Melania’s Last White House Christmas Looks Pretty—and Empty

By Alaina Demopoulos

“Who gives a fuck about Christmas stuff?” Melania Trump once whined. Today she unveiled her final set of White House seasonal decorations. At least the trees were green.

By Pilar Melendez

Friends said Alexis Sharkey, whose naked body was found in bushes on Saturday, had complained about her husband being verbally and physically abusive.

By Jay Michaelson

A majority of the justices seemed inclined to dismiss the case until it’s clear if the ploy will matter or not.

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By Tat Bellamy-Walker

Laverne Cox, who faced a transphobic attacker in Los Angeles, is not alone. The author, like many trans people, regularly faces harassment while going about their daily business.

By Julia Davis

Margarita Simonyan, who heads RT and Sputnik, defended her husband’s appallingly racist TV sketch.

By Nick Schager

David Fincher’s latest explores the making of Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.” It’s a flawed, lovingly made film with excellent turns from Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried.

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By Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News

A Trump administration maneuver allows executives leading the federal effort to keep investments in drug companies that would benefit from pandemic response.

By Kali Holloway

The outgoing Trump administration will have killed more prisoners since July than any other administration has done in a full year since 1896.

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 CONTAGIOUS 

“If your family traveled, you have to assume that you were exposed and you became infected,” said Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus task force coordinator.

 DONE IN THE DESERT 

Biden won the state by a margin of 10,457 votes, according to the certified results.

 CYBER MONDAY 2020 

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 HOLIDAYS ARE COMING 

In a video posted to her Twitter account, the first lady can be seen walking around a deserted White House and surveying this year’s decorations.

 SAD 

Hsieh’s death has been ruled an accident, according to the coroner’s report.

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