The China Hack and How to Reverse It  —  What will it require to take China seriously as an economic challenge?  —  In the 1990s, satellite communications were taking off.  Demand for space launches was high, but supply of vehicles was low.  The U.S. satellite industry was on the prowl for cheap rocket rides into space.

Trump's Challenges to Election Results Face End of the Legal Road  —  Courts across the U.S. have rejected the president and his supporters, citing lack of proof and other shortcomings  —  A sweeping multistate legal effort by President Trump and his supporters to override President-elect Joe Biden's victory …

As Trump Rails Against Loss, His Supporters Become More Threatening  —  The president's baseless claims of voting fraud have prompted outrage among his loyalists and led to behavior that Democrats and even some Republicans say has become dangerous.  —  With a key deadline passing Tuesday …

Enemies of Democracy  —  Remember.  Their.  Names.  —  Three days before Christmas in 2001, Richard Reid took off from Paris on a flight to Miami.  He did not intend on arriving.  Instead, he attempted to ignite explosives packed into one of his shoes to destroy the plane, killing everyone aboard for the cause of violent jihad.

Newsmax TV scores a ratings win over Fox News for the first time ever  —  New York (CNN Business)Newsmax TV has notched a ratings win over Fox News Channel for the very first time.  —  The win, fueled by conservative viewers who are disappointed by the election results, happened Monday evening.

Biden eyeing Buttigieg for China ambassador  —  Letting him deepen his foreign policy chops could boost Buttigieg's future.

An Idaho official left a meeting in tears as anti-maskers swarmed her home  —  Minutes into a public health district's virtual meeting to vote on a local mask mandate in Idaho on Tuesday evening, Ada County Commissioner Diana Lachiondo tearfully excused herself after getting a phone call …

Musk, Bezos Space Race Gets a Boost From Anti-Poverty Tax Break  —  Rocket projects aren't the only thing the world's two richest people have in common.  Their facilities are in areas designated as opportunity zones, giving them a path to low-tax expansion.

GOP lawyer resigns over treatment of Florida data analyst  —  Ron Filipkowski, a lifelong Republican who was appointed to the 12th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission by DeSantis, resigned Tuesday morning after reviewing the search warrant affidavit the state used to seize computers and phones from Rebekah Jones.

Giuliani witness whose testimony went viral says she isn't self-quarantining despite his covid-19 diagnosis  —  A witness who attracted national attention after testifying at the side of Rudolph W. Giuliani about alleged voter fraud in Michigan says she is not self-quarantining and has not been tested …

POLITICO Playbook: 'It's tight'  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WE'RE GOING TO GET TO COVID relief talks in a few seconds, but we want to take a quick moment to dwell on this: HOUSE DEMOCRATS are going to begin the 117th Congress with a razor-thin majority that could leave the chamber effectively ungovernable.

Republicans plot their first and last Trump rebellion  —  Sen. Jim Inhofe is among Donald Trump's most loyal supporters.  But with Inhofe and legions of other Republicans preparing to defy the president on a major defense bill, Trump decided to make one last push.

Historian: After Trump, public and press should hold Biden to a high standard  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans certainly had their complaints about Barack Obama's presidency.  —  They argued he was too politically inexperienced, spent too much, wasn't transparent enough, issued too many executive orders …

Why I Chose Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense  —  In late August of 2010, I traveled to Iraq for the fifth time as vice president.  While there, I participated in the change-of-command ceremony for United States Forces-Iraq.  President Barack Obama had charged me with overseeing the end …

How Biden Should Investigate Trump  —  I. A Crimes Commission?  —  As he prepares to occupy the White House, President-elect Joe Biden faces a decision rare in American history: what to do about the man who has just left office, whose personal corruption, disdain for the Constitution …

White House pushes Senate GOP to include $600 stimulus payment in relief package  —  Inclusion of these checks could grow the size of the bipartisan $900 billion package unless other elements are removed  —  White House officials are asking Senate Republican leadership to include stimulus checks worth $600 …

Biden to tap Marcia Fudge to lead housing agency  —  President-elect Joe Biden has selected Rep. Marcia Fudge to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to two people with knowledge of the decision.  —  The offer to lead the roughly $50 billion housing agency comes …

The Resentment That Never Sleeps  —  Rising anxiety over declining social status tells us a lot about how we got here and where we're going.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  More and more, politics determine …

Russian Media Wants Moscow to Grant Asylum to Trump  —  Russian media and lawmakers are concerned about the future of the Kremlin's favorite U.S. president.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  Russian state media—a reliable barometer of the mood at the Kremlin—remains fixated on election-related events in America.

Coup or no coup, Trump sets dangerous precedents  —  You're reading an excerpt from the Today's WorldView newsletter.  Sign up to get the rest, including news from around the globe, interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday.  —  President Trump's efforts …

The Problem With Underestimating How Much People Want to Be Together  —  Pandemic shaming, a national pastime since the spring, intensified in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving.  Thousands waited in line, some for many hours, for a preholiday coronavirus test, only to be rebuked as careless, selfish violators of public-health rules.

The Plot Against the President Bridges the Conservative Generation Gap  —  The daughter of a legendary right-wing Hollywood filmmaker calmly documents an all-American cliffhanger.  —  John Milius made the conservative action-movie favorite Red Dawn.  Released in 1984, it's famous …

Exclusive-Former U.S. homeland chief Johnson says he will not join Biden administration  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who was widely viewed as a strong contender for several Cabinet positions under incoming President Joe Biden …

Intensive Care Beds Are Nearing Capacity Across the Country, New Data Shows  —  Source: New York Times analysis of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data.  ·Note: Shows 7-day average patient count by hospital service area.  —  In El Paso, hospitals reported that just 13 …

Protesters spent nearly an hour outside my home chanting about conspiracy theories.  Here's what I learned  —  Jocelyn Benson is the Secretary of State of Michigan and author of “State Secretaries of State, Guardians of the Democratic Process.”  The views in this commentary belong to the author.

FireEye, a Top Cybersecurity Firm, Says It Was Hacked by a Nation-State  —  The Silicon Valley company said hackers — almost certainly Russian — made off with tools that could be used to mount new attacks around the world.  —  WASHINGTON — For years, the cybersecurity firm FireEye …

U.S. Supplies of Covid-19 PPE Fall Short of Targets  —  Shortages of gear persist as cases surge; ‘we just have the regular masks you can buy at Walmart’  —  The federal government has fallen well short of its goal to shore up an emergency stockpile of respirator masks and some other personal …

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After Trump's Loss in Arizona, State Republicans Hurl Insults at One Another  —  A top Republican told the governor to “shut the hell up.”  Another official described a lawmaker as a resident of “Crazytown.”  All this in a state where the party recently reigned supreme.

As coronavirus surges, countries spend more on economic aid.  But not the U.S.  —  The U.S. is facing a new wave of Covid-19 outbreaks straining hospitals, workers, businesses, and schools.  —  In this, the country is not alone: Wealthy nations across Europe are facing a major surge in new infections too, as is Canada.