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Reuters:
Senior U.S. cybersecurity official tells associates he expects to be fired: sources — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs has told associates he expects to be fired by the White House, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Christopher Bing / Reuters:
Senior U.S. cybersecurity official asked to resign amid Trump transition tumult — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. cybersecurity official is leaving government after being asked to resign, an official familiar with the matter said Thursday, part of a wider thinning of President Donald …
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Barack Obama / The Atlantic:
I'm Not Yet Ready to Abandon the Possibility of America — The Atlantic is pleased to offer, below, an adapted and updated excerpt from former President Barack Obama's new memoir, A Promised Land, which will be published on Tuesday by Crown. Yesterday, The Atlantic's editor in chief …
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie / New York Times:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama's ‘A Promised Land’ — A PROMISED LAND — Barack Obama is as fine a writer as they come. It is not merely that this book avoids being ponderous, as might be expected, even forgiven, of a hefty memoir, but that it is nearly always pleasurable to read …
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CNN:
Obama memoir confronts role his presidency played in Republican obstructionism and Trump's rise — Photos: — Barack Obama's presidency — U.S. President Barack Obama attends the Nuclear Security Summit in the Hague, Netherlands, in March 2014. As Obama's second term nears its close …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Trump eyes digital media empire to take on Fox News — President Trump has told friends he wants to start a digital media company to clobber Fox News and undermine the conservative-friendly network, sources tell Axios. — The state of play: Some Trump advisers think Fox News …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump voters are flocking to a TV channel that claims Biden is not president-elect — New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. — President Trump's fans who don't think Fox News …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump criticizes Fox: ‘They forgot the Golden Goose’
Trump criticizes Fox: ‘They forgot the Golden Goose’
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Nicole Via y Rada / NBC News:
Pope Francis congratulates Biden on projected election win — President-elect Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Thursday, according to his transition team. — Biden, a devout Catholic, thanked the Pope for “extending blessings and congratulations,” saying he expressed a desire to work together …
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Kylie Atwood / CNN:
State Department is preventing Biden from accessing messages from foreign leaders
State Department is preventing Biden from accessing messages from foreign leaders
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Graham giving $1M to help Georgia's GOP senators
The Latest: Graham giving $1M to help Georgia's GOP senators
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Peter Alexander / NBC News:
Corey Lewandowski the latest member of Trump circle to test positive for Covid-19
Corey Lewandowski the latest member of Trump circle to test positive for Covid-19
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Monica Alba / NBC News:
RNC chief of staff tests positive for Covid-19
RNC chief of staff tests positive for Covid-19
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Wall Street Journal:
As Trump Focuses on 2024, Aides Mull Agenda for Final Days — The president's attention has been on his legal fight and a possible comeback bid, not a policy to-do list for the next two months — WASHINGTON—President Trump in recent days has expressed increasing interest in running for president again in 2024.
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CNN:
‘Dejected’ Trump continues to waffle over waging baseless election fight — (CNN)How much longer President Donald Trump continues waging battle over an election he lost remained in question Thursday as more of his advisers voiced doubt his gambit to contest the results would succeed.
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CNN:
Senior Republican senators say Biden should have access to classified briefings — GOP senator says he will ‘step in’ if Biden doesn't get intelligence briefing — (CNN)Two top GOP senators told CNN on Thursday that Joe Biden should have access to classified briefings …
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Melissa Blasius / KNXV:
Maricopa County Republican chairman Rae Chornenky steps down — PHOENIX — The Maricopa County Republican chair has stepped down from her post after it was publicly revealed she was a no-show at a voting machine test in October. — Rae Chornenky resigned Tuesday night, one week after Election Day …
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Maricopa County GOP chair resigns after skipping election equipment verification test
Maricopa County GOP chair resigns after skipping election equipment verification test
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David Thomas / Reuters:
Snell & Wilmer withdraws from election lawsuit as Trump contests Arizona results
Snell & Wilmer withdraws from election lawsuit as Trump contests Arizona results
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Notes on the State of the 2020 Election — Dear Readers: Check out our YouTube channel, UVACFP, later today for our latest Crystal Ball webinar. It will feature the 22nd annual American Democracy Conference: We'll be hearing from New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie; CNN commentator Tara Setmayer …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Pompeo to make unprecedented visit to West Bank settlement — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to visit the Golan Heights and an Israeli settlement in the West Bank next week, both firsts for a U.S. secretary of state. — Why it matters: Since 1967, all previous U.S. administrations …
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Uline founders Liz and Dick Uihlein test positive for COVID-19. She has criticized coronavirus restrictions. — Mary Spicuzza Daniel Bice Molly BeckMilwaukee Journal Sentinel — Liz and Dick Uihlein, founders of the shipping supply giant Uline and major donors to President Donald Trump …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
How to cover a coup — or whatever it is Trump is attempting — President Trump lost. The nation knows it. The world knows it. And, although he won't admit it, he certainly knows it, too. — But because he is claiming otherwise — with his Republican enablers joining the chorus …
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NBC News:
Justice Department probe ends with no action against prosecutors who oversaw Epstein deal — A Justice Department investigation found that federal prosecutors who oversaw a controversial non-prosecution deal with Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 exercised “poor judgment” but did not break the law, Sen. Ben Sasse said Thursday.
