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The freshman class of the 117th Congress, featuring a new crop of conservative women and an ascendant left, is attending an unusual pandemic-era orientation. — NYT: Top Stories
Mr. Krebs’s government agency contradicted President Trump’s false claims that the election was rigged. At this point, Mr. Krebs, a former Microsoft executive, still has a job. — NYT: Top Stories
This is another opportunity for evangelicals to obey what their leader — Jesus — commanded them to do. — FOX News
President Trump on Wednesday ripped a pre-election poll in the key battleground state of Wisconsin, which showed him trailing Joe Biden by a whopping 17 points, slamming it as “illegal suppression.” — FOX News
Four pro-democracy figures were ousted from the legislature, prompting 15 others to vow to resign in solidarity, as Beijing cracks down on one of the city’s few remaining venues for political opposition. — NYT: Top Stories
It won’t be easy, but coming after a self-styled “disrupter” opens up its own possibilities. — NYT: Top Stories
The polls leading up to the 2020 election were “demonstrably” wrong and “nearly all their mistakes helped Joe Biden,” Tucker Carlson argued Monday night. — FOX News
Former President George W. Bush and a handful of other Republicans congratulated the president-elect, but most party leaders stayed quiet, or urged President Trump to fight. — NYT: Top Stories
The congresswoman said Joe Biden’s relationship with progressives would hinge on his actions. And she dismissed criticism from House moderates, calling some candidates who lost their races “sitting ducks.” For months, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been a good soldier for the Democratic