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New York Times:
4 Stabbed and One Shot as Trump Supporters and Opponents Clash — Supporters of the president in several cities said they were still convinced that the election was stolen, no matter what the courts say. Some confrontations with counterprotesters turned violent.
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Washington Post:
Multiple people stabbed after thousands gather for pro-Trump demonstrations in Washington — Thousands of maskless rallygoers who refuse to accept the results of the election turned downtown Washington into a falsehood-filled spectacle Saturday, two days before the electoral college will make the president's loss official.
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Washington Post:
In challenging election defeat, Trump cements his control over the Republican Party — President Trump's push to overturn his election loss has been repeatedly defeated and rebuffed by the courts, culminating in a terse dismissal late Friday by the Supreme Court.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Federal Judge in Wisconsin Deals Trump Another Court Defeat — A Trump appointee in Milwaukee, Judge Brett H. Ludwig, dismissed a suit contesting the election with a withering rebuke. — A federal judge in Milwaukee on Saturday tossed out President Trump's latest effort to overturn …
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Another Trump-Appointed Judge Rejects Another of the President's Meritless Post-Election Lawsuits — Soon-to-be-former President Donald Trump has time and again touted his stacking of the judiciary with hundreds of lifetime appointments, but those judges have resoundingly rejected meritless …
Keisha Rowe / The Clarion-Ledger:
No ICU beds left in Mississippi as COVID-19 case levels continue to hit record highs — The surge of COVID-19 cases in Mississippi has left no intensive care unit beds available across the state and prompted the need for restrictions, State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said Friday.
Sean Colarossi / POLITICUSUSA:
Trump Has Full-Blown Meltdown And Hints That He'll Fire Bill Barr And ‘Declassify Everything’ — Donald Trump was in usual, unhinged form on Saturday morning, quickly taking to Twitter to unload after the Supreme Court handed him his latest, humiliating legal defeat on Friday.
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump raised firing Barr in White House meeting on Friday
Trump raised firing Barr in White House meeting on Friday
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James Crowley / Newsweek:
Joe Biden ‘Will Be Removed One Way or Another,’ Alex Jones Tells Pro-Trump March — Conspiracy theorist and internet personality Alex Jones told a crowd of pro-Trump protesters in Washington, D.C. on Saturday that President-elect Joe Biden “will be removed one way or another,” while addressing the protesters from a stage.
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Trevor Hughes / USA Today:
Deadliest place in America: They shrugged off the pandemic, then their family and friends started dying — QUINTER, Kansas — Sitting in the front seat of a red pickup as wind-whipped sorghum husks fly down Main Street like snowflakes, Ivy Charles fingers the white surgical mask slipped down beneath her chin.
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Acting US defense secretary's chief of staff Kash Patel files $50M defamation lawsuit against CNN — Suit claims CNN engaged in ‘pattern of retaliation and discrimination against Kash’ — Kash Patel reacts to Fiona Hill allegation of Ukraine back channel
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Molly Jong-Fast / Vogue:
Ivanka Trump Has Been Grifting Her Way Through Her Father's Presidency. But It's Hunter Biden We Want to Investigate? — The Republican party is obsessed with Hunter Biden, his laptop, his other laptop, his photos, his taxes, his divorce. Entire conservative news cycles have been crafted completely …
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Associated Press:
Hunter Biden subpoena seeks info on Burisma, other entities
Hunter Biden subpoena seeks info on Burisma, other entities
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Tom Winter / NBC News:
Email to Hunter Biden raises fresh questions about his tax dealings
Email to Hunter Biden raises fresh questions about his tax dealings
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Washington Post:
Biden's attorney general search narrows — President-elect Joe Biden's search for the next attorney general is increasingly focused on Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) and former deputy attorney general Sally Q. Yates, according to people familiar with the discussions, who said that appeals court …
Terence McArdle / Washington Post:
Charley Pride, first major Black star in country music, dies at 86 of covid-19 — In the early 1960s, a young minor league baseball pitcher and aspiring country singer named Charley Pride had settled into a discouraging routine. His days were spent toiling in Helena, Mont. …
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Linda Lew / South China Morning Post:
What to do when the UN human rights office may have violated human rights? — Revelation that names of activists were provided to China spurred a years-long legal fight which is not over yet Emma Reilly's complaint to her employer is still not resolved after more than seven years Revelation …
Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Supreme Court right to refuse to block Biden election — rejects absurd legal theory — It remains mystifying why Republican officials supported this pro-Trump effort — Does Trump have any options after Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit? — The U.S. Supreme Court denied Texas's motion Friday …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's spin on his big Supreme Court failure is as bad as his legal case
Trump's spin on his big Supreme Court failure is as bad as his legal case
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Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis refused to disclose White House coronavirus report that contradicts him — State officials should take urgent action to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the report said. DeSantis has declined to so. — TALLAHASSEE — A White House Coronavirus Task Force report about the state …
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Orlando Sentinel
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Veterans groups call for VA secretary's dismissal after watchdog audit — Four of the largest U.S. veterans groups on Friday called for the immediate dismissal of Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie after a watchdog audit concluded he mishandled an investigation …
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement Calling on VA Secretary Wilkie to Resign
Pelosi Statement Calling on VA Secretary Wilkie to Resign
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Pelosi calls on Wilkie to resign from VA after watchdog report findings
Pelosi calls on Wilkie to resign from VA after watchdog report findings
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Ryan Heath / Politico:
Inside the global fight to save capitalism — Pressure is on for markets to work better. While critics of today's capitalism are unlikely to be satisfied with the rate and scale of change, politicians and executives on every continent have seen the writing on the wall.
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