Trump Floats Improbable Survival Scenarios as He Ponders His Future  —  There is no grand strategy.  President Trump is simply trying to survive from one news cycle to the next.  —  At a meeting on Wednesday at the White House, President Trump had something he wanted to discuss with his advisers …

Law Firm Stops Representing Trump Campaign in Pennsylvania Suit  —  Porter Wright said in a court filing that it would no longer represent the campaign in a federal lawsuit alleging widespread voter irregularities.  —  Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, the law firm leading the Trump campaign's efforts …

More than 130 Secret Service officers are said to be infected with coronavirus or quarantining in wake of Trump's campaign travel  —  More than 130 Secret Service officers who help protect the White House and the president when he travels have recently been ordered to isolate or quarantine …

‘No One Is Listening to Us’  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  On Saturday morning, Megan Ranney was about to put on her scrubs when she heard that Joe Biden had won the presidential election.

Byron York's Daily Memo: NEWSLETTER EXCLUSIVE: Trump talks post-election fight  —  Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter.  —  Was this email forwarded to you?  Sign up here to receive the newsletter.  —  NEWSLETTER EXCLUSIVE: TRUMP TALKS POST-ELECTION FIGHT.

Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake  —  At 85, the libertarian tycoon who spent decades funding conservative causes says he wants a final act building bridges across political divides  —  Four days before this year's presidential election, Charles Koch—the voluble Kansas billionaire …

David Shor's Postmortem of the 2020 Election  —  For the Democratic Party, the 2020 election was a devastating victory.  Joe Biden won a larger share of the popular vote than any presidential challenger since 1932.  The Rust Belt shed some red, while the Sun Belt trended blue.

Abby Phillip Is Next-Gen CNN  —  In an election dominated by fast-talking policy dudes, her deliberate commentary and context stood out.  —  “Black women did that,” said Abby Phillip, a CNN political correspondent.  —  It was Friday, Nov. 6, and Ms. Phillip, 31, was sitting screen-left of Jake Tapper …

Sam Alito Delivers Grievance-Laden, Ultrapartisan Speech to the Federalist Society  —  On Thursday night, Justice Sam Alito delivered the keynote address at this year's all-virtual Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention.  The Federalist Society, a well-funded network of conservative attorneys …

Gen. Milley's wife saved vet who collapsed at Veterans Day ceremony in Arlington  —  When a bystander collapsed at the Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday, a nurse happened to be nearby and rushed to his aid.  She wasn't just any nurse - she was the wife of the nation's top military officer, Gen. Mark Milley.

Elissa Slotkin Braces for a Democratic Civil War  —  HOLLY, Michigan—  With victory at hand, Elissa Slotkin could not shake the feeling of imminent defeat.  —  Two years to the day after winning her first race for Congress, Slotkin, a former CIA analyst who ran to represent Michigan's …

As Soon as Trump Leaves Office, He Faces Greater Risk of Prosecution  —  The president is more vulnerable than ever to an investigation into his business practices and taxes.  —  President Trump lost more than an election last week.  When he leaves the White House in January …

A Coup Is a Coup … Depending on one's outlook, this week has felt either unsettlingly ominous or unbearably silly.  It began with Attorney General Bill Barr stopping by Capitol Hill to chat with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.  Shortly afterward, McConnell announced …

In the Weeds w/ Tommy Tuberville, Alabama's next senator  —  Today I spoke with Tommy Tuberville, who last week defeated incumbent Democrat Doug Jones to win election to the United States Senate.  Do we call him Senator-elect?  I don't know, people are awfully sensitive about the office-holder-elect thing right now.

Super-spreading wedding party demonstrates COVID-19 risk posed by holiday gatherings  —  If you want to know why public health officials are so nervous about how much worse the COVID-19 pandemic will get as the holiday season unfolds, consider what happened after a single …

Welcome to Slow Boring  —  In spite of all!  —  1 hr  —  Today is my last day as a senior correspondent at Vox.com (still hosting The Weeds though!).  I love Vox, but there was an inherent tension between my status as a co-founder of the site and my desire to be a fiercely independent and at times contentious voice.

Joint Statement from Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council & the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees  —  WASHINGTON - The members of Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee - Cybersecurity …

Is This a Coup, or Just Another Trump Con?  —  A post-election report from Minsk-on-the-Potomac.  —  Ever since Saturday morning, when Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 Presidential election, Donald Trump has been hunkered down in the White House, refusing to concede defeat …

GOP clamors for Trump in Georgia, but he's MIA  —  Georgia is at the center of a battle for Senate control.  Yet President Donald Trump, America's omnipresent political commentator, has remained mum.  —  Two runoff Senate races in Georgia, set for Jan. 5, will determine which party controls Congress's upper chamber.

Red state governors reject Biden on mask orders  —  President-elect Joe Biden says he'll personally call red state governors and persuade them to impose mask mandates to slow down the coronavirus pandemic.  Their early response: Don't waste your time.  —  Almost all of the 16 Republican governors …

Democrats Can't Win Without the Left  —  Responsa is an editorial column written by members of the Jewish Currents staff and reflects a collective discussion.  —  ON NOVEMBER 4TH, Democrats in the US House of Representatives assembled for a conference call after a disappointing Election Day.

Zuckerberg says Bannon has not violated enough policies for suspension: recording  —  PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Facebook FB.O Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told an all-staff meeting on Thursday that former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon had not violated enough of the company's policies …

A cry for democracy in Hong Kong  —  On November 11, the Hong Kong government disqualified four pro-democracy members of the territory's legislature shortly after Beijing's National People's Congress issued a resolution establishing “patriotism” as a qualification.

Outgoing Syria Envoy Admits Hiding US Troop Numbers; Praises Trump's Mideast Record  —  ‘We were always playing shell games,’ says Amb. Jim Jeffrey, who also gives advice to President-elect Biden.  —  Four years after signing the now-infamous “Never Trump” letter condemning …

Trump administration renews push to confirm Wolf amid concerns over legitimacy and agency purge  —  (CNN)There's a renewed push to get Chad Wolf confirmed as Homeland Security secretary — a position in which he's been serving in an acting capacity for a year — before Inauguration Day …

Trump's Crazy and Confoundingly Successful Conspiracy Theory  —  In fundraising emails and text messages as well as social media strafes, in the mornings and in the evenings and throughout the wee hours, President Trump is peddling a vague, vast conspiracy of “ILLEGAL VOTES” and “ILLEGAL BALLOTS” …

Biden carries Arizona, flipping a longtime Republican stronghold  —  Biden's lead grows more decisive as vote count continues  —  (CNN)For just the second time in more than seven decades, a Democrat will carry Arizona in a presidential election, a monumental shift for a state that was once a Republican stronghold.

Beloved businesses are going bankrupt waiting for federal help.  It will get worse  —  Last Friday, as Americans waited to learn who their next president would be, Debbe Andrews-Lewis of Lincoln, Nebraska, knew her life was about to change either way.  At the end of the day, she would lose her boutique, The Funky Sister.

Biden's Education Department Will Move Fast to Reverse Betsy DeVos's Policies  —  President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has presented an education agenda that is starkly different from the Trump era, beginning with a far more cautious approach to school reopenings.

If All the Fraud Is Uncovered, Trump Will Win  —  How do we know?  The people who tried to pull off this election heist are drawn from the same swamp as the conspirators in the Russia hoax.  —  “The Times Called Officials in Every State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud.”