Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election  —  The suit, filed directly in the Supreme Court, sought to bar Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin from casting their electoral votes for Joseph R. Biden Jr.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected …

Trump Pursues Appointing Special Counsel to Probe Election, Hunter Biden  —  President has expressed frustration with Attorney General William Barr as efforts to overturn election have failed  —  President Trump has expressed interest in pursuing the appointment of a special counsel …

F.D.A. Clears Pfizer Vaccine, and Millions of Doses Will Be Shipped Right Away  —  An initial shipment of about 2.9 million doses of the vaccine will be sent around the United States over the next week.  —  The Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use on Friday …

Sidney Powell's secret witness ‘Spyder’ is an IT consultant.  He told The Post he never worked in military intelligence.  —  The witness is code-named “Spyder.”  Or sometimes “Spider.”  His identity is so closely guarded that lawyer Sidney Powell has sought to keep it even from opposing counsel.

Oracle Moves Headquarters to Texas, Joining Valley Exodus  — Company says shifting locations to give flexibility to workers  — Software maker follows HPE, Palantir in leaving California  —  Oracle Corp., a Silicon Valley stalwart, has moved its headquarters to Texas …

Red flag: Paul Krugman is optimistic about the economy  —  Paul Krugman, the left-wing economist who writes for the New York Times, is excited about the coming “Biden Boom” that will follow, he explains, the rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine.  The Biden Boom, he probably forgot to note, that depends on the Trump vaccine.

Chris Murphy's surprise floor speech raises tough questions for Democrats  —  If there's one thing that widespread Republican support for President Trump's effort to overturn the election results suggests, it's that we're entering into uncertain and potentially treacherous territory when it comes …

Trump's political future depends on whether he can change  —  Barring a miracle from the Supreme Court, the Trump era appears to be ending, at least for now.  And at this point it seems — again, depending on the high court — to be ending in about as undignified a manner as President Trump's millions of critics would have predicted.

AP source: Cuomo among contenders for attorney general pick  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is one of several contenders under consideration by President-elect Joe Biden for the role of attorney general, a person with knowledge of the search process said Friday.

Zodiac ‘340 Cipher’ cracked by code experts 51 years after it was sent to the S.F. Chronicle  —  The solution to what's known as the 340 Cipher, one of the most vexing mysteries of the Zodiac Killer's murderous saga, has been found by a code-breaking team from the United States, Australia and Belgium.

Is There a Doctor in the White House?  Not if You Need an M.D.  —  Jill Biden should think about dropping the honorific, which feels fraudulent, even comic.  —  Madame First Lady—Mrs. Biden—Jill—kiddo: a bit of advice on what may seem like a small but I think is a not unimportant matter.

Ken Paxton has had Trump's back.  But the Texas attorney general's latest gambit has failed.  —  SAN ANTONIO — The Texas attorney general who tried to orchestrate President Trump's last stand spent most of his career under indictment for state securities fraud, but his closeness to the president had buffed that tarnish.