Ga. secretary of state says fellow Republicans are pressuring him to find ways to exclude ballots  —  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday that he has come under increasing pressure in recent days from fellow Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.) …

Trump Sought Options for Attacking Iran to Stop Its Growing Nuclear Program  —  The president was dissuaded from moving ahead with a strike by advisers who warned that it could escalate into a broader conflict in his last weeks in office.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump asked senior advisers …

GSA official blocking Biden's transition appears to privately plan post-Trump career  —  Emily Murphy has the power to decide when a transfer of power begins.  —  Obama sounds alarm in new interview as Trump digs in  —  The president still has not conceded defeat despite Joe Biden winning …

Another shake-up on Trump campaign legal team  —  The game of musical chairs among lawyers pursuing President Donald Trump's court challenges to the election results continued on Monday evening, as the campaign tried to replace the entire team handling the campaign's federal lawsuit seeking …

Statement regarding Scott Atlas  —  The university has been asked to comment on recent statements made by Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution who is on leave of absence from that position.  —  Stanford's position on managing the pandemic in our community is clear.

Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon to get a top White House job  —  (CNN)Jen O'Malley Dillon will join President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration as a deputy chief of staff, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN.  —  The expected move, first reported by NBC News …

After Big Thanksgiving Dinners, Plan Small Christmas Funerals, Health Experts Warn  —  Mississippians should plan “to have very small Thanksgiving gatherings” with only nuclear family members this year to stay safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs …

Republicans livid over Trump's plan to reduce troops in Afghanistan  —  Congressional Republicans on Monday slammed President Donald Trump's plan for a swift reduction of U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan, warning that it would be a gift to America's enemies and would undermine progress already made in the region.

Wisconsin presidential recount would cost Trump $7.9 million  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump will have to pay $7.9 million if he wants a statewide recount of unofficial results in Wisconsin showing him losing to Democrat Joe Biden by about 20,500 votes.

Republicans start to relent: ‘It looks like it will be President Biden’  —  The Republican Party is in an increasingly untenable position — how much longer can it really refuse to recognize Joe Biden as the president-elect?  —  Nearly two weeks after the election, there are signs that Republicans are starting to accept reality.

4 more years: Trump freezes 2024 presidential field  —  The president's flirtation with another run for president is already making problems for the Republicans preparing for 2024.  —  Kevin Cramer called Donald Trump last week to convey his support for the president's efforts to contest …

Madison Cawthorn has tried to convert Jews to Christianity  —  (JTA) — Madison Cawthorn, the newly elected congressman from North Carolina who was criticized for selfies he took at Hitler's vacation retreat in Germany, is a zealous Christian.  And the 25-year-old firebrand conservative …

A third GOP senator comes out against Trump's Fed nominee, putting confirmation vote on knife's edge  —  Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee joins two other Republicans in opposing Judy Shelton's nomination  —  Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) on Monday said he would not support the nomination …

Cancel Thanksgiving  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  The United States is now in what disaster-preparedness experts once modeled as a worst-case scenario.  We are flooded with a highly …

Sen. Rubio Joins Small Group Of Republican Senators Calling Biden ‘President-Elect’  —  Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday evening joined a small group of GOP senators referring to Joe Biden as president-elect after the presidential race was called for him more than a week ago.

Scott Atlas's rabble-rousing will lead to illness and death.  He should be fired.  —  SCOTT ATLAS is a neuroradiologist, not an infectious disease expert, nor an epidemiologist.  As President Trump's leading adviser on the coronavirus pandemic, he continues to make statements that will cause more illness and death.

Lawmakers, lobbyists mingle on Maui at annual getaway, pandemic or no pandemic  —  SACRAMENTO — Although the coronavirus pandemic has largely grounded the global travel industry, it did not stop the annual political conference that brings California lawmakers to Hawaii for five days …

Trump Can't Fight the Laws of Presidential Eclipse  —  Don't worry about the thin squealing you hear wafting in from the White House.  It's just the sound of the last thousand cubic meters of gas escaping the rapidly deflating Trump presidency.  —  This doesn't mean we've heard the last from Donald Trump …

Amid the worst of the pandemic, our mad king rages only about himself  —  This is becoming like Greek tragedy.  The nation is on fire with covid-19, cases and hospitalizations are soaring to unthinkable new highs, and our leader does nothing but rage and moan about his own punishment at the hands of cruel fate.

A former right-wing media creator on how a ‘different reality’ became so prominent.  —  Matthew Sheffield started his first conservative website in 2000, dedicating it to criticizing the former CBS News anchor Dan Rather, who Mr. Sheffield believed was a partisan liberal and not critical enough …

Hate crimes in US reach highest level in more than a decade  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hate crimes in the U.S. rose to the highest level in more than a decade as federal officials also recorded the highest number of hate-motivated killings since the FBI began collecting that data in the early 1990s …

LSU mishandled sexual misconduct complaints against students, including top athletes  —  For more than a year, people at the highest levels of the Louisiana State University athletic department fielded complaints about their prized running back, Derrius Guice.

Burgess Owens wins back Utah's 4th Congressional District seat for Republicans  —  Burgess Owens, Republican candidate for Utah's 4th Congressional District, chats with people at an election night event for Republican candidates in at the Utah Association of Realtors building in Sandy on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.

Bezos makes first donations from $10 billion Earth Fund for fighting climate change  —  Amazon chief executive and owner of The Washington Post says climate change is most urgent issue facing the planet  —  Jeff Bezos said Monday he is giving $791 million to 16 groups fighting climate change …

Lawsuits that tried to disrupt Biden's wins in four states are withdrawn  —  (CNN)Voters in four states who had brought longshot lawsuits to disrupt President-elect Joe Biden's win and went nowhere in court have dropped their cases Monday morning.  —  The cases were short-lived in Georgia …