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• Michigan certifies Biden's victory despite Trump's efforts to undermine it

  23-11-2020 23:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Board of state canvassers confirms 154,000-vote victory in 3-0 vote with one abstentionMichigan election officials on Monday certified Joe Biden’s 154,000-vote victory in the state amid president Donald Trump’s brazen attempts to subvert the results of the election.The board of state canvassers, which has two Republicans and two Democrats, confirmed the results on a 3-0 vote with one abstention. Allies of Trump and the losing Republican Senate candidate John James had urged the panel
  
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• Where things stand as key states begin to certify results

  23-11-2020 23:02 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump is quickly running out of options in his last-ditch effort to cling to power as key states move to certify their election results, officially confirming Joe Biden as the President-elect.
  
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• President Trump's campaign ejects lawyer after Trump praised her

  23-11-2020 22:29 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brianna Keilar takes a look at Trump's legal team distancing itself from Sidney Powell, a lawyer who spoke at the campaign's press conference laying out its case for widespread voter fraud.
  
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• The best of Netflix's charmingly bad holiday romcoms

  23-11-2020 22:13 via cnn.com
  
  Coronavirus, lockdowns, economic woes and a dramatic political divide have all made 2020 pretty unbearable. So, let's thank Netflix for a few winter romcoms to take our minds off real life.
  
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• Biden to pick Janet Yellen for Treasury secretary

  23-11-2020 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden will choose Janet Yellen, former chair of the Federal Reserve, as his secretary of the Treasury, according to a source with knowledge of the pick.
  
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• Why the GOP is so rattled by Rev. Warnock's faith-based Georgia Senate campaign

  23-11-2020 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  The Rev. Raphael Warnock is not just a candidate in one of the pivotal US Senate runoffs in Georgia, he's also a successor to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Like King, Warnock roots his call for the government to respect the God-given dignity of all people in his faith.
  
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• Qatar charges airport officials over invasive searches after baby found

  23-11-2020 21:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Prosecutors have also launched proceedings to arrest child’s mother, who left countryProsecutors in Qatar have announced that the airport police officers who ordered forced vaginal examinations of female passengers after a newborn child was discovered abandoned in a bin have been charged and could face prison sentences of up to three years.Prosecutors did not say how many officers faced charges over the incident last month at Hamad international airport, which sparked widespread anger in A
  
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• The US President-elect's picks include the first woman and first Latino in key national security roles

  23-11-2020 21:37 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Why Biden's secretary of state pick tells us a lot about his priorities as president
  • Biden expected to make history by selecting a woman for Treasury Secretary
  • Samantha Vinograd: Trump trying to kneecap incoming Biden administration
  
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• Vaccine results bring us a step closer to ending Covid, says Oxford scientist

  23-11-2020 21:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest breakthrough comes as PM says he hopes most at-risk could be immunised by EasterCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe world is moving a step closer to ending the coronavirus pandemic, the scientist behind Britain’s first vaccine has declared, as Boris Johnson said he hoped the majority of those most at-risk could be immunised by Easter.Successful trial results for the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine, suggesting it could protect up to 90% of peop
  
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• The reason Trump's legal challenges can be expected to go on

  23-11-2020 21:31 via cnn.com
  
  One email asks for donations to "Stop the Left from trying to steal the Election." Another offers a "COUNT ALL LEGAL VOTES" T-shirt in exchange for a $30 contribution. A third, signed by Eric Trump, asks for $5 "IMMEDIATELY to support the official Election Defense Fund."
  
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• How Trump's fundraising could benefit his post-White House political life

  23-11-2020 21:31 via cnn.com
  
  One email asks for donations to "Stop the Left from trying to steal the Election." Another offers a "COUNT ALL LEGAL VOTES" T-shirt in exchange for a $30 contribution. A third, signed by Eric Trump, asks for $5 "IMMEDIATELY to support the official Election Defense Fund."
  
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• Pope says anti-maskers stuck in 'their own little world of interests'

  23-11-2020 21:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Francis contrasts opposition to Covid measures with ‘healthy indignation’ over racismCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePope Francis has taken aim at protests against coronavirus restrictions, contrasting them with the “healthy indignation” seen in demonstrations against racism after the death of George Floyd.“Some groups protested, refusing to keep their distance, marching against travel restrictions – as if measures that govern
  
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• Trump's campaign ejects lawyer after Trump praised her

  23-11-2020 21:12 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brianna Keilar takes a look at Trump's legal team distancing itself from Sidney Powell, a lawyer who spoke at the campaign's press conference laying out its case for widespread voter fraud.
  
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• Obama addresses 'damage done' by Trump on foreign policy – video

  23-11-2020 20:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Barack Obama said the Trump administration's foreign relations had inflicted 'damage' upon America, and that it would take time for the country's reputation to be restored. Obama expressed confidence in a new Biden administration, but cautioned change would not happen immediately Continue reading...
  
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• Analysis: Why Janet Yellen makes so much sense as Treasury secretary

  23-11-2020 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  Janet Yellen checks all the boxes in President-elect Joe Biden's quest to find a Treasury secretary who won't spook Wall Street, alienate progressives or forget about Main Street's plight.
  
