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Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
Moderna's coronavirus vaccine found to be nearly 95 percent effective in a preliminary analysis  —  The United States could have two coronavirus vaccines available on a limited basis by year's end  —  Biotechnology firm Moderna announced Monday that a preliminary analysis shows …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Ian Sample / The Guardian:
Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, trials show  —  US-based biotech firm is latest to reveal impressive results from phase 3 trials of jab  —  The race for a coronavirus vaccine has received another shot in the arm with the US biotech firm Moderna becoming the latest …
Denise Grady / New York Times:
Early Data Show Moderna's Coronavirus Vaccine Is 94.5% Effective  —  Moderna is the second company to report preliminary results from a large trial testing a vaccine.  But there are still months to go before it will be widely available to the public.  —  The drugmaker Moderna announced …
Robert Langreth / Bloomberg:
Moderna Vaccine Found Highly Effective at Preventing Covid  — Vaccine has 94.5% efficacy in an analysis of late-stage trial  — Interim results suggest vaccine may also block severe cases  —  Moderna Inc. said its Covid-19 vaccine was 94.5% effective in a preliminary analysis …
Karen Weintraub / USA Today:
Moderna's candidate COVID-19 vaccine looks to protect 94.5% of those who get it, trial shows. ‘This makes me giddy,’ one doctor says.
Discussion: NBC Chicago
Washington Post:
Trump campaign jettisons major parts of its legal challenge against Pennsylvania's election results  —  President Trump's campaign on Sunday scrapped a major part of its federal lawsuit challenging the election results in Pennsylvania.  —  Trump's attorneys filed a revised version of the lawsuit …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump campaign pares back federal suit over Pennsylvania election results  —  President Donald Trump's campaign has dramatically scaled back its federal lawsuit challenging the election results in Pennsylvania, dropping legal claims stemming from observers who assert they were blocked …
Discussion: Reuters
Ben Smith / New York Times:
The President vs. the American Media  —  After terrorist attacks, France's leader accuses the English-language media of “legitimizing this violence.”  —  The president has some bones to pick with the American media: about our “bias,” our obsession with racism, our views on terrorism …
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Why Obama Fears for Our Democracy  —  Barack Obama was describing to me the manner in which the Mongol emperor and war-crimes innovator Genghis Khan would besiege a town.  “They gave you two choices,” he said.  “'If you open the gates, we'll just kill you quickly and take your women and enslave …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump, Trying to Cling to Power, Fans Unrest and Conspiracies  —  The president's refusal to concede has entered a more dangerous phase as he blocks his successor's transition, withholding intelligence briefings, pandemic information and access to the government.
New York Post:
House leaders urge Democrats not to join team Biden to maintain majority  —  Confronted with a shrunken majority, House leaders are discouraging fellow Democrats from taking jobs with the incoming Biden administration — out of concern that Republicans could take back the chamber …
CNN:
Trump coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas urges Michigan to ‘rise up’ against new Covid-19 measures  —  Washington (CNN)White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Scott Atlas criticized Michigan's new Covid-19 restrictions in a tweet shortly after they were announced Sunday evening …
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Derick Hutchinson / WDIV-TV:
Here are 14 changes going into effect under Michigan's new COVID-19 restrictions
Discussion: SOM and Townhall
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Barack Obama on his book, President Trump, George Floyd, the divisions in the country, and more  —  The former president shares the advice he would give President Trump, his thoughts on the killing of George Floyd, and what's behind the divisions in Washington and across the U.S.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Newsmax CEO: ‘We Are Not Actively Selling,’ Have No Desire to Be ‘Trump TV’ … Newsmax may be focused on conservative audiences, but it has very liberal views of where its business can go in the future as an independent news operation.  —  The top executive of the news outlet …
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James Arkin / Politico:
Ossoff, Warnock start Georgia runoffs behind the eight ball  —  Democrats will need to defy the recent history of GOP dominance in Peach State runoffs.  —  Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff (L) and Rev. Raphael Warnock (R) wave to supporters during a “Get Out the Early Vote” drive-in campaign event.
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Axios:
Scoop: Trump plans last-minute China crackdown  —  President Trump will enact a series of hardline policies during his final 10 weeks to cement his legacy on China, senior administration officials with direct knowledge of the plans tells Axios.  —  Why it matters: He'll try …
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Faler / Politico:
Biden's IRS could finally give Trump's tax returns to Democrats  —  President Donald Trump's defeat will make it a lot easier for Democrats to finally get his tax returns, and some prominent lawmakers plan to keep the heat on the incoming Biden administration and House leaders to deliver.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and Washington Post
Alexis Benveniste / CNN:
Meet Rebekah Mercer, the deep-pocketed co-founder of Parler, a controversial conservative social network  —  New York (CNN Business)Rebekah Mercer, a prominent conservative donor, revealed Saturday that she is helping to bankroll Parler, the rapidly growing but controversial conservative social media platform …
Jill Lepore / New Yorker:
Will Trump Burn the Evidence?  —  How the President could endanger the official records of one of the most consequential periods in American history.  —  Donald Trump is not much of a note-taker, and he does not like his staff to take notes.  He has a habit of tearing up documents at the close of meetings.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A less-racist brand of Trump populism could bring a GOP dynasty unless Dems do something  —  When the first election returns started coming in from Texas' Zapata County — a hot, dusty corner of the Rio Grande Valley with oil rigs and a large Latine population — some online voting-fraud …
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
With pandemic raging, Republicans say election results validate their approach  —  On coronavirus maps, her northeastern Wisconsin county was glowing bright red.  Kristin Lyerly decided this was the moment to turn it politically blue.  —  The 50-year-old doctor had jumped into the race …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ronna McDaniel / Washington Examiner:
The RNC's fight for election integrity  —  Ever since Democrats began using the pandemic as an excuse to make wholesale changes to election laws, including stripping ballot security safeguards, our party has been preparing to protect the vote.  —  Since Election Day, we have collected …
ABC News:
Judges appear increasingly frustrated with Trump's legal claims about 2020 election  —  “Come on now,” one judge said after hearing a Trump team claim.  —  Trump speaks publicly for 1st time in days as Biden eyes transition  —  President-elect Joe Biden is projected to win in Georgia …
Geopolitics:
The Macron Doctrine  —  A Conversation with the French President  —  As the year 2020 draws to a close, with crises accumulating in France and Europe, the French President, in one of his longest interviews, outlined the main elements of his new doctrine on international affairs with le Grand Continent.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Politico
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
The ending of Trump's presidency echoes the beginning — with a lie  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  The Trump administration is ending as it began: with a lie about crowd size.  —  On Saturday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted …
 
 
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People of color make up nearly half of Biden transition team
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