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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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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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Robert Langreth / Bloomberg:
Moderna Vaccine Found Highly Effective at Preventing Covid
Moderna Vaccine Found Highly Effective at Preventing Covid
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Ian Sample / The Guardian:
Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, trials show
Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, trials show
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Kevin Stankiewicz / CNBC:
‘We could effectively end this pandemic in 2021’ with Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines
‘We could effectively end this pandemic in 2021’ with Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines
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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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump lawyer complains of harassing call from attorney at opposing firm — A lawyer spearheading the efforts by President Donald Trump's campaign to dispute the election results in Pennsylvania complained to a federal court Sunday that she received an abusive telephone message from an attorney …
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Trump campaign jettisons major parts of its legal challenge against Pennsylvania's election results
Trump campaign jettisons major parts of its legal challenge against Pennsylvania's election results
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
Trump Campaign Pushes Back on Media Reports of Changed Pennsylvania Case
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Lawsuits that tried to disrupt Biden's wins in four states are withdrawn — (CNN)Voters in four states who had brought longshot lawsuits to disrupt President-elect Joe Biden's win and went nowhere in court have dropped their cases Monday morning. — The cases were short-lived in Georgia …
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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 …
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Trump National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien says it looks like Biden has won … WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's National Security Council is preparing for “a very professional transition,” because it looks like Joe Biden has won the election, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said in comments that aired Monday.
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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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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Georgia's GOP Secretary of State Unloads on Trump's Election Lies
Georgia's GOP Secretary of State Unloads on Trump's Election Lies
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Georgia's GOP secretary of state goes on Facebook fact-checking spree over Trump's misinformation
Georgia's GOP secretary of state goes on Facebook fact-checking spree over Trump's misinformation
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Tommy Vietor / Crooked Media:
Why Joe Biden Must Sideline Fox — In January of 2007, I had an out-of-body experience. No, it wasn't during an ayahuasca retreat with a kindly shaman. Instead, I was floating above my cubicle in the Hart Senate Office building where I worked as a spokesman for then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL).
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Madison Cawthorn arrives in Washington … Madison Cawthorn was in a jubilant mood on election night, and for good reason. The 25-year-old Republican upstart had defeated his Democratic opponent, retired Air Force Colonel Moe Davis, in the race to represent a district in western North Carolina.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Karl Rove to helm massive GOP fundraising drive for Georgia runoffs — Senate Republicans have tapped Karl Rove to oversee their fundraising program for the Georgia runoff elections, according to a person familiar with the effort. — The former George W. Bush adviser will serve …
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump officials rush to auction off rights to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before Biden can block it — Officials aim to sell drilling rights to the pristine wilderness's coastal plain before Joe Biden takes office — The Trump administration has called for oil and gas firms …
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ABC News:
GSA official blocking Biden's transition privately plans post-Trump career — Emily Murphy has the power to decide when a transfer of power begins. — Obama sounds alarm in new interview as Trump digs in — The president still has not conceded defeat despite Joe Biden winning 306 electoral votes …
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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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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.
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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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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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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump, Trying to Cling to Power, Fans Unrest and Conspiracy Theories — 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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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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Ned Oliver / Virginia Mercury:
Northam: ‘We are going to move forward with legalizing marijuana in Virginia’ — Gov. Ralph Northam said Monday he plans to introduce legislation legalizing marijuana when the General Assembly convenes in January, setting the state on a path to become the first in the South to allow recreational use of the drug.
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 …
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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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Pro-Trump Wisconsin Lawyers Spike Election Lawsuit on Morning of Court Hearing — When filing their federal lawsuit in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Republican lawyers hoping to block certification of the vote in a state that outgoing President Donald Trump lost wrote in their complaint that “evidence will be shortly forthcoming.”
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Giuliani's fantasy parade of false voter-fraud claims — In interviews with sympathetic Fox News hosts, former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani has made several wild claims alleging that election fraud and malfeasance was responsible for Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election.
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Joseph Cox / VICE:
How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps — A Muslim prayer app with over 98 million downloads is one of the apps connected to a wide-ranging supply chain that sends ordinary people's personal data to brokers, contractors, and the military. — Joseph Cox