 2020 election as part of U.S. history classes, following new social studies standards approved by the Oklahoma Board of Education. The proposed standards have drawn criticism for aligning with President Trump’s false claims about the election results. State Superintendent Ryan Walters, a Trump ally, defended the changes as promoting critical thinking skills and not taking a specific stance on the election outcome....
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