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12:35 AM ET, December 14, 2020

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Washington Post:
Members of White House staff to get early access to coronavirus vaccine  —  Some White House staffers will be among the first wave of people in the United States to receive coronavirus vaccinations, a Trump administration official said Sunday night.  —  The news comes as boxes …
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New York Times:
White House staff members will be among the first to be vaccinated.  —  White House staff members who work in close quarters with President Trump have been told they are scheduled to receive injections of the coronavirus vaccine soon, at a time when the first doses of the vaccine are being distributed …
Paul A. Gigot / Wall Street Journal:
The Biden Team Strikes Back  —  Its strategists promote an identity politics campaign against an op-ed on Jill Biden's use of ‘Dr.’  —  Joe Biden says it is “time to heal” America's divisions after the Trump presidency, and The Wall Street Journal has praised him for saying so.
Glen Johnson / Axios:
Scoop: O'Brien takes wife on COVID-era tour of Europe  —  National security adviser Robert O'Brien is taking his wife on a holiday tour of the romantic Mediterranean and European capitals, including seeking a private tour of the Louvre despite it being closed because of coronavirus restrictions, people familiar with the trip tell Axios.
Discussion: Politico and The White House
New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump Delays Plan to Hasten Vaccines for White House Staff  —  Shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine left a facility in Michigan early Sunday, the initial step in the most ambitious vaccination plan in U.S. history.  The F.D.A. chief says the vaccine …
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Wall Street Journal Opinion Editor Defends Item on Dr. Jill Biden  —  “There's nothing like playing the race or gender card to stifle criticism,” Paul A. Gigot said as he accused Democrats of orchestrating a coordinated response to an op-ed piece.  —  The editorial page editor …
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
The Wall Street Journal column about Jill Biden is worse than you thought  —  In one of my favorite episodes of “The West Wing,” Abigail Bartlet, a trained surgeon and the fictional first lady, speaks with a White House attorney about a looming scandal.  The lawyer addresses her as “Mrs. Bartlet …
CNN:
White House staffers to receive Covid-19 vaccine ahead of general public
Discussion: WTOP and The Hill
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump, Top Officials to Be Offered Covid Vaccine Within Days
Discussion: Axios and New York Post
Susan Cornwell / Reuters:
U.S. expects to have immunized 100 million against COVID-19 by end of March -Slaoui
Discussion: The Hill
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Russian Hackers Broke Into Federal Agencies, U.S. Officials Suspect  —  In one of the most sophisticated and perhaps largest hacks in more than five years, email systems were breached at the Treasury and Commerce Departments.  Other breaches are under investigation.
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Russian government spies are behind a broad hacking campaign that has breached U.S. agencies and a top cyber firm  —  The Russian government hackers who breached a top cybersecurity firm are behind a much broader espionage campaign that also compromised the Treasury and Commerce departments …
Christopher Bing / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government - sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hackers backed by a foreign government have been monitoring internal email traffic at the U.S. Treasury Department and an agency that decides internet and telecommunications policy, according to people familiar with the matter.
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Agencies Hacked in Foreign Cyber Espionage Campaign
New York Times:
Cleveland's Baseball Team Will Drop Its Indians Team Name  —  The decision comes amid a wider push for sports teams to stop using Native American names and imagery as team names and mascots.  —  Following years of protests from fans and Native American groups, the Cleveland Indians have decided …
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Jared Diamond / Wall Street Journal:
Cleveland's Major League Baseball Team Will Drop Its Indians Nickname
Discussion: The Hill and The Wrap
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
A Stunning Passage from the Latest Court Rejection of Team Trump  —  What a Wisconsin federal court's order turning back another campaign lawsuit tells us about the election-rigging case.  —  he most telling aspect of the Wisconsin federal district court's rejection of another Trump campaign lawsuit …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Challenge Is Over  —  After losing at the Supreme Court, he has no legal alternatives and ought to concede.
