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3:15 PM ET, November 10, 2020

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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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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Pompeo refuses to say Biden has won election  —  Asked by a reporter Tuesday if the State Department is preparing to engage with President-elect Biden's transition team, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded: “There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration.”
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Pompeo on election results: ‘There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration’
Washington Post:
White House, escalating tensions, orders agencies to rebuff Biden transition team
Ed O'Keefe / CBS News:
Biden team considering legal options if Trump administration keeps stalling the transition
Discussion: Reuters and The Week
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Weighs Legal Action to Force Trump Administration to Recognize Win
Discussion: Washington Times
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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New York Times:
Barr Hands Prosecutors the Authority to Investigate Voter Fraud Claims  —  The attorney general said that he had authorized “instances” of investigative steps but that inquiries should not be based on specious claims.  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Lame-duck Trump burrows loyalists inside government, starting with NSA
Washington Post:
Top Republicans back Trump's efforts to challenge election results
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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Associated Press:
Top Pentagon adviser resigns after Esper firing  —  U.S. defense officials said James Anderson, the top policy adviser at the Pentagon, submitted his resignation Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper.  Anderson has been the acting undersecretary for policy since June.
Defense One:
Trump Installs Senate-Rejected Retired General As Pentagon Policy Chief  —  Anthony Tata moves up one grade level — with some limits attached.  —  President Trump's deeply controversial nominee to become the top policy official at the Pentagon, rejected by the Senate over the summer …
Discussion: Business Insider and The Week
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.
Susannah Luthi / Politico:
Supreme Court appears wary of striking down Obamacare  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled it's unlikely to tear down Obamacare over a Republican-backed lawsuit challenging the landmark health care law.  —  The justices' lines of questioning during a two-hour-long argument session suggest …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
GOP tries again to get high court to ax health care law
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Brett Kavanaugh just sent a strong signal he will vote to uphold Obamacare
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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New York Times:
President-Elect Joe Biden's Transition Live Updates: Trump Starts PAC for Future Political Endeavors, and Biden Will Speak on Obamacare Case
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 …
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
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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 …
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Elana Fishman / Page Six:
How ‘SNL’ recreated Kamala Harris' white suit in under 90 minutes  —  When Kamala Harris took the stage in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday night around 8:30 p.m. to address the nation as its new vice president-elect, she did so wearing a white Carolina Herrera suit that nodded to the suffragette movement.
Discussion: The Wrap
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 …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Be Alarmed  —  I hope I am over wary; but if I am not, there is, even now, something of ill-omen amongst us.  —Abraham Lincoln, Lyceum Address, January 27, 1838 I know, I know.  Donald Trump is a petulant child, and congressional Republicans are just humoring him.
Discussion: Raw Story
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
One pollster's explanation for why the polls got it wrong  —  Voters line up to cast their ballots at a polling station in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on November 3.  Xinhua/Joel Lerner via Getty Images  —  The kind of people who answer polls are really weird, and it's ruining polling.
Discussion: National Review
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Felony charges filed against 19-year-old who allegedly bought rifle for Kyle Rittenhouse  —  When Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly shot and killed two people and seriously wounded another man in August during racial justice protests in Kenosha, Wis., he used an assault rifle that authorities said a friend had bought for him.
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Politico:
Joe Biden hits the phones, calls European leaders  —  The wait to speak to Joe Biden is over for several European leaders.  —  The U.S. president-elect's first call to a foreign head of government was to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday, but European leaders didn't have to wait too long to get their turn.
Discussion: ABC News, BBC, RTÉ and Spectator USA
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BBC:
John Major: Brexit set to be ‘more brutal than anyone expected’
Discussion: The Guardian
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Schumer and McConnell reelected to leadership posts  —  Senate lawmakers reelected party leaders in closed-door elections on Tuesday, signaling no big changes following the Nov. 3 elections.  —  Despite disappointing results in the Nov. 3 election, Senate Democrats reelected Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York as head of the caucus.
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Politico:
'We're not some demonic cult': Democrats fume over faulty messaging  —  House Democrats have the majority and are ripping each other to shreds.  Senate Democrats fell short for the third cycle in a row, but are only grousing about getting out-messaged by Republicans.
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 …
CNBC:
Amy Klobuchar considered for Biden Cabinet posts including attorney general and Agriculture secretary  — Sen. Amy Klobuchar is being floated for a possible Cabinet post within President-elect Joe Biden's administration.  — Her name has risen on the list of possible Cabinet appointees since Election …
Discussion: The Week
Brookings:
Biden-voting counties equal 70% of America's economy.  What does this mean for the nation's political-economic divide?  —  Even with a new president and political party soon in charge of the White House, the nation's economic standoff continues.  Notwithstanding President-elect Joe Biden's …
Discussion: CNBC, Bloomberg and Common Dreams
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
US permits emergency use of coronavirus antibody drug  —  The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the emergency use of a coronavirus antibody treatment for certain patients.  —  On Monday, the FDA approved Eli Lilly & Co's bamlanivimab drug based on trial data that showed a lowered rate …
Jeremy Turley / Grand Forks Herald:
With North Dakota hospitals at 100% capacity, Burgum announces COVID-positive nurses can stay at work  —  In an attempt to alleviate some of the staffing concerns, Burgum announced that the state health officer has amended an order that will allow health care workers with asymptomatic cases …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
 
 
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Ece Toksabay / Reuters:
Turkey's Erdogan congratulates U.S. President-elect Biden for election win
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Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
Did Sen. Kelly Loeffler take advantage of a Trump tax loophole to write off campaign jet?
Discussion: Political Wire
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Final Hissy Fit Is Petty, Illegal and Stupid
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Why Texas's overwhelmingly Latino Rio Grande Valley turned toward Trump
Discussion: Politico
Tim Stickings / Agence France-Presse:
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