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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Congressman cites Trump's efforts to overturn election in announcing decision to quit GOP — (CNN)In an exclusive interview, Rep. Paul Mitchell, Republican of Michigan, told CNN that his disgust and disappointment with President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the election …
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Ms. Ronna McDaniel / CNN:
READ: Rep. Paul Mitchell's letter quitting the GOP, fearing ‘long-term harm to our democracy’ with its support for Trump's actions — (CNN)Michigan Republican Rep. Paul Mitchell told CNN that his disgust and disappointment with President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results …
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Dave Boucher / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan House punishes GOP Rep. Gary Eisen for hinting at Electoral College disruption — Michigan Republican legislative leaders pulled a GOP lawmaker from his committee assignments Monday after the lawmaker hinted he was part of a group that sought to disrupt or otherwise undermine t …
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New York Times:
Live: Here Are the Electoral College Results, By State — The 538 members of the Electoral College are meeting today to cast ballots for president based on the election results in their states, formalizing Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s victory. — This year, Mr. Biden won states with 306 electoral votes, and President Trump won 232.
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Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Has Hidden Evidence Of His Crimes For Years. Joe Biden Can Expose It. — The new administration should open the books and expose the Trump administration's misdeeds. — President Donald Trump will leave office on Jan. 20 under the biggest cloud of corruption and scandal …
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Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Biden Wins Electoral College to Cement Victory and Rebuff Trump
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Stephen Miller: ‘Alternate’ electors will keep Trump election challenge alive
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Track Electoral College votes, state by state
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Georgia elector to cast vote in Electoral College that she supports abolishing
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Republican electors in Pennsylvania, Georgia cast votes for Trump, hoping for court victories
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Ken Coleman / Michigan Advance:
It's official in Michigan: Electoral College affirms Biden and Harris
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
William Barr Is Out as Attorney General — Mr. Barr was one of the most powerful members of President Trump's cabinet and faced widespread criticism over his willingness to advance Mr. Trump's political agenda. — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Monday that Attorney General William P. Barr …
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CNN:
Attorney General William Barr resigns — (CNN)Attorney General William Barr resigned on Monday, ending a tenure in which the President Donald Trump loyalist carried the administration's “law and order” message but ultimately dealt the most credible blow to Trump's unfounded claims that the 2020 election was littered with fraud.
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Los Angeles Times:
U.S. Atty. Gen. Barr steps down amid tumult at Justice Department
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Wall Street Journal:
Barr Kept Biden Probes From Public to Avoid Election Politics
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Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Fake electors try to deliver Arizona's 11 votes for Trump — In another sign of the lingering unrest over President Donald Trump's election loss, an Arizona group sent the National Archives in Washington, D.C., notarized documents last week intended to deliver, wrongly, the state's 11 electoral votes for him.
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
White House Official Recovers From Severe Covid-19, Friend Says — Crede Bailey spent three months in hospital with disease — Friend created GoFundMe account with details of illness — A White House official who fell ill with Covid-19 in September is recovering after three months …
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
What's Next for Trump Voters Who Believe the Election Was Stolen? — Some are certain the election was fraudulent. Others aren't so sure. What becomes of their skepticism has important implications for American democracy. — WASHINGTON — Richard Everit walked with a heavy heart …
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Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Trump-Biden transition updates: Biden in touch with Fauci on taking vaccine
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses Trump election lawsuit — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A narrowly divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his election loss in the battleground state about an hour before the Electoral College cast Wisconsin's 10 votes for Democrat Joe Biden.
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Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds Biden's win, rejects Trump lawsuit
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Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court rejects attempt to revive Kansas voter ID laws
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Washington Post:
Inside the ‘nasty’ feud between Trump and the Republican governor he blames for losing Georgia — The first major fissure in the relationship between President Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp came a year ago, when Kemp paid Trump a clandestine visit in the White House residence.
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Absentee ballot signature audit ordered after Georgia election
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Politico:
Congress nears deal on $1.4 trillion government funding measure — Congressional negotiators are closing in on a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending deal to ward off a government shutdown on Friday at midnight, crossing one major priority off the legislative agenda and adding further urgency around …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sanders urges Democrats to reject bipartisan stimulus bill
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
DHS is third federal agency hacked in major Russian cyberespionage campaign — The Department of Homeland Security is the third federal agency to have fallen victim to a major cyberespionage campaign by the Russian government, joining the Treasury and Commerce departments as targets that have been compromised, officials said Monday.
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Bill Glauber / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Beloved Journal Sentinel reporter Meg Jones, whose adventurous life took her — and readers — across the globe, dies at 58 — We've lost one of our own. — Meg Jones, who was the heart and soul of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's newsroom for more than two decades, died early Sunday.
Smartmatic.com:
Smartmatic Demands Justice for Defamation — Smartmatic announced today that it is issuing legal notices and retraction demand letters to Fox News, Newsmax and One America News Network for publishing false and defamatory statements. The demand letters identify dozens of factually inaccurate statements …
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Jamie Ballard / YouGov:
Die Hard is NOT a Christmas movie, say Americans — Every year without fail, the same debate is reignited on social media: is the 1988 action thriller Die Hard a Christmas movie? — While there are compelling arguments for both sides, a recent YouGov poll of 1,500 US adults finds that 44% say …
Zac Harmon / WXMI:
“I fear we'd lose our country forever” says State House Speaker on overturning election results — (Rod Sanford/Detroit News via AP, File)<br/> — LANSING, Mich. — Michigan's Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield says he will not attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election in Michigan.
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump tells allies he will run in 2024, but hints he may back out — Donald Trump doesn't need to run for president again. He just needs everyone to think he is. — The president's recent discussions with those around him reveal that he sees his White House comeback deliberations …
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Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Can the FBI Stop the Trump Extremists? — The president's backers are openly calling for sedition, secession, even murder, while police struggle with sympathizers in their ranks — Last month a young Georgia man and his girlfriend were stopped by Washington, D.C. police as they sauntered across …
David French / TIME:
How the Conservative Legal Movement Stopped Trump's Attempts to Overturn the Election — French is a senior editor at The Dispatch and a columnist for Time. His new book is Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation. He is a former major in the United States Army Reserve.
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Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
With his star dimmed, California's Newsom could face recall — LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has had a rough year. The next one might be even tougher as a recall effort appears to be gaining momentum, fueled partly by outrage over the first-term Democrat dining with friends …
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New York Times:
CNN and MSNBC Fret Over Post-Trump Future — Ratings have hit new highs, but executives and journalists at both networks are uneasy about the year ahead. — CNN and MSNBC thrived during the Trump years, reaching new heights in ratings and revenue while devoting countless prime-time hours …
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