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Trump fights to put Pennsylvania back in play, fires top election watchdog

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Rudolph W. Giuliani led President Trump’s legal team into battle in federal court Tuesday with a call for more than 600,000 Pennsylvania ballots to be tossed out, even as President Trump fired the top federal election watchdog who has repeatedly challenged his charges of electoral fraud.

In this June 10, 2017, photo provided by Operation Resolute Support, U.S. soldiers with Task Force Iron maneuver an M-777 howitzer, so it can be towed into position at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Pentagon brushes aside criticism, moves ahead with troop drawdowns in Afghanistan, Iraq

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Facebook and Twitter's actions around the closely contested election on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in Washington. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP)

Twitter CEO admits pre-election errors as senators eye Section 230 overhaul

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The electric vehicle designation is shown on the front fender of an unsold 2021 Bolt as it sits at a Chevrolet dealership Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Biden’s drive for electric vehicles raises environmental concerns

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Then-presidential candidate Barack Obama prepares to join running mate Joseph R. Biden on stage in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 2008. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Harjas Singh, 1, reaches out for his father, Umeet Singh, while held by his mother, Preet Kaur, as they attend a rally with their daughter, Nader Kaur, right, celebrating the election results in Detroit. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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An election worker counts ballots at State Farm Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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In this Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, file photo, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, right, of Los Angeles, with Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, left, of Arlington, Va., and Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, of Newark, N.J., exits a news conference after being elected president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops during their Fall General Assembly in Baltimore. On Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, Gomez addressed an online national meeting of bishops. During the previous week, Gomez congratulated Joe Biden on his presidential election victory. Now, Gomez is sounding a different tone, saying some of Bidens policy positions, including support for abortion rights, pose a difficult and complex situation for the church. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File) **FILE**

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In this image from video, former first lady Michelle Obama speaks during the first night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)

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In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, students walk near the Widener Library in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The Ivy League school announced Monday, July 6, 2020, that as the coronavirus pandemic continues its freshman class will be invited to live on campus this fall, while most other undergraduates will be required learn remotely from home. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump fights to put Pennsylvania back in play, fires top election watchdog

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Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump,speaks during a news conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping on legal challenges to vote counting in Pennsylvania, Saturday Nov. 7, 2020, in Philadelphia.

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FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2020, file photo, supporters of President Donald Trump watch a video during a campaign event in Lansing, Mich. (Nicole Hester/Mlive.com/Ann Arbor News via AP, File)

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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2020 file photo, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien speaks with reporters at the White House, in Washington. President Donald Trump's national security adviser promised a "very professional transition" to the administration of President-elect Joe Biden in an interview broadcast Monday, Nov. 16 even as Trump continues to falsely claim he won the November election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Raphael Warnock, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks during a campaign rally on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, in Marietta, Ga. Warnock and U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler are in a runoff election for the Senate seat. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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In this Nov. 28, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump smiles before addressing members of the military during a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

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In this June 17, 2018, file photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas. A federal judge on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, urged the Trump administration to do more to help court-appointed researchers find hundreds of parents who were separated from their children after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border beginning in 2017. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP, File)

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In this March 3, 2020 file photo, voters wait in line to cast their ballot on the Super Tuesday, at a voting center in El Segundo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File) **FILE**

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In this Dec. 14, 2019, photo, people walk among headstones with holiday wreaths in Arlington National Cemetery during Wreaths Across America Day in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz) **FILE**

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About 50 immigrant workers, their families and supporters hold signs calling attention to the plight of the almost 700 poultry processing plant workers that were arrested in August, during a ICE raid, at a House Homeland Security Committee field hearing at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) **FILE**

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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 3, 2020, file photo, Maryland's Jalen Smith (25) dunks as Rutgers' Myles Johnson (15) watches during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, in Piscataway, N.J. Smith is considered a first-round prospect in the NBA basketball draft on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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