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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 …
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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.
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Christopher Bing / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government - sources
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 …
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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.
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Caroline Graham / Daily Mail:
Biden orders ‘exorcism’ of Trump from White House: Team in hazmat suits will spray the entire residence with disinfectant after Donald leaves
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
The Wall Street Journal column about Jill Biden is worse than you thought
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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 …
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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 …
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CNN:
Trump says he halted plan to immediately vaccinate White House staffers
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump, Top Officials to Be Offered Covid Vaccine Within Days
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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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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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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president — WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential electors are meeting across the United States on Monday to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation's next president. — Monday is the day set by law for the meeting of the Electoral College.
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
What's Next for Trump Voters Who Believe the Election Was Stolen?
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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 …
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CISA:
CISA Issues Emergency Directive to Mitigate the Compromise of Solarwinds Orion Network Management Products — WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) tonight issued Emergency Directive 21-01, in response to a known compromise involving SolarWinds Orion products …
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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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Politico:
Bipartisan group to offer 2-part coronavirus relief package
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Maria Carrasco / Politico:
Bill Cassidy warns GOP 'can't stand if we are divided'
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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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bellingcat:
FSB Team of Chemical Weapon Experts Implicated in Alexey Navalny Novichok Poisoning — We have detailed the research methodology for this investigation into a separate article. You can read it here. — In a previous series of investigations, Bellingcat uncovered evidence …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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