Mass confusion over Trump's endgame as Washington barrels toward shutdown, economic crisis  —  White House officials have been mum on Trump's demands, leaving Democrats and Republicans to try and parse his tweets as Monday deadline looms  —  As President Trump rapidly approached a Monday deadline …

FBI agents investigating if 5G paranoia was behind Nashville bombing  —  NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - News4 Investigates has confirmed FBI agents spent Saturday speaking with a top Nashville real estate agent, who contacted them after fearing the subcontractor who worked for him may be the same man whose home they were searching.

Toomey: Trump Will Be Remembered For ‘Erratic Behavior’ If He Doesn't Sign COVID Relief Bill  —  Sen. Pat Roomey (R-GA) on Sunday sternly warned President Trump that his legacy is on the line after the sitting president turned on a COVID relief bill that passed Congress in the waning weeks of his presidency.

Why these Fox News loyalists have changed the channel to Newsmax  —  On the morning after Election Day, Greg and Jenny Brethen, loyal viewers of Fox News who watched the channel religiously for almost 20 years, turned on their go-to morning show, “Fox & Friends,” and thought they saw something fishy.

Texas Fracking Billionaires Drew Covid-19 Aid While Investing in Rivals  —  Sen. Ted Cruz helped rework program rules, enabling Wilks brothers and others in oil industry to get relief funding  —  WASHINGTON—As the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices walloped U.S. frackers this spring …

Pro-Trump Lawyer Calls for Georgia Runoffs Boycott, Hints at Arresting Loeffler, Perdue  —  Lin Wood, a pro-Trump lawyer who has been aggressively promoting unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud, tweeted a plan to boycott Georgia's critical Senate runoff race Friday and hinted at arresting GOP Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.

CNN's Tapper: ‘No Value’ to Interviewing People Like Kayleigh McEnany Who ‘Lie the Way Most People Breathe’  —  CNN's Jake Tapper said he won't interview certain pro-Donald Trump people because they've established themselves as liars for the president with “no value” being aired on TV.

Even Homer Gets Mobbed  —  A Massachusetts school has banned ‘The Odyssey.’  —  A sustained effort is under way to deny children access to literature.  Under the slogan #DisruptTexts, critical-theory ideologues, schoolteachers and Twitter agitators are purging and propagandizing against classic texts …

Army special forces member, 37, charged in shooting at Don Carter Lanes in Rockford  —  Kevin Haas Chris GreenRockford Register Star  —  ROCKFORD — A 37-year-old military member has been charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder after police say he gunned down multiple people …

A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a Reckoning  —  A white high school student withdrew from her chosen college after a three-second video caused an uproar online.  The classmate who shared it publicly has no regrets.  —  [To read more stories on race from The New York Times, sign up here for our Race/Related newsletter.]

The Treasured Diners and Hidden Haunts That Covid-19 Closed for Good  —  A Pittsburgh hot dog joint, a famous Cambridge dive bar and a vibrant Filipino restaurant in Los Angeles were among the casualties of 2020.  —  We gather today to mourn the 150-year-old restaurant that served up platters …

Rep. Kinzinger calls efforts to overturn election ‘a scam’  —  “This is a scam,” said Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of continued efforts by President Donald Trump and some House Republicans to overturn the election of President-elect Joe Biden.  —  Kinzinger, speaking Sunday morning on CNN's …

To stay or to go?  —  Kevin Euceda believed he was in imminent danger.  —  Down the hall in the immigration detention center where he was being held, a man whose psychiatric visits had been suspended because of the pandemic was hallucinating and screaming.  Others were shivering and sweating, scared they were going to die.

Why 2020 really was the worst year ever  —  When 2020 passes into the history books, it will carry more superlatives than a high school yearbook — and none of them good.  Most deadly, hottest, most stressful, worst.  —  It is not your imagination: By a host of measures …

Household Cash Balances during COVID-19: A Distributional Perspective  —  JPMorgan Chase Institute Take  —  Months after the declaration of national emergency on March 13, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the economy and household finances in dramatic and unprecedented ways.

Trump's grievances leave Americans in need in limbo  —  Trump doubles down on Covid-19 relief bill opposition  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's dark mood is worsening — and the country is suffering his wrath.  —  Furious at Senate Republican leaders for acknowledging he lost to President-elect Joe Biden …

Americans' acceptance of Trump's behavior will be his vilest legacy  —  Trump has brought impunity to the highest office in the land, wielding a wrecking ball to American democracy  —  Most of the 74,222,957 Americans who voted to re-elect Donald Trump - 46.8%of the votes cast …

Georgia Runoffs Test Democrats in Turning Out Black Voters  —  Unlike other groups in rural areas, which trend heavily toward the GOP, Black Americans tend to stick with Democrats when they vote … Kaneisha Miller, owner of EM Farms in Monroe County, Ga., says she sees Republican-championed policies …