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Mitch McConnell Tells Republicans On The Senate Floor That The Election Wasn’t Close

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky,) has spoken out now that Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock have won their Georgia Senate runoff, addressing Republicans who have vowed to oppose the certification of President-elect Joe Biden‘s election win today. McConnell will be the Senate Minority Leader now that Democrats have taken control of all three…
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Biden and Harris Announce Latest Members of White House Staff

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have announced the latest crop of White House appointees. “This announcement includes individuals from the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, Office of Political Strategy and Outreach, Office of Public Engagement, and the Office of Management and Administration,” the incoming administration said in a press release. Cristóbal J….

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Fauci Says His Top Priority with the Biden Administration is to “Expeditiously Get People Vaccinated”

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading coronavirus expert, says his top priority working with President-elect Joe Biden‘s administration will be “to expeditiously get people vaccinated” against COVID-19. “The first one is to expeditiously get people vaccinated, there’s no doubt about that. To me that is the critical issue. You know, if we didn’t have the…
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Kamala Harris Will Receive Her First Dose of Covid-19 Vaccine Today

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff will receive their first round of the Covid-19 vaccine today. Harris will receive the vaccine live on camera from Washington, D.C., a transition official said. Harris’s inoculation comes a week after President-elect Joe Biden received the first round of the vaccine. Jennifer Psaki, a transition spokesperson,…
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Biden Names New Staff Members to Lead Digital Operations

President-elect Joe Biden has named the newest White House staff members––these will round out digital operations––as the incoming administration prepares to conduct the majority of its public communications digitally as the nation continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic. Biden has appointed Rob Flaherty, who worked as the digital director of the Biden campaign, as…

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Trump Insists There is “Tremendous Evidence” of Voter Fraud Immediately After McConnell Acknowledges Biden’s Victory

President Donald Trump doubled down on his claims that voter fraud played a role in the 2020 presidential election results, insisting that there is “tremendous evidence” that the activity took place. “There has never been anything like this in our Country!” the president claimed. Tremendous evidence pouring in on voter fraud. There has never been…
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McConnell Congratulates Biden After Electoral College Certifies Election Results

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) congratulated President-elect Joe Biden after the electoral college certified the results of the 2020 presidential election, marking the first time that he has acknowledged his victory. “The Electoral College has spoken, so today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden. The president-elect is no stranger to the Senate. He’s…
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Stephen Miller Claims “An Alternate Set of Electors” Will Certify Trump as the Winner of the 2020 Election

Presidential adviser Stephen Miller claims “an alternative” group of electors will vote to certify President Donald Trump as the winner of the 2020 election on the morning ahead of the electoral college vote that will certify President-elect Joe Biden’s election win. “The only date in the Constitution is January 20, so we have more than…
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Trump Suggests Call He Made to Ukraine, Which Was Center of Impeachment Scandal, Predicted “Biden Corruption”

President Donald Trump was impeached, in part, for encouraging Ukrainian leadership to investigate President-elect Joe Biden for “political dirt” he could wield against his opponent. The president was ultimately acquitted by the Senate earlier this year, and he touted the acquittal as a sign of his innocence in the matter, which he has claimed, without…

Trump discourages Republicans from voting in Georgia runoff
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Trump Falsely Claims The Biden Administration Will Be Scandal Plagued

President Donald Trump claimed, without evidence, that President-elect Joe Biden’s administration “will be a scandal plagued mess for years to come” in a tweet this morning, asserting that it will be “much easier for the Supreme Court of the United States to follow the Constitution and do what everybody knows has to be done.” Now…
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Member of Biden’s Covid-19 Advisory Board Warns Americans Not to Gather for Christmas

Michael Osterholm, a member of President-elect Joe Biden’s Covid-19 advisory board has warned Americans not to gather for Christmas festivities after cases across the country skyrocketed following holiday travel over the Thanksgiving weekend. Osterholm’s remarks come the day after the United States recorded its highest daily death toll yet: At least 3,055 people died of…

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Trump Claims Voters Will Soon Learn About “Courage” and “Saving Our Country” Amid Bogus Election Fraud Lawsuits

President Donald Trump stressed that his election fraud lawsuits, which have been tossed out of court for lack of credible evidence and have become emblematic of his crusade to overturn the results of an election that President-elect Joe Biden decisively won, would soon teach American voters about “courage” and “saving our Country.” “I received hundreds…
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Biden Announces Key Members of Health Team Who Will Address Covid-19 Pandemic Once He Takes Office

President-elect Joe Biden has announced who will join his administration as key members of the health team tasked with addressing the Covid-19 pandemic, which has claimed the lives of more than 280,000 Americans to date. The individuals joining the upcoming administration include Xavier Becerra, the Attorney General of California, who has a history of championing…

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Judge Tosses Out GOP’s Attempts to Overturn Election Results in Michigan

A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit seeking to overturn the election results in the state of Michigan. The lawsuit was brought by President Donald Trump’s electors in the state, who have continued to claim that the November 3 election was fraudulent, a claim rejected by United States security agencies and international observers. Judge…
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Biden’s Popular Vote Lead is Now Over 7 Million Votes As States Continue Their Counts

