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Jeff Zeleny
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Chief National Affairs Correspondent, @CNN. Covering the White House, Washington and the state of politics in America.
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    Jeff Zeleny
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    Oct 28, 2020
    President Trump took off in Air Force One 1 hr 20 minutes ago, but thousands of his supporters remain stranded on a dark road outside the rally. “We need at least 30 more buses,” an Omaha police officer just said, shaking his head at the chaotic cluster that is unfolding.
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    Jeff Zeleny
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    Nov 23, 2020
    NEW: GSA has informed president-elect Joe Biden the administration is ready to begin the formal transition process, according to a letter from administrator Emily Murphy sent Monday afternoon and obtained by CNN.
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    Jeff Zeleny
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    Nov 5, 2020
    To boil this down: President Trump is embracing mail-in votes in Arizona and Nevada, but blasting them as fraudulent and rigged in Pennsylvania. That is all you need to know about this argument.
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    Jeff Zeleny
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    Jan 20, 2021
    Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama recorded a rare joint video, which is set to air tonight. It's a “free-flowing conversation," an aide says, focusing on “the majesty of the passage of power, importance of upholding democracy and staying civically engaged.”
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    Jeff Zeleny
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    Aug 21, 2020
    Brayden Harrington, the 13-year-old New Hampshire boy with a stutter, is just remarkable. What courage and guts it took him to do this. Good luck, Brayden. You will go far.
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    Jeff Zeleny
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    Nov 11, 2020
    As the Trump campaign files a federal lawsuit in Michigan, here's a reality check: Joe Biden won 148,645 more votes there. Four years ago, Trump won the state by only 10,704 votes. A smart Michigan Republican I know literally laughed when I asked about the lawsuit tonight. Math.
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    Jeff Zeleny
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    Feb 20, 2021
    President Biden is paying an afternoon visit to Bob Dole, his longtime Senate colleague who's battling cancer and starts treatment Monday. Yet another sign of normalcy in Washington, with a visit from the president to one of the remaining legends from the Greatest Generation.
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    Jeff Zeleny
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    Nov 29, 2016
    Replying to @realDonaldTrump
    Good evening! Have been looking for examples of voter fraud. Please send our way. Full-time journalist here still working.
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    Jeff Zeleny
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    Aug 24, 2020
    A senior GOP strategist, who is not a "Never Trumper" and often gives the president the benefit of the doubt, tells me: "If what we just heard is a preview of the President's message for the week, he loses and we lose. We can kiss the Senate goodbye if the tone doesn't change."
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    Jeff Zeleny
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    Nov 10, 2020
    The Biden transition team is not ruling out legal action in pressing its case that the Trump administration is not living up to its agreement -- or the law -- in cooperating with a smooth transition, a Biden official says tonight, saying several options are on the table.
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    Jeff Zeleny
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    Jul 27, 2021
    Heroes.
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    Jeff Zeleny
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    Jan 19, 2021
    .@JoeBiden will fly to Washington today on a private aircraft, yet another remarkable change in protocol on the eve of his inauguration. No immediate word on why he wasn’t offered - or isn’t flying - on a US government plane, which is standard for a president-elect.
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    Jeff Zeleny
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    Nov 20, 2020
    So why is President Trump continuing this fight? Part of the answer is in the fine print of the latest solicitation for his legal battle. But 75% of each donation goes to his Leadership PAC, up from 60% last week, my colleague @fschouten reports-it's a post-presidency slush fund.
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    Jeff Zeleny
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    Aug 27, 2020
    .@VP Pence was scheduled to visit Wisconsin on Saturday for the second time in as many weeks to deliver a commencement address, but Wisconsin Lutheran College says after "careful consideration of the escalating events in Kenosha," they are choosing a new speaker -- a pastor.