Republicans privately furious after Trump's post-election implosion blows Senate majority  —  Republicans, who enabled President Trump with their silence and compliance, are privately furious with him for blowing their Senate majority.  —  Driving the news: Democrat Raphael Warnock …

Liberals to Breyer: Time to retire  —  The results of the Georgia Senate runoffs aren't yet final.  But left-wing activists are already pressuring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to take advantage of a possible Democratic majority in the Senate and retire.

POLITICO Playbook: The GOP implodes in Georgia  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  What.  A. Night.  —  Just after 2 a.m., the Rev. RAPHAEL WARNOCK was declared the winner in his bid against Republican Sen. KELLY LOEFFLER.  About that time, his fellow Democrat, JON OSSOFF, started overtaking Sen. DAVID PERDUE in their race.

America's anti-democratic Senate, in one number  —  41,549,808.  —  Well, it's official.  Georgia Democratic Senators-elect Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are going to Washington.  The Senate will be evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans.  That means that, with Democratic Vice …

5 takeaways from Georgia Senate runoffs  —  Here are some key takeaways after Tuesday's runoff elections  —  Even if Georgia becomes purple, US needs to learn to work together: Alveda King  —  With Democrats projected to win at least one of the two Georgia Senate runoff races …

Here's What Joe Biden Can Get Done With a Democratic Senate  —  In the two months since Election Night, Joe Biden has been staring at the likelihood of a stillborn presidency, his fate dependent on the mercies of Mitch McConnell, whose incentive is for Biden to fail.

'Trump Can't Hurt You.  But He Is Destroying Us.'  —  My fellow Republicans, there is power in standing up to the rank corruptions of a demagogue.  —  Mr. Flake is a former Republican senator from Arizona.  —  Today, in what is meant to be a solemn ritual of democracy …

Mitch McConnell to rebuke GOP challenge to certify Electoral College vote  —  This would be McConnell's first public statement against President Trump's supporters in Congress on the matter  —  Rep. Fulcher explains how GOP challenging of 2020 election certification will work

Biden to nominate Merrick Garland as attorney general  —  (CNN)President-elect Joe Biden has decided to nominate Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general, people familiar with the matter tell CNN, a long-awaited decision that moved toward completion Wednesday as it became apparent that Democrats …

Biden to nominate Merrick Garland as his attorney general  —  President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Merrick Garland, the federal judge who Republicans denied a seat on the Supreme Court in 2016, to serve as his attorney general, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News Wednesday.

Pence Said to Have Told Trump He Lacks Power to Change Election Result  —  A day before he presides over a joint session of Congress to ratify Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s victory, the vice president tried to lower the president's expectations while seeking ways to mollify him.