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Katie Thomas / New York Times:
New Pfizer Results: Coronavirus Vaccine Is Safe and 95% Effective — The company said it planned to apply for emergency approval from the Food and Drug Administration “within days.” — The drug maker Pfizer said on Wednesday that its coronavirus vaccine was 95 percent effective …
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Alexander Smith / NBC News:
Pfizer-BioNTech to seek Covid-19 vaccine approval ‘within days’ as trial shows 95 percent efficacy — LONDON — A leading coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by Pfizer and BioNTech will be submitted for regulatory approval “within days,” the companies announced Wednesday …
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Tucker Reals / CBS News:
Pfizer says vaccine 95% effective, will seek FDA's okay “within days” — Pfizer said Wednesday that a final assessment of trial data on the COVID-19 vaccine it developed in conjunction with German company BioNTech showed it was 95% effective, and that it would apply for emergency use authorization …
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Jared S. Hopkins / Wall Street Journal:
Pfizer Says Vaccine Is 95% Effective in Final Data, Will Seek Authorization
Pfizer Says Vaccine Is 95% Effective in Final Data, Will Seek Authorization
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Pfizer:
Pfizer and BioNTech Conclude Phase 3 Study of COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate, Meeting All Primary Efficacy Endpoints
Pfizer and BioNTech Conclude Phase 3 Study of COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate, Meeting All Primary Efficacy Endpoints
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Beth LeBlanc / Detroit News:
Wayne Co. canvassers deadlock on certifying Nov. 3 election results — The Wayne County Board of Canvassers deadlocked 2-2 Tuesday along party lines on whether the county's Nov. 3 election results should be certified as at least four state and federal lawsuits sought to stop the process.
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New York Times:
Michigan Republicans Backtrack After Refusing to Certify Election Results — G.O.P. members of the elections board in Wayne County, which includes Detroit and is heavily Democratic, reversed their decision to hold up approval of Joe Biden's victory after an outcry.
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Washington Post:
Board in key Michigan county fails, then agrees, to certify vote totals by deadline — DETROIT — The Wayne County Board of Canvassers unanimously certified its ballot count Tuesday evening, reversing itself just hours after Republicans on the board blocked the typically uneventful task …
Washington Post:
In reversal, GOP officials in key Michigan county certify ballot count after striking a compromise with Democrats
In reversal, GOP officials in key Michigan county certify ballot count after striking a compromise with Democrats
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Jonathan Oosting / Bridge Magazine:
Joe Biden won, Michigan elector coup ‘not going to happen,’ GOP leader says
Joe Biden won, Michigan elector coup ‘not going to happen,’ GOP leader says
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Clara Hendrickson / Detroit Free Press:
GOP members of Wayne County Board of Canvassers vote against certifying election results
GOP members of Wayne County Board of Canvassers vote against certifying election results
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New York Times:
Giuliani Is Said to Seek $20,000 a Day Payment for Trump Legal Work — Last week, the president put the former New York mayor in charge of the court challenges to his loss in the election. Since then they have suffered nothing but setbacks. — Rudolph W. Giuliani, who has helped oversee …
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ABC News:
Infighting and an attempted ‘coup’: Trump team erupts into chaos as Giuliani takes over legal efforts — Giuliani filed to appear in court on behalf of the campaign Tuesday. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.
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Politico:
'I'm not a f—ing socialist': Florida Democrats are having a postelection meltdown — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It wasn't just one bad cycle. For Democrats in Florida, Election Day 2020 was a tipping point in a long, painful buildup to irrelevancy. — After suffering crushing losses …
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
Firing Christopher Krebs Crosses a Line—Even for Trump — The president dismissed the widely respected cybersecurity agency director Tuesday night for pushing back against election disinformation. — WITHIN MINUTES OF Donald Trump tweeting that he had fired Christopher Krebs as the director …
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CNN:
Trump fires director of Homeland Security agency who had rejected President's election conspiracy theories
Trump fires director of Homeland Security agency who had rejected President's election conspiracy theories
NBC News:
Trump fires head of election cybersecurity who debunked conspiracy theories
Trump fires head of election cybersecurity who debunked conspiracy theories
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ProPublica:
Trump Campaign Officials Started Pressuring Georgia's Secretary of State Long Before the Election — The Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, rejected repeated demands to endorse Trump. As the official overseeing the voting, he believed he should remain neutral.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Is Trump done being president? — DRIVING THE DAY — DONALD TRUMP is out of public view, exacting revenge on his political enemies, ranting about a stolen election and risking allies on Capitol Hill, who are starting to concede that he has lost.
