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Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Fills Out His Economic Team — President-elect's picks include Neera Tanden to head the Office of Management and Budget and Cecilia Rouse to chair the Council of Economic Advisers — WASHINGTON—President-elect Joe Biden intends to nominate a team of liberal and centrist economic advisers …
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Washington Post:
Biden hires all-female senior communications team, names Neera Tanden director of OMB — WILMINGTON, Del. — Jennifer Psaki, a veteran Democratic spokeswoman, will be Joe Biden's White House press secretary, one of seven women who will fill the upper ranks of his administration's communications staff.
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The Guardian, The Week, USA Today, Associated Press, Business Insider, Fox News, The Hill and Axios
Transition / President-Elect Joe Biden:
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Announce Members of White House Senior Communications Staff — WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris today announced new members of the White House staff who will serve in senior communications roles.
Bloomberg:
Biden to Name Tanden as Budget Chief, Likely Riling GOP
Biden to Name Tanden as Budget Chief, Likely Riling GOP
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CBS News and New York Post
Politico:
Biden unveils diverse economic team as challenges to economy grow
Biden unveils diverse economic team as challenges to economy grow
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Cyprus Mail, Axios and One America News Network
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Biden Expected to Name Top Economic Officials This Week
Ben Smith / New York Times:
The King of Trump TV Thinks You're Dumb Enough to Buy It — Chris Ruddy, the C.E.O. of Newsmax, has found a business opportunity in feeding Trump supporters the fantasy that the president could still win the election. — In 2004, Hillary Clinton was in the Senate and Christopher Ruddy had some making up to do.
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Fired director of U.S. cyber agency Chris Krebs explains why President Trump's claims of election interference are false — Chris Krebs, a lifelong Republican, was put in charge of the agency handling election security by President Trump two years ago. When Krebs said the election …
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CNN:
Biden's doctor says he has hairline fractures in his foot after slipping while playing with his dog — Washington, DC (CNN)President-elect Joe Biden has hairline fractures in his “mid-foot” and will “likely require a walking boot for several weeks,” his doctor said in a statement Sunday …
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The Hill:
Biden diagnosed with fractured foot after slipping while playing with dog
Biden diagnosed with fractured foot after slipping while playing with dog
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New York Times, TMZ.com, Business Insider, Townhall and New York Post
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
President-elect Joe Biden twisted ankle while playing with dog Major
President-elect Joe Biden twisted ankle while playing with dog Major
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RedState, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Donald Trump Jr. aides launch super PAC as Georgia worries mount — The president's son stars in a new ad campaign as Republicans worry Trump's voter fraud accusations will depress GOP turnout in the Senate runoffs. — Save the U.S. Senate PAC will this week start airing commercials …
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
We Won't Forget and We Won't Forgive What Trumpists Did to America — It's not enough to merely enjoy their agony and humiliation. It's not enough to hope they'll be shamed and correct their behavior. Have you not met these people? — BEAST INSIDE … The dark is rising for Trump's sycophants, toadies and enablers.
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Raw Story
Alexis Benveniste / CNN:
Fox News' Maria Bartiromo gave Trump his first TV interview since the election. It was filled with lies — New York (CNN Business)President Donald Trump on Sunday spoke with Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo — his first TV interview since the election. The conversation was riddled with lies and conspiracy theories.
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USA Today, Slate, Daily Kos and Vanity Fair
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CNN:
Tom Donilon no longer in the running to be Biden's CIA director — (CNN)President-elect Joe Biden is still weighing who will lead the Central Intelligence Agency, but Tom Donilon is no longer under consideration for the post, CNN has learned. — Two sources familiar with the matter say Donilon …
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Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Biden Could Score Another First at CIA
Mark Scolforo / Associated Press:
Source: Pa. lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meeting — HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state senator abruptly left a West Wing meeting with President Donald Trump after being informed he had tested positive for the coronavirus, a person with direct knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press on Sunday.
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Twitchy, The Hill and Law & Crime
Jemima McEvoy / Forbes:
Trump Claims FBI And Justice Department May Have Helped Rig Election — Despite having finally assented to allowing his administration to cooperate with the transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden, President Trump on Sunday continued to spout baseless voter fraud claims …
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Fox News, Wall Street Journal, Boston Herald, POLITICUSUSA and The Gaily Grind
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Politico:
Trump administration leaves states to grapple with how to distribute scarce vaccines — The Trump administration has told states that they have ultimate authority for determining who gets vaccinated first. — Dr. Moncef Slaoui (left) and Army Gen. Gustave Perna of Operation Warp Speed listen during …
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Black Voguers Populate Billboards in a Times Square ‘Midnight Moment’ — The opportunity to stage “Black Magic” in Times Square “was a great proposition to do something transgressive,” said the artist Rashaad Newsome. — Just before midnight every evening in December …
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
'They'll freeze them out': Democrats fear Senate Republicans will block Biden's judges — McConnell could stymie the president-elect's ability to get his judicial nominations confirmed. — President-elect Joe Biden delivers a Thanksgiving address on Nov. 25, 2020. Mark Makela/Getty Images
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Noah Smith / Noahpinion:
Political lying as tribal signaling — It's like getting a tattoo to prove you're in a gang — Why have so many Republicans and right-wing media figures embraced Donald Trump's obviously made-up claims of voter fraud? Rationally, they must know that all of the allegations are lies.
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Forbes, wabe.org, Associated Press, Daily Kos, The Week and Washington Post
Financial Times:
EU pitches new post-Trump alliance with US in face of China challenge — Brussels draft plan seeks to rebuild ties with common fronts on tech, Covid-19 and democratic interests — The EU will call on the US to seize a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity to forge a new global alliance …
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Bloomberg, Reuters and Political Wire
Marie Albiges / Press Association:
Pa. counties reported no major issues with Dominion voting machines, a target of Trump and his campaign — This article is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. This article is available for reprint under the terms of Votebeat's republishing policy.
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The Guardian, WXIA-TV, Washington Examiner and Media Matters for America