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Christopher Krebs, who led the federal government's election cybersecurity efforts, has been fired by President Donald Trump via Twitter.
Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastruc- ture Security Agency, or CISA, has been the target of public criticism from Trump since the Nov. 3 election over his agency's Rumor Control blog, which rebuts a list of false claims about election fraud and hacking — many of which Trump or his lawyers have touted as real after he lost the election.
“I'm proud of the work we did at CISA," Krebs told NBC News on Tuesday night after the firing. "I'm proud of the
A bipartisan panel in Michi- gan's largest county unani- mously certified its presidential results on Tuesday night, a stunning reversal hours after Republicans had temporarily blocked certification based on dubious claims of voting irreg- ularities in Detroit.
The Wayne County Board of Canvassers initially deadlocked 2-2 on whether to certify the re- sults, with two Democrats vot- ing to certify and two Republicans voting against it, citing concerns of examples where Detroit precincts found discrepancies during their post-election review process. That vote was immediately condemned by Democratic of-
Governor DeSantis Remains Silent On Rising Coronavirus Cases
Trump Fires Head Of U. S. Election Cybersecurity For Debunking Conspiracy Theories
Michigan's Largest County Certifies Election Results
CHRISTOPHER KREBS
teammates I had at CISA. We did it right."
A source with knowledge of the firing said that Krebs found out about it via Twitter and that it was upsetting for him because he took the work seriously.
ficials and nonpartisan experts, who said the election in Detroit had been conducted cleanly.
President-elect Joe Biden won Michigan by more than 148,000 votes, a victory made possible by a strong showing in Wayne County, where he netted more than 322,000 votes over President Donald Trump.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Across the United States, state and city leaders are rolling out restrictions to curb this third wave of the coronavirus.
According to Johns Hop- kins University of Medicine, the United States has more than 10 million coronavirus cases, the highest recorded number in the world. Some Tampa Bay leaders are re- minding people to be cautious through the holidays but there's been no word out of Tallahassee.
The last time Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news confer- ence was Nov. 4, the day after the election to praise his state for a job well done.
We haven't seen him at the podium since then, not even as Hurricane Eta approached our coast. He did, however, tweet throughout the event and
GOV. DESANTIS
make an appearance on The Weather Channel.
Now, we're looking at an- other crisis as COVID cases climb across the state. Florida reported broke past 10,000 cases on Sunday -- the highest number since July -- and has
seen the percent positivity of new cases climb.
"It's quite surprising and alarming, just his absence dur- ing this critically important time for Florida's health and future," Rep. Anna Eska- mani (D-Orlando) said.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Rejects Trump Campaign Claim
Of Problems With Ballot Observers
WASHINGTON — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out one of the Trump campaign's longest-running post-election complaints Tuesday, ruling that officials in Philadelphia did not vio- late state law by maintaining at least 15 feet of separation between observers and the workers counting ballots.
The ruling is likely to un- dercut the Trump campaign's case in federal court, where
PENNSYLVANIA BALLOT WORKERS AND OBSERVERS
Rudy Giuliani joined a hearing Tuesday afternoon to argue on behalf of Presi-
dent Donald Trump's ef- fort to contest the election re- sults in Pennsylvania.
NFL's First All-Black Officiating Crew Will Work Rams-Buccaneers Game
History will be made next Monday night when the Los Angeles Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers meet. For the first time, an all-Black of- ficiating crew is set to work an NFL game. Referee Jerome Boger, in his 17th season officiating, will be leading the crew and he will be joined by umpire Barry Anderson, down judge Ju- lian Mapp, line judge Carl Johnson, side judge Dale Shaw, field judge Anthony
NFL REF
Jeffries and back judge
Greg Steed.
Troy Vincent, NFL's ex-
ecutive vice president of foot- ball operations, explained the significance of this situation to ESPN.
"This historic Week 11 crew is a testament to the countless and immeasurable contributions of Black offi- cials to the game, their exem- plary performance, and to the power of inclusion that is the hallmark of this great game," he said.
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