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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Trump's Campaign Lost In Court — Again — Trying To Undo Biden's Win In Pennsylvania — WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Friday handed another loss to the Trump campaign's effort to undo President-elect Joe Biden's win in Pennsylvania, with a judge — one of Trump's nominees …
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Reuters, The Daily Caller and Forbes
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Jon Swaine / Washington Post:
Federal appeals court panel rejects Trump request to block certification of Pennsylvania's election results — A federal appeals court panel on Friday rejected President Trump's request for an emergency injunction to overturn the certification of Pennsylvania's election results.
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Wall Street Journal, CBS News, Just The News, NBC News, TheBlaze, RedState, The Intellectualist, Cyprus Mail and Balloon Juice
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Court rejects Trump campaign's appeal in Pennsylvania case — A federal appeals court on Friday unanimously rejected the Trump campaign's emergency appeal seeking to file a new lawsuit against Pennsylvania's election results, writing in a blistering ruling that the campaign's “claims have no merit.”
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Election Law Blog, The Daily Beast, NPR, IJR, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, TheBlaze, Washington Times and Mock Paper Scissors
Politico:
‘Voters, not lawyers, choose the president’: Appeals court shoots down Trump suit in Pennsylvania
‘Voters, not lawyers, choose the president’: Appeals court shoots down Trump suit in Pennsylvania
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Associated Press, Slate, Al Jazeera, The Week, New York Times, Washington Times, Townhall and New York Post
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Federal appeals court slams Trump campaign efforts to turn tide in Pennsylvania ruling, saying ‘claims have no merit’
Federal appeals court slams Trump campaign efforts to turn tide in Pennsylvania ruling, saying ‘claims have no merit’
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Reason, NBC News, Outside the Beltway, WITF, Common Dreams, New York Times, Business Insider, CBS Philly and UPI
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump loses appeal of Pennsylvania election case
Trump loses appeal of Pennsylvania election case
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Alternet.org, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
New York Times:
Live Updates: Iran's Top Nuclear Scientist Killed in Attack, State Media Say — The scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was seen as the force behind Iran's nuclear weapons program. News reports in Iran say he died after being attacked in a vehicle. — RIGHT NOW Iran's state media say doctors failed …
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Iran, Tasnim News Agency, Responsible Statecraft, The Daily Caller, Common Dreams, Jerusalem Post, Breitbart, RedState, Balloon Juice, Forbes, UPI and Jihad Watch
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Iran scientist linked to military nuclear program killed
Iran scientist linked to military nuclear program killed
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Slate, Middle East Eye, Associated Press, Sara A. Carter, CBS News, Cyprus Mail, TheBlaze, The Daily Beast, NPR, HotAir, Reuters and Business Insider
Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Killing of suspected Iranian nuclear mastermind risks confrontation as Trump exits
Killing of suspected Iranian nuclear mastermind risks confrontation as Trump exits
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Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera, Business Insider, Iran and New York Post
Democracy Docket:
🚨ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT IN GEORGIA — Latest Republican lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results has been filed in Georgia.
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Law & Crime and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why did Democrats bleed House seats? A top analyst offers surprising answers. — President-elect Joe Biden garnered an unprecedented 80 million votes, will win the popular vote by as much as seven million, and won fairly comfortably in the electoral college.
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Forbes
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Democrats' Real Liability in the House
Democrats' Real Liability in the House
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The Gateway Pundit, Alternet.org, USAPP, Al Jazeera and The Last Refuge
Axios:
Scoop: Biden weighs retired General Lloyd Austin for Pentagon chief — Joe Biden is considering retired four-star General Lloyd Austin as his nominee for defense secretary, adding him to a shortlist that includes Jeh Johnson, Tammy Duckworth and Michele Flournoy, two sources with direct knowledge of the decision-making tell Axios.
