The Final Gasp of Donald Trump's Presidency  —  Donald Trump going out with a limp seems like an oxymoron," a senior adviser to the president told me.  In width and in word, in soaring skyscrapers and Brioni suits and arena rallies and various euphemisms for great (yuge, bigly), the man has been defined by and obsessed with largeness.

Trump Says He Will Keep Fighting as Aides Doubt Path Forward  —  President's advisers point fingers over campaign's legal strategy  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump said Friday he would continue to fight election results that showed him on the cusp of losing to former Vice President Joe Biden.

Steve Bannon Loses Lawyer After Suggesting Beheading of Fauci  —  Mr. Bannon, the former adviser to President Trump, said the heads of the F.B.I. director and Dr. Anthony Fauci should be put on pikes, leading Twitter to ban one of his accounts.  —  Stephen K. Bannon, the former adviser …

Trump Fundraising for Legal Challenges Would Also Pay Down Debt  —  President Trump is racing to raise money for an “official election defense fund.”  But the fine print on the solicitations tells a different story: Half — or more — of any contribution will be used to retire debt from his re-election campaign.

Senate Majority in Balance as Perdue Re-election Race Goes to Runoff in Georgia  —  Mr. Perdue, a first-term Republican, narrowly failed to clear 50 percent of the vote, sending the race to a January runoff that, along with another runoff contest, will probably determine which party controls the Senate.

New York Post Shifts Tone on Trump as a Top Editor Plans His Own Exit  —  Rupert Murdoch's tabloid has turned critical as the president seems headed to defeat.  Col Allan, a wizard there, says he plans to retire next year.  —  Last month The New York Post called President Trump …

Philly police investigating alleged plot to attack Pennsylvania Convention Center  —  PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Philadelphia police are investigating an alleged plot to attack the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia on Thursday night.  —  Action News has learned that police got a tip about a group …

Biden's nearly insurmountable math  —  Joe Biden has nearly insurmountable math on his side, as the stunningly close count continued all day.  —  The state of play: Network morning shows stayed live as long as 1 p.m. ET, with the nation's news machinery poised to resolve Election week.

Ronna McDaniel asks for ‘time’ to produce specific claims of alleged voter fraud  —  Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel did not present concrete examples of alleged voter fraud in her home state of Michigan and elsewhere when pressed by Fox News anchors on Friday …

Election 2020 Live Updates: Biden Inches Closer to the Presidency With Lead in Pennsylvania … Senate tally includes 65 seats not up for election.  —  More than 4,000 votes are left to be counted in Georgia, as well as an unknown number of overseas and military ballots that are still arriving, an elections official said.

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Sidelined After ‘Close Contact’ Tests Positive for Coronavirus … Rachel Maddow, the most-watched anchor in the MSNBC lineup, will come off the air for a period of time after a close contact tested positive for coronavirus.  —  “I've tested negative thus far …

Is Trump campaign urging Pennsylvania supporters to mail late ballots?  —  President Donald Trump's campaign in Wisconsin has desperately sought volunteers to call Pennsylvanians and urge them to mail in absentee ballots by Friday — even as the president himself rails against late votes and the ongoing vote count.

How to Ensure That Trump Preserves Official Documents  —  Vice President Joe Biden is the presumptive winner of the presidential election.  There are surely many things on Biden's to-do list, but it's not at all implausible that the Biden administration—and a Democrat-controlled House of Representatives …

Second-highest-ranking official at USAID ousted  —  Washington (CNN)The second highest-ranking official at the US Agency for International Development was ousted Friday, two sources familiar with the situation told CNN.  —  Bonnie Glick, the deputy administrator of the agency …

Study Considers a Link Between QAnon and Polling Errors  —  Polls in several key states underestimated the breadth of support for President Trump before the Nov. 3 election, just as they did in 2016.  —  But why?  —  Early results from a study by researchers at the University …

How Claims of Dead Michigan Voters Spread Faster Than the Facts  —  Run-of-the-mill clerical errors have been used as false evidence of voter fraud in Michigan.  —  The tweets began to arrive Wednesday night, carrying explosive claims that people in Michigan were voting under the names of dead people.

Sen. Ron Johnson says half of country won't accept a Biden win  —  MADISON - Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Friday that half the country will not accept the outcome of the presidential election if Democrat Joe Biden wins.  —  Johnson, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump …

So You Want to Go to War With Philadelphia?  —  Donald Trump's loyalists are fixated on Philadelphia, and its affection for Joe Biden, as the president's reelection prospects fizzle.  Ted Cruz called Philadelphia “lawless” and “the worst in the country.”  Another pro-Trump pundit tweeted, “I'm going to Philly tomorrow.

Rick Scott to run for leadership of Senate GOP campaign arm  —  Sen. Rick Scott will run for leadership of the Senate Republicans' campaign arm, according to a spokesperson for the Florida Republican.  —  Senate Republicans are slated to hold their leadership elections on Tuesday …

Joe Biden's Magic  —  He has the power to make real, transformational progress look like common sense.  Will he use it, given the chance?  —  Mr. Giridharadas is the author of “Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World.”  —  Let's never do that again.