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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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Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
‘He Won,’ Trump Tweets About the Election
‘He Won,’ Trump Tweets About the Election
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Reuters:
Trump in tweet says Biden ‘won’ but reiterates false claim election was rigged
Trump in tweet says Biden ‘won’ but reiterates false claim election was rigged
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CNN:
Trump says for the first time Biden won the election but later insists he's not conceding
Trump says for the first time Biden won the election but later insists he's not conceding
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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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Eleanor Mueller / Politico:
Health officials sound alarm over impact of Trump's transition blockade — Public health officials, members of Joe Biden's transition team, and elected Democrats and Republicans urged President Donald Trump on Sunday to begin the transfer of power to President-elect Joe Biden …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Fauci says delayed transition is a public health issue as Covid-19 cases soar nationwide … Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, said Sunday that it “is obvious” that delaying the presidential transition is not good from a public health perspective as daily Covid-19 cases continue to soar and set records.
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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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Washington Post:
Trump tunes out pandemic surge as he focuses on denying election loss
Trump tunes out pandemic surge as he focuses on denying election loss
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Adia Robinson / ABC News:
Transparency is ‘an issue of public health and saving American lives’: Adm. Brett Giroir
Transparency is ‘an issue of public health and saving American lives’: Adm. Brett Giroir
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Washington Examiner, The Hill and Mediaite
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 federal government's chief information security officer is helping an outside effort to hunt for alleged voter fraud — The federal government's chief information security officer is participating in an effort backed by supporters of President Trump to hunt for evidence of voter fraud …
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Raw Story and The Philadelphia Inquirer
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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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.
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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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Theo Keith / FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul:
Minnesota Senate GOP held large, in-person dinner party just before COVID outbreak — (FOX 9) - Days before a coronavirus outbreak in the Minnesota Senate Republican caucus, the GOP held a large, in-person dinner party to celebrate their election results. — A GOP spokeswoman confirmed …
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
Trump is putting this country through something unprecedented. Here are three scenarios. — We are living through something unprecedented — all the more alarming because we can't be sure what that something is. — Three scenarios fit the known facts: — Scenario 1: President …
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James Arkin / Politico:
Health care vs. ‘radical leftists’: Parties re-running 2020 playbooks in Georgia runoffs — COLUMBUS, Ga. — Republicans want to save Georgians from socialism. Democrats want to save their health care and flip the Senate. — The dueling messages last week defined the kickoff …
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Meet the Press Blog: Latest news, analysis and data driving the political discussion
Meet the Press Blog: Latest news, analysis and data driving the political discussion
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Allies Explored Buyout of Newsmax TV as Fox News Alternative — Hicks Equity Partners, a firm with ties to a co-chair of the Republican National Committee, is pitching investors on a new conservative news channel — For nearly two years, allies of President Trump have been exploring ways …
Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
Why Trump Carried Out His Pentagon Purge — In 2018, as American officials in Kabul were sitting down to negotiate with the Taliban, a bleak joke circulated in the U.S. Embassy that at any moment the talks could be derailed by “the Tweet of Damocles”—a unilateral decision by President …
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 …
KING-TV:
WATCH LIVE: Inslee announces closures of indoor dining, in-store retail occupancy restrictions — The governor has announced several statewide restrictions to help curb the spread of coronavirus. These restrictions go into effect on Monday and go until Dec. 14.
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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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Biden Faces Early Test With Immigration and Homeland Security After Trump
Biden Faces Early Test With Immigration and Homeland Security After Trump
CBS News:
Barack Obama speaks out on politics, the presidency, and Donald Trump — “We all good? We got speed? Let's go!” Almost four years after he left the White House, former President Barack Obama is ready to talk. — He's been looking back while writing the first volume of a memoir about his presidency, “A Promised Land” (Crown).
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Pompeo, Netanyahu to attend normalization talks with Bahrain — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will attend a trilateral summit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani in Jerusalem Wednesday, Israeli officials told me.
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