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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Sunday, November 22, 2020

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Small but growing number of Republicans tell Trump it's over: "Stop golfing and concede"
A small, but growing, number of Republicans have a message for President Trump: The election is over and he lost. Now it's time to move on.

Why millions don't trust the election results, despite no evidence of fraud: Experts
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McMaster blasts "abhorrent" Trump plan to withdraw troops from Afghanistan
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Pompeo says Mideast strategy will be Trump administration policy 'until our time is complete'
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Christie says Trump legal team ‘a national embarrassment’
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Trump campaign files appeal after Pennsylvania judge shoots down lawsuit
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US formally withdraws from Open Skies Treaty that bolstered European security
Wisconsin congressman tests positive for COVID-19
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Biden push to restore U.S. global role starts with Blinken
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Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich Says GOP Is 'Afraid' Of Trump
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Transcript: General H.R. McMaster on "Face the Nation"
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Biden aide: First Cabinet picks will be announced Tuesday, GSA holdup preventing background checks
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Biden expected to make trip to Georgia to stump for Ossoff, Warnock
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Transcript: Symone Sanders on "Face the Nation,"
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Michael Conway: Why Biden should pardon Trump — and we Democrats should want him to
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Biden's intelligence access to President's Daily Brief revoked, DNI Gabbard says

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Other Biden officials, lawyers also had their security clearances officially revoked.
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GOP lawmaker takes victory lap after Dem mayor reportedly agrees to donate 'secret' gifts to charities

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A Republican lawmaker is taking a victory lap after the mayor of Chicago reportedly agreed to donate the contents of a "secret gift room" to charity, days after he was grilled about it at a House hearing.

"Just days after I forced corrupt @ChicagosMayor to answer for his secret gift room, he’s making the gifts public. They are now being donated to charity," Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, said on X.

"Chicago is a Sanctuary City that harbors criminal illegal aliens who are terrorizing the American people. Mayor Brandon Johnson has been a major proponent...
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Senators launch bipartisan effort to allow benefits for families of fallen retired police officers

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FIRST ON FOX: A bipartisan pair of senators are teaming up to pass "commonsense legislation" that ensures the families of former law enforcement officers who are killed in retirement are protected by benefits.

Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., introduced the Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act, shared first with Fox News Digital, on Monday to amend the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program and make families of former law enforcement officers eligible to receive benefits if the former officer is killed or permanently...
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Walz reveals the missteps he saw with Harris campaign amid postmortem media blitz

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the failed 2024 vice presidential candidate, conducted a postmortem on his 2024 campaign with former Vice President Kamala Harris, determining the Democrats played it too safe during the cycle.

"We shouldn’t have been playing this thing so safe," Walz told Politico in an interview published Saturday.

He added: "I think we probably should have just rolled the dice and done the town halls, where (voters) may say, ‘You’re full of s---, I don’t believe in you.' I think there could have been more of that."

Walz joined Harris...
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Scoop: Trump presses GOP rebels ahead of critical government shutdown vote

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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump is making calls on Monday to potential holdouts on a plan to avoid a government shutdown at the end of this week, a White House official confirmed to Fox News digital.

Three sources have said Trumpworld is making calls to Capitol Hill ahead of the late Tuesday afternoon vote.

Two senior House Republicans said they expected Trump to speak directly with critics of the bill sometime before the vote on Tuesday.

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Randi Weingarten says quiet part out loud: Fears Ed Dept closure will boost school choice funds

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Teachers' union boss Randi Weingarten said during a recent podcast appearance that she is fearful President Donald Trump's plans to terminate the Department of Education will mean more funding for school choice vouchers, which she decried as a "tax credit" for wealthy families already sending their kids to private school.

Weingarten's comments came during a podcast interview with Molly Jong-Fast, who spoke with her about the implications of Trump's spending reforms, particularly his plan to terminate the Department of Education. Weingarten stated...
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Former Iraqi refugee living in Texas pleads guilty to conspiring to support ISIS

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A former Iraqi refugee pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State group, according to the Justice Department.

Abdulrahman Mohammed Hafedh Alqaysi, 28, pleaded guilty to creating and developing logos for ISIS’ media wing, known as the Kalachnikov team, and sending hacking videos and instructions to ISIS members between 2015 and 2020, the Justice Department announced Friday.

He also pleaded guilty to providing stolen credit card information and creating fraudulent identity documents for the designated terrorist...
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Republican who backed bipartisan border bill warns of 'loopholes' despite record-low border encounters

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Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., told Fox News Digital he still believes the bipartisan border bill was necessary to secure the border, despite President Donald Trump achieving record-low border encounters through executive action.

In February, U.S. Border Patrol recorded the lowest monthly total of migrant apprehensions on the U.S. southern border in at least 25 years. There were 8,326 southern border encounters in February 2025, down from 189,913 in February 2024.

"Same law, same opportunities. Obviously, very different applications of the law,"...
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Americans have clear opinions on Trump's performance in his first 50 days

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On the eve of his 50th day back in office, President Donald Trump is touting that America is "back."

Trump, seven weeks into his second tour of duty in the White House, highlighted in an interview this weekend on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" that he and his administration were moving "at a very rapid pace."

"50 WINS IN 50 DAYS: President Trump Delivers for Americans," the White House touted in an email release on Monday, as it touted Trump's accomplishments — some of them controversial — since his Jan. 20 inauguration.

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'Eye-opening': Congressional delegation hypes Gitmo's readiness as deportations start ramping up

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Members of Congress visited Guantanamo Bay last week amid renewed attention on the military base, which is now being used to hold illegal immigrants, including some that may pose an additional security risk.

President Donald Trump is aiming to have up to 30,000 people who are in the United States illegally held at the facility before they face deportation with the goal of using the facility mainly for "the worst criminal aliens threatening the American people," the president previously said.

"Yesterday, I led a Congressional Delegation to...
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Rubio says Ukraine partial ceasefire plan 'has promise' ahead of talks in Saudi Arabia

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Russia has previously rejected a temporary ceasefire, calling it an attempt to buy time.
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JD Vance's cousin criticises him for 'belittling' Zelensky

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Nate Vance spent three years volunteering with the Ukrainian military after Russia's full-scale invasion.
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'There's never been a spotlight like this': Greenland heads to the polls as Trump eyes territory

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Donald Trump's vow to take over Greenland has shone a global spotlight on the island's elections.
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'They live in big fear': The BBC visits displaced Alawites in Lebanon

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Thousands of Syrians have crossed into Lebanon from the provinces of Latakia and Tartus.
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What we know about the oil tanker and cargo vessel collision

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BBC Verify examines how a ship carrying a highly-toxic chemical hit a tanker in the North Sea transporting jet fuel.
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