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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Barr OKs election probes despite little evidence of fraud  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr has authorized federal prosecutors across the U.S. to pursue “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities before the 2020 presidential election is certified, despite little evidence of fraud.
Associated Press:
Refusing to concede, Trump blocks cooperation on transition  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration threw the presidential transition into tumult on Monday, Attorney General William Barr authorizing the Justice Department to probe allegations of voter fraud and President Donald …
New York Times:
Growing Discomfort at Law Firms Representing Trump in Election Lawsuits  —  Some lawyers at Jones Day and Porter Wright, which have filed suits about the 2020 vote, said they were worried about undermining the electoral system.  —  Like many big law firms, Jones Day, whose roots …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP fears conceding Trump loss would spark base revolt and loss of seats  —  Top Republicans in Washington are reluctant to call Joe Biden the president-elect publicly, fearing a rebellion by grassroots conservatives loyal to President Trump that would sink the party's Senate majority.
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Washington Post:
Top Republicans back Trump's efforts to challenge election results  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans on Monday backed President Trump's efforts to contest his loss to President-elect Joe Biden, despite the lack of evidence of significant fraud and sharp rebukes …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell declines in floor speech to congratulate Biden as president-elect
Meghann Myers / Military Times:
Exclusive: Esper, on his way out, says he was no yes man  —  As had long been expected, President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday, cutting short what would have otherwise been his final months at the Pentagon, in anticipation of President-elect Joe Biden's transition in January.
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CNN:
Trump fires Secretary of Defense Mark Esper  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Monday that he has fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and that Christopher Miller, who serves as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, will become acting secretary “effective immediately.”
Politico:
GOP-led states back Trump's legal drive to challenge election  —  Republican-controlled state governments on Monday began throwing their weight behind President Donald Trump's legal drive to challenge the results of last week's presidential election.  —  A coalition of Republican attorneys general filed …
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Biden to speak Tuesday on protecting Obamacare as Supreme Court hears case that could overturn law
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Politico
Maryclaire Dale / Associated Press:
Trump faces long odds in challenging state vote counts
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
MSNBC reportedly lets Jon Meacham go as contributor after not disclosing he was a speechwriter for Biden  —  MSNBC did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment  —  Bill McGurn reacts to Biden's first speech as president-elect  —  Presidential historian Jon Meacham …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Religion News Service:
Bishop Harry Jackson Jr., Trump evangelical adviser, has died  —  Bishop Harry Jackson of Maryland speaks at the unveiling of the “Justice Declaration,” a statement by Christian leaders on criminal justice, in Washington, D.C., on June 20, 2017.  RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks  —  Flip
New York Times:
Pfizer's Early Data Shows Vaccine Is More Than 90% Effective  —  Pfizer announced positive early results from its coronavirus vaccine trial, cementing the lead in a frenzied global race that has unfolded at record-breaking speed.  —  The drug maker Pfizer announced on Monday that an early analysis …
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Riley Griffin / Bloomberg:   Eli Lilly Covid Antibody Drug Gets Emergency FDA Clearance
Jan Wolfe / Reuters:
Trump campaign sues to halt Pennsylvania from certifying Biden win  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign on Monday filed a lawsuit in a Pennsylvania federal court, seeking an emergency injunction to stop state officials from certifying Joe Biden's victory in the state.
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Trump Campaign Files Federal Lawsuit Seeking to Block Pennsylvania from Certifying Election Results
Discussion: 6abc and NBC10 Philadelphia
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump privately discussing 2024 run  —  President Trump has already told advisers he's thinking about running for president again in 2024, two sources familiar with the conversations tell Axios.  —  Why it matters: This is the clearest indication yet that Trump understands he has lost …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Nate Cohn Explains What the Polls Got Wrong  —  Last week, Joe Biden was elected the forty-sixth President of the United States, defeating Donald Trump by what is likely to be several percentage points nationwide.  The margins in crucial swing states, however, were closer than polling averages suggested that they would be.
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Facebook takes down a large network of pages tied to Stephen Bannon for pushing misinformation  —  The pages, which pushed the ‘Stop the Steal’ effort and other misleading messages, were removed over the weekend, while the former top Trump strategist's account was frozen
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Pulling Our Politics Back from the Brink  —  After a bitterly contested election, the country teeters between persuasion and force.  —  In the hours after Election Day, as Donald Trump seemed on the point of losing the Presidency, he spiralled through emotions like Lear on the heath …
New York Times:
Trump Administration Removes Scientist in Charge of Assessing Climate Change  —  Michael Kuperberg was told he would no longer oversee the National Climate Assessment.  The job is expected to go to a climate-change skeptic, according to people familiar with the changes.
Discussion: Politico
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Adviser Leading Post-Election Legal Fight Has Coronavirus  — Aide David Bossie was diagnosed Sunday in White House test  — Bossie helping with strategy after Meadows tested positive  —  David Bossie, an outside adviser to Donald Trump who is leading his post-election fight over vote counts …
New York Times:
Democracy Required Kind of a Lot of Patience, Actually  —  Delaware's own Joe Biden was eventually named the winner of the 2020 presidential race.  By then, Delaware itself had gotten a decent turn in the spotlight, as the nation waited.  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — The teleprompters were set …
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
No Evidence of Systematic Fraud in U.S. Elections, International Observer Mission Reports  —  A team of international observers invited by the Trump administration has issued a preliminary report giving high marks to the conduct of last week's elections—and it criticizes President …
Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
The former CEO of Google has applied to become a citizen of Cyprus  —  Eric Schmidt is effectively buying a passport that he can use to enter the European Union.  —  The former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, is finalizing a plan to become a citizen of the island of Cyprus, Recode has learned …
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich Says Trump Commitment to Election Legal Battle Has Intensified  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a vocal proponent of the Trump campaign's continuing efforts to fight the election outcome, said President Trump's commitment to the legal battle has only intensified in recent days.
New York Times:
How Trump's Refusal to Concede Affects Biden's National Security Transition  —  President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has yet to receive a presidential daily briefing, and it was unclear whether his team would have access to classified information.  —  President Trump's refusal to concede …
Discussion: Raw Story
Morning Consult:
Election Trust Tracker: Republican Trust in Elections Plummets as 7 in 10 Say 2020 Election Was Not Free and Fair  —  An ongoing survey research project to gauge how voters are responding to unprecedented electoral conditions  —  Three days after every major media outlet called the election …
Discussion: Mediaite
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Man featured at Giuliani press conference is a convicted sex offender  —  The first person Rudy Giuliani, the attorney for President Donald Trump, called up as a witness to baseless allegations of vote counting shenanigans in Philadelphia during a press conference last week is a sex offender …
 
 
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Mariel Padilla / The 19th:
Jill Biden will be the first first lady to work full time
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
White House official and former GOP political operative Michael Ellis named as NSA general counsel
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I was asked to lie about Hunter Biden, admits Ukrainian businessman
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John Quigley / Bloomberg:
Peru President Ousted in Surprise Impeachment Vote
Discussion: Axios
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Too many men of color got conned by Trump
Discussion: Fox News and RedState
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Why Trump Can't Afford to Lose
Discussion: New Republic
Michael Lee / Washington Examiner:
Republicans flip plurality-black state House district that was considered safely Democratic
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
We're still living in a 49% nation
 

 
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