The Daily Populous

President-elect Donald Trump is escalating his legal campaign against media outlets by suing renowned pollster J. Ann Selzer, her polling firm, The Des Moines Register newspaper and its parent company Gannett.

The case reflects Trump’s anger at the final Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll of the 2024 election season.

The poll found Harris with 47% support and Trump with 44%, a shocking result since Trump was universally expected to win the state. »

The House Ethics Committee secretly voted earlier this month to release its report into the conduct of former Rep. Matt Gaetz before the end of this Congress, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter.

When the committee voted last month to shelve the report, Gaetz was President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be attorney general.

Video Ad Feedback Lawyer describes client's testimony in House Ethics Committee investigation of Gaetz 03:04 - Source: CNN. »

The rule is narrower than what the FTC proposed in 2023 that would have broadly banned hidden and deceptive fees regardless of industry.

The FTC estimates the rule would save U.S. consumers 53 million hours per year they would not have to spend sleuthing out total costs before making purchases.

Biden's regulators have taken aim at inflated and hidden fees, though their efforts have met with lawsuits by businesses and corporate interest groups. »

But the Democratic Party is currently split over a committee position that is quite symbolic over its internal warring about the future.

After November’s drubbing, House Democrats signaled that they were prepared to accept a changing of the guard atop some of the important House committees.

And because Pelosi suffered a fall in Luxembourg and had to have her hip replaced, she’s essentially whipping votes from a hospital bed.*. »