Do Trump's Lawyers Know What They Are Doing?  —  Today several of President Trump's lawyers, including Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, held a press conference in which they alleged that they have convincing if not conclusive evidence that the presidential election was rigged …

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.

Mnuchin to End Some Fed Emergency Programs, Limiting Biden  —  The Treasury Department asked the Federal Reserve to return unused funds, which could prevent a new secretary from restarting key loan programs.  —  WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he does not plan …

Why Republican voters say there's ‘no way in hell’ Trump lost  —  SUNDOWN, Texas (Reuters) - Brett Fryar is like many mainstream Republicans.  A 50-year-old chiropractor in this west Texas town, he owns a small business.  He has two undergraduate degrees and a master's degree, in organic chemistry.

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 …

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.

Transition Live Updates: 'Numbers Don't Lie,' Says Republican Official Who Will Certify Biden's Georgia Win  —  Georgia's secretary of state will formally declare President-elect Joe Biden the winner of the state's 16 electoral votes, dealing a blow to President Trump's effort to overturn the national election.

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.

Hogan's first batch of coronavirus tests from South Korea were flawed, never used  —  Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) spent $9.46 million in state funding to import 500,000 coronavirus tests from South Korea that turned out to be flawed and weren't used, emails, documents and interviews show.

Georgia Senator David Perdue Privately Pushed For Tax Break For Rich Sports Team Owners  — Robert Faturechi and - Justin Elliott  —  It's unclear why Senator Perdue was interested in tax regulation that would impact only a tiny set of the richest Americans.

Pfizer and BioNTech to Submit Emergency Use Authorization Request Today to the U.S. FDA for COVID-19 Vaccine  — In addition to today's submission to the FDA, the companies have already initiated rolling submissions across the globe including in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan and the U.K. …

It's time to stand behind election results and move on  —  The two of us, Republican and Democrat, disagree on many issues.  But we agree — and we think most Americans agree — on a bedrock principle of democracy: that in our system, the will of the people prevails.

Trump's Clown Coup Crisis  —  On another terrible week for American democracy.  —  In a way, we are ending the week where we began it: Donald Trump still did not win the 2020 Presidential election, and he is still, on Friday as he was on Monday, holed up in the White House, challenging Joe Biden's victory.

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.

Hospitals Know What's Coming  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  Perhaps no hospital in the United States was better-prepared for a pandemic than the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

How Steve Bannon and a Chinese Billionaire Created a Right-Wing Coronavirus Media Sensation  —  Increasingly allied, the American far right and members of the Chinese diaspora tapped into social media to give a Hong Kong researcher a vast audience for peddling unsubstantiated pandemic claims.

1 in 4 Americans are jobless or earning poverty-level wages, new study finds  —  Official government figures show that unemployment around the U.S. has fallen sharply since peaking at nearly 15% in April as the coronavirus was shuttering businesses left and right.

Trump is trying to overturn an election he didn't win.  We didn't get here by accident  —  WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Georgia officials confirmed through a hand count that Joe Biden had won the state in the presidential election.  —  Today, on Friday, President Trump meets with top GOP lawmakers …

Rick Scott tests positive for coronavirus  —  Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said on Friday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus, roughly a week after he started self-quarantining.  —  Scott, in a statement, said that after getting multiple negative results, a test that he took on Tuesday came back positive on Friday morning.

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 fans, Fox News is not the problem  —  I'm all for competition, especially on the battlefield of ideas.  It makes all involved better.  Without competition, no records would be broken, no championships would be won — life would be boring.  That's why I support the idea of a competitor …

COVID-19 rules appear ignored at birthday party featuring Brooklyn political players  —  Adherence to COVID regulations was checked at the door at a recent birthday party featuring a number of Kings County powerhouses.  —  Photos of a celebration for Carlo Scissura, head …

A Realistic Primer on Georgia's Senate Runoffs  —  COMMENTARY  —  In the classic movie “The Godfather,” Michael Corleone travels to a small restaurant in the Bronx to meet with a rival Mafia boss.  At the table the boss tells a corrupt policeman who is there to serve as a third-party witness …

The Certification of the 2020 US Election Results is on Schedule.  Here's a Timeline.  —  Despite Republican efforts to undermine the process, state officials say they fully expect to meet their upcoming deadlines.  —  As President Trump and his Republican allies continue trying to undermine the election …