Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer, tests positive for coronavirus, president says  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, has contracted the coronavirus, the president said Sunday in a tweet.  —  “.@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC …

Two cheers for the Never Trump conservatives  —  The shameful complicity of Republican leaders in President Trump's torrent of deceit about our election tells us there is little hope for a more reasonable post-Trump GOP.  But what about conservatism as a philosophy?  Is it equally discredited?

Long a Holdout From Covid-19 Restrictions, Sweden Ends Its Pandemic Experiment  —  Government imposes mandatory measures after failing to contain new surge in infections  —  Sweden's Covid-19 experiment is over.  —  After a late autumn surge in infections led to rising hospitalizations and deaths …

Biden Picks Xavier Becerra to Lead Health and Human Services  —  The selection of Mr. Becerra, the California attorney general, is a surprise.  If confirmed, he will face a daunting challenge in leading the department at a critical moment in the pandemic.  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect …

How Joe Biden's Digital Team Tamed the MAGA Internet  —  The campaign's empathetic digital strategy held up surprisingly well against President Trump's passionate digital following.  —  Last April, when Rob Flaherty, the digital director for Joe Biden's presidential campaign …

Black Michigan lawmaker posts voicemails saying she should be lynched  —  One caller told state Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson, D-Detroit, that she should be “swinging from a ... rope.”  —  That echoed another call received by Johnson, who is Black, that predicted the lawmaker would be lynched …

Trump burned to the ground by GOP advisor for throwing 'world's biggest hissy fit' at Georgia rally  —  A Republican Party consultant leveled Donald Trump on Sunday morning for his performance before a rally crowd in Georgia on Saturday night that she labeled the “world's biggest hissy fit.”

Trump mulls dramatic flight to Florida rally on Biden's Inauguration Day  —  President Trump is considering a made-for-TV grand finale: a White House departure on Marine One and final Air Force One flight to Florida for a political rally opposite Joe Biden's inauguration, sources familiar with the discussions tell Axios.

McCarthyism was never defeated.  Trumpism won't be either.  —  Censure brought down a crusading anti-communist senator but fired up his followers.  —  A month after the presidential election, most Republican lawmakers have refused to acknowledge the obvious: Despite President Trump's fondest hopes …

Chris Wallace corrects HHS secretary for not calling Biden the president-elect  —  Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace made it clear to a top Trump administration official that Joe Biden is indeed the president-elect, following his declared victory in November.

Saudi Prince Blasts Israel at Bahrain Summit, Says Normalization Must Help Palestinians  —  Prince Turki al-Faisal, who served as Saudi ambassador to the U.S. and U.K., says Israel is a ‘Western colonizing power’ incarcerating Palestinians in ‘concentration camps’

The Burden of Proof  —  The faith in fairness has been shattered beyond recovery, and the assumption of anything like a shared consensus seems more and more like a naïve pretense when it isn't just a cynical hustings gambit.  —  Many people, including some good friends …

Kamala Harris is on the cusp of power but has to tread carefully  —  Kamala Harris began her political career in 2003 with an audacious gambit, running against and unseating her former boss, San Francisco Dist.  Atty. Terence Hallinan, just a few years after he'd promoted her to be a top assistant.

The real threat posed by COVID-19 lockdowns  —  People all around the world are expressing a growing discontent with needless lockdown policies that have separated people from their families, obliterated millions of jobs worldwide, caused untold death by limiting or eliminating access …

Trump legal team celebrates after Michigan judge allows probe of Dominion voting machines  —  Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis said results of the investigation could come in 48 hours  —  Rudy Giuliani testifies in Michigan over alleged election fraud  —  A Michigan judge is allowing …

After 2020 Losses, Some Democrats Question Party's Health-Care Focus  —  Some former candidates and strategists say Democrats should have focused more on people who were losing their jobs and struggling to pay rent  —  After suffering losses in congressional races across the country …

Pete Davidson rips Staten Island's anti-COVID-19 lockdown ‘babies’ on ‘SNL’  —  Staten-Island born “SNL” star Pete Davidson said the anti-COVID lockdown protests there make the borough's residents look like “babies” — but quipped that he's glad that he's no longer the “worst thing about Staten Island.”

Biden weighs taking an inaugural Amtrak ride from Delaware to D.C.  —  There's talk within Bidenworld of the president-elect ditching the typical flourish of arriving in Washington on an Air Force plane, pulling in instead on the same Amtrak train he rode to and from Delaware for 30 years as a senator.

Sheriff: Defiant NYC bar owner struck deputy with his car  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The co-owner of a New York City bar that authorities said has been defying coronavirus restrictions was taken into custody early Sunday after running over a deputy with a car, authorities said.

Trump's Operation Warp Speed promised a flood of covid vaccines.  Instead, states are expecting a trickle.  —  The administration pledged several hundred million doses in 2020.  Companies will actually ship about 10 percent of that.  —  Federal officials have slashed the amount …

‘Every Day Was Like a Veep Episode’: The Veepiest Moments of the Trump Era  —  When House of Cards debuted on Netflix in 2013, Americans were shocked and a little thrilled to imagine that its sharp, murderous plotlines might reflect the real Washington D.C.—a sinister place where calculating …

The Devil Went Down to Georgia  —  The president of the United States asks his supporters to overturn a free and fair election through extralegal means.  What could possibly go wrong?  —  When the defeated president of the United States holds a maskless, anti-democracy disinformation rally straight …