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• Pentagon chief fired by Trump tweet

  09-11-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Defense Secretary Mark Esper became the latest Trump administration official to be fired by presidential tweet Monday.Trump’s decision to fire Esper was not entirely unexpected.NBC News reported Thursday that Esper, who had upset the president this summer because of his opposition to using active duty troops to quell the nationwide protests for racial justice, had prepared a resignation letter.
  
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• They're off! The GOP debate launched the campaign. What's next? An arrest, for starters.

  25-08-2023 02:28
  
  Trump skipped the start of the GOP campaign, the Milwaukee debate. He'll be at the next big event, at the Fulton County jail. A look at what's ahead.      
  
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• George W. Bush gave Michelle Obama something at his father's funeral. What was it?

  17-05-2021 14:27
  
  The exchange is part of an inside joke between the two, who have become close friends. A similar exchange happened at John McCain's funeral.      
  
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• Twenty million Americans will get a COVID vaccine this year, administration says

  14-11-2020 00:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration promised that 20 million Americans would receive a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year.
  
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• 20 million Americans will get a COVID vaccine this year, administration says

  14-11-2020 00:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration promised that 20 million Americans would receive a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year.
  
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• What’s the real purpose of Trump’s baseless voter fraud claims?

  13-11-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump's attempts to challenge the results of the election have little hope of reversing Joe Biden's win. Are there hidden motivations behind his refusal to concede?
  
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• Michigan judge says cheating claims based on ignorance of how elections work

  13-11-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Michigan judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit alleging cheating during the Nov. 3 election, agreeing with Detroit that most claims were made by individuals who did not understand the vote-counting processes.
  
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• 'The long knives are out': The Pentagon purge may be less about a Trump plan than end-of-presidency chaos and revenge

  13-11-2020 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A series of personnel changes placing Trump loyalists in key Defense Department positions has sparked rumors of plans for dramatic action in the waning days of his presidency, but a number of former national security officials see it more as the chaotic final days of an outgoing administration.
  
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• Pfizer vaccine could be key to conquering COVID-19 — but don't throw away your mask yet

  13-11-2020 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pfizer's announcement that its coronavirus vaccine candidate is more than 90 percent effective has created great excitement and hope for a return to normalcy. But questions remain about its safety data and distribution plan.
  
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• Pfizer vaccine could be key to conquering COVID-19 — but don’t throw away your mask yet

  13-11-2020 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pfizer's announcement that its coronavirus vaccine candidate is more than 90 percent effective has created great excitement and hope for a return to normalcy. But questions remain about its safety data and distribution plan.
  
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• Representative-elect Greene, supporter of QAnon, denounces House mask requirement 

  13-11-2020 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amid a raging coronavirus pandemic, the incoming Republican freshman said she “proudly told my freshman class that masks are oppressive.”
  
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• Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene, supporter of QAnon, denounces House mask requirement 

  13-11-2020 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amid a raging coronavirus pandemic, the incoming Republican freshman said she “proudly told my freshman class that masks are oppressive.”
  
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• Rep.-elect Greene, supporter of QAnon, denounces House mask requirement 

  13-11-2020 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amid a raging coronavirus pandemic, the incoming Republican freshman said she “proudly told my freshman class that masks are oppressive.”
  
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• COVID-19 cases are surging as the holidays approach. Here’s what you can do to stay healthy and stop the spread

  13-11-2020 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The holidays are just around the corner — and also around and not letting up is COVID-19. “Death is not going to take a holiday this season. These events, experts say, have become an important contributor to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases.
  
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• COVID-19 cases are surging as the holidays approach. Here's what you can do to stay healthy and stop the spread.

  13-11-2020 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The holidays are just around the corner — and also around and not letting up is COVID-19. “Death is not going to take a holiday this season. These events, experts say, have become an important contributor to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases.
  
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• AOC praises Biden's new chief of staff as a 'unifying pick'

  13-11-2020 04:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “I think that he is extraordinarily competent. He led our country through the … ebola crisis. He has led through many different political crises,” Ocasio-Cortez said of Ron Klain, President-Elect Joe Biden's new chief of staff.
  
