Scoop: Sen. Tim Scott will vote to certify Biden's Electoral College win  —  Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) will certify Joe Biden's Electoral College win, refusing to join the growing number of Republicans planning to object to the process, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: Scott …

Trump not allowed into Scotland to escape Biden inauguration, Sturgeon warns  —  US president reportedly planning to visit his Turnberry golf resort to avoid opponent being sworn into office  —  Donald Trump will not be allowed to visit Scotland to play golf during Joe Biden's inauguration, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

GOP senators remove Lt. Gov. Fetterman from running first day of new session  —  Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media.  Sign up for our free newsletters.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump Bypasses Top Career Prosecutor To Name New Acting US Attorney In Atlanta  —  Following the abrupt Monday resignation of Byung Jin “BJay” Pak, the U.S. attorney in Atlanta, President Trump is bypassing his first assistant, a career prosecutor, to name a new acting leader from outside the office.

GA State Senator: We Have Asked Pence to Postpone Counting the Election Results  —  A handful of Republican state senators in Georgia have asked Vice President Mike Pence to postpone the counting of electoral votes.  The meeting to count - and certify - the votes from the 2020 presidential election …

Trump and His Heirs Dream of Endless Victory  —  If you can spare an hour, do listen to the full tape of the conversation between the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and Georgia's secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger.  Whichever adjective you use to describe Trump—delusional …

Trump shared the wrong number for a Michigan lawmaker.  A 28-year-old has gotten thousands of angry calls.  —  A 28-year-old Michigan native was napping on Sunday when they were suddenly awakened by a barrage of rings, pings and buzzes coming from their cellphone.

Sen. Josh Hawley says ‘Antifa scumbags’ terrorized his family's Virginia home.  Protesters say they held a peaceful vigil.  —  The activists said they had staged a peaceful vigil on Monday night, protesting the GOP plan to object to Congress's certification of the electoral vote this week.

Georgia Runoffs Live Updates: Voters Head to the Polls  —  In Democratic-heavy Atlanta and G.O.P. strongholds in North Georgia, voters eagerly line up.  —  ATLANTA — Whitney Leonard, 24, walked out of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta's West End neighborhood on Tuesday morning …

Trump's Final Insult  —  Welcome to “The Tuesday,” a weekly newsletter that usually comes out sometime during the 24-hour period between Moon Day and Woden's Day.  To subscribe to “The Tuesday” and receive it in your in-box, please follow this link.  —  Up from the Rubble, Up from the Rabble

It's Over  —  The president of the United States is out of options to fulfill his authoritarian dreams.  —  walk toward the white house during the final days of the Trump presidency, and you'll get an unmistakable feel of a government under siege.  Buildings near Pennsylvania Avenue are boarded up in anticipation of street violence.

F*** You, Ted Cruz  —  You un-American, anti-democracy, lying sack of sh*t  —  Liar or believer?  I've asked that a lot these past four years, as Republican politicians and media figures spout falsehood after Trump-supporting falsehood.  Do they really believe it?

Its freezer kaput, this NorCal hospital had two hours to give out 600 vaccine shots  —  About the time Gov. Newsom took to Facebook on Monday to lament the pace of vaccine distribution statewide, one Northern California hospital was injecting local residents at a furious pace …

Biden to tap more Obama vets to fill key national security roles  —  President-elect Joe Biden and his transition team have begun to fill out top positions on the incoming National Security Council and at the State Department, with key roles like deputy national security adviser and deputy secretary …

Pro-Trump forums erupt with violent threats ahead of Wednesday's rally against the 2020 election  —  Posters respond to Trump's prediction of “wild” day with discussion of potential bloodshed and advice on sneaking guns into D.C.  —  Far-right online forums are seething with references …

Democratic Senators Urge Joe Biden To Pick Doug Jones For Attorney General  —  Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and 11 other Democratic senators wrote a letter to the Biden transition team recommending their former colleague.  —  A dozen Democratic senators have sent a letter …

‘Borat 2’ Director Reveals What Really Happened With Rudy Giuliani: ‘My Jaw Hit the Floor’  —  THE LAST LAUGH  —  The director of ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ tells ‘The Last Laugh’ podcast how Maria Bakalova infiltrated OAN to get to Rudy Giuliani—and what really went down in that hotel room.

Loeffler's Husband Entangled in Secret Gov't Surveillance Operation  —  The feds are renting an airport hangar from him for planes linked to a U.S. Marshals Service domestic spying program. … Sen. Kelly Loeffler's husband is renting out an airport hangar to the U.S. Marshals Service …

EPA finalizes rule to limit science behind public health safeguards  —  The Trump administration's ‘transparency’ rule requires researchers to disclose their raw data.  Opponents argue that the goal is to exclude important research on human health.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency …

Arnold Schwarzenegger on why Republicans must stop Trump  —  It is time to end the president's “stupid, crazy and evil” ploy to cling to power, says the former governor of California  —  THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA was my first love.  I fell for this country long before I was lucky enough to live here.

A Note To Kansans  —  I am a conservative Republican.  Therefore, I must strictly adhere to the United States Constitution.  The Constitution clearly limits the role of Congress with respect to presidential elections to the counting of electoral votes that have been certified by the states.