Gaetz was also the ringleader of the historic push to oust California Congressman Kevin McCarthy as the sitting Speaker of the House in October 2023. McCarthy has alleged a link between his removal and the ethics inquiry into Gaetz.

Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different philosophies among the leaders of his team.

CNN’s Jake Tapper gave a blunt assessment of President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next secretary of health — deadpanning on air as the news broke, “Well, America, I hope you like measles.”