10 things you need to know today: December 3, 2020

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1. Trump hints at 2024 run, calls November election 'rigged'

President Trump is hinting that he intends to run for another presidential term in 2024, Reuters reported Wednesday. Trump has refused to concede. He is seeking to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory, making false claims that widespread mail-in ballot fraud cost him the election. "We are trying to do another four years," Trump said at a White House holiday reception Tuesday night, according to a Republican source who was there. "Otherwise, I'll see you in four years." Trump also posted a 45-minute video speech on Wednesday, repeating baseless allegations that "corrupt forces" had "rigged" the election in favor of Biden with a "massive" effort to cast fraudulent votes. The allegations came a day after Trump's attorney general, William Barr, said the Justice Department had not found evidence of voting fraud that could have changed the election's outcome.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.