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 …

Just 25 congressional Republicans acknowledge Biden's win, Washington Post survey finds  —  Just 25 congressional Republicans acknowledge Joe Biden's win over President Trump a month after the former vice president's clear victory of more than 7 million votes nationally and a convincing electoral-vote margin …

Donald Trump's brutal day in court  —  President Donald Trump and his legal allies earned a platinum sombrero Friday, striking out five times in a matter of hours in states pivotal to the president's push to overturn the election results — and losing a sixth in Minnesota for good measure.

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 …

Judge Orders Government to Fully Reinstate DACA Program  —  Up to 300,000 additional undocumented immigrants could be allowed to apply for protection from deportation under a new court ruling.  President Trump had sought to cancel the program.  —  A federal judge on Friday ordered …

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 …

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.

After Trump team calls them ‘cowards’ and ‘traitors,’ state GOP leaders urge Congress to reject Pa. election results  —  Just hours after GOP leadership in the state House indicated they would not move to upend Pennsylvania's election results in Harrisburg, Speaker Bryan Cutler …

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.

New Mexico shut down nearly everything to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed by covid.  It wasn't enough.  —  The governor had been sounding the alarm for more than a month.  But by mid-November, it was clear to Michelle Lujan Grisham that she would need to take extreme measures to head off the …

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.

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 …

The Virus Is Devastating the U.S., and Leaving an Uneven Toll  —  The United States saw the most new coronavirus cases of the pandemic on Thursday, with deaths and hospitalizations also rising.  Underlying conditions largely determine who survives.  —  HOUSTON — The United States is winding …

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.

‘Havana Syndrome’ likely caused by microwave energy, government study finds  —  The mysterious neurological symptoms experienced by American diplomats in China and Cuba are consistent with the effects of directed microwave energy, according to a long-awaited report by the National Academies …

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.

Clyburn flexes muscle on DNC pick  —  With support from the South Carolina congressman and other top Democrats, Jaime Harrison is the frontrunner for the party chairmanship.  —  House Majority Whip James Clyburn has spent the last few weeks publicly and privately advocating for Jaime Harrison to be the next chairman of the DNC.

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 …

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.

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 …

Biden ‘Blitz:’ The case for flooding the zone with executive orders on Day One  —  How can Joe Biden break through the wall of bad faith opposition that is certain to greet him when he takes office?  Vox's David Roberts makes the case for trying to do everything, all at once, on Day One.

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 …

China has lost its confidence  —  China's wrong turn, away from freedom and toward repression, has been masked for a time by the country's remarkable economic progress.  Awestruck Western leaders have wondered whether there might be something to the idea of prosperity divorced from human rights.

‘Israel has tape of slain Iran nuke chief talking about building five warheads’  —  Report says ex-PM Olmert played top-secret recording of Fakhrizadeh for President Bush in decisive 2008 meeting that boosted US-Israel cooperation against Iran's nuclear program  — 1,120 shares