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New York Post:
The Post says: Give it up, Mr. President — for your sake and the nation's — Mr. President, it's time to end this dark charade. — We're one week away from an enormously important moment for the next four years of our country. — On Jan. 5, two runoff races in Georgia will determine …
Mike Allen / Axios:
GOP officials invoked Trump's legacy in pleas to sign coronavirus relief bill — Getting a cranky, stubborn President Trump to belatedly sign the COVID relief bill, after unemployment benefits had already lapsed, was like being a hostage negotiator, or defusing a bomb.
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Washington Post:
Trump signs stimulus and government spending bill into law, averting shutdown — The president had demanded changes to the stimulus bill but on Sunday moved to release the stimulus funds after all — President Trump unexpectedly capitulated Sunday night and signed the stimulus bill into law …
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Trump Signs Pandemic Relief Bill After Unemployment Aid Lapses — After calling the measure a “disgrace,” President Trump abruptly signed it, extending expanded unemployment benefits and an eviction moratorium, and averting a government shutdown. — WASHINGTON — President Trump …
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Trump Signing Bipartisan Coronavirus Relief and Omnibus Funding Bill
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Politico:
Trump backs down, signs stimulus package
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Wall Street Journal:
What's in the $900 Billion Covid-19 Relief Bill
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Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
McConnell praises Trump for signing COVID-19, government funding bills
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CNN:
Trump signs coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law after lengthy delay
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Axios:
Trump signs COVID relief bill, averting government shutdown
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump got nothing — DRIVING THE DAY — THAT'S IT? President DONALD TRUMP made all this noise about the Covid relief and government funding bill only to sign it and get nothing in return? — TRUMP got taken to the cleaners. — WHAT A BIZARRE, embarrassing episode for the president.
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Dom Calicchio / Fox News:
Trump accuses McConnell, others in GOP of failing to fight for him — Trump suggested McConnell and Senate Republicans haven't worked hard enough to assure him a second term — Fox News Flash top headlines for December 24 — President Trump on Saturday accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Political Reckoning — The year 2020 brought extraordinary and unexpected challenges that tested the strength of basic institutions, demanded courage and sacrifice in the face of a raging pandemic, underscored racial and economic inequities, and produced the biggest turnout of voters in the history of U.S. elections.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Heather Cox Richardson Offers a Break From the Media Maelstrom. It's Working. — She is the breakout star of the newsletter platform Substack, doing the opposite of most media as she calmly situates the news of the day in the long sweep of American history.
Politico:
Meet the GOP freshmen taking on the squad — On the first day of Congress' freshman orientation, four incoming GOP members realized they shared a special connection: All had first- or second-hand experience living in communist or socialist countries. — The crew quipped that their family histories …
Washington Post:
Authorities identify Anthony Warner as Nashville bomber, say his remains were found in the wreckage — Neighbors describe Warner as a “recluse” with an interest in home security. — Anthony Quinn Warner was responsible for the Christmas morning explosion that rocked downtown Nashville …
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Lawrence Wright / New Yorker:
The Plague Year — The mistakes and the struggles behind America's coronavirus tragedy. — 1. “An Evolving Situation” — There are three moments in the yearlong catastrophe of the covid-19 pandemic when events might have turned out differently. The first occurred on January 3, 2020 …
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
Alec Baldwin's wife became Hollywood's Rachel Dolezal because of our sniveling, bootlicking press — The fading celebrity trophy life ranks as one of the easiest jobs of modern life: refresh your fillers enough that the Daily Mail can never describe you as “tired-looking” …
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Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Reginald Foster, Vatican Latinist Who Tweeted in the Language, Dies at 81 — One of the world's foremost experts on Latin, Father Foster was a monk who looked like a stevedore, dressed like a janitor and swore like a sailor. — Reginald Foster, a former plumber's apprentice from Wisconsin who …
Mark Judge / The Stream:
‘They Were Relentless’: How I Learned Respect for Our Communist Media — Some of the best advice for dealing with the media can be found in He Leadeth Me, a 1973 book by American Jesuit Father Walter J. Ciszek. Father Ciszek was captured by the Russian army during World War II.
John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
5 Big Things We Learned About Our Elites In 2020 — It's been a hard year but at least we know, beyond all doubt, that our elites despise us and will do anything to expand their power. — For as difficult as the past year has been, from politics to the pandemic, it has at least helped …
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Loser Trump Wants to Drag the Republican Party Down With Him — Trump doesn't care who runs the Senate if he's not president. He cares about screwing McConnell and making clear that Republicans can't win without him. — BEAST INSIDE … So Donald Trump signed the relief bill.
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ABC News:
Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush reflects on her Black Lives Matter roots and why she ran for Congress — The Missouri native never saw herself as an activist. Then, Michael Brown died. — Rep.-elect Cori Bush on progress of racial justice in 2020, where we need to go … Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images, FILE
Vivian Nereim / Bloomberg:
Saudi Women's Rights Activist Convicted But Could Be Freed Soon — Time served means Loujain Al-Hathloul could be freed in months — Verdict comes as kingdom could face greater pressure from U.S. — A prominent Saudi Arabian women's rights activist whose arrest …
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Nolan Rappaport / The Hill:
The UK is struggling to manage illegal immigration too — The United States isn't the only country struggling to manage illegal immigration. The Public Accounts Committee in the United Kingdom's (UK) House of Commons recently published an immigration enforcement report that indicates the UK …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Left seeks leverage to move Biden — The tug-of-war between President-elect Joe Biden and the left wing of the Democratic Party is shifting onto policy grounds now that nominees have been selected for key positions in the new administration. — The left knows it will have a tough battle …
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