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Associated Press:
Trump considers how to keep up fight, find a graceful exit — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump never admits defeat. But he faces a stark choice now that Democrat Joe Biden has won the White House: Concede graciously for the sake of the nation or don't — and get evicted anyway.
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Washington Post:
Trump, a president obsessed with winning, spends the day refusing to admit his loss to Biden — On Saturday, Donald Trump finally became the one thing he hates the most: a loser. — President Trump had just arrived at his namesake golf course in Sterling, Va., on Saturday morning …
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Raw Story and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Denial, and Resignation, From Trump and a Handful of Aides
Denial, and Resignation, From Trump and a Handful of Aides
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Business Insider, Washington Post, Fox News, Associated Press, Issues & Insights, israpundit.org, The Wrap, Variety, POLITICUSUSA and TMZ.com, more at Mediagazer »
Peter Alexander / NBC News:
At least 3 White House aides infected with Covid-19 along with Mark Meadows
At least 3 White House aides infected with Covid-19 along with Mark Meadows
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National Association … and Washington Post
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Defeat Leaves Chastened White House Wondering What's Next
Trump Defeat Leaves Chastened White House Wondering What's Next
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Las Vegas Review-Journal, KTAR.com and New York Times
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Biden's Win, House Losses, and What's Next for the Left — The congresswoman said Joe Biden's relationship with progressives would hinge on his actions. And she dismissed criticism from House moderates, calling some candidates who lost their races “sitting ducks.”
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The Guardian and Business Insider
Washington Post:
Biden plans immediate flurry of executive orders to reverse Trump policies — President-elect Joe Biden is planning to quickly sign a series of executive orders after being sworn into office on Jan. 20, immediately forecasting that the country's politics have shifted and that his presidency …
ABC News:
Inside the Trump campaign as it grapples with defeat while plowing forward with legal fight — Trump staffers are getting prank called while manning a voter fraud hotline. — Election 2020 timeline: 11.07.20 — Former Vice President Joe Biden is the apparent winner of the presidency, defeating incumbent President Donald Trump.
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Biden Victory Brings Sighs of Relief Overseas — Foreign leaders showered the president-elect with congratulations. For many, the importance of this election was as much about removing Mr. Trump as ushering in Mr. Biden. — LONDON — For a world that held its breath as Americans went …
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Vandana Rambaran / Fox News:
Trump accuses Biden of ‘rushing to falsely pose as winner’
Trump accuses Biden of ‘rushing to falsely pose as winner’
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New York Times:
In Speech, Biden Urges End to ‘Grim Era of Demonization’
In Speech, Biden Urges End to ‘Grim Era of Demonization’
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Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris make victory speeches: ‘A time to heal’
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris make victory speeches: ‘A time to heal’
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Washington Post, Common Dreams, New York Times, IJR, BuzzFeed News, The Federalist, Twin Cities, REVOLT, Slate, The Hill and Business Insider
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
For a Trump Fan, a Week When Victory Ebbed Away — Nick Rocco, a passionate Trump follower in the Democratic bastion of Massachusetts, slowly realized it wasn't going his way. — WILMINGTON, Mass. — Nick Rocco went into Election Day amped up. A 26-year-old hair stylist …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Day of Reckoning — For Donald Trump, the reckoning began before dawn on Friday, in Clayton County, Georgia, where poll workers in face masks finished counting votes that gave Joe Biden a lead in the state, putting him on course to become the first Democrat to win Georgia since 1992.
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Georgia Slater / People.com:
President-Elect Joe Biden's German Shepherd Major to Be First Rescue Dog in the White House — Dogs everywhere are wagging their tails as the White House has been without pooches for the past four years — Now introducing the First Dog-elects, Major and Champ Biden!
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Ayrshire Daily News:
South Ayrshire Golf club owner loses 2020 presidential election — Donald Trump, a South Ayrshire golf club owner has lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden, after running again to be re-elected for a second presidential term. — Donald Trump, currently the 45th president …
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Al Jazeera, The Guardian and Cyprus Mail
Mary Trump / The Guardian:
Mary Trump on the end of Uncle Donald: all he has now is breaking things … This is how the most colossal and fragile ego on the planet deals with losing the US election: he does not deal with it at all. — My uncle's speech late on election night wasn't just entirely mendacious from beginning to end.
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Business Insider and Raw Story
Christopher Bedford / The Federalist:
Saturday's Media Declaration Is A Naked Attempt To Silence Republicans, And Nothing Has Changed — For large swathes of the corporate media, the work to elect a Democratic president never ended. — Nothing has changed since Friday night. — You might find that strange …
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Gwinnett Daily Post and redstate.com
Eric Mack / Newsmax:
Fox News Cancels ‘Justice With Judge Jeanine’ This Weekend Over Trump — For those of you that might have tuned in and did not see Fox News' “Justice” with Judge Jeanine Pirro on Saturday night, sources told Newsmax the show was suspended over a spat on the network's coverage of President Donald Trump.
KJ Edelman / Mediaite:
'I Didn't Expect to Be So Overwhelmed': Don Lemon Gives Emotional Monologue About Watching America Celebrate Biden Win — CNN's Dom Lemon delivered an emotional monologue following CNN's projection that former Vice President Joe Biden will be named the 46th American president Saturday night.
New York Post:
President Trump, your legacy is secure — stop the ‘stolen election’ rhetoric — The math is looking near-impossible for President Trump to win re-election. But he should take pride in what he's done for the nation and the world these last four years. It's a legacy he could easily run on in 2024 …
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Raw Story and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
After Biden's win, parties gird for ferocious Senate runoffs in Georgia — Within minutes of Joe Biden becoming president-elect Saturday, top Democrats and Republicans raced to the front lines of 2020's last battlefront: A pair of January Senate runoffs in Georgia where the country's racial …
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
How Trump's erratic behavior and failure on coronavirus doomed his reelection — The same impulses that helped lift the president to victory in 2016 contributed to his undoing four years later. — Josh Dawsey, — Reporter covering the White House — Matt Viser and By Matt Viser
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
The MAGA Movement Is Splintering Between Those Preparing For A Future Without Trump And Those Refusing To Imagine One — Donald Trump lost. So what's next for the conservative media that's devotedly followed him? A bitter divide. — Reporting From — Washington, DC — Copy
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Washington Post:
Top congressional Republicans silent on Biden win as Trump allies remain defiant — Top congressional Republicans declined to offer congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden, or even comment on his win, as the White House and its GOP allies remained defiant that the race isn't over for President Trump.
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Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Schumer: ‘Now we take Georgia, then we change the world’