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77 Days: Trump's Campaign to Subvert the Election — Hours after the United States voted, the president declared the election a sham — putting himself at the center of a movement that would shatter democratic norms and upend the peaceful transfer of power.
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Survey Says: Never Tweet — The tensions in newsrooms over reporters' social media presence are not just about politics. — David Carr, the legendary Timesman who made this column a destination, told me back in 2012 that he kept a “helicopter on the roof” of The New York Times Building in case he needed to escape.


Myanmar military says it is taking control of the country — NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar military television says the military has taken control of the country for one year. — An announcer on military-owned Myawaddy TV made the announcement Monday morning.
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Myanmar military takes control of country after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi — Myanmar's military has confirmed it has taken control of the country after Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders were arrested in the early hours. — The coup comes after tensions rose between …
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Myanmar Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup Fears
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U.S. warns Myanmar's military it'll be punished for coup
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Myanmar Military Seizes Power in Coup
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Myanmar's Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup Fears
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Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders arrested, party spokesman says
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Trump Names Two Members of Impeachment Defense Team — The announcement came a day after he parted ways with five lawyers, and with his trial looming next week. — Former President Donald J. Trump on Sunday named two lawyers who will represent him in his coming impeachment trial in the Senate …
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Trump's legal team exited after he insisted impeachment defense focus on false claims of election fraud
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Trump names 2 lawyers to impeachment defense team
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Prominent lawyer with Epstein days before death speaks out: 'I don't believe it was suicide'
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Trump announces new legal team for second impeachment trial
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‘She is weighing us down’: Georgia GOP cringes at Marjorie Taylor Greene spectacle — The Georgia GOP is tearing itself apart in a civil war. It lost two Senate seats in an ill-fated January run-off election. And the once-Republican suburbs in metro Atlanta — the most populous part of the state …
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An Emboldened Extremist Wing Flexes Its Power in a Leaderless G.O.P.
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House Republicans brace for party clash over Cheney and Greene
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Biden invites GOP senators to White House for relief talks — President Biden on Sunday invited a group of Republican senators to meet with him at the White House early this week after they proposed a more targeted economic relief package, but the administration gave no indication it is ready …
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‘They should negotiate’: Sen. Schumer pushes back on GOP offer to slash COVID relief package to $600B
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Kushner, Berkowitz nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Israel deals — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his deputy, Avi Berkowitz, were nominated on Sunday for the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in negotiating four normalization deals between Israel …
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Scottish Parliament to hold vote on Unexplained Wealth Order into Donald Trump's finances — MSPs will be asked to vote this week on whether the Scottish Government should pursue an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) to investigate the source of financing for Donald Trump's Scottish resorts.
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9 Top N.Y. Health Officials Have Quit as Cuomo Scorns Expertise — “When I say ‘experts’ in air quotes, it sounds like I'm saying I don't really trust the experts,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, referring to pandemic policies. “Because I don't.” — The deputy commissioner for public health …


New Trump PAC raised $31.5 million in the weeks after Election Day, as Trump was making baseless claims of voter fraud — Former president Donald Trump's new political action committee raised $31.5 million in the weeks after Election Day through a flurry of fundraising appeals purporting …
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Trump stocks new PAC with tens of millions as he bids to retain control of GOP
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Trump stockpiles millions in donations as he faces a second impeachment trial
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Facebook Knew Calls for Violence Plagued ‘Groups’, Now Plans Overhaul — The giant struggled to balance Mark Zuckerberg's free-expression mantra against findings that rabid partisanship had overrun a feature central to its future — Facebook Inc. in 2019 redesigned its flagship product …


10 ways to fight back against woke culture — I realize the faddish thing to say these days is that we live in the worst, most broken and backward country in the world and maybe in the history of civilization. It's utter nonsense. — I have a few basic litmus tests in my own life: Can I wear a tank top in public?


MSNBC Did Not Ask Lincoln Project Founders About John Weaver Despite Booking Them 17 Times After The Story First Broke — John Weaver of the Lincoln Project has been accused by multiple men, including a minor, of sexual harassment. — Lincoln Project co-founders Steve Schmidt …
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Lincoln Project disavows co-founder John Weaver after allegations he made unsolicited sexual overtures to young men
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Biden reverses Trump last-minute attempt to freeze $27.4 billion of programs — President Biden on Sunday sent a letter to congressional leaders reversing former President Trump's last-minute attempt to freeze $27.4 billion in government programs. — Trump had moved, with less than a week left …
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Andrew Brooks, Who Developed a Coronavirus Spit Test, Dies at 51 — His breakthrough helped millions get their results quickly in the early days of the pandemic, when tests were scarce and lines were long. — Andrew Brooks, a research professor at Rutgers University who developed …


More on what modern “antiracism” does to schools, or could not — and some insight on the Kendi thing. — More on antiracist manifestos at universities, and also on the insights of a certain “Professor” Kendi levelled against me last weekend. — 2 hr ago — This just in ...
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Something went terribly wrong with Trump's defense — Elie Honig is a CNN legal analyst and former federal and state prosecutor. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion on CNN. Watch Honig answer readers' questions on “CNN Newsroom with Ana Cabrera” on weekends.
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