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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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Sarah Kerr / New York Times:
Trump Briefly Acknowledges Election Outcome as Biden Looks Ahead — Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has kept a low public profile since her acceptance speech last weekend. The election raises the question of whether the Republican strategy of voter restrictions served the party's interests as it once did.
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Associated Press, Mediaite, Variety, Mother Jones and The National Interest
Reuters:
Trump in tweet says Biden ‘won’ but reiterates false claim election was rigged
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Associated Press, USA Today, The Hill and Al Jazeera
Colin Keatinge / Bloomberg:
Trump Pulls Back From Concession, Tweets Vote Was ‘Rigged’
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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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Business Insider, The Hill, Washington Times, Breitbart, One America News Network, The Guardian and Alternet.org
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Adia Robinson / ABC News:
Adm. Brett Giroir calls the Pfizer vaccine news a ‘game changer’ — Dr. Atul Gawande said the Biden transition team is “ready to go.” — Trump speaks publicly for 1st time in days as Biden eyes transition — President-elect Joe Biden is projected to win in Georgia, the first time a Democrat has done that in nearly 30 years.
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The Hill
Eleanor Mueller / Politico:
Fauci: ‘Of course it would be better if we could start working with’ Biden transition team
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CNN, Talking Points Memo, Washington Times and New York Post
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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Associated Press, Raw Story, The Hill, CNN, Washington Times and UPI
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Biden Faces Early Test With Immigration and Homeland Security After Trump
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unz.com
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.
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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Associated Press, The Daily Beast, Reuters, Raw Story, Mock Paper Scissors and Wall Street Journal
New York Times:
With Trench Warfare Deepening, Parties Face Unsettled Electoral Map — Voters delivered a convincing victory for Joe Biden, but a split decision for the two parties. Now Democrats and Republicans face perhaps the most up-for-grabs electoral landscape in a generation.
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The Hill, CNN, RedState, Common Dreams, Deseret News and Althouse
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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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Biden won places that are thriving. Trump won ones that are hurting. — In a trend that's been unfolding since 2000, Democrats continue to gain votes in prosperous, highly educated urban areas. Republicans are gaining in small cities and rural communities. — Are you better off than you were four years ago?
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USA Today and Cyprus Mail
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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Washington Post, The American Independent and CBS News
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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The Atlantic
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James Arkin / Politico:
Health care vs. ‘radical leftists’: Parties re-running 2020 playbooks in Georgia runoffs — The first full week of campaigning had Democrats again arguing for greater access to health care, while Republicans said they were the bulwark against “socialism.” — Sen. Kelly Loeffler (left) …
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Bloomberg, Washington Times and Raw Story
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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.”
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 …
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Slate
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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Breitbart
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 …
Elaine Kurtenbach / Associated Press:
ASEAN, China, other partners sign world's biggest trade pact — China and 14 other countries agreed Sunday to set up the world's largest trading bloc, encompassing nearly a third of all economic activity, in a deal many in Asia are hoping will help hasten a recovery from the shocks of the pandemic.
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New York Times and CNBC
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.
Paul Thornton / Los Angeles Times:
We turned over our letters page to Trump readers for a day. Here's what they wrote — During the Cold War, a “red telephone” was said to have kept American leaders in constant contact with their Soviet counterparts. We know now there was never a red phone, just a hotline …
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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