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David Cohen / Politico:
Trump edges closer to conceding the election, then backs off — President Donald Trump has yet to concede the presidential election, but on Sunday he briefly came close to acknowledging that he lost in a tweet. — “He won because the Election was Rigged,” Trump tweeted.
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Reuters:
Trump in tweet says Biden ‘won’ but reiterates false claim election was rigged — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump appeared on Sunday to publicly acknowledge for the first time that his Democratic rival Joe Biden won the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election, but reiterated his false claims that the vote was rigged.
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Colin Keatinge / Bloomberg:
Trump Pulls Back From Concession, Tweets Vote Was ‘Rigged’
Trump Pulls Back From Concession, Tweets Vote Was ‘Rigged’
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Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
Republican convicted of election fraud helps lead Trump rally baselessly claiming election fraud — Another pro-President Trump rally was held at the Michigan Capitol on Saturday as the “Million MAGA March” attracted thousands, including several far-right groups like the Proud Boys, in Washington, D.C.
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Federal judge rules acting DHS head Chad Wolf unlawfully appointed, invalidates DACA suspension — A federal judge in New York City on Saturday said Chad Wolf has not been acting lawfully as the chief of Homeland Security and that, as such, his suspension of protections for a class …
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Washington Post:
Trump tunes out pandemic surge as he focuses on denying election loss — President Trump finally received some good news this past week: Amid spiking coronavirus cases nationwide — more than 100,000 new cases a day since Nov. 4, with deaths rising, too — pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced …
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Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
The political class's coronavirus credibility crisis endangers public health — With rising case counts and hospitalizations, the coronavirus crisis is getting out of hand in many parts of the United States. Getting the spread of COVID-19 under control, if it is possible …
Lauren Egan / NBC News:
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham holds off stiff challenge from Jaime Harrison, NBC News projects … Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has held on to his seat in South Carolina, according to an NBC News projection, defeating Democrat Jaime Harrison in a race that broke fundraising records …
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Siraj Hashmi / Washington Examiner:
The Growing Influence of the Supreme Court
New York Times:
There Was No Knockout, So Democrats and G.O.P. Regroup for Next Round — Voters delivered a convincing victory for Joseph R. Biden Jr. but a split decision for the two parties. Now they face perhaps the most up-for-grabs electoral map the country has seen in a generation.
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Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Tax filings reveal Biden cancer charity spent millions on salaries, zero on research — A cancer charity started by Joe Biden gave out no money to research, and spent most of its contributions on staff salaries, federal filings show. — The Biden Cancer Initiative was founded in 2017 …
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Michael Crowley / New York Times:
Largely Out of Sight in Washington, Kamala Harris Preps for White House — Ms. Harris has barely appeared on the public radar since her acceptance speech last Saturday in Wilmington, Del., where she declared “a new day for America.” — WASHINGTON — At a chic cafe in the West End neighborhood here …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Family Business Faces Post-Election Reckoning — Property sales may shrink the Trump Organization as debts come due and legal woes persist — When President Trump leaves the White House in January, he will face some of the deepest financial and legal challenges in his family business empire in decades.
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Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Trump the Genius, Trump the Incompetent, Trump the Bogeyman — It may seem counterintuitive to say so, but Donald Trump is a complicated figure. To be sure, the basic word cloud is clear—narcissistic, deceitful, vindictive, and so on—but there are multiple sides to the personality …
Wall Street Journal:
Parler, Backed by Mercer Family, Makes Play for Conservatives Mad at Facebook, Twitter — The libertarian-minded platform aims to challenge tech giants through a focus on free speech; surge in users since the election — As Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. have taken a harder line …
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ABC News:
'It's critical' for Republican leaders to explain to voters Trump lost the election: John Bolton — Jeh Johnson also discussed national security implications of delayed transition. — Presidential transition turmoil — President Donald Trump is refusing to concede as President-elect Joe Biden proceeds with his transition plans.
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Associated Press:
US, Israel worked together to track and kill al-Qaida No. 2 — WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Israel worked together to track and kill a senior al-Qaida operative in Iran earlier this year, a bold intelligence operation by the two allied nations that came as the Trump administration was ramping up pressure on Tehran.
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Israel, at behest of U.S., killed al-Qaeda's deputy in a drive-by attack in Iran
Israel, at behest of U.S., killed al-Qaeda's deputy in a drive-by attack in Iran
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Grant Schulte / Associated Press:
Surging virus cases get a shrug in many Midwestern towns — ELMWOOD, Neb. (AP) — Danny Rice has a good sense of how dangerous the coronavirus can be. — What puzzles him are the people who have curtailed so much of their lives to avoid being infected by the virus.
Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Top Pentagon adviser has said ‘Israeli lobby’ funds government officials who want war — WASHINGTON (JTA) — Douglas Macgregor, a top adviser to President Donald Trump's new acting defense secretary, routinely blames “the Israeli lobby” and “neocons” for pushing the United States into wars.
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Biden's beach hideaway has political sun shining on Rehoboth — REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — This resort town known for Atlantic waves that are sometimes surfable, fresh-cut French fries and a 1-mile wooden boardwalk that dates to the 1870s has long prided itself on being the “Nation's Summer Capital.”
NBC4 Washington:
Clashes Between Protest Groups Break Out After Thousands Rally for Trump in DC — Violent clashes between supporters of President Donald Trump and counterprotesters erupted in the streets of downtown Washington, D.C., Saturday night after thousands of the president's supporters rallied earlier …
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Zeynep Tufekci / The Atlantic:
It's Time to Hunker Down — Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. — The end may be near for the pestilence that has haunted the world this year. Good news is arriving on almost every front: treatments …
Jude Joffe-Block / Associated Press:
False reports claim election servers were seized in Germany — CLAIM: The U.S. Army raided the Frankfurt office of the Spanish election software company Scytl to seize servers that had evidence of voting irregularities in the Nov. 3 U.S. election. — AP'S ASSESSMENT: False.
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Washington Examiner:
Raphael Warnock's radicalism is catching up with him — The presidential race has been decided, but Election 2020 is not over yet. The nation's eyes now turn to Georgia, where two statewide runoff elections will determine party control of the U.S. Senate.
Financial Times:
Schwarzman defended Trump at CEO meeting on election results — Exclusive: Blackstone founder dismissed ‘coup’ fears and predicted legal process would take its course — Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman defended Donald Trump's response to this year's US poll results during …
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