Moderna's coronavirus vaccine found to be nearly 95 percent effective in a preliminary analysis  —  The United States could have two coronavirus vaccines available on a limited basis by year's end  —  Biotechnology firm Moderna announced Monday that a preliminary analysis shows …

Why Obama Fears for Our Democracy  —  Barack Obama was describing to me the manner in which the Mongol emperor and war-crimes innovator Genghis Khan would besiege a town.  “They gave you two choices,” he said.  “'If you open the gates, we'll just kill you quickly and take your women and enslave …

Trump campaign jettisons major parts of its legal challenge against Pennsylvania's election results  —  President Trump's campaign on Sunday scrapped a major part of its federal lawsuit challenging the election results in Pennsylvania.  —  Trump's attorneys filed a revised version of the lawsuit …

Trump National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien says it looks like Biden has won … WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's National Security Council is preparing for “a very professional transition,” because it looks like Joe Biden has won the election, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said in comments that aired Monday.

Liberals Envisioned a Multiracial Coalition.  Voters of Color Had Other Ideas.  —  Democrats may need to rethink their strategy as the class complexities and competing desires of Latino and Asian-American demographic groups become clear.  —  The proposition seemed tailor-made for one of the nation's most diverse and liberal states.

Georgia Republicans Worry Trump Feud Could Hurt Key Senate Runoffs  —  Trump's Twitter attacks on state GOP leaders over recount of presidential race risks eroding party unity  —  ATLANTA—The Georgia Republican Party is beset with infighting, as leading Republicans in the state come under public attack …

Trump, Trying to Cling to Power, Fans Unrest and Conspiracies  —  The president's refusal to concede has entered a more dangerous phase as he blocks his successor's transition, withholding intelligence briefings, pandemic information and access to the government.

What the history of coups tells us about Trump's refusal to concede  —  Democracies are fragile and only vigilance from citizens can protect them  —  Historically across Latin America, when constitutionally elected leaders were denied their legitimate mandate, there was just one word for it: coup.

The President vs. the American Media  —  After terrorist attacks, France's leader accuses the English-language media of “legitimizing this violence.”  —  The president has some bones to pick with the American media: about our “bias,” our obsession with racism, our views on terrorism …

Was It Worth It, Jared and Ivanka?  —  The glossiest grifters become Vuitton vagabonds.  —  Just five short years ago Jared and Ivanka were dinner-party royalty here in Manhattan.  It's that kind of place.  They had money, they had youth, they had celebrity.  They were thin.

Judges appear increasingly frustrated with Trump's legal claims about 2020 election  —  “Come on now,” one judge said after hearing a Trump team claim.  —  Trump speaks publicly for 1st time in days as Biden eyes transition  —  President-elect Joe Biden is projected to win in Georgia …

Trump officials rush to auction off rights to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before Biden can block it  —  Officials aim to sell drilling rights to the pristine wilderness's coastal plain before Joe Biden takes office  —  The Trump administration has called for oil and gas firms …

Biden's IRS could finally give Trump's tax returns to Democrats  —  President Donald Trump's defeat will make it a lot easier for Democrats to finally get his tax returns, and some prominent lawmakers plan to keep the heat on the incoming Biden administration and House leaders to deliver.

The Substackerati  —  Did a newsletter company create a more equitable media system—or replicate the flaws of the old one?  —  The first week of March, Patrice Peck, a freelance journalist living in New York, started sanitizing everything.  She went to Nitehawk, a dine-in movie theater …

Trump coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas urges Michigan to ‘rise up’ against new Covid-19 measures  —  Washington (CNN)White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Scott Atlas criticized Michigan's new Covid-19 restrictions in a tweet shortly after they were announced Sunday evening …

I Was a Military COVID Planner.  The Vaccine Rollout Is Going to Be a Nightmare.  —  Our long winter with COVID could turn into a slog through the spring and summer, even with an effective vaccine. … No matter how you feel about Joe Biden's victory in the presidential race and his touted plans …

Philly was supposed to turn out huge for Biden.  It didn't.  What happened?  —  As the 2020 election unfolded across Pennsylvania, voters came out in record-breaking numbers for President Donald Trump and Joe Biden.  —  But for Biden, there was a surprising exception: Philadelphia.

The lame duck begins  —  with help from Caitlin Emma, Connor O'Brien and Heather Caygle  —  GET YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW — The sprint to the end of the 116th Congress begins.  The House returns to Washington for the first time today since the election, one week after the Senate already gaveled back into session.

Fox News Anchor Thoroughly Debunks Trump's Election Fraud Claims  —  Eric Shawn delivered the fact check just hours after Fox News host Maria Bartiromo gave airtime to Trump lawyers pushing those claims.  —  Fox News anchor Eric Shawn on Sunday debunked claims of widespread electoral fraud pushed …

Why Joe Biden Must Sideline Fox  —  In January of 2007, I had an out-of-body experience.  No, it wasn't during an ayahuasca retreat with a kindly shaman.  Instead, I was floating above my cubicle in the Hart Senate Office building where I worked as a spokesman for then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL).

Ossoff, Warnock start Georgia runoffs behind the eight ball  —  CUMMING, Ga. — Joe Biden turned Georgia blue.  Compared to what they're up against now, that was the easy part for Democrats.  —  To repeat Biden's feat in a pair of Senate runoffs on Jan. 5, with control of the Senate on the line …