Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., allegedly paid multiple women for sex, including a 17-year-old high school girl, and used illicit drugs like cocaine and ecstasy, according to a House Ethics Committee report. The 37-page report released Monday morning concluded that Gaetz violated multiple Florida state laws related to sexual misconduct while in office. “The Committee concluded there was substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz violated House Rules, state and...

The Biden administration has lifted a $10 million bounty on the head of Ahmed al-Sharaa, leader of the group that overthrew Bashar al-Assad in Syria. In exchange, al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, agreed to a U.S. demand not to allow terrorism groups in Syria to threaten the U.S. or Syria’s neighbors.  “We had a good, thoroughgoing discussion on a range of regional issues,” Barbara Leaf, the U.S.’s top...