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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Georgia's Republican Lt. Gov.: No “credible incidents” of systemic voter fraud — Georgia's Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) told CNN on Monday that no “credible incidents” of systemic fraud or voter disenfranchisement had been reported to his office by the state's attorney general or secretary of state.
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Government agency tasked with transition process has yet to recognize Biden's victory
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The post-Trump era begins
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump's election night party adds to virus scrutiny
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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 …
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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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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 …
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Richard Hall / The Independent:
I saw Donald Trump's presidency come crashing down at Four Seasons Total Landscaping — The Trump presidency ended in the parking lot of a landscaping company next to an adult bookstore. , Richard Hall was there … t began, as all good 2020 capers do, with a tweet from the president of the United States.
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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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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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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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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
HUD Secretary Ben Carson tests positive for coronavirus — Carson, 69, has served as HUD secretary since 2017 — Fox News Flash top headlines for November 9 — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson has tested positive for coronavirus, Fox News has confirmed.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Ben Carson tests positive for coronavirus
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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 …
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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.
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Sara Kehaulani Goo / Axios:
Worried pollsters admit huge problem — Four years later, it's still easy to hate on the polls. Even if they called the presidential race “right” this time, the national polls vastly underestimated support for President Trump once again, leading to a major industry soul searching about how to fix some fundamental problems.
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