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New York Times:
Presidential Transition Live Updates: Lawmakers Unveil Stimulus Package, and Biden Introduces Economic Team — President-elect Joe Biden appeared in Wilmington, Del., to formally introduce his economic team. Rudolph Giuliani is said to have discussed receiving a pre-emptive pardon from President Trump.
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Barr: No evidence of fraud that'd change election outcome — WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Barr says he hasn't seen fraud that could affect the election outcome — Attorney General William P. Barr told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he has “not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,” undercutting claims that President Trump …
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New York Times:
As Trump Attacks Georgia Republicans, Party Worries About Senate Races — Some Republicans in the state fear that the doubt President Trump is sowing about the fairness of the election could depress turnout for the crucial Senate runoff races. — President Trump's sustained assault …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Georgia Republicans beg Trump to release them from his prison of lies — By now, it's been widely established that President Trump's nonstop lies about the election being stolen from him have created a potential problem for Republicans. If GOP voters believe the system is rigged …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Exclusive: Don Jr. tells Georgia Senate voters that Trump is on the ballot — In a six-figure radio ad being released in Georgia today, Donald Trump Jr. tells the state's voters that the U.S. Senate — and his father's accomplishments — are on the line during January's special election, according to audio obtained by Axios.
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
GOP silence on Trump's false election claims recalls McCarthy era — (CNN)The silence of congressional Republican leaders as President Donald Trump's unfounded claims of election fraud grow wilder and more venomous increasingly resembles the party's deference to Sen. Joe McCarthy during …
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Washington Post:
Bipartisan group of Senators prepares $908 billion stimulus plan, aiming to break partisan logjam — Package comes amid signs economy is weakening but so far does not have buy in from White House, congressional leaders — A bipartisan group of senators is expected to unveil …
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Politico:
Lawmakers restart pandemic relief effort but deal remains elusive — After months of stalemate, there's finally a flurry of congressional activity as the coronavirus crisis worsens. But whether that's enough to get a major relief package approved in December remains to be seen.
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Fired cybersecurity chief hints at legal action after Trump campaign lawyer said he should be executed — WASHINGTON — Christopher Krebs, who was recently fired by President Donald Trump as the head of the federal government's election cybersecurity efforts, suggested Tuesday that he might …
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TODAY.com:
Former US election security chief reacts to comment that he should be ‘shot’
Former US election security chief reacts to comment that he should be ‘shot’
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CNN:
Trump attorney issues call for violence against truth-telling former election cybersecurity official
Trump attorney issues call for violence against truth-telling former election cybersecurity official
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's campaign ends as his first one began, surrounded by outcasts and cranks
Trump's campaign ends as his first one began, surrounded by outcasts and cranks
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Politico:
How Trump's Hill allies could take one last shot to overturn the election — President Donald Trump's arsenal for overturning the election will soon be down to one final, desperate maneuver: pressing his Republican allies on Capitol Hill to step in and derail Joe Biden's presidency.
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Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Trump Nears ‘Checkmate’ Stage in Last-Gasp Bid to Undo Election
Trump Nears ‘Checkmate’ Stage in Last-Gasp Bid to Undo Election
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Trump sues to try to reverse Wisconsin's election results
Trump sues to try to reverse Wisconsin's election results
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump campaign to file Wisconsin lawsuit, claiming ‘abuse’ of absentee voting affected 220K ballots
Trump campaign to file Wisconsin lawsuit, claiming ‘abuse’ of absentee voting affected 220K ballots
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Trump files lawsuit challenging Wisconsin election results
Trump files lawsuit challenging Wisconsin election results
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New York Times:
Trump Raises $170 Million as He Denies His Loss and Eyes the Future — The president's campaign has ratcheted up its appeals for cash, but the first 75 percent of every contribution is going to a new political action committee that could fund his next political move.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
‘White Women Voted for Trump’ Is the Worst Election Trope — White women voted for Trump. Or so you have probably heard. In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump's 2016 victory, the finding from early exit polls that 53 percent of white women voted for Trump formed the basis …
New York Times:
Another Official Is Ousted From the Pentagon — The Defense Department said Christopher Maier resigned, but his supporters say he was forced out of a job leading military efforts to combat ISIS. — WASHINGTON — The Pentagon policy official overseeing the military's efforts to combat …
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Why Hasn't Biden Named a Secretary of Defense Yet?