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Nicholas Connors / The Bulwark:
Lindsey Graham Is the Worst — A former staffer explains why Graham is everything that's wrong with American politics. — I worked for Lindsey Graham's 2016 presidential campaign as his national director of ballot access and delegates. As part of his senior staff, I spent …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham's one-man voting probe prompts confusion
Lindsey Graham's one-man voting probe prompts confusion
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FOX 11 Los Angeles:
FOX 11 obtains exclusive photos of Gov. Newsom at French restaurant allegedly not following COVID-19 protocols — FOX 11 obtains exclusive photos of dinner Newsom attended — A FOX 11 exclusive on a story that has been making headlines across the state and the country.
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Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
Column: The worst thing about Gavin Newsom's French Laundry dinner? It was with a lobbyist
Column: The worst thing about Gavin Newsom's French Laundry dinner? It was with a lobbyist
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Instapundit, Townhall and Fox News
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Half of Republicans say Biden won because of a ‘rigged’ election: Reuters/Ipsos poll — (Reuters) - About half of all Republicans believe President Donald Trump “rightfully won” the U.S. election but that it was stolen from him by widespread voter fraud that favored Democratic President-elect Joe Biden …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Voter Fraud: The Crime That Must Not Be Mentioned — Following the election, the social media monopolies did their best to ban discussion of voter fraud, lest confidence in Joe Biden's “victory” be shaken. Today, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified …
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US Food and Drug Administration:
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes First COVID-19 Test for Self-Testing at Home — For Immediate Release: — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first COVID-19 diagnostic test for self-testing at home and that provides rapid results.
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David Clemons / WaltonTribune.com:
Votes added in recount — Floyd elections manager asked to resign after 2,600 uncounted votes found … MONROE, Ga. — The audit of votes in the presidential race revealed missing votes in Walton County. — Two hundred eighty-four ballots were added from the Between precinct.
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Dan Froomkin / Salon:
Enough with “both sides”! Faux-neutral journalism is no way to fight the truth-deniers — With Trump defeated, journalists can't just retreat back to “objectivity” — not with America's future at stake — The conventional wisdom among the leaders of our major newsrooms is that the best …
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Jake Bleiberg / Associated Press:
AP Sources: FBI is investigating Texas attorney general — DALLAS (AP) — The FBI is investigating allegations that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton broke the law in using his office to benefit a wealthy donor, according to two people with knowledge of the probe.
New York Times:
A Trump Memoir Would Sell. Will Publishers Buy It? — Some publishing executives worry their authors and staff might rebel, but they say their bigger concern would be ensuring the book's accuracy. — When American presidents leave office, regardless of their parties or approval ratings …
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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Are Republicans Really Favored in Georgia? — ANALYSIS — Control of the Senate is going to come down to two Jan. 5 runoffs in Georgia. Sen. David Perdue came a hair's breadth from winning his race against Jon Ossoff outright, but ultimately fell just short of 50% plus one.
The Daily Beast:
Trump Fumes That Biden Will Get the Praise He Craves for a COVID Vaccine — The president had big plans for a vaccine introduction. But the rallies, celebrations and told-ya-sos for the media are now shelved. — As prospects for an effective vaccination for the coronavirus have improved …
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
If Congress doesn't act, 12 million Americans could lose unemployment aid by the end of the year — Deadlines set by Congress early in the pandemic will result in about 12 million Americans losing unemployment insurance by the year's end, according to a report released Wednesday …
Washington Examiner:
Student loan forgiveness would be a bailout for elites — American voters sent a clear signal in this election that while they are ready to move on from President Trump, they are wary of giving Democrats the power to impose a sweeping left-wing agenda. — In a best-case scenario for Democrats …
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Wall Street Journal:
Rage Against the Voting Machine — Trump blames the result on Dominion's systems. Where's the evidence? — By The Editorial Board — President Trump has so far been unwilling to concede to Joe Biden, and his latest argument is that the voting machines must have been rigged. Where's the evidence?
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