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Scoop: Trump eyes digital media empire to take on Fox News
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President Trump has told friends he wants to start a digital media company to clobber Fox News and undermine the conservative-friendly network, sources tell Axios.
The state of play: Some Trump advisers think Fox News made a mistake with an early call (seconded by AP) of President-elect Biden's win in Arizona. That enraged Trump, and gave him something tangible to use in his attacks on the network.
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The election security nightmare that wasn't
Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios
As the dust settles on the 2020 presidential election, it's becoming clear that the process proved sturdy, with no known attacks on voting infrastructure and no 2016-style vast foreign meddling campaigns to disrupt American democracy.
Yes, but: The ongoing disinformation campaign from President Trump and his allies, as they refuse to accept his loss, illustrates that the country does not need outside intrusions to undermine the integrity of our elections.
Trump administration goes dark on TikTok as midnight deadline looms
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The Trump administration's existential threat to TikTok is again going down to the wire, as today is the deadline for when its Chinese parent company ByteDance must unwind a 2018 merger that helped create the app.
The big picture: There's no precedent for what might be coming after the stroke of midnight, and so far Treasury is turtling.
Coronavirus dashboard
Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios
- Health: Cases surge 40% nationwide — Comorbidities hit patients with developmental disorders hardest.
- Politics: Biden's Day 1 pandemic plan.
- Business: Pandemic brings boom times for swaths of corporate America.
- Energy: Why a vaccine won't save oil markets.
- Sports: The Masters faces big changes after a seven-month delay.
The bull case for Biden's climate agenda
Photo illustration: Eniola Odetunde/Axios. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
The institutional hurdles in front of President-elect Joe Biden's energy and climate agenda are very formidable, but you can also imagine things breaking Biden's way — enough to set the country on a path toward the emissions cuts his platform envisions.
Why it matters: Biden aims to put the country on a path toward net-zero emissions by 2050 and 100% carbon-free power by 2035 — but Democrats face long odds of winning the Senate.
2020's November Masters will be unlike any other
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After a seven-month delay, the Masters is finally here — but like so much in 2020, it will be far different from the tournament we've come to expect each April.
The state of play: There's a certain feel about Augusta National; a certain rhythm to the Masters. Both will be affected by this week's spectator-less grounds, with some players missing the roar of the crowd — and others enjoying the silence.
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