Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech is strongly effective, early data from large trial indicate  —  Pfizer and partner BioNTech said Monday that their vaccine against Covid-19 was strongly effective, exceeding expectations with results that are likely to be met with cautious excitement …

Scoop: Trump allies brace for 30-day legal war  —  GOP leaders and confidants of President Trump tell Axios his legal fight to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory — which they admit is likely doomed — could last a month or more, possibly pushing the 2020 political wars toward Christmastime.

Man featured at Giuliani press conference is a convicted sex offender  —  The first person Rudy Giuliani, the attorney for President Donald Trump, called up as a witness to baseless allegations of vote counting shenanigans in Philadelphia during a press conference last week is a sex offender …

The Latest: Ousted vaccine expert on Biden virus task force  —  President-elect Joe Biden has announced the members of his coronavirus task force, which will put together a blueprint for fighting the pandemic.  —  The co-chairs are former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy …

A little-known Trump appointee is in charge of handing transition resources to Biden — and she isn't budging  —  A Trump administration appointee is refusing to sign a letter allowing President-elect Joe Biden's transition team to formally begin its work this week, in another sign …

Biden-Harris Transition Announces COVID-19 Advisory Board  —  Leading Public Health and Scientific Experts to Advise the Transition on COVID-19 Response  —  WASHINGTON - Today, the Biden-Harris Transition announced the formation of the Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board …

The Trump Presidency Is Ending.  So Is Maggie Haberman's Wild Ride.  —  For the last four years, the Times reporter has been the human incarnation of a nation riveted, like it or not, by Donald Trump.  —  Maggie Haberman lives rent-free in Donald Trump's head, all over the front page …

Republicans already racing to fill Trump power vacuum  —  President Donald Trump's defeat has set off a flurry of activity as would-be successors start to position themselves for 2024 and a battle to lead a Trump-less Republican Party begins to take shape.  —  Likely Republican candidates …

Worried pollsters admit huge problem  —  Four years later, it's still easy to hate on the polls.  Even if they called the presidential race “right” this time, the national polls vastly underestimated support for President Trump once again, leading to a major industry soul searching about how to fix some fundamental problems.

Progress toward managing rising seas  —  On Nov. 10, NASA will launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air force Base in California.  Its payload: a Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite, equipped with instruments that will dramatically improve measurement of changes in sea level around the world.

Lindsey Graham: If Trump concedes election, Republicans will ‘never’ elect another president  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham, (R-S.C.) warned that President Trump should not concede that he was defeated in the 2020 presidential election in part because Republicans will “never” be able to elect another president from their party again.

Putin won't congratulate Biden until ‘legal procedures’ are settled  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin will not congratulate Joe Biden until the U.S. election results are finalized, the Kremlin's top spokesman said Monday.  —  “Anticipating your possible question about Putin congratulating …