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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
“Sadly, Mitch forgot”: Trump trashes McConnell in astonishing email to GOP senators — President Trump lashed out at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday night for acknowledging Joe Biden won the election, sending a slide to Republican lawmakers taking credit for saving McConnell's career with a tweet and robocall.
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House conservatives strategize with Trump and Pence in push to challenge Biden's win — ‘Appalling’: Bolton reacts to Flynn's pitch for martial law — (CNN)Alabama GOP Rep. Mo Brooks and fellow House conservatives met privately on Monday with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence …
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Brittany De Lea / Fox News:
Ilhan Omar slams lawmakers including AOC for getting coronavirus vaccines ahead of elderly, frontline workers
Ilhan Omar slams lawmakers including AOC for getting coronavirus vaccines ahead of elderly, frontline workers
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Washington Post:
Trump assembles a ragtag crew of conspiracy-minded allies in flailing bid to reverse election loss — With his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud rejected by dozens of judges and GOP leaders, President Trump has turned to a ragtag group of conspiracy theorists, media-hungry lawyers …
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Some White House advisers fear Trump's final days — Heated Oval Office meeting included talk of martial law — (CNN)President Donald Trump has turned to a fringe group of advisers peddling increasingly dubious tactics to overturn the results of the election, creating a dire situation …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Undercutting Trump, Barr says there's no basis for seizing voting machines, using special counsels for election fraud, Hunter Biden — Outgoing Attorney General William P. Barr said Monday he saw no basis for the federal government seizing voting machines and that he did not intend to appoint …
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Barr Sees ‘No Reason’ for Special Counsels for Hunter Biden or the Election
Barr Sees ‘No Reason’ for Special Counsels for Hunter Biden or the Election
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Full(est Possible) Story of the Four Seasons Total Landscaping Press Conference — On the afternoon of November 13, Mike Siravo was standing outside his family's landscaping business in Northeast Philadelphia, dressed in khakis and a company polo shirt, watching as strangers pulled up in nice cars …
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CNN:
Biden poised to nominate Connecticut education chief Miguel Cardona as education secretary — (CNN)President-elect Joe Biden is poised to nominate Connecticut education commissioner Miguel Cardona as his education secretary, two people familiar with the matter say, a decision …
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Washington Post:
Biden poised to pick Connecticut schools chief as education secretary — President-elect Joe Biden is set to nominate the commissioner of public schools in Connecticut as his education secretary, settling on a low-profile candidate who has pushed to reopen schools and is not aligned …
Stephanie Clifford / Elle:
Christie Smythe, 24 Hours Later — Stephanie Clifford follows up with the subject of the wildly viral — story, The Journalist and the Pharma Bro. — On Sunday night, Christie Smythe transformed from journalist to subject, when ELLE's — story — about Smythe's romance with “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli went live.
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NBC News:
Feds have discussed making a legal request for Giuliani's electronic communications, say two sources — WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have discussed making a legal request for Rudy Giuliani's electronic communications, two sources familiar with the probe tell NBC News …
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Pepper spray and pepper balls used by protesters and police at Oregon Capitol — Claire Withycombe Virginia BarredaSalem Statesman Journal — Monday's special session at the Oregon Capitol was slightly disrupted as protestors - who appeared to oppose policies closing certain businesses …
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Lauren Dake / opb:
Far-right protesters disrupt Oregon Legislature special session
Far-right protesters disrupt Oregon Legislature special session
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Vinny Vella / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A Delaware County man charged with registering dead relatives to vote in presidential election — In the weeks leading up to the presidential election, Elizabeth Bartman and Elizabeth Weihman registered to vote as Republicans in Nether Providence Township, Delaware County officials said Monday.
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New York Times:
Treasury Department's Senior Leaders Were Targeted by Hacking — The disclosure was the first acknowledgment of a specific intrusion in the vast cyberattack. At the White House, national security leaders met to assess how to deal with the situation. — WASHINGTON — The Russian hackers …
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Washington Post:
Millions of Christmas presents may arrive late because of USPS package delays — Unprecedented package volume has paralyzed the agency, leading managers to divert vast shipments of mail across the country — Competing crises are slamming the U.S. Postal Service just days before Christmas …
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
West Point catches more than 70 cadets cheating, worst academic scandal in 50 years — WASHINGTON - More than 70 cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point have been accused of cheating on a math exam, the worst academic scandal since the 1970s at the Army's premier training ground for officers, USA TODAY has learned.
