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- Trump fires cyber chief who called election secure
  The president dismissed Christopher Krebs, head of the agency that vouched for the reliability of the 2020 election, as part of a post-election purge.
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Man indicted in shooting at Taylor protest
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Trump considered attacking Iran last week - source
President Donald Trump, with two months left in office, last week asked for options on attacking Iran's main nuclear site, but ultimately decided against taking the dramatic step, a U.S. official said on Monday.
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About 90K sex abuse claims filed in Boy Scouts bankruptcy
Close to 90,000 sexual abuse claims have been filed against the Boy Scouts of America as the Monday deadline arrived for submitting claims in the organization’s bankruptcy case.
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OOPS: Trump's New Attorney Admits Biden Won, Says Lawsuits 'Will Not Work'
President Donald Trump’s latest legal shakeup has left him with an attorney who just nine days ago admitted that President-elect Joe Biden won the election and that the legal battles won’t work. “I’ve been saying since Wednesday morning that Biden would win,” attorney and radio host Marc Scaringi told his listeners on Nov. 7, when the election was called for Biden. “In my opinion there really are no bombshells that are about to drop that will derail a Biden presidency including these lawsuits,” he added.
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Biden to Trump: Cooperate or 'more people may die'
President-elect Joe Biden warned of dire consequences if President Donald Trump and his administration continue to refuse to coordinate with his transition team on the coronavirus pandemic and block briefings on national security, policy issues and vaccine plans.
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Senator denies pressuring official to discard votes
Sen. Lindsey Graham denied claims that he pressured Georgia's secretary of state, a fellow Republican, to find ways to throw out legal ballots.
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Why Biden owes a debt to Native Americans
The president-elect narrowly flipped Arizona thanks in part to support from the battleground state's Native American voters.
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Michelle Obama calls out Trump's refusal to concede
The former first lady shared her thoughts on the president refusing to concede and implored him "to honor the electoral process."
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Hate crimes reach highest level in a decade: FBI
Hate crimes in the U.S. rose to the highest level in more than a decade as federal officials also recorded the highest number of hate-motivated killings.
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Breonna Taylor grand juror: Cops got off easy
A woman who sat on the Breonna Taylor grand jury said she believes their investigation was incomplete and that prosecutors wanted to give police “a slap on the wrist and close it up.” The woman is the third grand juror to speak anonymously about the September proceedings, joining two others who said the 12-member panel was not given the option to consider charges against the officers who fatally shot Taylor in March. The woman, in her first published interview, told The Associated Press that when the proceedings concluded with three wanton endangerment charges for one officer, she felt herself saying “no, that's not the end of it.”
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Trump aide promises 'professional transition'
President Donald Trump's national security adviser promised a “very professional transition” to the administration of President-elect Joe Biden.
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A vision of a Trump post-presidency begins to emerge
President Trump will probably not concede the election, according to former advisers, but he undoubtedly has his eye on what's next.
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New Jersey tightens restrictions as COVID-19 surges
A maximum of 10 people would be allowed to gather indoors in New Jersey, down from 25, while the limit for outdoor gatherings would drop from 500 to 150. A
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Megan Rapinoe's transcendence is complete
At its heart, Megan Rapinoe's new book isn't really about her soccer career. Which kind of tells the whole story in itself.
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Iowa joins U.S. states from coasts to heartland acting to curb COVID-19
Each of the four governors, representing both ends of America's political divide and a mix of urban and rural regions, cited health data showing the pandemic reaching its most perilous point yet in the United States, threatening to overwhelm hospitals and claim thousands more lives in the weeks ahead. Iowa, for example, has registered more than new 52,000 infections over the past two weeks, about the same number documented from March to mid-August, with COVID-19 accounting for one in every four patients now hospitalized in the state.
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Michigan Gov. Whitmer slams Trump adviser who encouraged residents to 'rise up'
The governor of Michigan criticized Dr. Scott Atlas, one of President Donald Trump’s top Covid-19 advisers, after he said on Twitter Sunday that Michigan residents should “rise up” against its new restriction measures. “The only way this stops is if people rise up,” Atlas said on Twitter. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been a frequent target for Trump and his supporters.
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‘As good as it gets’: Fauci hails Moderna coronavirus vaccine
Dr. Anthony Fauci Monday hailed the announcement of a second successful coronavirus vaccine even as caseloads soared to new records. The world-famous pandemic doctor called the 95% protection produced in trials of the Moderna vaccine “truly outstanding.” “That’s as good as it get,” Fauci said on CNN.
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Trump adviser denounces Michigan's COVID-19 measures
WH coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas urged an insurrection against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's new safety protocols meant to curb soaring infection rates.
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Obama: U.S. has suffered 'truth decay' under Trump
The former president told CBS that his successor has fomented "the sense that not only do we not have to tell the truth, but the truth doesn’t even matter."

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