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New York Times:
Trump Discussed Naming Campaign Lawyer as Special Counsel on Election Fraud — In a meeting at the White House on Friday, the president weighed appointing Sidney Powell, who promoted conspiracy theories about rigged voting machines, to probe voter fraud. — President Trump on Friday …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Officials increasingly alarmed about Trump's power grab — Senior Trump administration officials are increasingly alarmed that President Trump might unleash — and abuse — the power of government in an effort to overturn the clear result of the election. — Why it matters …
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump campaign told to preserve all documents related to Sidney Powell and Dominion Voting Systems — (CNN)President Donald Trump's campaign legal team sent a memo to dozens of staffers Saturday instructing them to preserve all documents related to Dominion Voting Systems and Sidney Powell …
Politico:
Trump sought to tap Sidney Powell as special counsel for election fraud — President Donald Trump told advisers Friday night he wanted to name attorney Sidney Powell as a special counsel to investigate his loss in the 2020 election, and to consider seizing voting machines Trump has falsely suggested …
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Russia is behind the broad, ongoing cyber spy campaign against the U.S. government and private sector, Pompeo says — Russia is behind the massive, ongoing cyber spy campaign against the federal government and private sector, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday …
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Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
Pompeo says Russia ‘pretty clearly’ behind cyberattack on US — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Russia was “pretty clearly” behind the gravest cyberattack against the United States on record, the first administration official to publicly tie the Kremlin to the widespread intrusion …
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BBC:
US cyber-attack: Russia ‘clearly’ behind SolarWinds operation, says Pompeo
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Steve Kenny / New York Times:
Pompeo Says Russia Was Behind Cyberattack on U.S.
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Michael R. Pompeo / United States Department of State:
Secretary Michael R. Pompeo With Mark Levin of The Mark Levin Show
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Evan Semones / Politico:
Trump downplays cyberattack on U.S., breaks with Pompeo on Russia's role
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Pompeo: Russia ‘pretty clearly’ behind massive cyberattack
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Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
The inside story of how Trump's denial, mismanagement and magical thinking led to the pandemic's dark winter — National reporter focusing on health policy — Reporter covering the White House White House Bureau Chief — As the number of coronavirus cases ticked upward in mid-November …
Politico:
Congress in frantic race to strike stimulus deal — Negotiations on a nearly $1 trillion coronavirus relief bill have come down to a single major sticking point, but neither side is giving in as Congress speeds to clinch a deal before a government funding deadline on Sunday night.
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Washington Post:
Lawmakers hit major roadblock over GOP plan to limit Federal Reserve, imperiling weekend deal for emergency relief package
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Steven Sloan / Associated Press:
Analysis: For Republicans, profanity is suddenly scandalous
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Washington Post:
Even as Trump vows to keep fighting, his aides are quietly starting to move on — Vice President Pence has begun looking for a new home in the Washington suburbs, and he's planning a valedictory foreign trip to begin the day Congress counts the electoral college votes.
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New York Times:
U.K. Imposes Harsher Lockdown on London, Citing New Version of Virus — Scientists in Britain say the new variant is spreading faster than previous ones, but does not appear to make people sicker. — LONDON — Alarmed by a what he called a faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus …
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Scoop: Lance Bottoms rejected Biden's SBA offer — Joe Biden implored Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to accept a job heading the Small Business Administration earlier this week, a lesser position she rejected after he characterized it as “only the first step” for her during his presidency …
Brian Bakst / MPR News:
Minn. Sen. Jerry Relph dies of COVID-19 complications — Brian Bakst and Kirsti MarohnSt. — Jerry Relph, a first-term state senator from St. Cloud, died Friday of complications of COVID-19, his family and the Senate majority leader confirmed. — “Jerry dedicated his life to service …
Ashok Selvam / Eater Chicago:
Stephanie Izard Apologizes For a Poorly Received Representation of a Korean Dish — A photo posted Thursday using Izard's social media handle showed a “bibimbap” without any cultural context, igniting a conversation on cultural appropriation — A fellow Chicago chef is once again accusing …
Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times:
They risk their lives cleaning hospitals. Now, they are getting vaccinated. ‘I want people to know that we exist’ — Maria Saravia changes in and out of protective gear 24 times a day — once for each patient room she enters on the COVID-19 floor at Keck Hospital of USC.
Jason Chaffetz / Fox News:
Melania Trump has been an outstanding first lady — liberal media have treated her unfairly — In her travels at home and across the globe she has demonstrated compassion, kindness and diplomacy — Concha: Melania Trump was treated worse by press than any modern First Lady
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Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
‘He called me kiddo’: Jill Biden says Wall Street Journal essay was ‘such a surprise’
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
'We're in a crisis': Biden says U.S. needs to defeat climate change as he introduces team, priorities — President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday introduced members of his climate and energy teams in Wilmington, Del., nominees and appointees he said would lead his administration's plans …
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Wall Street Journal:
Amid Vaccine Rollout and Historic Hack, Trump Remains Focused on Reversing Election — The president has been largely out of sight, paying little public attention to any events other than his efforts to overturn Joe Biden's victory — WASHINGTON—In a week that began with the Electoral …
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Molly Jong-Fast / Vogue:
No, This Pandemic Is Not Over. Please Don't Act Like It Is. — The other night, I made my stepmother cry. I've never done that before, but this time I felt as if I had to. My brother had told me about my father and stepmother's holiday plan, which included staying with relatives …
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Associated Press:
General sorry for ‘miscommunication’ over vaccine shipments — The Army general in charge of getting COVID-19 vaccines across the United States apologized on Saturday for “miscommunication” with states over the number of doses to be delivered in the early stages of distribution. — “I failed.
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John S Gardner / The Guardian:
From A Very Stable Genius to After Trump: 2020 in US politics books … A long time ago, in 1883, a future president (Woodrow Wilson, a subject of this year's reckonings) studied political science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, in a classroom in which was inscribed the slogan …
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Rupert Murdoch Gets COVID-19 Shot While Profiting Off Vaccine Misinformation — Murdoch claims he's encouraging people to get the shot, but his Fox News hosts are pushing anti-vaccine talking points on air. — Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul behind Fox News, received the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday …
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New York Times:
No ‘Negative’ News: How China Censored the Coronavirus — Thousands of internal directives and reports reveal how Chinese officials stage-managed what appeared online in the early days of the outbreak. — 阅读.体中 文.閱讀.體 中文.
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New York Times:
Once a Slogan of Unity, ‘Je Suis Charlie’ Now Divides France — After the 2015 terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo, “I am Charlie” became a unifying slogan of free speech. Now it fuels divisions in an increasingly polarized country. — PARIS — In the hours after the 2015 Islamist terrorist attack …
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Statement on Transition Activities by Acting Secretary of Defense Miller — Statement by Acting Secretary of Defense Miller: — The Department of Defense will continue to provide all required support to the Agency Review Team (ART) to keep our nation and her citizens safe.
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Aaron Mehta / Defense News:
Row explodes between Pentagon, Biden transition team
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