Barr Hands Prosecutors the Authority to Investigate Voter Fraud Claims  —  The attorney general said that he had authorized “instances” of investigative steps but that inquiries should not be based on specious claims.  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr …

Growing Discomfort at Law Firms Representing Trump in Election Lawsuits  —  Some lawyers at Jones Day and Porter Wright, which have filed suits about the 2020 vote, said they were worried about undermining the electoral system.  —  Like many big law firms, Jones Day, whose roots …

Exclusive: Esper, on his way out, says he was no yes man  —  As had long been expected, President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday, cutting short what would have otherwise been his final months at the Pentagon, in anticipation of President-elect Joe Biden's transition in January.

GOP fears conceding Trump loss would spark base revolt and loss of seats  —  Top Republicans in Washington are reluctant to call Joe Biden the president-elect publicly, fearing a rebellion by grassroots conservatives loyal to President Trump that would sink the party's Senate majority.

Trump slows Biden transition with denials, lawsuits  —  As the morning sun bathed the White House grounds on an unseasonably warm November Monday, the rattle of construction could be heard nearby as workers began erecting the viewing stands for the next president's inaugural ceremony.

MSNBC reportedly lets Jon Meacham go as contributor after not disclosing he was a speechwriter for Biden  —  MSNBC did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment  —  Bill McGurn reacts to Biden's first speech as president-elect  —  Presidential historian Jon Meacham …

Bishop Harry Jackson Jr., Trump evangelical adviser, has died  —  Bishop Harry Jackson of Maryland speaks at the unveiling of the “Justice Declaration,” a statement by Christian leaders on criminal justice, in Washington, D.C., on June 20, 2017.  RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks  —  Flip

Trump campaign sues to halt Pennsylvania from certifying Biden win  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign on Monday filed a lawsuit in a Pennsylvania federal court, seeking an emergency injunction to stop state officials from certifying Joe Biden's victory in the state.

Scoop: Trump privately discussing 2024 run  —  President Trump has already told advisers he's thinking about running for president again in 2024, two sources familiar with the conversations tell Axios.  —  Why it matters: This is the clearest indication yet that Trump understands he has lost …

Trump Administration Removes Scientist in Charge of Assessing Climate Change  —  Michael Kuperberg was told he would no longer oversee the National Climate Assessment.  The job is expected to go to a climate-change skeptic, according to people familiar with the changes.

Trump's quest to end the Affordable Care Act arrives at Supreme Court  —  The latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act comes Tuesday before a reconstituted Supreme Court, during a pandemic, in a rapidly changing political environment.  —  All of those factors are likely to play …

Facebook takes down a large network of pages tied to Stephen Bannon for pushing misinformation  —  The pages, which pushed the ‘Stop the Steal’ effort and other misleading messages, were removed over the weekend, while the former top Trump strategist's account was frozen

White House official and former GOP political operative Michael Ellis named as NSA general counsel  —  The Pentagon general counsel has named a White House official and former GOP political operative to be the top lawyer at the National Security Agency, the U.S. government's largest …

Nate Cohn Explains What the Polls Got Wrong  —  Last week, Joe Biden was elected the forty-sixth President of the United States, defeating Donald Trump by what is likely to be several percentage points nationwide.  The margins in crucial swing states, however, were closer than polling averages suggested that they would be.

How Trump's Refusal to Concede Affects Biden's National Security Transition  —  President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has yet to receive a presidential daily briefing, and it was unclear whether his team would have access to classified information.  —  President Trump's refusal to concede …

GOP-led states back Trump's legal drive to challenge election  —  Republican-controlled state governments on Monday began throwing their weight behind President Donald Trump's legal drive to challenge the results of last week's presidential election.  —  A coalition of Republican attorneys general filed …

Election Trust Tracker: Republican Trust in Elections Plummets as 7 in 10 Say 2020 Election Was Not Free and Fair  —  An ongoing survey research project to gauge how voters are responding to unprecedented electoral conditions  —  Three days after every major media outlet called the election …

No Evidence of Systematic Fraud in U.S. Elections, International Observer Mission Reports  —  A team of international observers invited by the Trump administration has issued a preliminary report giving high marks to the conduct of last week's elections—and it criticizes President …

Pulling Our Politics Back from the Brink  —  After a bitterly contested election, the country teeters between persuasion and force.  —  In the hours after Election Day, as Donald Trump seemed on the point of losing the Presidency, he spiralled through emotions like Lear on the heath …

The former CEO of Google has applied to become a citizen of Cyprus  —  Eric Schmidt is effectively buying a passport that he can use to enter the European Union.  —  The former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, is finalizing a plan to become a citizen of the island of Cyprus, Recode has learned …

Minneapolis to consider bringing in outside police officers amid shortage  —  A police shortage has officials looking at deals with county Sheriff's Office, Metro Transit.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  MORE  —  Minneapolis officials are considering bringing in officers from other jurisdictions …

Democracy Required Kind of a Lot of Patience, Actually  —  Delaware's own Joe Biden was eventually named the winner of the 2020 presidential race.  By then, Delaware itself had gotten a decent turn in the spotlight, as the nation waited.  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — The teleprompters were set …

I was asked to lie about Hunter Biden, admits Ukrainian businessman … After an election campaign built on attacking the reputation of his rival's son, Donald Trump is facing calls for a new legal investigation into his activities in Ukraine where he and his associates were looking for dirt on Hunter Biden.

Why Trump Can't Afford to Lose  —  The President has survived one impeachment, twenty-six accusations of sexual misconduct, and an estimated four thousand lawsuits.  That run of good luck may well end, perhaps brutally, if Joe Biden wins.  —  The President was despondent.