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• Obama says Republicans 'clearly know better,' but are 'humoring' Trump about voter fraud

  13-11-2020 02:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former President Barack Obama took aim at Republicans who have been “humoring” President Trump’s bogus claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election.
  
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• Obama says Republicans 'clearly know better,' but are 'humoring' Trump about vote fraud

  13-11-2020 02:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former President Barack Obama took aim at Republicans who have been “humoring” President Trump’s bogus claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election.
  
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• Biden chief of staff pick kicks off jockeying for administration jobs

  13-11-2020 00:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump may have not yet recognized Joe Biden’s victory, but the Democratic president-elect has already begun the work of the transition to the White House, kicking off a fierce competition for jobs in the new administration.
  
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• Trump and his followers are on the 'crazy train' with unhinged election conspiracies, Republican congressman says

  12-11-2020 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As President Trump’s claims of election cheating fall apart in court filings, he is taking his followers down a path of increasingly unhinged conspiracies about millions of votes being altered by mysterious forces manipulating computer systems and voting machines.
  
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• A closer look at the Trump campaign's election lawsuits — and why they've mostly failed

  12-11-2020 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As President Trump continues to deny his Election Day loss to President-elect Joe Biden and falsely claim that widespread fraud occurred in battleground states, his campaign and its Republican allies have unleashed a barrage of lawsuits they hope will overturn the results. 
  
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• The 2020 election wasn’t ‘stolen.’ Here are all the facts that prove it.

  12-11-2020 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States has been conducting presidential elections for 232 years.In this sense, 2020 could be different than any contest that’s come before — if President Trump continues to claim that President-elect Joe Biden “stole” the election from him.Before Election Day, the Trump administration invited a delegation of 28 international experts from the Organization of American States, which has reported on elections around the world, to observe the vote.
  
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• The 2020 election wasn't 'stolen.' Here are all the facts that prove it.

  12-11-2020 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Every indication is that the 2020 election was run honestly and the results tabulated accurately — a tribute to the professionalism and integrity of officials across the country.
  
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• Life after QAnon: Trump's loss allows some to escape conspiracy cult's grip

  12-11-2020 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Once confined to the fringes of the internet, the QAnon conspiracy theory has since metastasized into something much bigger and harder to define, reaching its tentacles into various communities online and wreaking havoc on people’s lives often without them even realizing it. 
  
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• What we can learn from the Amish about coronavirus

  12-11-2020 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The outbreak is indicative of what happens when people gather in small social situations — something millions of lockdown-weary Americans are eager to do, regardless of whether they are Amish or not.
  
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• Pelosi calls on Republicans to 'stop the circus and get to work' on COVID

  12-11-2020 18:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Democratic leaders in Congress on Thursday scolded their Republicans colleagues for failing to address the raging coronavirus pandemic and refusing to accept Joe Biden as president-elect.
  
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• Detroit lawyers say fraud allegations based on 'extraordinary failure to understand how elections function'

  12-11-2020 01:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The city of Detroit has rejected claims of cheating brought by Trump supporters, stating in a court filing that the allegations made by a handful of election observers and one election worker were based on a lack of understanding the processes they were watching.
  
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• ‘Democracy is at stake in this election’: With control of the Senate up for grabs in Georgia, organizers hit the ground to mobilize voters

  11-11-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If Democrats can win a pair of January U.S. Senate runoff races in Georgia, they will take control of Congress in addition to the White House next year. If not, Republicans will retain the Senate — and their ability to stifle any attempts at passing progressive legislation.
  
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• 'Democracy is at stake in this election': With control of the Senate up for grabs in Georgia, organizers hit the ground to mobilize voters

  11-11-2020 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If Democrats can win a pair of Senate runoff races in Georgia in January, they will take control of Congress in addition to the White House next year. If not, Republicans will retain the Senate — and their ability to stifle any attempts at passing progressive legislation.
  
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• Prominent Trump backer, evangelical minister Jeffress, admits Biden has won

  11-11-2020 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Evangelical pastor Robert Jeffress became one of the few high-profile supporters of President Trump to admit in public that the election was won by Joe Biden — and to urge his followers to pray for (rather than against) him.
  
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