Amy Davidson Sorkin / New Yorker:
The Supreme Court Rejects Texas's Shameful Lawsuit, But There Has to Be a Reckoning
Discussion: Washington Times, Slate and Reason
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Apple TV Was Making a Show About Gawker.  Then Tim Cook Found Out.  —  Big tech companies now exert huge influence over what stories get told.  The message is clear: Be careful who you offend.  —  The show was called “Scraper,” but it was clearly about Gawker Media, the network of aggressive …
Jesse Wegman / New York Times:
The Electoral College Shouldn't Matter More Than the Majority's Votes  —  Majority rule shapes our lives — except when it comes to electing the president.  —  Mr. Wegman is a member of the editorial board.  —  As the 538 members of the Electoral College gather on Monday to carry …
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:   States prepare for pandemic-era Electoral College meeting
CBS News:
CBS News poll: Most feel election is “settled” but Trump voters disagree
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
John le Carré, Best-Selling Author of Cold War Thrillers, Is Dead at 89  —  Graham Greene called “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold,” featuring the plump, ill-dressed George Smiley, the greatest spy story he had ever read.  —  LONDON — John le Carré, whose exquisitely nuanced …
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Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ novelist John le Carre dies aged 89
Discussion: Variety
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Loeffler disavows photo taken with longtime white supremacist  —  Sen. Kelly Loeffler's campaign strongly condemned a photo circulating on social media of her posing with a longtime white supremacist taken at an event in Dawsonville on Friday.The photo shows Loeffler smiling from beneath …
CNN:
Pete Buttigieg emerging as leading contender for Transportation secretary  —  (CNN)Pete Buttigieg is emerging as a leading contender to be Joe Biden's Transportation secretary, multiple sources familiar with the transition's deliberations tell CNN.  —  The possible nomination would vault …
Discussion: The Hill and Chicago Sun-Times
Christine Jordan Sexton / Florida Politics:
Gov. DeSantis suggests one dose of Pfizer vaccine may be enough  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis just a few days ago said that Americans need to unify behind the science that has led to the rapid development of vaccines.  So it was a bit strange that DeSantis on Friday said that perhaps the number …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Karl Rove: Trump Is ‘On the Edge of Looking Like a Sore Loser’  —  Karl Rove said on Fox News Sunday that President Donald Trump is starting to look like a “sore loser.”  —  The president keeps refusing to accept that he lost and Joe Biden won, and has been pushing all sorts of baseless claims …
Discussion: Law & Crime
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Washington Post:
‘A dark, empty place:’ Public officials face personal threats as tensions flare
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
The High Stakes of Georgia's Loeffler-Warnock Senate Race
Discussion: Washington Times and Daily Kos
John Nichols / madison.com:
Tom Tiffany chooses Trump over Wisconsin
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Biden weighs Sam Power for USAID
Wall Street Journal:
In India, Facebook Fears Crackdown on Hate Groups Could Backfire on Its Staff
Washington Post:
Historic D.C. Black churches attacked during pro-Trump rallies Saturday
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Linda Sarsour, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib star in Raphael Warnock vote-a-thon event
Discussion: Townhall and CAIR
 Earlier Items: 
John Harwood / CNN:
Trump will leave office with a historically bad economic record
Discussion: Raw Story
Franco Ordoñez / NPR:
On Immigration, Activists' Demands May Exceed Biden Realities
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
U.S. border officials expelled dozens of migrant children in violation of court order
Wall Street Journal:
Getting Covid Vaccines to People Will Cost States Billions They Don't Have
Discussion: Axios
Azam Ahmed / New York Times:
She Stalked Her Daughter's Killers Across Mexico, One by One
New York Times:
Trump Allies Eye Long-Shot Election Reversal in Congress, Testing Pence
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est.

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 19% YoY to $14.33B, vs. $14.25B est., amid its push to insert ads into Prime Video, and subscription sales up 11% YoY to $11.3B

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google

 
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