Our Nightcap breaks down Trump's pick for Treasury secretary and Matt Gaetz's move to withdraw his bid for AG. Plus, who's the real Vice President: JD Vance - or Elon Musk? And it wouldn't be a Nightcap without our MVPs of the week. Tara Palmeri, Steve Liesman, Don Lemon, and Donny Deutsch join Stephanie Ruhle for this week's 11th Hour Nightcap.

Matt Gaetz withdrew his bid for U.S. Attorney General and Trump quickly replaced him with Former Florida AG Pam Bondi. Plus, Trump's pick for Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is facing new scrutiny after a police report lays out sex assault allegations against him. And Trump is said to be preparing a flurry of executive actions that he'll sign on day one in office. Joanna Coles, Vaughn Hillyard, David Jolly, Ron Insana, Dan Nathan, Reed Galen, Max Rose, and Robert Pittman join the 11th Hour this Thursday.

The House Ethics Committee declines to release its report on Matt Gaetz as the former congressman meets with senators about his AG nomination. Plus, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley backs women serving in the military. And, Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswamy lay out their big plans for shrinking the federal government. Melanie Zanona, Peter Baker, Matthew Dowd, Kevin Baron, Brendan Buck, Jeff Stein, and David Brooks join the 11th Hour this Wednesday.

President-Elect Trump picks WWE mogul Linda McMahon to be Secretary of Education and ex-TV host Dr. Oz to run Medicare & Medicaid. Also, Trump works the phones for Matt Gaetz, his choice for Attorney General. Meanwhile, a hacker has gained access to files with damaging testimony about Gaetz. Plus, the race to be Trump's Treasury secretary heats up. Phillip Rucker, Jeff Mason, Ankush Khardori, David Gura, Heather Long, Jon Allen, Stuart Stevens, Richard Reeves join The 11th Hour this Tuesday.

President-elect Trump confirms he'll use the military and declare a national emergency as part of his plan to remove undocumented immigrants. Plus, when it comes to the Trump-Musk bromance, who's really the boss? And after 1,000 days of war between Ukraine and Russia, President Biden announces a major change in U.S. policy to help Ukraine's military. Carol Leonnig, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Mark Leibovich, Peter Spiegel, Peter Goodman, Tim Miller, Evan McMorris-Santoro, and Amb. William Taylor join the 11th Hour this Monday.

A jury ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $4.1 million to a Sandy Hook family after claiming the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history was a hoax. Sen. Sinema reaches a deal with Democrats on the climate, health care and tax bill, paving the way for passage. Hungary’s far-right Prime Minister gets a warm welcome at CPAC in Texas. Geoff Bennett, Neal Katyal, Michael McFaul, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Michael Steele, Steve Israel, and Dr. Vin Gupta join. 

Trump’s lawyer Christina Bobb spoke with federal investigators in the Mar-a-Lago documents case. Plus, the January 6th committee plans for its next hearing on Thursday. And racist rhetoric emerged at GOP campaign events this weekend. Philip Rucker, Neal Katyal, Charlie Savage, Matthew Dowd, Adrienne Elrod, Brittney Cooper, Gustavo Arellano, and Gen. Barry McCaffrey join.