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Mike Allen / Axios:

Scoop: Trump allies brace for 30-day legal war — GOP leaders and confidants of President Trump tell Axios his legal fight to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory — which they admit is likely doomed — could last a month or more, possibly pushing the 2020 political wars toward Christmastime.

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Quint Forgey / Politico:

Trump campaign adviser: Conceding ‘is not even in our vocabulary right now’ — Jason Miller, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump's reelection effort, said Monday that the campaign was not remotely considering conceding to President-elect Joe Biden after the Democratic nominee was declared the winner of the 2020 White House race.

Discussion: The Hill, USA Today, CNN, Fox News and Florida Politics

Washington Post:

A little-known Trump appointee is in charge of handing transition resources to Biden — and she isn't budging — A Trump administration appointee is refusing to sign a letter allowing President-elect Joe Biden's transition team to formally begin its work this week, in another sign …

Associated Press:

The Latest: Ousted vaccine expert on Biden virus task force — President-elect Joe Biden has announced the members of his coronavirus task force, which will put together a blueprint for fighting the pandemic. — The co-chairs are former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy …

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Alayna Treene / Axios:

Trump to continue to hold campaign-style rallies as legal team girds up — President Trump plans to brandish obituaries of people who supposedly voted but are dead — plus hold campaign-style rallies — in an effort to prolong his fight against apparent insurmountable election results …

Rebecca Falconer / Axios:

Biden unveils coronavirus crisis team tasked with curbing surging cases — President-elect Joe Biden declared tackling the pandemic “one of the most important battles our administration will face” as he announced a new 12-member Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board on Monday.

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Orion Rummler / Axios: Georgia's Republican Lt. Gov.: No “credible incidents” of systemic voter fraud

Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Money raised for Trump's election fights would help cover campaign debt

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Howard Monroe / CBS Philly:
UPenn Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel To Serve On President-Elect Biden's Coronavirus Task Force

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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump's election night party adds to virus scrutiny

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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump may not, but many in inner circle accept defeat

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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 …

Matthew Herper / STAT:

Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech is strongly effective, early data from large trial indicate — Pfizer and partner BioNTech said Monday that their vaccine against Covid-19 was strongly effective, exceeding expectations with results that are likely to be met with cautious excitement …

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Pfizer:
Pfizer and BioNTech Announce Vaccine Candidate Against COVID-19 Achieved Success in First Interim Analysis from Phase 3 Study

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Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Pfizer, BioNTech say Covid vaccine is more than 90% effective—'great day for science and humanity'

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CNBC:
Dow rallies 1,100 points, hits record as Pfizer says Covid-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective

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Haley Ott / CBS News:
Pfizer says trials show its COVID vaccine is “more than 90% effective”

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Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in first analysis, company reports

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Tyler Van Dyke / Washington Examiner:
Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine more than 90% effective in early analysis

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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 …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Bloomberg, Crooks and Liars, Daily Kos, Mock Paper Scissors, Washingtonian, New Jersey Globe, Raw Story, USA Today and Vox

Richard Hall / The Independent:
I saw Donald Trump's presidency come crashing down at Four Seasons Total Landscaping

Discussion: New York Times

Brett Samuels / The Hill:

Ben Carson tests positive for coronavirus — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson has tested positive for coronavirus, a longtime adviser confirmed on Monday. — “Spoke with my brother Dr. Carson earlier and he is doing extraordinarily well. He is so grateful to have access to powerful therapeutics.

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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
HUD Secretary Ben Carson tests positive for coronavirus

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Transition / President-Elect Joe Biden:

Biden-Harris Transition Announces COVID-19 Advisory Board — Leading Public Health and Scientific Experts to Advise the Transition on COVID-19 Response — WASHINGTON - Today, the Biden-Harris Transition announced the formation of the Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board …

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Republicans already racing to fill Trump power vacuum — President Donald Trump's defeat has set off a flurry of activity as would-be successors start to position themselves for 2024 and a battle to lead a Trump-less Republican Party begins to take shape. — Likely Republican candidates …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Popular Information, Bloomberg, Raw Story and Reuters

Jennifer Medina / New York Times:

How Democrats Missed Trump's Appeal to Latino Voters — The election was a referendum on Trump's America, but plenty of Latino voters liked it just fine. — PHOENIX — Democrats thought it would be enough. — After four years of draconian Trump immigration policies and divisive messaging …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Iowa Starting Line, Nevada Current, CNN, Wisconsin Examiner, Florida Politics, NPR and Scripting News, more at Techmeme »

Ben Smith / New York Times:

The Trump Presidency Is Ending. So Is Maggie Haberman's Wild Ride. — For the last four years, the Times reporter has been the human incarnation of a nation riveted, like it or not, by Donald Trump. — Maggie Haberman lives rent-free in Donald Trump's head, all over the front page …

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Quint Forgey / Politico:

Ossoff says Georgia Dems ‘have the wind at our backs’ ahead of Senate runoffs — Georgia Senate candidate Jon Ossoff said Monday that Democrats in the state “have the wind at our backs” as they seek to dispatch two incumbent Republican senators in a pair of January runoff elections that will determine control of the chamber.

Discussion: NBC News, The Hill, Townhall, Washington Post and Crooks and Liars

Bloomberg:

Apple Freezes New Business for Pegatron on China Labor Abuse — Apple says Pegatron violated rules for student worker program — Company says new business paused until corrective action taken — Apple Inc. suspended new business with iPhone assembler Pegatron Corp …