Trump is trying to undo the election. Is this a coup?

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<p>A new <a href="https://apple.news/A8Pb4mkSiRbqWxl86XPITKA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> report reveals the president&rsquo;s calls to Pennsylvania&rsquo;s house speaker asking for help reversing his loss. In a column for the <a href="https://apple.news/AO7dHtVQRS1Wcd24otxkwJA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a>, Zeynep Tufekci breaks down why Trump&rsquo;s efforts to overturn the presidential election should not be ignored, even though they don&rsquo;t fit the formal definition of coup.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AjZhlLojcSfWB4K3_23LkCQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> reports on Lloyd Austin, Biden&rsquo;s pick to be the first Black defense secretary.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AmMjzLCfYS0ahVJpwVH3HdA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wired</a> dives into a counterintuitive argument about vaccine distribution: Move social butterflies to the front of the line.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AjnVkplf7QnKvobKRuNCjLg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> has the story of why some people are saying the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico must be rescued and restored.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>According to <a href="https://apple.news/AZFY42X2tSEa3pBFnS7yemQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a>, medical school applications have risen 18 percent over the last year, in what some admissions officers have named the &ldquo;Fauci effect.&rdquo;</p>