Records: Lin Wood Has for Decades Voted for, Donated to Democrats Including Barack Obama and David Perdue's 2014 Opponent  —  Georgia-based attorney Lin Wood is getting lots of attention for urging supporters of President Donald Trump to break with the president and not vote for GOP Sens. David Perdue …

Trump and Barr had ‘contentious’ White House meeting this week, source says  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr had a “contentious,” lengthy meeting inside the West Wing this week after Barr told The Associated Press in an interview that the Justice Department …

Florida attorney under investigation for registering to vote in Georgia, encouraging others to do the same  —  PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. — A Florida attorney is at the center of a new state investigation after elections officials say he recently attempted to register to vote in Georgia and instructed …

MSNBC gives weekend shows to Tiffany Cross and Jonathan Capehart  —  The political analyst and the Washington Post columnist will fill openings created by Joy Reid's move to primetime.  —  With former weekend host Joy Reid now entrenched as MSNBC's anchor at 7 p.m. each weekday night …

Zients, Murthy tapped to head up Biden's Covid-19 response  —  President-elect Joe Biden has tapped two close allies to oversee his administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to two people familiar with the decision.  —  Transition co-chair and former Obama administration …

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Announces Members of White House Senior Staff  —  WASHINGTON - Today, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced new members of her White House senior staff.  These public servants reflect the very best of our nation, embody the president …

Residents in city of Los Angeles to ‘remain in their homes’ amid COVID-19 surge, mayor's office says  —  All residents within the city of Los Angeles should continue to remain in their homes and follow the city's “safer-at-home” order, which mirrors guidance from L.A. County, according to the mayor's office.

Roger Stone Says North Korean Boats Delivered Ballots Through Maine Harbor As Trump Boosts Fraud Claims  —  Former Trump adviser Roger Stone claimed on Wednesday that North Korea had interfered in the U.S. presidential election.  Meanwhile, President Donald Trump continued to assert …

SCOOP: Don Jr. eyes a run for NRA chief.  It's one more way the Trump family is making big plays to cement itself in GOP conservative politics for the next four years. … - President Trump and his family are looking to cement their hold on the Republican Party with a series of moves aimed …

Pro-Trump legal crusade peppered with bizarre blunders  —  Sidney Powell released the Kraken.  And it turns out the mythological sea beast can't spell, is terrible at geography and keeps mislabeling plaintiffs in court.  —  A congressional candidate Powell claimed to represent in one lawsuit said that …

Maloney to lead Democrats' campaign arm  —  Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney on Thursday won the contest to lead the House Democrats' campaign arm in the next Congress, defeating Rep. Tony Cárdenas for the tough job of steering the party into what promises to be a difficult midterm cycle in 2022.

Michael Cohen on How ‘Monster’ Trump Will Undermine Biden  —  Back in February 2019, President Trump's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen declared at a House Oversight Committee hearing that if Trump were to lose the 2020 election, “there will never be a peaceful transition of power.”

Florida Masseuse Ordered to Pay $31,573 After ‘Soliciting’ Robert Kraft To ‘Commit Prostitution’  —  Three women arrested last year as part of a high-profile “human trafficking” sting in Florida were sentenced recently as part of plea agreements with Palm Beach County prosecutors.

Trump campaign's star witness in Michigan was deemed ‘not credible.’ Then, her loud testimony went viral.  —  Weeks after Melissa Carone was tapped by the Trump campaign as a star witness in Michigan, little appeared to be going as planned with the contract IT worker's testimony …

Trump escalates baseless attacks on election with 46-minute video rant  —  Escalating his attack on democracy from within the White House, President Trump on Wednesday distributed an astonishing 46-minute video rant filled with baseless allegations of voter fraud and outright falsehoods …

Notice of Sale to be Issued for Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Dec. 7  —  Major step in carrying out mandate from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act supporting energy security, job creation and economic growth for future generations  —  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Today …

The Epicenter  —  Source: NYC Open Data By Scott Reinhard  —  She wears a red wig and a black dress she sewed herself.  It hugs her body as she moves about the stage, lip-syncing love songs in Spanish to a room filled mostly with absence.  —  It is late on March 9, and Yimel Alvarado …

How Is Trump's Lawyer Jenna Ellis ‘Elite Strike Force’ Material?  —  She bills herself as a “constitutional law attorney.”  Her experience doesn't align with the sort of lawyer she plays on TV.  —  Jenna Ellis broke into the legal profession in 2012 as a deputy district attorney in Weld County …

Mike Pence Backs Away From the Trump Election ‘Fraud’ Train Wreck  —  'The vice president doesn't want to go down with this ship...and believes much of the legal work has been unhelpful.'  —  Vice President Mike Pence has been a go-to fundraising draw for the president's campaign …

Joseph diGenova resigns from Gridiron Club after saying fired cybersecurity official should be shot  —  The elite Washington journalism social organization asked the Trump campaign lawyer to step down  —  Joseph diGenova, the Trump campaign lawyer who had been a fixture in Washington legal circles …

Ivanka Trump was deposed Tuesday in DC attorney general's inauguration lawsuit  —  (CNN)Ivanka Trump, the President's daughter and adviser, sat for a deposition Tuesday with investigators from the Washington, DC, attorney general's office as part of its lawsuit alleging the misuse of inaugural funds, according to a court filing.

Former Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton volunteer to get coronavirus vaccine publicly to prove it's safe  —  (CNN)Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are volunteering to get their Covid-19 vaccines on camera to promote public confidence in the vaccine's safety once …

Pompeo invites hundreds to indoor holiday parties after subordinates are warned against hosting ‘non-mission critical events’  —  Following a sharp spike in coronavirus cases across the country, State Department leadership sent out a notice to employees last Wednesday recommending that …

Inside A Xinjiang Detention Camp  —  This project was supported by the Pulitzer Center, the Open Technology Fund, and the Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism.  —  Nestled in the mountains along the border between China and Kazakhstan, a remote rural county conceals an appalling secret …

McConnell says a Covid stimulus compromise is within reach — ‘We can do this’  — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said a compromise on coronavirus stimulus “is within reach.”  — Democrats and Republicans in Congress have been scrambling to strike a pandemic relief deal before the end of the year.

Supreme Court sides with California religious ministry against state Covid restrictions  —  (CNN)The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a California ministry that argued the state's Covid-related restrictions on indoor services violated its religious liberty rights, the court's second …

Be wary of a return to ‘normal’ America  —  No sign US will emerge from constitutional impasse it was drifting into before Trump's election in 2016  —  “Rejoice,” say Donald Trump's opponents, “America is returning to normal.”  Alas, normal is what saddled America with the outgoing US president in the first place.