Trump warns Georgia AG not to rally other Republicans against Texas lawsuit  —  The phone call came shortly before Loeffler, Perdue endorsed improbable election challenge  —  President Donald Trump warned Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr not to rally other Republican officials …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

‘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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

‘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.

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.

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 …

Minneapolis City Council votes to cut millions from police budget amid record crime rates  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council, which tried and failed to dismantle the police department in the wake of George Floyd's death, voted early Thursday to shift nearly $8 million …

GOP senators ready to acknowledge Biden won but struggle with Trump's refusal to concede  —  (CNN)A growing number of Senate Republicans are ready to publicly acknowledge what's been widely known for weeks but what they've refused to say: Joe Biden won the presidency and will be sworn in on January 20.

VA watchdog told prosecutors his probe of Secretary Wilkie's effort to discredit House staffer turned up possible criminal conduct  —  The Veterans Affairs inspector general informed federal prosecutors this fall of possible criminal conduct by Secretary Robert Wilkie stemming from an investigation …

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.

Rush Limbaugh: “There cannot be a peaceful coexistence” between liberals and conservatives  —  Sean Hannity calls for a special prosecutor to investigate bogus claims of election fraud  —  Steve Bannon: “It's still a big possibility to have a contingent election”

How Biden aims to Covid-proof his administration  —  Small and infrequent public events.  Repeated testing of staff, reporters and the president-elect.  Aides debating policies and Cabinet picks without ever meeting face-to-face.  Preparations for a pared-down, mostly virtual inauguration.

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.

U.S. Unemployment Claims Rose to 853,000 Last Week  —  Worker claims for jobless aid signal layoffs remain at high level nearly nine months into the coronavirus pandemic  —  Worker applications for unemployment benefits rose sharply last week, an indication layoffs remain …

School board's renunciation of Jefferson and Mason is politically correct claptrap  —  The Falls Church City Public Schools board in Virginia beclowned itself Tuesday by voting unanimously to remove the names of founders Thomas Jefferson and George Mason from an elementary school and a high school, respectively.

Lawyers Across the Country Urge Disciplinary Investigation of Trump Campaign Legal Team  —  The letter accuses the president's campaign lawyers of behavior that “demeans the legal profession”  —  About 1,500 lawyers and counting have signed a letter condemning President Donald Trump's campaign legal team …

Democrats need a post-Trump message  —  The 2020 election is over (unless you think like President Trump).  The 2022 election cycle begins, and with it the biannual Democratic debate over the party's message.  It is a tortured soul search for who we are, what we stand for and how we should say it.