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7:55 AM ET, November 15, 2020

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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Federal judge rules acting DHS head Chad Wolf unlawfully appointed, invalidates DACA suspension  —  A federal judge in New York City on Saturday said Chad Wolf has not been acting lawfully as the chief of Homeland Security and that, as such, his suspension of protections for a class …
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Axios:
Federal judge invalidates DACA suspension  —  Chad Wolf has not been serving lawfully as the acting secretary of Homeland Security, and therefore his suspension of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is invalid, a federal judge ruled on Saturday.
CNN:
Federal judge says new DACA rules are invalid
Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime:   DHS Admits It Likely Made False Statement to Federal Court When Justifying Chad Wolf's Appointment
Washington Post:
Trump greets thousands of supporters gathered in D.C. to falsely claim he won election  —  A week after the election was called for Joe Biden, thousands of President Trump's supporters gathered in the nation's capital Saturday to falsely claim that the race had been stolen from the man they adore …
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Associated Press:
Thousands rally behind Trump, insisting he won race he lost  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Fervent supporters of President Donald Trump rallied in Washington on Saturday behind his spurious claim of a stolen election and swarmed his motorcade in adulation when he detoured for a drive-by on his way out of town.
Discussion: CBS News
Washington Post:
Trump and his White House minimize pandemic surge as he focuses on denying election loss  —  President Trump finally received some good news this past week: Amid spiking coronavirus cases nationwide — more than 100,000 new cases a day since Nov. 4, with deaths rising, too …
Wall Street Journal:
Parler, Backed by Mercer Family, Makes Play for Conservatives Mad at Facebook, Twitter  —  The libertarian-minded platform aims to challenge tech giants through a focus on free speech; surge in users since the election  —  As Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. have taken a harder line …
Washington Examiner:
Raphael Warnock's radicalism is catching up with him  —  The presidential race has been decided, but Election 2020 is not over yet.  The nation's eyes now turn to Georgia, where two statewide runoff elections will determine party control of the U.S. Senate.
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Jude Joffe-Block / Associated Press:
False reports claim election servers were seized in Germany  —  CLAIM: The U.S. Army raided the Frankfurt office of the Spanish election software company Scytl to seize servers that had evidence of voting irregularities in the Nov. 3 U.S. election.  —  AP'S ASSESSMENT: False.
Associated Press:
US, Israel worked together to track and kill al-Qaida No. 2  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Israel worked together to track and kill a senior al-Qaida operative in Iran earlier this year, a bold intelligence operation by the two allied nations that came as the Trump administration was ramping up pressure on Tehran.
Discussion: New York Post, CNN and New York Times
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Israel, at behest of U.S., killed al-Qaeda's deputy in a drive-by attack in Iran
Zeynep Tufekci / The Atlantic:
It's Time to Hunker Down  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  The end may be near for the pestilence that has haunted the world this year.  Good news is arriving on almost every front: treatments …
Financial Times:
Schwarzman defended Trump at CEO meeting on election results  —  Exclusive: Blackstone founder dismissed ‘coup’ fears and predicted legal process would take its course  —  Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman defended Donald Trump's response to this year's US poll results during …
Discussion: Business Insider
Joel Shannon / USA Today:
The Dakotas are ‘as bad as it gets anywhere in the world’ for COVID-19  —  South Dakota welcomed hundreds of thousands of visitors to a massive motorcycle rally this summer, declined to cancel the state fair and still doesn't require masks.  Now its hospitals are filling …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Law Firm's Withdrawal Reflects Chilling Reality [Updated]  —  This is one of the saddest news stories of recent times: Porter Wright firm withdraws from representation of President Trump. … I assume they have withdrawn, or will withdraw, from the state court case as well.  The Trump campaign commented:
Discussion: Townhall and Instapundit
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Meet the Press Blog: Latest news, analysis and data driving the political discussion  —  The latest political news and analysis from the campaign trail:  —  SEE NEW POSTS  —  Iowa Democratic House candidate calls for recount as she trails by razor-thin margin
Washington Post:
We opposed each other in Bush v. Gore.  Now we agree: Biden won.  —  David Boies is chairman of the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner.  Theodore B. Olson, a former U.S. solicitor general, is a partner of the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  —  Twenty years ago, we represented the opposing sides in Bush v. Gore.
Discussion: Forbes and New York Times
Siraj Hashmi / Washington Examiner:
The Growing Influence of the Supreme Court  —  Listen and subscribe to the podcast on your mobile device:  —  Judge Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to the Supreme Court following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  With only weeks until the 2020 presidential election …
Discussion: NBC News
New York Times:
This Coronavirus Surge Does Not Have to Be So Horrific  —  America is entering a difficult period.  But the outcome is not foregone.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
Melissa Klein / New York Post:
New stats reveal massive NYC exodus amid coronavirus, crime  —  More than 300,000 New Yorkers have bailed from the Big Apple in the last eight months, new stats show.  —  City residents filed 295,103 change of address requests from March 1 through Oct. 31, according to data The Post obtained …
New York Times:
Doctors Plead With Americans to Take Virus Surge Seriously  —  More than 1 in every 400 people tested positive in the past week, and infections and hospitalizations have hit record levels across the country.  Rising deaths have pushed even some reluctant governors to issue mask mandates and to limit gatherings.
Discussion: KTSM-TV and The Hill
Matt Vespa / Townhall:
Pollster: It's Curious How Biden Underperformed Hillary Clinton In Every City...Except These Four.  —  Until all the votes are counted and all the allegations of voter fraud are investigated, I think it's too early to declare a winner in the 2020 race.  You keep fighting.
 
 
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Washington Post:
With protests muzzled, Hong Kong takes aim at the press
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Native American Voters Were Crucial To Joe Biden's Victory
Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
How Western media would cover the U.S. election if it happened in another country
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Big Tech and Big Law dominate Biden transition teams, tempering progressive hopes
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Trump's Post-Election Litigation Crusade
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Biden's agenda may rest on centrist Republicans — and the return of a bygone Senate era
Discussion: Townhall and unz.com
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Biden likely to break barriers, pick woman to lead Pentagon
Discussion: NBC News
Sridhar Pappu / New York Times:
Savannah Guthrie,'Today' Host Who Took on Trump
Discussion: Deadline
Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
Trump's Men in Moscow
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Raw Story
Star Tribune:
Minnesota GOP sent virus alert only to its side of the aisle
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Pence, Met With Chants Of ‘Four More Years,’ Replies: 'That's The Plan'
Discussion: Business Insider and Alternet.org