ICE Is Trying To Force BuzzFeed News To Divulge Its Sources  —  “This is embarrassing for ICE,” the former acting director of the agency said.  “When you're trying to intimidate the press, you cross a line.”  —  Copy  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigators issued a subpoena …

Kellyanne Conway acknowledges ‘it looks like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will prevail’  —  The former adviser to President Donald Trump reflects on his presidency, women voters and her own historic role in the campaign.  —  Editor-at-large  —  Kellyanne Conway said President Donald Trump has …

Federal judge restores DACA, orders DHS to accept first-time applications from immigrants  —  Thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children are immediately eligible to apply for an Obama-era program that grants them work permits, a federal judge in New York ruled Friday.

A Gathering Political Storm Hits Georgia, With Trump on the Way  —  With two crucial Senate seats up for grabs, Mike Pence and Barack Obama joined the fray in support of their party's candidates, and President Trump is headed there on Saturday.  —  ATLANTA — Some of the biggest names …

Eleventh Circuit Dismisses Sidney Powell and Lin Wood's Appeal in Georgia Kraken Case: The Answer Is ‘No’  —  A federal appellate court bookended a roller coaster of a week by rejecting Sidney Powell and Lin Wood's appeal in the so-called Kraken case that they filed in the state of Georgia.

Pentagon blocks visits to military spy agencies by Biden transition team  —  The Trump administration has refused to allow members of President-elect Joe Biden's transition team to meet with officials at U.S. intelligence agencies that are controlled by the Pentagon, undermining prospects …

White House fires Pentagon advisory board members, installs loyalists  —  The White House removed nine members of the Pentagon's Defense Business Board on Friday and installed people loyal to President Donald Trump in their place, including presidential allies Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie.

Touting efforts to subvert the election, Rush Limbaugh bemoans that Trump supporters are coming across as “kooks”  —  Contrary to Limbaugh's assertion that a majority of the American public believes there was fraud in the election, a Monmouth University poll released two weeks ago found …

Wall Street and finance workers could get COVID vaccines before most Americans  —  Financial industry workers could be second in line after healthcare workers and nursing home residents  —  Wall Street could get a shot in the arm in the coming months, while much of Main Street waits months for their COVID inoculations.

Judges turn back claims by Trump and his allies in six states as the president's legal effort founders  —  President Trump and his allies faced a crush of defeats in post-election litigation Friday, a further sign of their ongoing failure to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory through …

How Do You Solve a Problem Like John Durham?  —  How should the next attorney general, whoever he or she turns out to be, handle the John Durham probe?  —  The more I study what Attorney General Bill Barr did in his secret October order naming the Connecticut U.S. attorney as a special counsel …

House votes to decriminalize marijuana as GOP resists national shift on pot  —  The House endorsed a landmark retreat in the nation's decades-long war on drugs Friday, voting to remove marijuana from the federal schedule of controlled substances and provide for the regulation and taxation of legal cannabis sales.

Tony Hsieh's American Tragedy: The Self-Destructive Last Months Of The Zappos Visionary  —  When the business icon died in a fire last week, questions abounded.  The answers seem rooted in a Covid-period spiral, where he turned to drugs and shunned old friends.

Trump Orders All American Troops Out of Somalia  —  While the number of troops — about 700 — is small, it is a continuation of President Trump's efforts to withdraw the United States from what he has described as endless wars.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump, continuing his end …

How Melbourne eradicated Covid-19  —  Life is almost back to normal in Melbourne, Australia.  Here's how they did it.  —  SHARE All sharing options  —  In July and August, the Australian state of Victoria was going through a second Covid-19 wave.  Local leaders set an improbable goal in the face of that challenge.

Meet the thorn in the Biden transition's side  —  An obscure figure just a few months ago, JEFF HAUSER has now become the media's go-to left-wing critic of the incoming Biden administration.  —  The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Associated Press …

We'll Be Stuck With Trump's Postmaster General for a While  —  One of President Donald Trump's most controversial officials is very likely to keep his job under the Biden administration: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.  Over the summer, the former logistics executive and major Trump donor …

Hear what a protest organizer said to a CNN reporter  —  Conspiracy theories and misinformation about the election are being used to raise money from Trump supporters.  Websites supporting “Stop the Steal” ask for cash, and since election day the Trump campaign and other related groups have pulled in hundreds of millions of dollars.

AP, NPR and others suddenly sounding all tough on Trump, but it's too little and too late  —  “AP not mincing words,” said the viral tweet from Queens College radicalization expert Amarnath Amarasingam.  —  He linked to the Associated Press story from Wednesday by Aamer Madhani and Kevin Freking, which started off:

Secretary DeVos Extends Student Loan Forbearance Period Through January 31, 2021, in Response to COVID-19 National Emergency  —  Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today the extension of the federal student …

White House exodus begins even as Trump continues to baselessly claim victory  —  (CNN)White House staffers at all levels are plotting their departures as a growing number of aides to President Donald Trump are abandoning his quest to overturn the 2020 election results — some in frustration with the building they are leaving behind.

The U.S. Has Passed the Hospital Breaking Point  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  Since the beginning of the pandemic, public-health experts have warned of one particular nightmare.

The size of Joe Biden's victory matters.  And it is huge.  —  The refusal by Republicans to acknowledge President-elect Joe Biden's election victory is remarkable in its contempt for democracy and defiance of reality.  But while much time has been spent trying to get Republicans to admit that Biden won …

RNC's highest-paid vendor of the 2020 election: A mystery company formed nine months ago  —  Digital Consulting Group made $42 million in eight months for media and marketing services.  But who's behind it?  —  In August, Salon reported that the Republican National Committee (RNC) …