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New York Times:
Senate Candidates Duel in Georgia as G.O.P. Voters' Anger Persists — As the state's Republican senators rallied with Ivanka Trump, and their Democratic challengers welcomed Kamala Harris, conservative voters were focused on the president's election loss. — MILTON, Ga. …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democrats see grim prospects in final election results despite Biden's win
Democrats see grim prospects in final election results despite Biden's win
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Washington Post:
Trump administration weighing legal immunity for Saudi crown prince accused in assassination plot — The U.S. government is weighing a request to declare Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman immune from a federal lawsuit accusing him of targeting for assassination a former top intelligence officer …
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Scott Jennings / Courier-Journal:
Will McConnell and Biden friendship mean a calmer, more functional Washington? — “Well, first of all, I am going to treat him a hell of a lot better than Chuck Schumer ever treated Donald Trump.” — My chat with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell came last week …
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“If it Hadn't Been for the Prompt Work of the Medics”: FSB Officer Inadvertently Confesses Murder Plot to Navalny — Bellingcat and its partners reported that Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) was implicated in the near-fatal nerve-agent poisoning of Alexey Navalny on 20 August 2020.
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Washington Post:
Young conservatives mingled maskless at Mar-a-Lago and partied with a money cannon — Conservative student group Turning Point USA held two large events in Florida this weekend, including one at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump's private club, violating local coronavirus restrictions …
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Zach Everson / 1100 Pennsylvania:
Hundreds partied at Mar-a-Lago with Turning Point
Hundreds partied at Mar-a-Lago with Turning Point
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Sets ‘Beautiful’ as the New Standard for Federal Buildings — Executive action makes classical style default in Washington — Order stops short of fully banning modernist architecture — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday making classical architecture …
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Allison P. Davis / The Cut:
Living With Karens A white woman calls the police on her Black neighbors. Six months later, they still share a property line. — When it came time to relocate from near D.C. to the New York tristate area, Fareed Hayat thought, I'm certainly going to Brooklyn. It was the summer of 2017.
Washington Post:
Why Americans are numb to the staggering coronavirus death toll — Death is everywhere and yet nowhere in America during the worst stretch of the pandemic — When Todd Klindt buried his dad, he was stunned. Some of the mourners arrived not wearing masks — for the funeral of a man killed by the coronavirus.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
The COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Would Make Illegal Streaming a Felony — Congress looks to provide relief to U.S. citizens and small businesses, but the omnibus bill includes some legislative priorities for the entertainment industry as well. — Providing relief via direct assistance and loans …
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New York Times:
Where Immigrant Neighborhoods Swung Right in the Election — Across the United States, many areas with large populations of Latinos and residents of Asian descent, including ones with the highest numbers of immigrants, had something in common this election: a surge in turnout and a shift to the right, often a sizable one.
Washington Post:
Televangelist Pat Robertson says it's time for Trump to accept Biden's win and ‘move on’ — Televangelist Pat Robertson, one of President Trump's staunchest backers, on Monday described Trump as “very erratic,” called on him to accept that President-elect Joe Biden won and said the Republican should not consider running again in 2024.
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Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
The Mutant U.K. Virus Strain Is Probably Here Already — The variant may or may not make the virus more contagious, and there's no evidence that it will neuter vaccines. But travel bans are too little, too late, experts said. — If you thought the holiday-fueled coronavirus surge …
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
‘Only 1 in Stock!’ The Mystery of a Stolen Stradivarius Takes a Twist — The ‘Lamoureux-Zimbalist’ violin, worth millions, went missing in 1962, leading the FBI on a chase that went from New Jersey to Japan to a dark-web user in Norway — When violinist David Sarser got a last-minute call on Aug. 16 …
Washington Post:
House approves huge spending package, rushing to send economic relief to pandemic-stricken country — 5,593-page bill includes new stimulus checks, tax cuts and range of other initiatives — The House of Representatives on Monday passed a mammoth 5,593-page tax and spending package …
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Jolie Myers / NPR:
$4 In My Bank Account: Pandemic Has Left Millions Of Livelihoods In Limbo — Toggle more options — By the end of last year, the door to a dream had begun to crack open for Lilli Rayne. — She'd spent about five years building her dog-walking and pet-sitting business into a profitable venture in Asheville, N.C.