President-elect Joe Biden’s popular vote lead over President Donald Trump continues to grow. Biden now leads the incumbent by over 7 million votes as states continue their counts. Biden has thus far received 81,238,188 votes to Trump’s 74,189,097 votes, according to CNN’s Presidential Election Tracker. President Trump has insisted over the last few weeks that…
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Obama Will Campaign in Georgia to Support Democrats Running in Crucial Runoff Elections

Barack Obama will campaign in Georgia to support Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, who will compete against incumbent Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in highly-anticipated races that will determine which party gets control of the chamber. The former president will appear at an event to support Ossoff and Warnock will take place…
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Trump Is Flagged by Twitter For Claiming Biden’s Popular Vote Tally Was “Illegally Obtained”

Twitter flagged President Donald Trump under its civic integrity policy after he continued to post false claims about the election, this time claiming that President-elect Joe Biden can take office only “if he can prove that his ridiculous” popular vote tally was not “fraudulently or illegally obtained.” “When you see what happened in Detroit, Atlanta,…

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Trump Falsely Claims “There is NO WAY” Biden Received More Than 80 Million Votes

President Donald Trump continued to push baseless election fraud claims on Twitter this morning, this time claiming that there is “NO WAY” President-elect Joe Biden, whose transition this week the president finally allowed to proceed, received more than 80 million votes. “This was a 100% RIGGED ELECTION,” the president wrote. His claim was soon flagged…

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Trump Plans to Attend Pennsylvania Hearing in Voter Fraud Case That’s Doomed to Fail

President Donald Trump plans to visit Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for a hearing by the Pennsylvania Senate Majority Policy Committee that will examine “election impropriety,” according to The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  The event is not on the president’s official schedule, but insiders told the news outlet that he had expressed interest in appearing alongside his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani,…
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Pennsylvania Certifies Biden as Winner of 2020 Election

The state of Pennsylvania has certified President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of its election, driving a further wedge into President Donald Trump’s legal efforts to overturn the election results. Governor Tom Wolf announced the news in a tweet, saying that Pennsylvania’s State Department “certified the results of the November 3 election in Pennsylvania for…

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Trump’s Messaging Undermines Transition Even After He Orders It Can Proceed

President Donald Trump defended the General Services Administration (GSA) and its chief, Emily Murphy, saying it “has been terrific” despite the agency being at the center of controversy after Trump ordered his administration not to acknowledge President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory and Murphy declined to allow the transition to proceed. “Remember, the GSA has been…
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More Than 100 Business Leaders Co-Sign Letter Urging GSA Chief Emily Murphy to Authorize Presidential Transition

More than 100 business leaders, including George H. Walker, the chief executive of the money manager Neuberger, and Jon Gray, president of the private-equity firm Blackstone, have co-signed a letter urging General Services Administration (GSA) chief Emily Murphy to authorize the presidential transition. They expressed their concern that President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede and…
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Offers to Help Biden-Harris Administration with Coronavirus

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has offered to help President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to tackle the coronavirus pandemic as soon as they’re in office. “I offered to him and his team access to New Zealand health officials in order to share their experience on things we’ve learnt on our Covid-19…
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More Than 40 Officials Participate in $2 Million Ad Calling for Trump to Cooperate with Biden-Harris Transition

More than 40 officials, including former Cabinet secretaries and civic leaders, have participated in a $2 million ad by the bipartisan National Council on Election Integrity calling for President Donald Trump and his allies to accept the results of the 2020 general election and cooperate with the Biden-Harris transition. “Our adversaries aren’t waiting. The coronavirus…
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MD Governor Larry Hogan on Transition Delay: “These Kind[s] of Ridiculous Challenges That Are Not Based in Fact Need to End”

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R) condemned President Donald Trump and his administration for not cooperating with the Biden-Harris transition team and urged for the transition to proceed for the sake of the country. “We need to have the transition begin as soon as possible. These kind[s] of ridiculous challenges that are not based on fact…
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House Democrats Demand That GSA Chief Emily Murphy Cooperate with Biden-Harris Transition

House Democrats have demanded that General Services Administration (GSA) chief Emily Murphy cooperate with the Biden-Harris transition. Murphy has made headlines in recent weeks for refusing to sign a letter of “ascertainment” confirming that President-elect Joe Biden won the election, a step that would allow Biden to meet with government officials and access the more than…

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Trump’s Continues Pushing Baseless Accusations, Claims “There Was No Way the Dems Could Have Won” Without Rigging The Election

Claims that the 2020 general election was fraudulent are unsubstantiated and United States security officials have rejected President Donald Trump’s assertion that the election was rigged. But that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to claim “there was no way” Democrats could have won the election without rigging it altogether. But lose Trump did: President-elect Joe…
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Nancy Pelosi Re-Elected to Lead Democrats in the House

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been re-elected to lead Democrats in the House. Pelosi was re-elected following an election that was held virtually as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. She was congratulated via the House Democrats‘ Twitter account. Congratulations to @SpeakerPelosi, once again elected by House Democrats to be our fearless leader…
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Biden’s Covid-19 Adviser Says They’ll “Be Ready on Day One”

President-elect Joe Biden‘s Covid-19 adviser says the Biden-Harris administration will “be ready on day one” to address the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed the lives of more than 248,000 Americans to date. “There is a transition plan and we’re translating that plan into a blueprint for action,†said Rick Bright, a member of President-elect Joe…

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