About the Texas Lawsuit  —  Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of Texas, is under a federal investigation and would love a presidential pardon.  His lawsuit is just more performative leg humping by someone desperate to curry favor with President Trump.  —  The various attorneys general …

Biden taps Susan Rice for top White House domestic policy job  —  President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Barack Obama's former national security adviser Susan Rice to run the White House Domestic Policy Council, according to people familiar with the decision.  —  Rice, who also served …

Dianne Feinstein's Missteps Raise a Painful Age Question Among Senate Democrats  —  In a hearing on November 17th, Dianne Feinstein, the senior Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, who, at eighty-seven, is the oldest member of the Senate, grilled a witness.

Trump and Friends Got Coronavirus Care Many Others Couldn't  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani became the latest in President Trump's inner circle to boast about the treatment he received for Covid-19, as hospitals across the country ration care.  —  WASHINGTON — Ben Carson, Chris Christie …

CDC's Redfield told staff to delete email, official tells House watchdog  —  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield instructed staff to delete an email from a Trump political appointee seeking control over the agency's scientific reports on the pandemic …

Justice Department's interest in Hunter Biden covered more than taxes  —  The federal investigation into President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter has been more extensive than a statement from Hunter Biden indicates, according to a person with firsthand knowledge of the investigation.

Relax, A Trump Comeback In 2024 Is Not Going To Happen  —  Donald Trump lost the presidency, but his opponents so far have not achieved the victory they want most: A fatal puncturing of the Trump movement, a repudiation so complete that it severs his astonishing grip on supporters and leaves …

Inside Biden's meeting with civil rights leaders  —  Here's the audio  —  Democrats in the House, Senate, and around the country have been urging President-elect Joe Biden to use the maximum amount of executive authority available to him in order to grow the economy, expand civil rights …

Sen. David Perdue Sold His Home to a Finance Industry Official Whose Organization Was Lobbying the Senate  —  The same year FINRA was lobbying the Senate on a bill, one of its board governors paid Perdue $1.8 million for his D.C. townhouse.  Perdue sits on the Senate Banking Committee, which oversaw the bill.

BREAKING: Biden to campaign in Atlanta on Tuesday for Ossoff, Warnock  —  President-elect Joe Biden will campaign in Atlanta on Tuesday for Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to rally Democrats ahead of Jan. 5 runoffs to determine control of the U.S. Senate.

The “Intellectual” Right's Assault on Democracy  —  Politicians have constituents to please, but what about the “thinkers” of the Trumpist right?  —  The politics of intimidation has worked well for Donald Trump since he announced his candidacy for president in 2015.

Morocco to normalize ties with Israel in deal with Trump over Western Sahara  —  Morocco has agreed to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel, President Trump announced on Thursday.  The Moroccan decision comes as part of a deal that includes U.S. recognition of the disputed territory of Western Sahara as part of Morocco.

‘I am certainly not dead!’  Living voters contradict Michigan GOP fraud claims  —  LANSING — When conservative activist Meshawn Maddock obtained a list of allegedly dead Michigan voters, she didn't report it to law enforcement.  —  She posted the list on Facebook this week …

Republican criticism of Biden's Cabinet shows GOP's Trump amnesia is spreading  —  An avalanche of amnesia is about to sweep through the Republican Party.  —  Case in point: Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.  —  Responding to President-elect Joe Biden's nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the Office …

China launches ‘gray-zone’ warfare to subdue Taiwan  —  Having crushed the resistance to its rule in Hong Kong, China is moving against Taiwan with irregular tactics meant to exhaust the island's military - which is in bad shape to confront the threat.  It's unclear how the incoming Biden administration will respond.

‘Under the rug:’ Sexual misconduct shakes FBI's senior ranks  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — An assistant FBI director retired after he was accused of drunkenly groping a female subordinate in a stairwell.  Another senior FBI official left after he was found to have sexually harassed eight employees.

What Really Saved the Republic From Trump?  —  It wasn't our constitutional system of checks and balances.  —  Mr. Wu is a law professor at Columbia University.  —  Americans are taught that the main function of the U.S. Constitution is the control of executive power: curtailing presidents who might seek to become tyrants.

Stealing to survive: More Americans are shoplifting food as aid runs out during the pandemic  —  Retailers, police departments and loss prevention researchers are reporting an uptick in theft of necessities like food and hygiene products  —  Early in the pandemic, Joo Park noticed …

Who Funds the Federalist?  Finally, We Know.  —  For years, the funding behind the right-wing, pro-Trump publication The Federalist has been a total mystery.  Many Twitter users have asked the website's leaders, repeatedly, “Who funds The Federalist?” only to be blocked by the likes …

Last ‘Kraken’ Slain: Court Notes ‘Federal Judges Do Not Appoint the President,’ Wonders Why Sidney Powell Asked  —  The last of the four lawsuits filed by President Donald Trump's former lawyer Sidney Powell bit the dust late Wednesday in Wisconsin, where a federal judge noted that voters choose …

Why did the U.S. turn down vaccine doses?  —  The Trump administration rejected the opportunity to secure a bigger stockpile months ago.  How did that happen?  —  Hosted by Michael Barbaro; produced by TK; and edited by TK.  —  Back to The Daily  —  More episodes of  —  The Daily

Brandon Bernard's Death Sentence Should Be Commuted Immediately By President Trump  —  A reasonable society does not meet trauma with more trauma in the name of justice.  —  This commentary is part of The Appeal's collection of opinion and analysis.  —  Too often, the flawed narrative …