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Business Insider:
EXCLUSIVE: Jared Kushner helped create a Trump campaign shell company that secretly paid the president's family members and spent $617 million in reelection cash, a source tells Insider … - Jared Kushner approved the creation of a shell company that spent almost half of the Trump campaign's $1.26B war chest …
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EXCLUSIVE: Lawmakers ask FBI and Federal Election Commission to investigate Jared Kushner-backed Trump campaign company after Insider's reporting … - Two lawmakers demanded that the FBI and the Federal Election Commission open an investigation into whether the Trump campaign violated federal law …
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Jared Kushner And Trump Basically Stole $617 Million Of Trump Campaign Funds — There is an answer to how Trump managed to blow $1 billion in campaign funds. Jared Kushner created a shell company and paid the Trump family $617 million. — Business Insider reported:
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Washington Post
Graeme Massie / The Independent:
Kushner helped create shell Trump campaign company that secretly paid family members, report says
New York Times:
Lara Trump served on the board of a company through which the Trump political operation spent more than $700 million.
Lara Trump served on the board of a company through which the Trump political operation spent more than $700 million.
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The Intellectualist and Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
US plans to shutter remaining consulates in Russia — (CNN)The Trump administration has informed lawmakers of its plan to shutter its two remaining consulates in Russia. — In a notification dated December 10, the US State Department told Congress it intends to close the consulate …
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US says it is shuttering last 2 consulates in Russia — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has notified Congress that it intends to shutter the last two remaining U.S. consulates in Russia. — The State Department told lawmakers last week that it would permanently close the consulate …
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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Alicia Victoria Lozano / NBC News:
Secretary of State Pompeo says hack was ‘pretty clearly’ Russian
Secretary of State Pompeo says hack was ‘pretty clearly’ Russian
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Fox News, Business Insider, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Washington Monthly
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Lou Dobbs Airs Stunning Fact-Check of His Own Election Conspiracies After Company Threatens Legal Action — Fox Business host Lou Dobbs has recently taken to raising questions about voting machine companies, which have been cast as complicit in the supposed grand conspiracy to steal the 2020 election from President Donald Trump.
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Washington Examiner
Raw Story:
BUSTED? Why the numbers behind Mitch McConnell's re-election don't add up — On a Thursday in August in Louisville, months before the 2020 election, a parade of cars filled with Kentucky Teamster representatives and labor groups, showed their fury at Mitch McConnell's constant blocking of critical COVID aid.
US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA Takes Additional Action in Fight Against COVID-19 By Issuing Emergency Use Authorization for Second COVID-19 Vaccine — Action Follows Thorough Evaluation of Available Safety, Effectiveness, and Manufacturing Quality Information by FDA Career Scientists, Input from Independent Experts
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
FDA approves second Covid vaccine for emergency use as it clears Moderna's for U.S. distribution
FDA approves second Covid vaccine for emergency use as it clears Moderna's for U.S. distribution
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KIFI-TV, The Sun, The Colorado Sun, Politico and TASS
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Fauci, NIH yet to get Covid vaccine despite role developing it
Fauci, NIH yet to get Covid vaccine despite role developing it
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ABC News and Washington Examiner
Zoom Blog:
Our Perspective on the DOJ Complaint — We would like to start by making three important points: — We support the U.S. Government's commitment to protect American interests from foreign influence. As the DOJ notes, Zoom has been fully cooperating with them in this matter.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Executive For US Video Conference Company Spied On Dissidents At Direction Of Chinese Intelligence, Feds Say
Executive For US Video Conference Company Spied On Dissidents At Direction Of Chinese Intelligence, Feds Say
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The Western Journal, National Review, New York Post and WPHM
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
8 Catholic Sisters Die of Covid-19 Within a Week at a Wisconsin Home — They were educators, music teachers and liturgists, living out their remaining years in a retirement residence after lifetimes of service. — They were educators, music teachers and community activists who served tirelessly for those living in poverty.
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Catholic Herald and New York Post
Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
‘He called me kiddo’: Jill Biden says Wall Street Journal essay was ‘such a surprise’ — Surprised the Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed attacking Jill Biden's preference to use the title “Dr.”? So was Jill Biden. — On Thursday's episode of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” …
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Business Insider, RedState and The Wrap
Politico:
Judge skewers GOP over suit targeting newly registered voters in Georgia — The judge questioned the basis for the suit on several grounds, including legal standing, but she also expressed concern that segregating ballots could prompt some potential voters not to cast them.
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Law & Crime, Washington Times and Alternet.org
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Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Democratic organizers set their sights on Asian American voters to win control of the Senate
Democratic organizers set their sights on Asian American voters to win control of the Senate
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Fox News and Washington Examiner
Steven Sloan / Associated Press:
Analysis: For Republicans, profanity is suddenly scandalous — WASHINGTON (AP) — The definition of a scandal changes quickly in Washington. — Over the course of four years, the nation's capital has careened from crisis to crisis. There was the travel ban, the investigation …
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The Nation, New Republic, Washington Post and Alternet.org
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The Daily Beast:
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Is Throwing Down Big Money to Fuel Pro-Trump Election Challenges — He says he's “not just some pillow guy” to be mocked. He knows Trump is the chosen one because he's familiar with “numbers and charts” and soon even “Trump-haters” will see. — BEAST INSIDE
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TheGrio and The Intellectualist
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
William Barr: ‘One Standard of Justice’ — The departing attorney general talks about John Durham, Robert Mueller, Hunter Biden, Mike Flynn and the flak he's taken from both parties. — The U.S. attorney general is meditating on one of his frustrations with the modern Justice Department …
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New York Times, New York Magazine, Alternet.org, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Examiner, Newsmax, Mediaite and emptywheel
Politico:
How Biden's Covid bubble popped — Welcome to POLITICO's 2020 Transition Playbook, your guide to one of the most consequential transfers of power in American history. — No bubble is impenetrable. — That's what the Biden team learned this week when Rep. CEDRIC RICHMOND (D-La.) …
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Washington Post, Defense News, Bloomberg and Fox News
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Space Force troops to be called ‘guardians’ — Service members in the year-old Space Force will be called “guardians,” Vice President Pence announced Friday. — “It is my honor, on behalf of the president of the United States, to announce that henceforth the men and women …
The Daily Beast:
Pence Said Pfizer Vaccine Distribution Was Going ‘Strong.’ States Are Calling Bullshit. — First states heard they were getting less vaccine than expected. Then the finger-pointing started. — As Vice President Mike Pence sat for his COVID-19 vaccine shot Friday morning …
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NPR, Alternet.org and Axios
Eliza Shapiro / New York Times:
New York City Will Change Many Selective Schools to Address Segregation — The pandemic prompted the mayor's most significant action yet on integration: a major shift in how hundreds of schools admit students. — Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Friday major changes to the way hundreds …
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RedState, TheGrio, Bloomberg, NBC New York, The Hill and Washington Post
Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters:
Biden to introduce team tasked with ambitious climate agenda on Saturday — (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden is scheduled to publicly introduce his climate and energy team on Saturday, a history-making group that will be tasked with advancing his ambitious climate policy and strengthening safeguards against pollution.
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Political Wire
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
United Helps to Contact Passengers After Possible Covid-19-Related Death on Flight — The flight, United 591 from Orlando to Los Angeles, was diverted to New Orleans on Monday after a passenger had a medical emergency on board. — United Airlines said on Friday that it was working …
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The Sun, CBS Los Angeles, NBC Los Angeles, WTOP, The Hill, ABC7 and SFist