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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Trump rips GOP leaders for allowing veto override — President Trump on Tuesday sharply criticized Republican leaders for allowing a vote to override his veto of a must-pass defense policy bill, calling them “weak” and “tired” and accusing them of a “disgraceful act of cowardice.”
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Bernie Sanders to delay defense veto override in bid for $2,000 checks — Sen. Bernie Sanders will filibuster an override of President Donald Trump's defense bill veto unless the Senate holds a vote on providing $2,000 direct payments to Americans. — “McConnell and the Senate want to expedite …
Axios:
Senate tide begins to shift toward $2,000 checks after Trump's push — A couple of days ago, it looked impossible that $2,000 COVID relief checks — up from the $600 checks for individuals in the package President Trump signed Sunday — could pass the Senate.
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
$2,000 vs. $600 stimulus payments isn't the real issue — There are plenty of reasons to be unhappy with the covid-19 stimulus compromise President Trump signed on Sunday. — Its shortcomings, however, are not the specific provisions that populists on both the left and right are complaining about.
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Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders vows to hold up defense bill unless Senate votes on $2,000 stimulus checks
Bernie Sanders vows to hold up defense bill unless Senate votes on $2,000 stimulus checks
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Washington Post:
A day on the golf course helped change Trump's mind on the stimulus bill
A day on the golf course helped change Trump's mind on the stimulus bill
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
Democrats Plot to Keep Senate In Session Over $2,000 Payments
Democrats Plot to Keep Senate In Session Over $2,000 Payments
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Lauren Fox / CNN:
Mitch McConnell faces decision over vote to increase stimulus payments to $2,000
Mitch McConnell faces decision over vote to increase stimulus payments to $2,000
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
House votes to boost stimulus checks to $2,000 with bipartisan support
House votes to boost stimulus checks to $2,000 with bipartisan support
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Donald Trump, Michelle Obama Most Admired in 2020 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are most likely to name President Donald Trump and Michelle Obama as most admired man and woman in 2020. Trump tied former President Barack Obama for the honor last year but edged out his predecessor this year.
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Ex-Pence aide turned Trump critic ‘very concerned’ about Jan. 6 violence — A former aide to Vice President Pence who has since become a vocal critic of the Trump administration warned Monday that she feared violence could erupt in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, when Congress …
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Resistance's Breakup With the Media Is at Hand — The day after the 2016 election, I got a phone call from an old friend. Neither of us had slept much, and we spent most of the conversation exchanging shell-shocked comments of the Can you believe this? variety. Before we hung up, his voice took on a trace of irony.
Politico:
Judge blocks voter purge in 2 Georgia counties — A federal judge in Georgia on Monday ordered two counties to reverse a decision removing more than 4,000 voters from the rolls ahead of the Jan. 5 runoff elections that will decide control of the U.S. Senate.
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Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
Where Year Two of the Pandemic Will Take Us — Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. — The influenza pandemic that began in 1918 killed as many as 100 million people over two years.
Andrea Salcedo / Washington Post:
Massachusetts GOP leader says he likely got covid-19 at a White House Hanukkah party: 'I'm paying the price' — Earlier this month, Tom Mountain, a Massachusetts Republican Party leader, posed for a maskless photo in front of a silver menorah as dozens of other guests without face coverings mingled nearby …
Reed Albergotti / Washington Post:
Apple's longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China — New documents show Lens Technology, which makes iPhone glass and is owned by China's richest woman, received Uighur Muslim laborers transferred from Xinjiang. — One of the oldest and most well-known iPhone suppliers …
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Zack Stanton / Politico:
The Worst Predictions of 2020 — On the last day of 2019, President Donald Trump joined in on New Year's Eve celebrations at Mar-a-Lago, ringing in 2020 with what was, in retrospect, a terrible prediction about the year ahead. — “We're going to have a great year, I predict,” the president told assembled guests.
