A Stunning Passage from the Latest Court Rejection of Team Trump  —  What a Wisconsin federal court's order turning back another campaign lawsuit tells us about the election-rigging case.  —  he most telling aspect of the Wisconsin federal district court's rejection of another Trump campaign lawsuit …

Russian Hackers Broke Into Federal Agencies, U.S. Officials Suspect  —  In one of the most sophisticated and perhaps largest hacks in more than five years, email systems were breached at the Treasury and Commerce Departments.  Other breaches are under investigation.

White House staff members will be among the first to be vaccinated.  —  White House staff members who work in close quarters with President Trump have been told they are scheduled to receive injections of the coronavirus vaccine soon, at a time when the first doses of the vaccine are being distributed …

Wall Street Journal Opinion Editor Defends Item on Dr. Jill Biden  —  “There's nothing like playing the race or gender card to stifle criticism,” Paul A. Gigot said as he accused Democrats of orchestrating a coordinated response to an op-ed piece.  —  The editorial page editor …

Cleveland's Baseball Team Will Drop Its Indians Team Name  —  The decision comes amid a wider push for sports teams to stop using Native American names and imagery as team names and mascots.  —  Following years of protests from fans and Native American groups, the Cleveland Indians have decided …

Michigan House, Senate close offices due to threats ahead of electors' meeting  —  Lansing — Citing “safety and security concerns,” the Michigan House and Senate will close their offices in downtown Lansing on Monday as presidential electors meet in the state Capitol.

FSB Team of Chemical Weapon Experts Implicated in Alexey Navalny Novichok Poisoning  —  We have detailed the research methodology for this investigation into a separate article.  You can read it here.  — In a previous series of investigations, Bellingcat uncovered evidence …

Emergency Directive 21-01  —  Mitigate SolarWinds Orion Code Compromise  —  This page contains a web-friendly version of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's Emergency Directive 21-01, “Mitigate SolarWinds Orion Code Compromise”. … Background

Trump tells allies he will run in 2024, but hints he may back out  —  Donald Trump doesn't need to run for president again.  He just needs everyone to think he is.  —  The president's recent discussions with those around him reveal that he sees his White House comeback deliberations …

Apple TV Was Making a Show About Gawker.  Then Tim Cook Found Out.  —  Big tech companies now exert huge influence over what stories get told.  The message is clear: Be careful who you offend.  —  The show was called “Scraper,” but it was clearly about Gawker Media, the network of aggressive …

Scoop: O'Brien takes wife on COVID-era tour of Europe  —  National security adviser Robert O'Brien is taking his wife on a holiday tour of the romantic Mediterranean and European capitals, including seeking a private tour of the Louvre despite it being closed because of coronavirus restrictions, people familiar with the trip tell Axios.

Barr Kept Biden Probes From Public to Avoid Election Politics  —  In preventing leaks, attorney general hewed to Justice Department practice and defied his critics' view of him  —  Attorney General William Barr, in the weeks before November's election, instructed prosecutors and senior colleagues …

Inside the ‘nasty’ feud between Trump and the Republican governor he blames for losing Georgia  —  The first major fissure in the relationship between President Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp came a year ago, when Kemp paid Trump a clandestine visit in the White House residence.

Trump's Challenge Is Over  —  After losing at the Supreme Court, he has no legal alternatives and ought to concede.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  The Electoral College meets Monday to cast its votes for President, officially marking Joe Biden as the election winner.

Trump's Axis of Assholes Just Completed Its Hostile Takeover of the Republican Party  —  MITCH & THE SEDITIOUS SEVENTEEN … He lost the election, but his true believers, denying that defeat to the bitter end and already preparing to sabotage everything the Biden administration does, are the party now.

Pro-Trump rally descends into chaos as Proud Boys roam D.C. looking to fight  —  Nearly three dozen people were arrested during a night of unrest in downtown Washington that began Saturday with rallies supporting President Trump and descended into chaos and violence as a group with ties …

John le Carré, Best-Selling Author of Cold War Thrillers, Is Dead at 89  —  Graham Greene called “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold,” featuring the plump, ill-dressed George Smiley, the greatest spy story he had ever read.  —  LONDON — John le Carré, whose exquisitely nuanced …

How Biden's team botched his Cabinet debuts  —  President-elect Joe Biden's decision to nominate a recently retired military general as Defense secretary blindsided the lawmakers who will have to pass a waiver to allow for his confirmation.  His choice of a former White House chief of staff …

Democrats Have a Problem.  ‘Workers, Wages, Weed’ May Be the Answer.  —  The Democratic Party needs a new brand — because its current one only appeals to a majority of voters.  —  Since 1992, Democratic nominees have won the popular vote in all but one presidential race.