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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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Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
Moderna's coronavirus vaccine is 94.5% effective, according to company data — (CNN)The Moderna vaccine is 94.5% effective against coronavirus, according to early data released Monday by the company, making it the second vaccine in the United States to have a stunningly high success rate.
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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
Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Meets its Primary Efficacy Endpoint in the First Interim Analysis of the Phase 3 COVE Study
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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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Trump Campaign Pushes Back on Media Reports of Changed Pennsylvania Case
Michael Powell / New York Times:
Liberals Envisioned a Multiracial Coalition. Voters of Color Had Other Ideas. — Democrats may need to rethink their strategy as the class complexities and competing desires of Latino and Asian-American demographic groups become clear. — The proposition seemed tailor-made for one of the nation's most diverse and liberal states.
Wall Street Journal:
Georgia Republicans Worry Trump Feud Could Hurt Key Senate Runoffs — Trump's Twitter attacks on state GOP leaders over recount of presidential race risks eroding party unity — ATLANTA—The Georgia Republican Party is beset with infighting, as leading Republicans in the state come under public attack …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Federico Finchelstein / Washington Post:
What the history of coups tells us about Trump's refusal to concede — Democracies are fragile and only vigilance from citizens can protect them — Historically across Latin America, when constitutionally elected leaders were denied their legitimate mandate, there was just one word for it: coup.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philly was supposed to turn out huge for Biden. It didn't. What happened? — As the 2020 election unfolded across Pennsylvania, voters came out in record-breaking numbers for President Donald Trump and Joe Biden. — But for Biden, there was a surprising exception: Philadelphia.
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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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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Trump aide promises ‘very professional transition’ to Biden — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump's national security adviser promised a “very professional transition” to the administration of President-elect Joe Biden in an interview broadcast Monday …
John Eligon / New York Times:
How a Minneapolis Suburb Turned Blue, Despite Trump's Law-and-Order Pitch — President Trump comfortably carried Chaska, Minn., in 2016. This time, he lost by nine percentage points — a dramatic shift that similarly played out in suburban counties across the country.
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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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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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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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Clio Chang / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Substackerati — Did a newsletter company create a more equitable media system—or replicate the flaws of the old one? — The first week of March, Patrice Peck, a freelance journalist living in New York, started sanitizing everything. She went to Nitehawk, a dine-in movie theater …
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
The lame duck begins — with help from Caitlin Emma, Connor O'Brien and Heather Caygle — GET YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW — The sprint to the end of the 116th Congress begins. The House returns to Washington for the first time today since the election, one week after the Senate already gaveled back into session.
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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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