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Associated Press:
Child labor in palm oil industry tied to Girl Scout cookies — They are two young girls from two very different worlds, linked by a global industry that exploits an army of children. — Olivia Chaffin, a Girl Scout in rural Tennessee, was a top cookie seller in her troop …
Jeb Lund / New Republic:
Ron DeSantis Is TNR's 2020 Scoundrel of the Year — For so many of us, the person of the year is Nothing. The thing that killed mom or laid out the elementary school teacher was Nothing. Nobody saw it. Either dad tracked nothing home from the grocery store or there was a fatal amount of Nothing smeared all over the produce.
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Breck Dumas / TheBlaze:
Alec Baldwin's wife hit with allegations that she has lied for years about her Spanish heritage — Let's be very clear that Europe has a lot of white people in there and my family is white.' — Hilaria Baldwin, the wife of actor Alec Baldwin, has been hit with a barrage of accusations claiming …
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Politico to Acquire Energy Trade Publication E&E News — Purchase comes as Politico looks to expand its overall professional news business — Politico is adding some energy to its game. — The nearly 14-year-old political news outlet is acquiring E&E News, a high-price subscription …
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Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
A Far-Right Terrorism Suspect With a Refugee Disguise: The Tale of Franco A. — A German officer is facing trial on terrorism charges. At a volatile time for Western democracy, his story mirrors the story of Germany itself. — OFFENBACH, Germany — At the height of Europe's migrant crisis …
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
On The Trail: The political losers of 2020 — In an election in which more voters cast ballots than ever before in American history, just about everyone had reason to celebrate. Democrats won the White House. Republicans made surprising gains in the House and held Senate seats even they had expected to lose.
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
On The Trail: The political winners of 2020
Arizona Republic:
Report: Phoenix police officer said, 'If the mayor defunds the police, I'm going to shoot her' — Uriel J. Garcia Jen FifieldArizona Republic — On the afternoon of October 21, seven Phoenix police officers gathered for a briefing in a Cave Creek station when the meeting diverged …
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Niv Elis / The Hill:
Labor: Unemployment won't lapse despite Trump signing delay — Unemployment benefits included in a new COVID-19 relief package will not lapse this week, as anticipated, despite President Trump's delay in signing the bill, the Labor Department confirmed Tuesday.
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Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Small Number of Covid Patients Develop Severe Psychotic Symptoms — Most had no history of mental illness and became psychotic weeks after contracting the virus. Cases are expected to remain rare but are being reported worldwide. — Almost immediately, Dr. Hisam Goueli could tell …
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WJAC-TV:
PA Republican lawmakers: Analysis finds presidential election numbers don't add up — A group of Republican lawmakers say they've performed an extensive analysis of election day data and they've found “troubling” discrepancies. According to State Rep. Frank Ryan (R-Lebanon), 17 lawmakers sponsored and participated in the analysis.
John Nichols / The Nation:
Kelly Loeffler's Sacrilegious Campaign — “She's lied, not only on me, but on Jesus,” says the Rev. Raphael Warnock, as religious leaders decry the Republican's vile attacks on the Black pastor. — Kelly Loeffler's relentless assault on the religious faith of the Rev. Raphael Warnock …
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Washington Examiner:
Is it any wonder liberal states are shrinking? — For an entire human lifetime, the state of Illinois has been a laggard in population growth. It has lost eight congressional districts since the 1950s. But new census estimates released last week show that this decade, something very special has happened.
Felix Salmon / Axios:
How China won 2020 — China will end this year as the only major country in the world to see its economy grow rather than shrink. — Why it matters: China is operating from a position of great strength, with an economy expected to grow by 8.4% in 2021. If President-elect Joe Biden views China as a …
John Bowden / The Hill:
Trump administration strengthens order barring US investment in Chinese firms — The Treasury Department on Monday moved to clarify President Trump's executive action from last month restricting Americans from purchasing securities of Chinese companies alleged to have ties to China's military.
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Gordon G. Chang / The Hill:
How Joe Biden risks the biggest giveaway ever to China in space