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.

Pfizer's Early Data Shows Vaccine Is More Than 90% Effective  —  Pfizer announced positive early results from its coronavirus vaccine trial, cementing the lead in a frenzied global race that has unfolded at record-breaking speed.  —  The drug maker Pfizer announced on Monday that an early analysis …

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 …

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.

Ben Carson tests positive for coronavirus  —  Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson has tested positive for coronavirus, a longtime adviser confirmed on Monday.  —  “Spoke with my brother Dr. Carson earlier and he is doing extraordinarily well.  He is so grateful to have access to powerful therapeutics.

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.

Pandemic on course to overwhelm U.S. health system before Biden takes office  —  The United States' surging coronavirus outbreak is on pace to hit nearly 1 million new cases a week by the end of the year — a scenario that could overwhelm health systems across much of the country …

Ossoff says Georgia Dems ‘have the wind at our backs’ ahead of Senate runoffs  —  Georgia Senate candidate Jon Ossoff said Monday that Democrats in the state “have the wind at our backs” as they seek to dispatch two incumbent Republican senators in a pair of January runoff elections that will determine control of the chamber.

Here are the GOP and Trump campaign's allegations of election irregularities.  So far, none has been proved.  —  Please note: The Washington Post is providing this important election information free to all readers.  Get election results and other major news delivered to your inbox by signing up for breaking news email alerts.

Even in defeat, the embers of Trumpism still burn in the Republican Party  —  With President Trump defeated, there is a pivotal question coursing through American politics: What becomes of Trumpism?  —  Since 2016, that political movement has commandeered the Republican Party …