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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.
Peter Alexander / NBC News:
At least 3 White House aides infected with Covid-19 along with Mark Meadows
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.”
Discussion: 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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Defeat Leaves Chastened White House Wondering What's Next
Vandana Rambaran / Fox News:
Trump accuses Biden of ‘rushing to falsely pose as winner’  —  ‘Our campaign will start prosecuting our case in court to ensure election laws are fully upheld and the rightful winner is seated’  —  Fox News projects Biden to become 46th president  —  While the president insists on Twitter …
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New York Times:
In Speech, Biden Urges End to ‘Grim Era of Demonization’
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris make victory speeches: ‘A time to heal’
Larry Hogan / Wall Street Journal:   Biden's Mandate for Moderation
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.
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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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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Lev Facher / STAT:
'It's going to be very, very scary': Before Biden takes office, a precarious 10 weeks for escalating Covid-19 crisis  —  WASHINGTON — Even many public health experts who celebrated President-elect Biden's win this week turned their immediate focus to the crisis it might create …
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 …
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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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
When the MAGA Bubble Burst
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’
 
 
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Ellen Barry / New York Times:
For a Trump Fan, a Week When Victory Ebbed Away
Mary Trump / The Guardian:
Mary Trump on the end of Uncle Donald: all he has now is breaking things
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Artificial Intelligence Shows Potential to Gauge Voter Sentiment
New York Magazine:
How We're Feeling As the Presidential Race Finally Ends
New York Times:
How Joe Biden Won the Presidency
Discussion: The Week and Los Angeles Times
David Brand / Queens News:
Queens man evicted
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Biden Victory Brings Sighs of Relief Overseas
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Maria Puente / USA Today:
Jill Biden will be historic first lady: Just call her ‘Professor FLOTUS’
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Goodbye, Bill Barr
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russian Media Is Angry and Desperate Over Biden Win
Discussion: Raw Story
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Federal judge denies GOP request to recount Clark County mail-in ballots in Nevada
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Breitbart
New York Times:
For Trump voters, shock, disappointment and disbelief.
Politico:
Meet the contenders for Biden's Cabinet
Discussion: Sputnik News and New York Post
Carli Pierson / The Independent:
Now Trump has lost the election, Pence could pardon him — but it's Biden who should
Discussion: Breitbart and TheBlaze
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

 
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