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• Analysis: Why Janet Yellen makes so much sense

  23-11-2020 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  Janet Yellen checks all the boxes in President-elect Joe Biden's quest to find a Treasury secretary who won't spook Wall Street, alienate progressives or forget about Main Street's plight.
  
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• GM recalling 7 million vehicles for airbag problems after losing fight with safety regulator

  23-11-2020 20:36 via cnn.com
  
  GM is recalling 7 million pickups and SUVs worldwide with airbags made by the same manufacturer whose airbags are linked to at least 17 deaths in the United States.
  
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• Acrylic glass, masks, warning signs: Is this the office of the future?

  23-11-2020 20:34 via cnn.com
  
  As countries begin reopening, offices are redesigning their environments to keep workers safe from coronavirus. CNN's Clare Sebastian reports.
  
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• Biden announces historic picks for cabinet posts

  23-11-2020 20:32 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Why Biden's secretary of state pick tells us a lot about his priorities as president
  • Biden expected to make history by selecting a woman for Treasury Secretary
  • Samantha Vinograd: Trump trying to kneecap incoming Biden administration
  
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• Trump faces a critical week in his last-ditch effort to cling to power

  23-11-2020 20:12 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump faces a critical week in his last-ditch effort to cling to power as key states are on the brink of certifying their election results, officially confirming Joe Biden as the President-elect.
  
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• Michigan's state board meets to vote on election certification

  23-11-2020 19:55 via cnn.com
  
  The Michigan State Board of Canvassers is expected to meet Monday to vote on certifying the state's election results, a step that would formally grant President-elect Joe Biden the state's 16 electoral votes.
  
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• Michigan certification would give Joe Biden 16 electoral votes

  23-11-2020 19:55 via cnn.com
  
  The Michigan State Board of Canvassers is expected to meet Monday to vote on certifying the state's election results, a step that would formally grant President-elect Joe Biden the state's 16 electoral votes.
  
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• John Kerry named as Joe Biden's special climate envoy

  23-11-2020 19:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Activists welcome appointment of heavyweight figureKerry to treat climate crisis as ‘urgent national security issue’US politics – live coverageJohn Kerry, the former US secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee, has been named as a special envoy on the climate crisis under Joe Biden’s incoming administration. Continue reading...
  
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• Here's who could serve in other top roles in Biden administration

  23-11-2020 19:48 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden is set to announce who will serve in top roles in his administration in the coming days and weeks.
  
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• Bernstein names 21 Republican senators who privately expressed contempt for Trump

  23-11-2020 19:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Marco Rubio, Rick Scott and Chuck Grassley are listedSenators’ ‘craven public silence helped enable Trump’ The veteran Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein has publicly named 21 Republican senators he says have “repeatedly expressed extreme contempt for [Donald] Trump and his fitness” for office.As Trump continued to try to subvert the results of a presidential election he clearly lost to Joe Biden, Bernstein said on Twitter he was “not violating any pledge of jo
  
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• Saudis may stall on Trump's Middle East peace plan now he’s on the way out

  23-11-2020 19:38 via theguardian.com
  
  The Palestinians are hoping a Biden presidency will slow the growing rapport between Saudi Arabia and IsraelDuring the last year of Donald Trump’s presidency, the question of whether Saudi Arabia would make peace with Israel had come down to a question of when.The terms of such a deal were more or less agreed during Trump’s tumultuous term, thrashed out between his envoy and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and the kingdom’s effective ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, who held a very diffe
  
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• Calming monkeys with piano music is harder than you think

  23-11-2020 19:36 via cnn.com
  
  Pianist Paul Barton attempts to serenade a pack of monkeys with piano music in the ancient city of Lopburi, Thailand.
  
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• Australian Open could be 'really dangerous' for players, says ATP Finals champ

  23-11-2020 19:24 via cnn.com
  
  He might be basking in the joy of the biggest win of his career, but Daniil Medvedev's thoughts have already turned to the first grand slam of 2021.
  
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• Good Samaritan helps 93-year-old man find lost wedding ring

  23-11-2020 19:10 via cnn.com
  
  James Crowley has a lot to be thankful for this year, after being reunited with the wedding ring he lost in a pile of leaves.
  
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• White House Christmas tree arrives, continuing tradition amid Covid-19 and election disputes

  23-11-2020 19:08 via cnn.com
  
  First lady Melania Trump welcomed the 2020 White House Christmas tree Monday afternoon, continuing the long-held tradition even as the coronavirus pandemic rages on and as President Donald Trump's longshot election challenges remain unsettled.
  
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• Joe Biden announces top foreign policy and national security picks

  23-11-2020 18:38 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Why Biden's secretary of state pick tells us a lot about his priorities as president
  • Live updates: Biden expected to make history by selecting a woman for Treasury Secretary
  • Samantha Vinograd: Trump trying to kneecap incoming Biden administration
  
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• Analysis: Why Biden's secretary of state pick tells us a lot about his priorities as president

  23-11-2020 18:30 via cnn.com
  
  Joe Biden's decision to name Antony Blinken as his secretary of state is a telling pick that reveals what the President-elect views as his most urgent priorities in the wake of Donald Trump's four years in office -- and the sort of people he will entrust with accomplishing those goals.
  
