Trump's Attempts to Overturn the Election Are Unparalleled in U.S. History  —  The president's push to prevent states from certifying electors and get legislators to override voters' will eclipses even the bitter 1876 election as an audacious use of brute political force.

Trump Tax Write-Offs Are Ensnared in 2 New York Fraud Investigations  —  Inquiries into the president and his businesses, one criminal and one civil, are now looking at tax deductions taken on consulting fees.  Some of the payments appear to have gone to Ivanka Trump.

BREAKING: Georgia manual recount confirms Biden victory  —  By Mark Niesse - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jennifer Peebles - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution David Wickert - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  —  A manual recount of nearly 5 million ballots cast in Georgia showed Thursday …

Trump told ally he's trying to get back at Democrats for questioning legitimacy of his own election  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump told an ally that he knows he lost, but that he is delaying the transition process and is aggressively trying to sow doubt about the election results in order …

Pentagon's Tata Tests Positive for Covid After Lithuanian Visit  — Lithuanian minister met top Pentagon officials Nov. 13, 16  — Acting Secretary Miller traveled Wednesday to see troops  —  A top Pentagon official, retired Brigadier General Anthony Tata, has tested positive for coronavirus …

Trump's election power play: Persuade Republican legislators to do what U.S. voters did not  —  DETROIT (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's strategy for retaining power despite losing the U.S. election is focused increasingly on persuading Republican legislators to intervene on his behalf …

Mnuchin Declines to Extend Several Fed Emergency Lending Programs  —  Fed's corporate credit, municipal lending and Main Street Lending programs won't be renewed  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declined to extend several emergency loan programs established jointly with the Federal Reserve that are set to expire on Dec. 31.

A Bogus Dispute Is Doing Real Damage  —  Conspiracy theories are damaging the country today and will hurt Republicans tomorrow.  —  No hard evidence of widespread fraud, no success in the courts or prospect of it.  You can have a theory that a bad thing was done, but only facts will establish it.

Why Michigan's Top Legislators Should Cancel that Meeting with Trump  —  In his continuing quest to remain president despite having lost this month's election, President Donald Trump has been trying to wrest electoral votes away from Joe Biden in states that Biden won.

Fact-checking the craziest news conference of the Trump presidency  —  “What we are really dealing with here and uncovering more by the day is the massive influence of communist money through Venezuela, Cuba and likely China and the interference with our elections here in the United States.”

Disturbing new details in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer  —  CHICAGO (WLS) — There is new and disturbing information in the alleged militia plot against the governor of Michigan.  —  The 14 men charged had far more violent plans than just a kidnapping, according to federal and state authorities.

‘The Dumbest Coup’  —  Noah Rothman's excellent piece in Commentary, “The Dumbest of Coups,” deserves to be widely read.  —  I've been writing about conspiracy theories for a while now — QAnon, the Flat-Earth gang, etc. — and one of the things you quickly learn about conspiracy theories …

Blunt 2020 lessons for media, America  —  All of us — and the media, in particular — need some clear-eyed, humble self-reflection as the dust settles on the 2020 election results.  — Here are a few preliminary Axios learnings.  —  The media remains fairly clueless about the America …

Will Lara Trump Be the Next Trump on a Ballot?  —  The president's daughter-in-law is said to be considering a Senate run in her native state of North Carolina.  —  WASHINGTON — Lara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law who emerged during the 2020 presidential campaign as a defender …

Republican Senate signals it will confirm Biden Cabinet  —  Senate Republicans are signaling they will confirm most of President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet picks in January — a rare bright spot for a White House that may clash with a GOP majority for years to come.

Pence returns to the campaign trail, where he'll begin to chart his own political future  —  ATLANTA — Vice President Mike Pence returns Friday to the campaign trail, hitting the stump after two weeks of ducking the spotlight and largely staying silent while President Donald Trump rages about their election loss.

Republicans Truly Don't Care That Trump Is Undermining Democracy  —  For some Republicans, it's a performance.  For others, Trump's false claims of election fraud are Gospel.  —  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump refuses to concede, his legal team continues to challenge the legitimacy …

President Trump should say 'you're fired' — to himself  —  In recent days President Trump has engaged in Russian-style purges with major firings at the Department of Defense, which protects American security on the global stage, and the Department of Homeland Security, which protects America at home.

Could Obama Have Been Great?  —  The memoir of the 44th president displays the self-conscious qualities that vaulted him into the White House with a claim to history—and ended up capping his achievements.  —  Barack Obama came into his presidency as a good guy with good intentions …

Trump Campaign's Jenna Ellis Mocked Election Law Expert for Being Right.  Then the Trump Campaign Proved Him Right.  —  Another day went by and so the dead-end Trump 2020 campaign's legal team suffered yet another self-induced legal mishap.  —  On Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani submitted …

How Many Americans Are About to Die?  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  The United States has made huge advances in fighting the coronavirus.  The astonishingly high death rates the country saw during …