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
This Election Result Won't Be Overturned — Recounts occasionally change margins in the hundreds, never in the tens of thousands. — It has been an eventful, unsettling year: A deadly virus struck without warning and claimed almost a quarter-million American lives; a lockdown demolished personal routines …
Glenna Milberg / WPLG-TV:
Evidence suggests several state Senate candidates were plants funded by dark money — MIAMI - Why would candidates for Florida Senate seats do no campaigning, no fundraising, have no issue platforms, nor make any effort to get votes? — Local 10 News has found evidence to suggest three …
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Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Appeals court rules in favor of Harvard in affirmative action case, paving way for Supreme Court challenge — A federal appeals court on Thursday agreed with a lower court ruling that Harvard University does not intentionally discriminate against prospective Asian American students.
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Pennsylvania court: Secretary of state lacked authority to change deadline 2 days before Election Day — Judge ruled ballots that were previously set aside should not be counted — Pennsylvania Supreme Court change to state election law challenged — A Pennsylvania judge ruled in favor …
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Eliza Shapiro / New York Times:
N.Y.C. Schools May Close Again, a Grim Sign of a Global Dilemma — The school system, the nation's largest, has had strikingly few virus cases. Even so, the mayor may end in-person classes because the city's overall rate is surging. — New York City has more students in classrooms …
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People.com:
Passenger Aboard First Cruise Ship to Return to Sailing in Caribbean Tests Positive for COVID-19 — Passengers and non-essential crew are now isolating in their cabins as the ship heads back toward its departure point in Barbados — The first cruise ship to set sail in the Caribbean since …
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Paul Seamus Ryan / USA Today:
Trump wants to make money off the fake ‘stolen election’ crisis he created. Don't let him. — Republican donors beware! Trump says he needs your money for legal challenges to the election, but the fine print says it won't be used that way. — For days, President Donald Trump has been blasting …
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Washington Post:
'We're the ones who won': McCarthy guarantees 2022 House majority after GOP stymies Democrats in suburbs — Democrats have spent years wooing suburban voters, seeking to build a durable House majority on a foundation of affluent, well-educated voters repelled by President Trump and a hard-right GOP.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Biden Can Pass His Agenda If He Gives Republicans What They Want Most — The Democrats won the presidency, but they don't have what a parliamentary system would call a “government.” Even if they win both Georgia Senate seats in the runoffs, they'll have just 50 Senate seats and will need …
Tori B. Powell / The Daily Beast:
Utah Man Driving 115 MPH Said He Was on His Way to Kill Former Missouri Senator: Police — STOPPED IN HIS TRACKS — A Utah man who was arrested after police clocked him driving more than 100 mph told state troopers he was on his way to Missouri to kill former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Desert News reports.
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Natasha Turak / CNBC:
What if Trump never concedes? The Constitution will end his term, conservative lawyer John Yoo says — Trump “has the right to mount legal challenges, but we should be clear that these are ‘Hail Mary’ passes,” said John Yoo, a former legal advisor to the George W. Bush administration.
Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
At dinner parties and game nights, casual American life is fueling the coronavirus surge — A record-breaking surge in U.S. coronavirus cases is being driven to a significant degree by casual occasions that may feel deceptively safe, officials and scientists warn — dinner parties, game nights, sleepovers and carpools.
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Trump Campaign Lawyer Admits to Judge: Our Search for Evidence of Fraud Produced Obvious Lies and ‘Spam’ — A Trump campaign attorney conceded in court on Thursday morning that he tried to enter hundreds of dodgy form-filed affidavits into evidence, even though their own investigation found …
CNN:
Top US general stands firm amid Pentagon turmoil — Starr: White House is cleaning house for political reasons — (CNN)The top US general is standing firm amid sweeping changes at the Pentagon which have seen senior officials replaced by Trump idealogues and alarmed senior defense officials.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
A Careful Voter-Fraud Review — On the menu today: a careful review of recent voter-fraud cases, and how this dispels the trite, inaccurate claims that “voter fraud doesn't exist”; perspective on what recent voter-fraud cases have proven and the scale of the problem; and something …
Justin Price / Arizona Republic:
Biden's lead in Arizona keeps shrinking, but not enough for Trump to overtake him — Results from newly counted ballots in Maricopa County released Wednesday night favored President Donald Trump, but not by a wide enough margin to overtake President-elect Joe Biden in Arizona.