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• Analysis: What Biden's secretary of state pick tells us about his priorities as president

  23-11-2020 18:30 via cnn.com
  
  Joe Biden's decision to name Antony Blinken as his secretary of state is a telling pick that reveals what the President-elect views as his most urgent priorities in the wake of Donald Trump's four years in office -- and the sort of people he will entrust with accomplishing those goals.
  
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• Key researcher for Oxford vaccine breaks down trials data

  23-11-2020 17:59 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Becky Anderson speaks with Professor Adrian Hill, director of Oxford University's Jenner Institute, about the results of the trials for AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine that his institute helped develop.
  
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• Britain to introduce coronavirus three-tier regional system as England prepares to exit lockdown

  23-11-2020 17:51 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The lockdown of England will end on Dec. 2.
  
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• Analysis: Trump finally found someone with a too-crazy conspiracy theory

  23-11-2020 17:42 via cnn.com
  
  It appears as though even President Donald Trump has a limit on the sort of conspiracy theories about the election with which he is willing to associate himself.
  
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• Michigan's state board set to vote on certification

  23-11-2020 17:38 via cnn.com
  
  The Michigan State Board of Canvassers is expected to meet Monday to vote on certifying the state's election results, a step that would formally grant President-elect Joe Biden the state's 16 electoral votes.
  
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• Retired British Airways plane catches on fire during dismantling in Spain

  23-11-2020 17:18 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A retired British Airways 747 aircraft caught fire near its cockpit while being dismantled at a regional airfield in Spain on Monday, the company told Fox News.
  
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• British Airways is selling off its in-flight items, from champagne flutes to socks

  23-11-2020 17:17 via cnn.com
  
  Frustrated frequent fliers pining for those crucial little details of life in the air may be in luck: British Airways is selling off plates, champagne flutes and other items used on its planes.
  
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• Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine to be sold to developing countries at cost price

  23-11-2020 17:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Jab that is part of global initiative to distribute doses will remain at low price ‘in perpetuity’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe coronavirus vaccine produced by Oxford University and AstraZeneca will be available on a non-profit basis “in perpetuity” to low- and middle-income countries in the developing world.The details of arrangements to supply poorer countries came as AstraZeneca revealed the interim results of a phase 3 trial of
  
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• Trump friend and adviser recognizes Biden as President-elect

  23-11-2020 17:13 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's friends and allies are increasingly doing what he will not: acknowledging the reality that Joe Biden will be the next President of the United States.
  
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• Why Biden's secretary of state pick tells us a lot about his priorities as president

  23-11-2020 17:04 via cnn.com
  
  Joe Biden is poised to name Antony Blinken as his secretary of state on Tuesday, a telling pick that reveals what the President-elect views as his most urgent priorities in the wake of Donald Trump's four years in office -- and the sort of people he will entrust with accomplishing those goals.
  
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• Israeli minister says Netanyahu met Saudi Crown Prince, but Riyadh denies it

  23-11-2020 16:51 via cnn.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday in the Saudi city of Neom, in the first meeting between the two leaders, an Israeli minister confirmed.
  
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• New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern calls Biden, offers nation's coronavirus-handling expertise

  23-11-2020 16:49 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday became the latest world leader to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden on his election victory, saying she offered to share her nation's expertise on dealing with the coronavirus.
  
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• Soccer star dies in a car accident aged 33

  23-11-2020 16:44 via cnn.com
  
  Former South African football international Anele Ngcongca died in a car accident on Monday, according to the country's IPSS Medical Rescue service.
  
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• Footballer Anele Ngcongca dies in a car accident aged 33

  23-11-2020 16:44 via cnn.com
  
  Former South African football international Anele Ngcongca died in a car accident on Monday, according to the country's IPSS Medical Rescue service.
  
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• I've traveled more since Covid-19 than ever before -- no joke

  23-11-2020 16:32 via cnn.com
  
  As a comedian who works a lot in the Middle East, especially Israel, I'm often on and off airplanes. I'm executive platinum on American Airlines, if that tells you anything.
  
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• Analysis: Trump finally found someone with a too-crazy conspiracy theory about the election

  23-11-2020 16:12 via cnn.com
  
  It appears as though even President Donald Trump has a limit on the sort of conspiracy theories about the election with which he is willing to associate himself.
  
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• Analysis: Republicans tire of Trump's legal absurdities

  23-11-2020 16:04 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's increasingly inane legal claims and constitutional arson are prompting a growing number of high-profile Republicans and informal advisers that it's time for him to end his attempt to overturn his election loss.
  
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• Analysis: Republicans lose patience with Trump's absurdities

  23-11-2020 16:04 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's effort to overturn the election he lost is being increasingly undermined by the inanity of his legal claims and is causing some high-profile Republicans to peel off even with most of his party mute amid his constitutional arson.
  
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