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Washington Post:
White House tells federal agencies to proceed with plans for Trump's February budget in latest sign of election defiance  —  Directive is latest sign that Trump aides are acting as if he won the election and won't leave office on Jan. 20  —  The White House budget office has instructed federal agencies …
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Pompeo on election results: ‘There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration’  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo battled reporters over President Trump's refusal to accept the results of the presidential election, predicting “there will be a smooth transition to a second …
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Pompeo refuses to say Biden has won election
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump White House Still Vetting for Job Openings For a Second Term That's Not Happening
Discussion: ABC News and Washingtonian
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
State Department watchdog nears end of one Pompeo probe
Discussion: Raw Story
President-Elect Joe Biden:
Agency Review Teams  —  Meet the Biden-Harris agency review teams  —  Agency review teams are responsible for understanding the operations of each agency, ensuring a smooth transfer of power, and preparing for President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris and their cabinet to hit the ground running on Day One.
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NBC News:
Biden not getting intelligence reports because Trump officials won't recognize him as president-elect  —  WASHINGTON —The Trump administration's unwillingness to acknowledge that former Vice President Joe Biden is projected to have won the election has led to an unusual restriction on the flow …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: The ‘orchestrated’ push to discredit Georgia's election sparks more GOP infighting  —  By Jim Galloway - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Patricia Murphy - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Greg Bluestein - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tia Mitchell - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Jim Galloway / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Georgia secretary of state who insists that two plus two still equals four  —  We tell ourselves that people of character are capable of wonderous things.  In fact, more often than not, they simply do ordinary things under extraordinary circumstances.  —  On Monday, Secretary …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: The election lawsuit Trump should win  —  Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter.  —  Was this email forwarded to you?  Sign up here to receive the newsletter.  —  THE ELECTION LAWSUIT TRUMP SHOULD WIN.  In its effort to challenge vote counts in key states …
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Alex Woodward / The Independent:
Supreme Court seems likely to keep Obamacare intact in blow for Trump
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Brett Kavanaugh just sent a strong signal he will vote to uphold Obamacare
Politico:
Official who once called Obama a ‘terrorist leader’ takes over Pentagon policy  —  Anthony Tata, a retired brigadier general whose nomination for a top Pentagon job collapsed this summer due to Islamophobic tweets and other controversial statements, began overseeing policy for the Defense Department on Tuesday.
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Aaron Mehta / Defense News:
Top policy, intelligence civilians resign amid Pentagon shakeup
Discussion: The Week and Fox News
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Inside the Lincoln Project's new campaign targeting Trump's law firm  —  President Trump is trying to steal the election, but he couldn't get far if it weren't for his enablers.  There's Attorney General William P. Barr, who has granted prosecutors approval to pursue fake voter fraud cases to make them appear real.
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Richard Cowan / Reuters:
U.S. Republicans hint at limited time for Trump to make his post-election case  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Republicans in the U.S. Congress for now are supporting President Donald Trump's attempt to challenge President-elect Joe Biden's victory, but some senior aides said Trump must soon …
CNN:
Republican National Committee staff blindsided by layoffs  —  (CNN)A round of layoffs at the Republican National Committee Monday blindsided staff, three sources familiar with what happened told CNN, as President Donald Trump continues his legal push to contest Joe Biden's victory.
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle make moves to expand RNC influence and possibly takeover, sources say  —  (CNN)Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle are making moves to expand their influence at the Republican National Committee, three GOP sources, including advisers to the President tell CNN.
Chris Truax / USA Today:
Worst outrage yet: Barr enlists Justice to advance Trump's baseless election fraud claims  —  Barr cannot be allowed to pervert the justice system to help Trump.  This isn't about rooting out ‘election fraud.’ It's about using the DOJ as a political tool.  —  Attorney General William Barr …
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New York Times:
