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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Trumps' snub of Bidens historic in its magnitude — (CNN)On the morning of January 20, Donald Trump and Melania Trump will depart the White House as President and first lady, but they will not invite their incoming counterparts, Joe and Jill Biden, inside before they do.
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Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
Melania Trump spends her last days in the White House focused on her future, while her husband rages about the past — In her final days as first lady, Melania Trump has largely stayed away from the West Wing. While her husband spends his time there in anger — though aides said his dark mood …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
They Prepare the White House for a New President. They Have 5 Hours.
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
Biden to block Trump's plan to lift COVID-19 European travel restrictions
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Washington Post:
QAnon adherents discussed posing as National Guard to try to infiltrate inauguration, according to FBI intelligence briefing — The FBI privately warned law enforcement agencies Monday that far-right extremists have discussed posing as National Guard members in Washington and others …
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Wyoming GOP chairman floats secession after Cheney votes to impeach Trump — A top Republican official in Wyoming floated the idea of seceding from the United States after a high-profile member of his party from the Cowboy State embraced the impeachment of President Trump.
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Nick Reynolds / Casper Star-Tribune:
Wyoming GOP chair: Western states ‘paying attention’ to Texas effort to secede — The chairman of the Wyoming Republican Party on Friday said Western states are “paying attention” to the effort by some in Texas' far-right to try to secede from the United States.
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S.A. Miller / Washington Times:
Liz Cheney censured in Wyoming for vote to impeach Trump: ‘Did not represent our voice’ — The Republican Party Central Committee in Carbon County, Wyoming, has censured Rep. Liz Cheney for voting to impeach President Trump, as support for the one-time rising GOP star crumbles in her home state.
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HuffPost:
127 Republicans Who Voted To Overturn The Election Results Are Now Praising MLK — By refusing to certify the Electoral College results, these GOP lawmakers were denying the voices of Black voters who turned out heavily for Joe Biden. — One hundred forty-seven Republicans in Congress voted …
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The White House:
1776 Commission Takes Historic and Scholarly Step to Restore Understanding of the Greatness of the American Founding — 1776 Commission—comprised of some of America's most distinguished scholars and historians—has released a report presenting a definitive chronicle of the American founding …
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New York Times:
Trump Prepares Pardon Wave for Final Hours — Among those under consideration for grants of clemency are the former New York Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and the rapper Lil Wayne. — Those under consideration include such disparate figures as Sheldon Silver, the disgraced former …
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Justin Fenton / Baltimore Sun:
Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh among those seeking clemency from President Trump
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Washington Post:
Woman accused of taking laptop from Pelosi's office has been arrested, officials say — A witness who claimed to be a former partner of Riley June Williams told the FBI that friends of Williams played a video of her stealing a drive or computer — Federal authorities said they have arrested …
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Biden to propose overhaul of immigration laws on first day in office — President-elect Joe Biden will roll out a sweeping overhaul of nation's immigration laws the day he is inaugurated, including an eight-year pathway to citizenship for immigrants without legal status and an expansion …
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Donald Trump / ITV:
Former US attorney general William Barr tells ITV News questioning election legitimacy ‘precipitated Capitol riots’ … Video report by ITV News Security Editor Rohit Kachroo — Former US attorney general William Barr has told ITV News that questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election result …
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Trump's 11th-hour assault on the civil service by stripping job protections runs out of time — President Trump's last-ditch effort to remove civil service protections from tens of thousands of career federal employees appears to have lost steam, facing time constraints and legal hurdles …
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Dominion sends cease and desist letter to My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell — Dominion Voting Systems on Monday sent a cease and desist letter to My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell over his spread of misinformation related to the 2020 election. — Why it matters: Trump and several of his allies …
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Reuters:
Parler partially reappears with support from Russian technology firm — (Reuters) - Parler, a social media website and app popular with the American far right, has partially returned online with the help of a Russian-owned technology company. — Parler vanished from the internet when dropped …
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The Guardian
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Last Trump Job Approval 34%; Average Is Record-Low 41% — WASHINGTON, D.C. — As President Donald Trump prepares to leave the White House, 34% of Americans approve of the job he is doing as president, the worst evaluation of his presidency. His 41% average approval rating throughout …
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CNN:
Rudy Giuliani voted with an affidavit ballot, which he bashed in failed effort to overturn election — (CNN)President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani personally voted in the 2020 election using a voting method he publicly disparaged and bashed in his attempts to overthrow …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The Washington Trump leaves behind — DRIVING THE DAY — We're new at this, but thought we'd start here ... SPOTTED: GEORGE W. BUSH and TUCKER CARLSON having dinner at the private home of a neighbor on the exclusive Gasparilla Island, Fla., where they both have homes.
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
‘Traitors Get Shot’: Capitol Rioter Accused of Threatening Children if They Turned Him In — A member of a right-wing militia group who is accused of taking part in the attack on the Capitol allegedly threatened to shoot his children if they turned him in to authorities.
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Trump couldn't have incited sedition without the help of Fox News — It is hard to overstate the enormity of what occurred on Jan. 6, 2021 — a date that will live in infamy alongside Dec. 7, 1941, and Sept. 11, 2001. This was the first time the U.S. Capitol had been ransacked since the War …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
McConnell, Schumer close in on power-sharing agreement in evenly divided Senate — Washington (CNN)The top two Senate leaders are nearing a power-sharing agreement to hash out how the evenly divided chamber will operate, with Democrats in charge of setting the schedule but both parties likely …
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Axios:
Off the rails: Inside Air Force One ahead of Trump's last stand in Georgia — Beginning on election night 2020 and continuing through his final days in office, Donald Trump unraveled and dragged America with him, to the point that his followers sacked the U.S. Capitol with two weeks left in his term.
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CNN:
Fired Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones turns herself in to jail and tests positive for Covid-19 — (CNN)The former Florida data analyst who has accused state officials of covering up the extent of the pandemic has turned herself in, days after a warrant was issued for her arrest …
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Clay Risen / New York Times:
Deborah Rhode, Who Transformed the Field of Legal Ethics, Dies at 68 — A Stanford professor, she pushed the legal profession to confront the ways it failed clients and to be more inclusive of women. — Deborah L. Rhode, a law professor who transformed the field of legal ethics from little …
Politico:
5 things to watch at Donald Trump's second impeachment trial — In the shadow of Joe Biden's inauguration as the 46th president of the United States, the Senate is set to put his predecessor on trial for high crimes and misdemeanors — potentially barring him from holding federal office ever again.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
At Fox News, a post-election shake-up brings more opinion at the expense of news — With viewership faltering since November, last year's top-rated cable channel will try out pundits for a 7 p.m. slot once devoted to news. In the running: Maria Bartiromo.
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden Rejects Trump's Push to Lift Covid-19 Travel Restrictions — Biden's incoming press secretary said the president elect wouldn't lift travel bans, citing safety risks — President-elect Joe Biden rejected an effort by President Trump on Monday to lift bans on most travel into the U.S. from Europe …
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