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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Floats Improbable Survival Scenarios as He Ponders His Future — There is no grand strategy. President Trump is simply trying to survive from one news cycle to the next. — At a meeting on Wednesday at the White House, President Trump had something he wanted to discuss with his advisers …
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Rob Crilly / Washington Examiner:
Trump ready to plot way out of White House as he ponders defeat — Aides and advisers to President Trump believe he has accepted that he is unlikely to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's election victory and will begin to plot life after the White House, including a 2024 run, once his campaign had exhausted all its lawsuits.
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CISA:
Joint Statement from Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council & the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees — WASHINGTON - The members of Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee - Cybersecurity …
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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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Shawna Chen / Axios:
Department of Homeland Security calls election “the most secure in American history”
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
As Trump stews over election, he mostly ignores the public duties of the presidency — On Thursday, six American service members were killed in a helicopter crash during a peacekeeping mission in Egypt. Tropical Storm Eta made landfall in North Florida, contributing to severe flooding.
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NBC News:
Beloved businesses are going bankrupt waiting for federal help. It will get worse — Last Friday, as Americans waited to learn who their next president would be, Debbe Andrews-Lewis of Lincoln, Nebraska, knew her life was about to change either way. At the end of the day, she would lose her boutique, The Funky Sister.
Washington Post:
Biden finds support among Republicans as Trump scrambles to salvage his strategy to contest the election — WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden began seeing more support, if indirectly, from Republicans on Thursday as senior GOP lawmakers called for him to receive classified briefings …
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Joe Biden considering Hillary Clinton for ambassador to the United Nations: report
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Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Justice Samuel Alito rips Supreme Court for not considering church coronavirus lawsuits — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday criticized his colleagues' decision not to consider two lawsuits in which churches fought state coronavirus worship restrictions.
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Brie Stimson / Fox News:
Justice Alito warns of dangers to free speech, religious liberty in Federalist Society address
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Sam Alito Delivers Grievance-Laden, Ultra-Partisan Speech to the Federalist Society
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Joe Mcdonald / Associated Press:
China congratulates Biden, but few US policy changes seen — BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday became one of the last major countries to congratulate U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, who is expected to make few changes to U.S. policy in conflicts with Beijing over trade, technology and security.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Is This a Coup, or Just Another Trump Con? — A post-election report from Minsk-on-the-Potomac. — Ever since Saturday morning, when Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 Presidential election, Donald Trump has been hunkered down in the White House, refusing to concede defeat …
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Crystal Hill / Yahoo News:
A closer look at the Trump campaign's election lawsuits — and why they've mostly failed — As President Trump continues to deny his Election Day loss to President-elect Joe Biden and falsely claim that — widespread fraud occurred in battleground states, his campaign and its Republican allies have unleashed a
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Biden carries Arizona, flipping a longtime Republican stronghold — Biden's lead grows more decisive as vote count continues — (CNN)For just the second time in more than seven decades, a Democrat will carry Arizona in a presidential election, a monumental shift for a state that was once a Republican stronghold.
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Karen Kaplan / Los Angeles Times:
Super-spreading wedding party demonstrates COVID-19 risk posed by holiday gatherings — If you want to know why public health officials are so nervous about how much worse the COVID-19 pandemic will get as the holiday season unfolds, consider what happened after a single …
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Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Trump Campaign Lawyer Caught Using His Business Partner as Witness in ‘Sharpiegate’ Case — A campaign attorney for President Donald Trump was caught calling his own business partner as a witness during a Thursday hearing on alleged electoral irregularities in Arizona.
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Katie Paul / Reuters:
Zuckerberg says Bannon has not violated enough policies for suspension: recording — PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Facebook FB.O Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told an all-staff meeting on Thursday that former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon had not violated enough of the company's policies …
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
Elissa Slotkin Braces for a Democratic Civil War — Victorious but chastened, the moderate from Michigan thinks her party has something to learn from—yes—Donald Trump. — HOLLY, Michigan— With victory at hand, Elissa Slotkin could not shake the feeling of imminent defeat.
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CNN:
Trump's eldest children split on his path forward — (CNN)President Donald Trump has long sought advice from different perspectives throughout his career, but at a pivotal moment in defining his legacy as President, he is receiving conflicting advice from his closest and most trusted advisers …
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Business Insider and Talking Points Memo
Associated Press:
Trump, stewing over election loss, silent as virus surges — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has publicly disengaged from the battle against the coronavirus at a moment when the disease is tearing across the United States at an alarming pace. — Trump, fresh off his reelection loss …
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Katie Bo Williams / Defense One:
Outgoing Syria Envoy Admits Hiding US Troop Numbers; Praises Trump's Mideast Record — ‘We were always playing shell games,’ says Amb. Jim Jeffrey, who also gives advice to President-elect Biden. — Four years after signing the now-infamous “Never Trump” letter condemning …
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Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Far-Right Extremists Heading to Washington Amid Talk of Trump “Coup” — A cluster of far-right extremists including neo-fascists, white nationalists and militia members are expected to descend on Washington D.C. Saturday, amidst President Trump's refusal to accept his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Joe Biden's Likely Pick to Lead His Party — First, Joe Biden has to pick his Cabinet and his White House staff. But after that, there's only one name on leading Democrats' list for Democratic National Committee chair: Jaime Harrison, who lost a race for U.S. Senate in South Carolina last week.
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Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Stacey Abrams Will Run for Governor Again, Allies Say
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Leta Powell Drake on Her Viral Twitter Clip, Interviewing Celebrities, and Johnny Carson — Leta Powell Drake has been a celebrity to the residents of Lincoln, Nebraska, for more than 40 years, thanks to her decades of work as a beloved local TV personality.
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Margaret White / The Hill:
Why Susan Collins won — According to the pundits, Sen. Susan Collin (R-Maine) had no business running for reelection this year, let alone winning the race. In a country as polarized as ours, moderates seemed sure to go the way of the dinosaurs. Collins was the last Republican …
Todd Stacy / In the Weeds with Alabama Daily News:
In the Weeds w/ Tommy Tuberville, Alabama's next senator — Today I spoke with Tommy Tuberville, who last week defeated incumbent Democrat Doug Jones to win election to the United States Senate. Do we call him Senator-elect? I don't know, people are awfully sensitive about the office-holder-elect thing right now.
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CBS News:
Obama says Trump's baseless election fraud claims put democracy on a “dangerous path” — The former president says he's troubled by Republicans going along with President Trump's claims. See the interview, Sunday on 60 Minutes. — In a new interview with 60 Minutes …
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Washington Post:
They served alongside U.S. soldiers. Now they fear that Iran's allies in Iraq will strike back. — BAGHDAD — Iraqis who have worked closely with the U.S. military in their country have grown increasingly alarmed that they could be targeted for attack, fearing their personal identifying information …
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Yereth Rosen / Reuters:
Alaska congressman who ridiculed coronavirus now says he has COVID-19 — ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The Alaska congressman who once ridiculed the seriousness of the novel coronavirus, calling it the “beer virus,” said on Thursday he is now infected with it.
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Mitch Smith / New York Times:
New U.S. Virus Cases Surpass 160,000 in a Day, Again Shattering Record — Dr. Fauci's remarks were made just hours before California reported its millionth case on Thursday, the second state to do so (Texas was first). More cases are being recorded than ever before: The 142,000 reported …
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HuffPost:
Democrats Question Decision To Give Up Canvassing During Election — It may have been the right decision during the pandemic, but it also likely had political consequences. — A number of Democratic elected officials, candidates and campaign operatives believe that the national party's decision …
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