Betsy Swan

Dec 23, 2024 | politico.com | Josh Gerstein |Betsy Swan |Kyle Cheney

The House Ethics Committee report about former Rep. Matt Gaetz offers some hints about why the Justice Department decided not to prosecute the former Florida congressman after a wide-ranging federal investigation into whether he committed sex trafficking. The decision likely stemmed from concerns about the strength of the evidence and the department’s history of applying sex-trafficking laws narrowly, former prosecutors said Monday.

Dec 14, 2024 | politico.com | Myah Ward |Betsy Swan

Donald Trump’s team is crafting an executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants, a monumental move the president-elect’s allies say is a key step in their long-term strategy: getting the issue before the Supreme Court. The effect of Trump’s order would be to exclude the children of undocumented immigrants and short-term visitors to the U.S. from the right to citizenship by birth that is established under the 14th Amendment.

Dec 4, 2024 | msn.com | Betsy Swan

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Dec 4, 2024 | yahoo.com | Betsy Swan

Pete Hegseth went on the offense in Congress and in the media Wednesday, trying to salvage a nomination to lead the Pentagon that has been pushed to the precipice by allegations of sexual misconduct and excessive drinking. In private meetings with lawmakers, interviews and a combative social media post, Hegseth is waging what looks like an increasingly uphill battle to be President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense.

Dec 3, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | Betsy Swan |Alice Ollstein

The Trump-Vance transition has signed an agreement with the Department of Justice allowing the transition team to “submit names for background checks and security clearances,” the transition said in a statement Tuesday. The transition team delayed for weeks in signing the memorandum of understanding — typically inked before the election — allowing the FBI to conduct background checks on President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees and begin processing security clearances.