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The Presidential Endgame — Trump has the right to fight in court, but he needs evidence to prove voter fraud. — By The Editorial Board — Perhaps it was inevitable that Donald Trump's re-election campaign would end as his Presidency began: with the President claiming victory …
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Trump Says He Will Keep Fighting as Aides Doubt Path Forward — President's advisers point fingers over campaign's legal strategy — WASHINGTON—President Trump said Friday he would continue to fight election results that showed him on the cusp of losing to former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Associated Press:
Incendiary texts traced to outfit run by top Trump aide — BOSTON (AP) — A texting company run by one of President Donald Trump's top campaign officials sent out thousands of targeted, anonymous text messages urging supporters to rally where votes were being counted in Philadelphia on Thursday …
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Washington Post:
Advisers urge Trump to prepare for defeat — but maybe without a concession speech — President Trump vowed on Friday to continue to fight the election results, privately urging allies and advisers to defend him publicly and insisting that he still had a path to victory over former vice president Joe Biden.
Bloomberg:
Trump's Aides Frustrated After Meadows's Silence on Infection — Campaign aide Nick Trainer, several others also contract virus — Meadows is latest in series of cases linked to White House — Some of Donald Trump's White House and campaign aides are frustrated that the president's chief …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Another Trump ally contracted coronavirus — DRIVING THE DAY — HAPPY SATURDAY. It seems like it's going to get near 70 degrees today in D.C., so get outside, if you can. — PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S decision to dump on absentee and mail-in balloting for months …
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Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner:
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and two aides test positive for coronavirus
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and two aides test positive for coronavirus
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Washington Post:
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows tests positive for coronavirus
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows tests positive for coronavirus
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Final Gasp of Donald Trump's Presidency — Donald Trump going out with a limp seems like an oxymoron," a senior adviser to the president told me. In width and in word, in soaring skyscrapers and Brioni suits and arena rallies and various euphemisms for great (yuge, bigly), the man has been defined by and obsessed with largeness.
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New York Times:
Biden's Team Steps Up Transition Plans, Mapping Out a White House — With Joe Biden leading in several important battleground states, his advisers and allies have moved rapidly to discuss hiring in critical roles, especially those overseeing the coronavirus response.
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Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
It Sure Sounds Like Trump May Barricade Himself in the Oval Office and Refuse to Come Out If Biden Wins
It Sure Sounds Like Trump May Barricade Himself in the Oval Office and Refuse to Come Out If Biden Wins
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CNN:
Report: Armed men arrested in Philadelphia were trying to deliver fake ballots — (CNN)Two armed Virginia men who were arrested Thursday outside the Philadelphia Convention Center were “coming to deliver a truck full of fake ballots” to the city, CNN affiliate KYW reported, citing prosecutors.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
As Trump's Chances Fade, Murdoch's Fox News Faces Wrath And Tough Choices — There may be no figure more important in preparing Republicans and President Trump himself for a post-Trump period than media magnate Rupert Murdoch. — Among his properties, the top-rated Fox News Channel stands out …
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David Siders / Politico:
3 storylines driving the election Saturday — Joe Biden is on the cusp of history. Donald Trump and the GOP base aren't ready to let go. — One day after Joe Biden pulled ahead of Donald Trump in Georgia and Pennsylvania and expanded his lead in Nevada, we still don't have a call.
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump shrinks Arizona gap to 30K votes with 173K left to count: Secretary
Trump shrinks Arizona gap to 30K votes with 173K left to count: Secretary
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Gregory J. Wallance / The Hill:
Why so gloomy, Democrats? You have a lot to celebrate — If there is such a thing as political postpartum depression, Democrats are clearly suffering from it. For the last four years, and not without justification, Democrats regarded President Trump as a threat to democracy in America …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Thoughts On Where We Stand Now [with question from Paul]
Thoughts On Where We Stand Now [with question from Paul]
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Ayesha Rascoe / NPR:
Trump Dumps 3 Agency Leaders In Wake Of Election — The sudden departures included: — Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, the first woman to oversee the agency in charge of the nuclear stockpile. She was required to resign on Friday.
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ABC News:
Judges want more evidence from Trump campaign as election cases get tossed — President Trump vowed to continue to pursue all legal options. — Trump challenges the vote and takes legal action — President Donald Trump, who created confusion by claiming victory before all votes had been counted …
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Axios:
Biden's nearly insurmountable math
Biden's nearly insurmountable math
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Biden predicts win, calls for unity, as presidential race still undecided
Biden predicts win, calls for unity, as presidential race still undecided
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Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Fundraising for Legal Challenges Would Also Pay Down Debt — President Trump is racing to raise money for an “official election defense fund.” But the fine print on the solicitations tells a different story: Half — or more — of any contribution will be used to retire debt from his re-election campaign.
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
The election that broke the Republican Party — By lashing themselves to the president's desperate conspiracies of fraud, GOP officials have undermined their own legitimacy. — Rep. Jim Jordan stands with dozens of people calling for stopping the vote count in Pennsylvania due to alleged fraud against President Donald Trump.
Ibrahim Hamidi / Asharq AL-awsat:
James Jeffrey Leaves Post, Expects ‘No Change’ in US Policy on Syria — US Special Representative for Syria James Jeffrey has contacted several European and Arab officials and Syrian opposition figures to inform them that his mission was coming to an end and that the US policy would not change if Joe Biden won the presidency.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump's post-election purge has begun — This column has been updated. — Late Friday afternoon, the White House fired Bonnie Glick, the Senate-confirmed deputy administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, without any justification offered, making her the first senior …
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