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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Moderna, Inc.:
Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Meets its Primary Efficacy Endpoint in the First Interim Analysis of the Phase 3 COVE Study — First interim analysis included 95 participants with confirmed cases of COVID-19 — Phase 3 study met statistical criteria with a vaccine efficacy of 94.5% (p <0.0001)
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Trump campaign retreats from key claim in Pennsylvania suit
Trump campaign retreats from key claim in Pennsylvania suit
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Fauci says Biden transition is key to quick distribution of Covid vaccine
Fauci says Biden transition is key to quick distribution of Covid vaccine
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Fox News Anchor Thoroughly Debunks Trump's Election Fraud Claims — Eric Shawn delivered the fact check just hours after Fox News host Maria Bartiromo gave airtime to Trump lawyers pushing those claims. — Fox News anchor Eric Shawn on Sunday debunked claims of widespread electoral fraud pushed …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Newsmax CEO: ‘We Are Not Actively Selling,’ Have No Desire to Be ‘Trump TV’
Newsmax CEO: ‘We Are Not Actively Selling,’ Have No Desire to Be ‘Trump TV’
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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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James Arkin / Politico:
Ossoff, Warnock start Georgia runoffs behind the eight ball — CUMMING, Ga. — Joe Biden turned Georgia blue. Compared to what they're up against now, that was the easy part for Democrats. — To repeat Biden's feat in a pair of Senate runoffs on Jan. 5, with control of the Senate on the line …
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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.
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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.
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Was It Worth It, Jared and Ivanka? — The glossiest grifters become Vuitton vagabonds. — Just five short years ago Jared and Ivanka were dinner-party royalty here in Manhattan. It's that kind of place. They had money, they had youth, they had celebrity. They were thin.
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Wall Street Journal:
Washington Lobbyists Know Biden Well—as Their Former Boss — President-elect will face off against aides-turned-lobbyists as he seeks to advance Democratic agenda — WASHINGTON—President-elect Joe Biden's ambitious Democratic agenda—including raising corporate taxes …
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Washington Post:
As Trump era ends, massive new Asian trade deal leaves U.S. on the sidelines — TAIPEI, Taiwan — After President Trump in 2017 scrapped a Trans-Pacific trade deal assembled by the Obama administration and 11 other governments, countries from Vietnam to Australia paused to ponder whether …
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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 …
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Kris Alexander / The Daily Beast:
I Was a Military COVID Planner. The Vaccine Rollout Is Going to Be a Nightmare. — Our long winter with COVID could turn into a slog through the spring and summer, even with an effective vaccine. … No matter how you feel about Joe Biden's victory in the presidential race and his touted plans …
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New York Times:
Behind Trump's Yearslong Effort to Turn Losing Into Winning — Even before he was elected in 2016, Donald J. Trump was building a conspiracy theory about voter fraud that took on new energy this year, as his political fortunes ebbed during the coronavirus pandemic.
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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.
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 …
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 …
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Trumpism won, despite election results — You just had to see the enthusiastic cheer of tens of thousands of pro-Trump protesters who flocked to Washington, DC, over the weekend to understand it doesn't really matter what the final electoral vote tally is: Trumpism has won.
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Mike Pence / Fox News:
VP Pence: SpaceX Crew-1 launch proves NASA is back, President Trump has secured America's leadership in space — The launch of the Resilience spacecraft is the culmination of four years of renewed leadership in space — SpaceX Crew-1 successfully launches en route to ISS