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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: West Wing fears COVID spread after Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis attends WH party — President Trump's lawyer Jenna Ellis has informed associates she has coronavirus, multiple sources tell Axios, stirring West Wing fears after she attended a senior staff Christmas party on Friday.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump plots mass pardons, even to people not asking — President Trump isn't just accepting pardon requests but blindly discussing them “like Christmas gifts” to people who haven't even asked, sources with direct knowledge of the conversations told Axios.
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Emma Platoff / The Texas Tribune:
In new lawsuit, Texas contests election results in Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block the battleground states from casting “unlawful and constitutionally tainted votes” in the Electoral College.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
In Bonkers SCOTUS Bid, Texas Tries To Sue To Overturn WI, PA, GA and MI Election Results
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Texas Sues Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin at Supreme Court over Election Rules
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Lou Dobbs goes after Stephen Miller for not doing enough for Trump
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Trump's options dwindle as safe harbor deadline looms
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Kimberly Wehle / The Bulwark:
Ted Cruz Wants to Toss Out 7 Million People's Votes. Appalling.
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Joe Biden / The Atlantic:
Why I Chose Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense — In late August of 2010, I traveled to Iraq for the fifth time as vice president. While there, I participated in the change-of-command ceremony for United States Forces-Iraq. President Barack Obama had charged me with overseeing the end …
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Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
This Is No Job for a General — On January 10, 2017, I sat at the witness table looking at the members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, all of them, on both sides of the aisle, uneasy about the meaning of a Trump presidency. Senator John McCain had asked me to testify about the proposed change …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Two Senate Democrats signal opposition to waiver for Biden's Pentagon pick
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New York Times:
Pfizer's Vaccine Offers Strong Protection After First Dose — The Food and Drug Administration's first analysis of the clinical trial data also found that the coronavirus vaccine worked well regardless of a volunteer's race, weight or age. — WASHINGTON — The coronavirus vaccine …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
'I literally don't know': Operation Warp Speed scientist can't explain Trump's vaccine order — The chief scientist of the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed was unable to explain President Donald Trump's latest executive order Tuesday, which aims to prioritize shipment …
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CNN:
Trump makes another largely symbolic effort to combat coronavirus
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Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
A Covid vaccine is the last thing we need to think about right now
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Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Gottlieb confirms U.S. government turned down Pfizer offer for more vaccine doses
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Christopher Krebs sues Trump campaign, lawyer Joe diGenova for defamation — The former top U.S. cybersecurity official responsible for securing November's presidential election sued the Trump campaign and one of its lawyers for defamation Tuesday, asserting that they conspired to falsely claim …
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New York Times:
Presidential Transition Live Updates: Biden Sets Ambitious Pandemic Response Goals for First 100 Days — President-elect Joe Biden introduced his health team at an event in Wilmington, Del. Tuesday is the safe harbor deadline, when all state-level election challenges are supposed to be completed.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
“The caller was inside the house”: Former election security chief unloads on Trump “threat”
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Arya Hodjat / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Cybersecurity Chief Sues Trump Lawyer Over Insane Death Threat
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Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Republican Sen. Pat Toomey calls Trump's campaign to overturn Pennsylvania election ‘completely unacceptable’ — Sen. Pat Toomey said Tuesday that it's “completely unacceptable” for President Donald Trump to pressure state lawmakers to overturn Pennsylvania's election result …
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CNN:
GOP leadership rejects resolution acknowledging Biden as President-elect — Georgia Lt. Gov says Biden won: ‘This is still America’ — Washington (CNN)Congressional Republican leaders rejected a resolution that asserted that Joe Biden is president-elect, the latest effort by the Hill GOP …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
GOP congressman wants to condemn colleagues who call on Trump to concede
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Melanie Zanona / Politico:
GOP Rep. Mooney wants to condemn lawmakers who call on Trump to concede
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Maria Polletta / Arizona Republic:
Arizona GOP asks followers if they're willing to die in effort to overturn election results — The Arizona Republican Party has asked its followers if they are willing to die for the cause of overturning the presidential election results, eliciting alarm and criticism in response.
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David Siders / Politico:
Trump blows a hole in the GOP on his way out
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Washington Post:
Michael Flynn judge says pardon doesn't mean ex-national security adviser is innocent — A federal judge dismissed Michael Flynn's prosecution Tuesday after President Trump's pardon, but said the act of clemency does not mean the former national security adviser is innocent of lying to FBI agents …
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Judge dismisses Michael Flynn case following Trump pardon
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New York Times:
FireEye, a Top Cybersecurity Firm, Says It Was Hacked by a Nation-State — The Silicon Valley company said hackers — almost certainly Russian — made off with tools that could be used to mount new attacks around the world. — WASHINGTON — For years, the cybersecurity firm FireEye …
Washington Post:
White House pushes Senate GOP to include $600 stimulus payment in relief package — Inclusion of these checks could grow the size of the bipartisan $900 billion package unless other elements are removed — White House officials are asking Senate Republican leadership to include stimulus checks worth $600 …
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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
Exclusive: Suspected Chinese spy targeted California politicians — A suspected Chinese intelligence operative developed extensive ties with local and national politicians, including a U.S. congressman, in what U.S. officials believe was a political intelligence operation run …
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Arya Hodjat / The Daily Beast:
Kellyanne Conway Signs Multi-Million Deal for White House Memoir: Report — CASHING OUT — Former Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway has signed a multi-million dollar deal to write a book about her time in the White House, the Daily Mail reports. The exact price tag is unknown …
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Politico:
Fudge emerges as frontrunner to lead housing agency — The Ohio congresswoman had previously been lobbying for the position of Agriculture secretary. — Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and Rep. Marcia Fudge wave to attendees of a campaign event in Cleveland. David Dermer/AP Photo
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Molly Redden / HuffPost:
Sen. Kelly Loeffler's Husband Bought Stock In Sectors Set To Benefit From Then-Secret Bill — While Republicans privately drafted the CARES Act, Loeffler's husband was buying shares in corporations that would reap millions, a HuffPost investigation found. — In mid-March, with the American economy …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Trump appointee who oversees Voice of America refuses to cooperate with Biden transition team — A Trump appointee with a short but controversial record of overseeing Voice of America and other federally funded news agencies has declined to cooperate with president-elect Joe Biden's representatives …
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Incognito Cops Roamed the Streets Amid Summer Protests. The Defense Bill Will Put a Stop to It. — If the annual defense bill triumphs over President Trump's veto threat, one of its measures will enshrine a direct rejection of his response to this summer's mass protests for Black liberation.
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New York Times:
AstraZeneca Missteps Undermined U.S. Faith in Coronavirus Vaccine — The Oxford-AstraZeneca effort held great promise to help arrest the pandemic. But a series of miscues caused it to fall behind in the U.S. — On the afternoon of Sept. 8, AstraZeneca officials had a conference call with the Food and Drug Administration.
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The $124 billion Supreme Court case that could throw the housing market into turmoil, explained — Collins v. Mnuchin is an early test of just how much chaos the Supreme Court's new majority is willing to impose on the government. — SHARE All sharing options
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Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Christopher Nolan Rips HBO Max as “Worst Streaming Service,” Denounces Warner Bros.' Plan — To many insiders, WarnerMedia's blindsiding of talent and their reps with news that it would send 17 films directly to HBO Max in 2021 felt like an insult. — For many in the movie business …
Mark Penn / The Hill:
Don't allow ‘vaccine politics’ to delay saving lives — With nearly 3,000 people a day dying of COVID-19, our country faces a renewed, full-blown medical emergency. And yet, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fallen behind the United Kingdom in approving distribution …
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