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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
McConnell Defends Polio Vaccine, an Apparent Warning to Kennedy — “Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they're dangerous,” said the former Republican leader, who is a polio survivor. — Senator Mitch McConnell, the former Republican leader …
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Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Polio survivor Mitch McConnell criticizes efforts to undermine vaccine
Polio survivor Mitch McConnell criticizes efforts to undermine vaccine
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
When depicting the government as bad is more important than stopping polio
When depicting the government as bad is more important than stopping polio
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New York Times
Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Texas files first lawsuit against out-of-state abortion provider — This case sets up a legal battle between Texas' near-total abortion ban and New York's shield law that protects doctors from out-of-state prosecution. — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing …
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New York Times:
Texas Attorney General Sues New York Doctor for Mailing Abortion Pills
Texas Attorney General Sues New York Doctor for Mailing Abortion Pills
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Texas Attorney General:
Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Activist New York Doctor for Illegally Providing Abortion Drugs Across State Lines
Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Activist New York Doctor for Illegally Providing Abortion Drugs Across State Lines
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Apple CEO visits Mar-a-Lago, joining list of tech execs seemingly courting Trump — Apple CEO Tim Cook visited Mar-a-Lago on Friday, joining a growing list of tech executives that are seemingly courting President-elect Trump ahead of his return to the White House.
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New York Times:
In Display of Fealty, Tech Industry Curries Favor With Trump — It was a week of frenzied activity, as Silicon Valley billionaires and their companies brandished checks and compliments for the President-elect. — The $1 million donations came gradually — and then all at once. — Meta. Amazon.
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Bloomberg:
Trump to Dine With Apple's Tim Cook at Mar-A-Lago Friday — Cook skirted tariff threats on Apple in Trump's first term — President-elect also plans meeting with Amazon's Bezos … Cook and Trump will dine at the president-elect's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, the people said …
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol impeached after martial law ploy — Yoon must immediately hand over power to the prime minister, who will act as caretaker while the courts review the impeachment vote. The process could take months. — SEOUL — The South Korean National Assembly voted Saturday …
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CNN:
South Korea's parliament votes to impeach president over martial law debacle — South Korea's parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday in an extraordinary rebuke that came about after his own ruling party turned on him following his refusal to resign over his short-lived martial law attempt.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Week CEOs Bent the Knee to Trump — Companies abandoned him after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. Now, they are rushing to curry favor with the president-elect as he prepares to return to the White House. — When Donald Trump arrived at the New York Stock Exchange this week for a postelection victory lap …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump's Transition Business Largely Happens After Night Falls — At his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, the president-elect has been hosting diplomatic dinners, announcing cabinet picks and firing off texts to his aides — all after the sun goes down. — It was past midnight in Florida this week …
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time — President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time. In a post on his social media site Friday, Trump said his party would try to end the practice when he returns to office.
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NBC News:
Trump nominates conservative culture warrior to lead DOJ civil rights — Harmeet Dhillon, a Republican lawyer in liberal San Francisco, is poised to be the first Sikh American to run the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. — WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump tapped Harmeet Dhillon …
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Trump revels as establishment figures pay homage at home and abroad — The second time's a charm for President-elect Trump — at least when it comes to an election win getting him the establishment recognition he has always sought. — Trump has received a display of homage at home …
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Wall Street Journal:
A New Risk for Employers: Losing Millions of Migrants With Temporary Work Permits — Trump promised to eliminate programs that provide temporary work permits, including to Dreamers — Nate Koetje, chief executive of an electrical contractor based in Grand Rapids, Mich., would like to hire as many as 200 workers next year.
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Are Childhood Vaccines ‘Overloading’ the Immune System? No. — Vaccines today are more efficient and contain far fewer stimulants to the immune system than some used decades ago. — It's an idea as popular as it is incorrect: American babies now receive too many vaccines …
Peter Eavis / New York Times:
Trump Backs a Longshoremen's Union That Supported Him — President-elect Donald J. Trump is supporting the International Longshoremen's Association, which could strike soon if it doesn't reach a deal on automation with employers. — Leaders of some labor unions tried to establish …
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Felix Light / Reuters:
Georgia lawmakers elect Western critic as new president — Georgian lawmakers elected Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, as president on Saturday, setting him up to replace a pro-Western incumbent amid major protests against the government over a halt to the country's European Union accession talks last month.
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Graham Fraser / BBC:
BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline — The BBC has complained to Apple after the tech giant's new iPhone feature generated a false headline about a high-profile murder in the United States. — Apple Intelligence, launched in the UK earlier this week, uses artificial intelligence …
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Jennifer Pahlka / Eating Policy:
Bringing Elon to a knife fight — DOGE has made it both impossible not to talk about government reform, and impossible to talk about it. The topic is everywhere, but the subject is now entirely eclipsed on the left by the horror of who has been assigned the task and the need to decry DOGE as a bad faith effort.
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James Poniewozik / New York Times:
The Trump Show Is Returning. Will It Be Triumph, Tragedy or Farce? … On his last show before Election Day, John Oliver allowed himself to dream a little dream. Mr. Oliver, whose “Last Week Tonight” speaks to a mostly left-of-center crowd, spent most of the episode making the case for Kamala Harris.
New York Post:
Donald Trump ‘eyes deal’ to save failing DC Waldorf-Astoria, turn it back into Trump International Hotel — President-elect Donald Trump is weighing a bid to save the failing Waldorf-Astoria hotel in Washington, DC - and rebrand it once more as a Trump International Hotel, The Post has learned.
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Biden Administration Is Said to Allow California to Ban New Gas-Powered Cars — California and 11 other states want to halt the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to try to stop them. — The Biden administration is expected in the coming days …
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Washington Post:
Vance invites Daniel Penny, acquitted in chokehold death, to Army-Navy game — Penny, a former Marine, was asked to accompany President-elect Donald Trump in his suite at the game Saturday. — Vice President-elect JD Vance has invited Daniel Penny, a former Marine who was acquitted …
Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
Woman arrested after telling her health insurer ‘you people are next’ — The Florida woman allegedly also referenced words written on the bullets that killed a United Healthcare CEO during a recorded phone call. — A 42-year-old woman from Florida has been arrested and charged after police …