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 …

Helping to Shape the Words of the President-Elect: A Presidential Historian  —  Jon Meacham, best known for writing about past presidents like Andrew Jackson and George Bush, has helped shape some of Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s most significant speeches.  —  WASHINGTON — Jon Meacham …

White House, escalating tensions, orders agencies to rebuff Biden transition team  —  The Trump White House on Monday instructed its senior government leaders to block cooperation with President-elect Joe Biden's transition team, escalating a standoff that threatens to impede his takeover of the federal government in January.

Supreme Court, again, entertains Republican challenge to Obamacare  —  Our View: Failing to repeal, replace Affordable Care Act, Republicans keep testing justices' independence.  Just what Americans need in a pandemic.  —  The Editorial BoardUSA TODAY

'We're not some demonic cult': Democrats fume over faulty messaging  —  House Democrats have the majority and are ripping each other to shreds.  Senate Democrats fell short for the third cycle in a row, but are only grousing about getting out-messaged by Republicans.

Trump Plans PAC in Hopes of Keeping Hold on G.O.P.  —  The PAC could accept donations from an unlimited number of people and spend to benefit other candidates, allowing the president to retain influence in a party remade largely in his image.  —  President Trump is planning to form …

As an ex-president, Trump could disclose the secrets he learned while in office, current and former officials fear  —  As president, Donald Trump selectively revealed highly classified information to attack his adversaries, gain political advantage and to impress or intimidate foreign governments …

Be Alarmed  —  I hope I am over wary; but if I am not, there is, even now, something of ill-omen amongst us.  —Abraham Lincoln, Lyceum Address, January 27, 1838 I know, I know.  Donald Trump is a petulant child, and congressional Republicans are just humoring him.

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 …

Top Mississippi Republicans Fail to Acknowledge Biden Victory as Fitch Joins Trump Lawsuit  —  Two days after all major national networks called the 2020 presidential election for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, none of Mississippi's top Republican leaders has acknowledged the Democrats' victory.

Who Dies COVID took my grandfather.  But it wasn't what killed him.  —  We cremated my grandfather the week I was supposed to get married.  The white dress I bought a year ago still hangs in my closet, next to the black dress I brought home with me to Virginia.

Trump's Final Hissy Fit Is Petty, Illegal and Stupid  —  Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States.  We're done.  It's all over but the weeping and rending of MAGA garments.  —  BEAST INSIDE … The Trump regime is in full and robust collapse.  It's not just his loss at the polls.

What hybrid learning gives my child  —  Every day that our 7-year-old daughter gets to go to school is the best day of her life.  On April 11, when the mayor announced that schools would not reopen for the rest of that academic year, she cried deep, heaving sobs, and so did I. For our child, it was an incomparable loss.

Obama Official Ben Rhodes Admits Biden Camp is Already Working With Foreign Leaders: Exactly What Flynn Did  —  In late 2016, the FBI investigated Gen. Michael Flynn when he was a transition official for the possible “crime” of talking to Russia about foreign policy.  Why can Biden do this?

Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle make moves to expand RNC influence and possibly takeover, sources say  —  (CNN)Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle are making moves to expand their influence at the Republican National Committee, three GOP sources, including advisers to the President tell CNN.

EU levels new antitrust charges against Amazon  —  The European Union's (EU) antitrust watchdog leveled new charges against Amazon on Tuesday over the company's treatment of third-party sellers.  —  The European Commission accused the online retail giant of relying on non-public business data …

12 Ways For Trump To Bomb The Battlefield While Biden Claims The Presidency  —  President Trump needs a skunkworks team coming up with as many political land mines as possible to embed in the landscape against Democrats if Republicans are forced to retreat from the White House in January.

Election 2020 showed Republicans that it pays to be bold  —  Voters proved the Senate Democrats wrong by reelecting the vast majority of senators who had voted to confirm Justice Amy Coney Barrett.  —  The Democrats had ominously warned their Republican colleagues there would be severe …

POLITICO Playbook: The last gasp of Trumpism  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP is bending the federal bureaucracy to his benefit.  Senate Republicans are taking his side.  The attorney general has authorized prosecutors to probe election irregularities — a hugely controversial move …

Trump Tweets Erode Trust in Elections Among Supporters, Study Finds  —  President Trump's tweets questioning the U.S. election's legitimacy are effective in shaping his supporters' beliefs on that topic, while his tweets boosted his detractors' confidence in elections, according to a study believed …

Did Sen. Kelly Loeffler take advantage of a Trump tax loophole to write off campaign jet?  —  Records suggest Loeffler may have deducted a jet she used on campaign trips, letting the government eat the cost  —  Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a Georgia Republican now seeking to hold her seat …

Former Marine Paul Whelan speaks from Russian prison: ABC News exclusive  —  It's his first interview since his arrest on spying allegations two years ago.  —  Referendum will allow Putin to stay in power until 2036  —  The referendum allows Russian President Vladimir Putin to run again …

Colorado joins list of states seeking to bench the Electoral College  —  Colorado became the latest state to try and do away with the Electoral College system.  —  On Election Day, Coloradans passed Proposition 113 by a narrow margin, signing the state up for the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

US police chief resigns over ‘death to all Democrats’ posts  —  Lang Holland, chief of police in Arkansas city of Marshall, wrote there should be ‘no survivors’  —  A police chief in Arkansas has resigned after posting messages on a right-wing social media app calling for “death to all” Democrats.

U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations surge to record of just over 59,000 patients: Reuters tally  —  (Reuters) - There were just over 59,000 COVID-19 patients in hospitals across the United States on Monday, the country's highest number ever of in-patients being treated for the disease …

Islamists behead more than 50 people on a football pitch in Mozambique then chop the bodies to pieces after abducting female villagers  — Bodies of dismembered victims were found scattered across a forest clearing  — At least 15 boys were among the victims during attack on male initiation rite

Was Pfizer's Vaccine News Slow-Walked Until After the Election?  —  Collaborating with Big Pharma to hold off good news about a vaccine is yet another example of Joe Biden's and the media's shamelessness.  —  As the coronavirus pandemic swept across the globe in the spring …

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