Why Hasn't Biden Named a Secretary of Defense Yet?
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Axios:
“Couldn't keep his zipper up”: Schumer regrets recruiting Cunningham in N.C. Senate race — Chuck Schumer told party donors during recent calls that the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the fact that Cal Cunningham “couldn't keep his zipper up” crushed Democrats' chances of regaining the Senate …
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Republican Mark Walker announces candidacy in 2022 North Carolina Senate race — Announcement sets up possible showdown with Lara Trump, who is considering a run for the seat — Fox News Flash top headlines for December 1 — EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Mark Walker of North Carolina is running …
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Bill Melugin / FOX 11 Los Angeles:
LA County Supervisor dines at restaurant hours after voting to ban outdoor dining — (Photo by Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Pres — SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Just hours after Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl voted to ban outdoor dining at L.A. County's 31,000 restaurants …
BBJ on the web:
Fidesz MEP admits he was present at illegal party — Prominent Hungarian MEP József Szájer has confirmed he was at a party in Brussels that was raided by police on Friday (November 27) for being in breach of Belgian lockdown regulations banning gatherings of more than four people.
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Betsy McKay / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Likely in U.S. in Mid-December 2019, CDC Scientists Report — New analysis of blood donations finds virus was present on West Coast earlier than previously believed — The new coronavirus infected people in the U.S. in mid-December 2019, a few weeks before it was officially identified …
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Jonathan Guyer / American Prospect:
The Lucrative Afterlife of a Trump Official — Trump's former appointees are profiting from their time in the White House—H.R. McMaster most of all. — When Trump said there were “very fine people on both sides” of a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, many started turning away from the president.
Libby Watson / Sick Note:
Welcome to Sick Note. — A newsletter about America's broken healthcare system. — Hello, friend, and thanks for clicking. I'm Libby Watson, and this is the introductory edition of Sick Note, a new newsletter about American healthcare, which will begin publishing regularly in January.
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Kayleigh McEnany Says WHCA Should Investigate Playboy's Brian Karem for Shouting ‘Demeaning, Misogynistic Questions’ at Her — Kayleigh McEnany appeared on Fox & Friends in her official capacity as White House Press Secretary and called for the investigation into Playboy's Brian Karem …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Attorney Lin Wood Says President Trump Should Take Action to Correct Controversial Election Results — The We The People Convention published a full page ad in the Washington Times on Tuesday calling on President Donald Trump to take extreme actions to correct controversial election results.
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Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney / The Hill:
Anonymous shell companies fund crime and terror; it's time to crack down — For nearly 30 years, a 36-story office building in the heart of midtown Manhattan — around the corner from Radio City Music Hall and Rockefeller Center — was secretly owned by the government of Iran.
Kate Aronoff / New Republic:
The Problem With Putting a BlackRock Alum in Charge of Greening the Economy … This week, the Biden campaign is expected to announce officially that it's tapped former Obama adviser and current BlackRock executive Brian Deese to head the National Economic Council.
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Military Times:
This retired three-star falsely claims US soldiers died attacking a CIA facility in Germany tied to election fraud — It is a scenario that makes the antics of animated spy Archer seem plausible by comparison, spun by the former third in command of the U.S. Air Force.
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump lays the groundwork for a massive government purge on his way out the door — Again and again, outgoing Trump officials have demonstrated their intention to salt the earth. — They've tried to jam through Senate confirmations of partisan cranks while planting regulatory time-bombs scheduled …
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Supreme Court weighs child-slavery case against Nestlé USA, Cargill — Despite years of promises by the chocolate industry, child labor remains widespread on cocoa farms — An effort to hold U.S. chocolate companies responsible for child labor on farms supplying their cocoa goes …
Marty Johnson / The Hill:
Biden elevates economic advisers chair to Cabinet — President-elect Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) would have a seat on his Cabinet. — Historically, the CEA chair — often seen as the country's most influential economist …
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