Barr Hands Prosecutors the Authority to Investigate Voter Fraud Claims
Washington Post:
‘My faith is shaken’: The QAnon conspiracy theory faces a post-Trump identity crisis  —  President Trump's defeat and the week-long disappearance of its anonymous prophet have forced supporters of the baseless movement to rethink their beliefs: ‘Have we all been conned?’
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:   QAnon Struggles After Trump Election Defeat
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Forms PAC in Hopes of Keeping Hold on G.O.P.  —  The PAC can accept donations from an unlimited number of people and spend to benefit other candidates, allowing the president to retain influence in a party remade largely in his image.  —  President Trump is has formed …
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Kate Kelland / Reuters:
One in five COVID-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days - study  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Many COVID-19 survivors are likely to be at greater risk of developing mental illness, psychiatrists said on Monday, after a large study found 20% of those infected with the coronavirus are diagnosed …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Kerry Picket / Washington Examiner:
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis wins reelection in North Carolina  —  Republican Sen. Thom Tillis won reelection against Democrat Cal Cunningham in North Carolina's Senate race.  —  Cunningham, a former state senator who became embroiled in a sexting scandal late in the campaign …
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Gary D. Robertson / Associated Press:
Cunningham concedes to US Sen. Tillis in North Carolina
Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Donald Trump could land $100M book deal for presidential tome  —  With Barack Obama's latest book hitting shelves Nov. 17, there's buzz in politics — and publishing — that President Trump is being courted for a new tome on his time in the White House.  —  But insiders have differing views about how rich a deal Trump could command.
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Ryan Merrifield / Mirror.co.uk:
Melania follows Trump's lead by refusing to offer meeting with new First Lady Jill Biden
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
GOP's Steel wins California House race after Democrat Rouda concedes  —  GOP candidate Michelle Steel will be the new representative for California's 48th Congressional District after Rep. Harley Rouda (D-Calif.) conceded on Tuesday.  —  “We did not win this election.
Discussion: RedState and KTLA
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Shane Harris / Washington Post:
As an ex-president, Trump could disclose the secrets he learned while in office, current and former officials fear  —  As president, Donald Trump selectively revealed highly classified information to attack his adversaries, gain political advantage and to impress or intimidate foreign governments …
Arizona Republic:
Republican challenge to Maricopa County election involves fewer than 200 ballots, attorneys say  —  Maria Polletta Andrew OxfordArizona Republic  —  Republican officials behind a lawsuit alleging poll workers “incorrectly rejected” votes cast in person on Election Day will make their case …
USA Today:
Nine legal experts say Trump's lawsuit challenging election results in Pennsylvania is dead on arrival  —  Kevin McCoy Kristine Phillips Dennis Wagner Donovan SlackUSA TODAY  —  President Donald Trump's campaign launched its broadest challenge yet to the results of the election that appears destined …
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Calif. governor faces pressure to choose a Latino to replace Harris in the Senate  —  SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Since California was carved out of Mexico and joined the union more than a century and a half ago, the state has never had a Latino representing it in the U.S. Senate.
Discussion: The Week and New York Times
 
 
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USA Today:
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Jeremy Turley / Grand Forks Herald:
With North Dakota hospitals at 100% capacity, Burgum announces COVID-positive nurses can stay at work
Discussion: Forbes, The Hill and Raw Story
CNBC:
Amy Klobuchar considered for Biden Cabinet posts including attorney general and Agriculture secretary
Discussion: The Week
 Earlier Items: 
Brookings:
Biden-voting counties equal 70% of America's economy. What does this mean for the nation's political-economic divide?
Elana Fishman / Page Six:
How ‘SNL’ recreated Kamala Harris' white suit in under 90 minutes
Discussion: The Wrap
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
One pollster's explanation for why the polls got it wrong
Discussion: National Review
Joy Pullmann / The Federalist:
12 Ways For Trump To Bomb The Battlefield While Biden Claims The Presidency
Glenn Greenwald:
Obama Official Ben Rhodes Admits Biden Camp is Already Working With Foreign Leaders: Exactly What Flynn Did
Politico:
'We're not some demonic cult': Democrats fume over faulty messaging
 

 
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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

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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
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