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Business Insider
CBS Pittsburgh:
Pennsylvania Republican Lawmakers Introduce Resolution Disputing 2020 Election Results — HARRISBURG (KDKA) — Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers have introduced a resolution intending to dispute the 2020 election results on Friday. — The resolution intends to declare the 2020 election results as being …
Wall Street Journal:
Secret Meeting in Desert Between Israeli, Saudi Leaders Failed to Reach Normalization Agreement — Saudi crown prince backed away from U.S.-brokered deal to solidify bulwark against Iran — RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew into Saudi Arabia …
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The Intellectualist and Political Wire
New York Times:
McKinsey Proposed Paying Pharmacy Companies Rebates for OxyContin Overdoses — Court filings reveal consultants' talk of a records purge during the opioid crisis, and shed new light on sales advice given to the billionaire Sackler family and their drug company, Purdue Pharma.
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Raw Story
Anthony Kuhn / NPR:
North Korea Executed Coronavirus Rule-Breaker, Says South Korean Intelligence — North Korea is taking increasingly harsh measures to stop the coronavirus from entering the country, including executing an official in August who violated anti-virus rules, South Korean intelligence officials told lawmakers on Friday.
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The Daily Caller, New York Post and Reuters
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Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Trump Flips Out At Reporter: 'Don't Ever Talk To The President That Way' — Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason pushed back on Trump's election fraud claims, prompting an outburst. — Donald Trump lashed out during a Thanksgiving press conference at a reporter who pushed …
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Conservative News Today, The Hill, The Daily Caller, TheGrio, Althouse, Fox News, The Root and Business Insider
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Andrew Mark Miller / Washington Examiner:
Trump spars with reporter in viral exchange over election result: 'Don't ever talk to the president that way'
Trump spars with reporter in viral exchange over election result: 'Don't ever talk to the president that way'
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Townhall, USA Today, Newsweek and Associated Press
Chiara Giordano / The Independent:
James Goddard given restraining order after calling Independent journalist ‘vile scum of the earth’ in court confrontation — Far-right activist handed fine and told not to contact correspondent following March 2019 incident — Far-right activist James Goddard has been handed a fine …
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
The inexorable rise of Jake Sullivan — “You have to be kidding me.” — Philippe Reines was sitting in a yurt in Mongolia during a trip with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, sure that he'd finally done it: traveled to more countries than anyone else with Clinton as one of her top aides.
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Washington Examiner
Zoë Beery / New York Times:
The Rich Kids Who Want to Tear Down Capitalism — Socialist-minded millennial heirs are trying to live their values by getting rid of their money. — Lately, Sam Jacobs has been having a lot of conversations with his family's lawyers. He's trying to gain access to more of his $30 million trust fund.
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HotAir
Paul Demko / Politico:
How One of the Reddest States Became the Nation's Hottest Weed Market — WELLSTON, Oklahoma—One day in the early fall of 2018, while scrutinizing the finances of his thriving Colorado garden supply business, Chip Baker noticed a curious development: transportation costs had spiked fivefold.
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Blame game erupts over Trump's decline in youth vote — Nobody involved in Donald Trump's reelection thought the president would win the youth vote in 2020. But they didn't think it would be this bad. — Now the finger pointing has begun. — When the data came pouring in after Election Day …
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Washington Post and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
United Begins Flying Pfizer's Covid-19 Vaccine — Carriers are positioning doses for quick distribution if vaccines are approved by regulators — United Airlines Holdings Inc. on Friday began operating charter flights to position doses of Pfizer Inc.'s Covid-19 vaccine for quick distribution …
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
When he leaves office, can ex-President Trump be trusted with America's national security secrets? … WASHINGTON — When David Priess was a CIA officer, he traveled to Houston, he recalls, to brief former President George H.W. Bush on classified developments in the Middle East.
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Raw Story and The Atlantic
Chun Han Wong / Wall Street Journal:
‘Their Goal Is to Make You Feel Helpless’: In Xi's China, Little Room for Dissent — After one man was snatched off the street for tracking protests online, he spent four years in custody and remains under close police watch — On a summer day in 2016, a posse of men surrounded Lu Yuyu …