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NBC News:
Trump's effort to overturn the election results may be inept. But it's still a scandal. — WASHINGTON — Forget Russia's interference in the 2016 election. Or Trump's impeachment for asking Ukraine to dig up dirt on Joe Biden. — Arguably the biggest political scandal we've ever seen …
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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.
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
Board in key Michigan county fails, then agrees, to certify vote totals by deadline
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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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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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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CNN:
Pfizer and BioNTech say final analysis shows coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective with no safety concerns
Pfizer and BioNTech say final analysis shows coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective with no safety concerns
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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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Politico, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, Forbes, UPI and Townhall
Alexander Smith / NBC News:
Pfizer-BioNTech to seek Covid-19 vaccine approval ‘within days’ as trial shows 95 percent efficacy
Pfizer-BioNTech to seek Covid-19 vaccine approval ‘within days’ as trial shows 95 percent efficacy
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New York Post
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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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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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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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Biden builds team for Senate confirmation battles — President-elect Joe Biden hasn't nominated anyone for his Cabinet yet, but he's assembling the team to get his future picks confirmed. — With Republicans favored to retain their majority in the Senate next year, Biden's Cabinet is poised …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
‘This is not a television program’: Mulvaney slams Giuliani's role on Trump campaign legal team — Former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Wednesday slammed Rudy Giuliani's leadership of the Trump campaign's election-related legal challenges, saying that the effort to reverse …
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 …
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.
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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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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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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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: How Republicans see what Trump is doing — Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter. — Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to receive the newsletter. — HOW REPUBLICANS SEE WHAT TRUMP IS DOING: It's been 15 days since the presidential election …
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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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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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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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New York Times:
Giuliani Is Said to Seek $20,000 a Day Payment for Trump Legal Work
Giuliani Is Said to Seek $20,000 a Day Payment for Trump Legal Work
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
As Trump dominates transition, does that mean America is addicted? — the president continues to utterly dominate the news, while Joe Biden remains almost a sidebar story. — Turley says Trump's legal battle is ‘running out of runway’ — If you returned from a SpaceX flight to Mars …
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Raw Story, New York Times and The Daily Caller
Paul John Scott / Twin Cities:
900 on Mayo Clinic staff have contracted coronavirus in last two weeks — All 32 beds in dedicated Covid ICU at Mayo are now full, clinic adding more beds — ROCHESTER, Minn. — Over 900 Mayo Clinic staff have contracted COVID-19 in the past two weeks, according to a Tuesday briefing by Dr. Amy Williams, dean of clinical practice.
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New York Post
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?
CNN:
'It's a terrible situation': Inside a government bureaucrat's pressure-filled decision to delay the transition — What's at risk when the President doesn't concede — Washington (CNN)As the only obstacle between President-elect Joe Biden and the formal start of the presidential transition …
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Associated Press
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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Axios
Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
Time to drop the disappearing act. Pence allies say the lame duck VP needs to stay in the public spotlight if he wants to be a viable 2024 presidential candidate. … - Vice President Mike Pence will have to find a way to keep his name in the spotlight if he wants to win the Republican nomination …
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.
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 …
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Virginia police chief fired as felony charges are dropped in Confederate vandalism case … The police chief of Portsmouth, Virginia, was fired Monday in what she suggested was a politically motivated move moments before criminal charges were dropped against a prominent state senator …
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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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WAGA-TV:
FOX 5 Poll: Senate runoff extremely tight, Gov. Kemp's approval rating slips — ATLANTA - A new exclusive InsiderAdvantage/FOX5 Atlanta Poll released on Tuesday takes a look at Georgia's Senate races, Gov. Brian Kemp's approval rating, and if Georgians believe the last election was fair.
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InsiderAdvantageGeorgia, Bloomberg and Raw Story
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump lashes out in new bid to tarnish an election he lost — (CNN)President Donald Trump flexed the power of his office Tuesday to tarnish America's free and fair election, sacking the official who declared the vote the most secure in US history, even as more of his false claims of massive fraud were exposed as baseless in court.
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump administration cancels Covid-19 celebrity ad campaign — Democrats claimed the ad campaign was a “thinly-veiled propaganda” effort to boost Trump. — The Health and Human Services department has scrapped a planned ad campaign featuring celebrities discussing Covid-19 …
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The Hill