77 Days: Trump's Campaign to Subvert the Election  —  Hours after the United States voted, the president declared the election a sham — putting himself at the center of a movement that would shatter democratic norms and upend the peaceful transfer of power.

21 Men Accuse Lincoln Project Co-Founder of Online Harassment  —  John Weaver, a longtime G.O.P. operative who advised John McCain and John Kasich, made sexual overtures to young men, sometimes offering to help them get work in politics.  —  John Weaver, a longtime Republican strategist …

Myanmar Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup Fears  —  The action came after mounting indications of an impending coup in the Southeast Asian nation.  —  BANGKOK — Myanmar's civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and other government leaders were detained in early-morning raids Monday …

Ten Senate Republicans propose compromise covid relief package, posing challenge for Biden  —  Move by GOP senators led by Susan Collins comes as Democrats prepare to go forward quickly with Biden package without Republican support  —  Ten Republican senators announced plans Sunday to release …

GOP Rep. Kinzinger to start PAC to challenge party's embrace of Trump  —  Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), one of 10 Republicans to vote to impeach Donald Trump earlier this month, has launched a new political action committee that is designed to become a financial engine to challenge …

Facebook Knew Calls for Violence Plagued ‘Groups’, Now Plans Overhaul  —  The giant struggled to balance Mark Zuckerberg's free-expression mantra against findings that rabid partisanship had overrun a feature central to its future  —  Facebook Inc. in 2019 redesigned its flagship product …

Scottish Parliament to hold vote on Unexplained Wealth Order into Donald Trump's finances  —  MSPs will be asked to vote this week on whether the Scottish Government should pursue an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) to investigate the source of financing for Donald Trump's Scottish resorts.

Trump announces new legal team for second impeachment trial  —  Former President Trump announced on Sunday that lawyers David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor Jr. will lead his defense at his upcoming impeachment trial.  —  Why it matters: The hiring comes a day after news broke …

The NFL's Covid-19 Finding That Saved the Season  —  The coronavirus gospel of ‘within six feet for more than 15 minutes’ wasn't enough—and the NFL had the data to prove it  —  It was early October, and the NFL had a problem.  It wasn't just that players and staff for the Tennessee Titans …

As Virus Variants Spread, ‘No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe’  —  Rich countries are cornering the market on coronavirus vaccines, leaving poorer regions as potential breeding grounds for variants, like one found in South Africa, that could make vaccines less effective.

Exxon, Chevron CEOs Discussed Merger  —  Exxon's Darren Woods, Chevron's Mike Wirth spoke last year about combining their companies in what could be among the largest corporate mergers ever  —  The chief executives of Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. spoke last year about combining the oil giants …

Wisconsin Vaccine Saboteur Steven Brandenburg Is a Flat-Earther, FBI Document Reveals  —  Steven Brandenburg also allegedly carried a handgun to work, and believed the sky was actually a “shield put up by the Government to prevent individuals from seeing God.”

POLITICO Playbook: The OTHER Joe with veto power  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  QUICK, someone tell us: What on earth was KAMALA HARRIS thinking?  —  The vice president's move to troll Sen. JOE MANCHIN in his own state last week is backfiring — at a critical moment for President JOE BIDEN'S agenda.

Russia arrests 3,300 during wide protests backing Navalny  —  MOSCOW (AP) — Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands took to the streets Sunday across Russia's vast expanse to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up the nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin.

Something went terribly wrong with Trump's defense  —  Elie Honig is a CNN legal analyst and former federal and state prosecutor.  The views expressed in this commentary are his own.  Read more opinion on CNN.  Watch Honig answer readers' questions on “CNN Newsroom with Ana Cabrera” on weekends.

Trump officials actively lobbied to deny states money for vaccine rollout last fall  —  WASHINGTON — Top Trump officials actively lobbied Congress to deny state governments any extra funding for the Covid-19 vaccine rollout last fall — despite frantic warnings from state officials …

So you're being held accountable?  That's not ‘cancel culture.’  —  According to the Washington Examiner's Eddie Scarry, nothing less than a “social justice mob” descended on Politico after it gave a guest-editing slot to right-wing flamethrower Ben Shapiro.

All the Lies They Told Us About the Filibuster  —  On July 28, 2017, John McCain held the fate of the Affordable Care Act in his hands as he headed to the Senate well to cast what everybody expected would be the decisive 50th vote to repeal the most ambitious piece of social legislation that had been enacted since the Great Society.

What the next generation of editors need to tell their political reporters  —  The newly announced resignation of Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron, the abrupt stepping-down of Los Angeles Times executive editor Norman Pearlstine in December, and the highly anticipated departure …

Democrats are faced with a choice.  Protect the filibuster or protect democracy.  —  The Democrats can use their House and Senate majorities to reform our politics, guarantee voting rights and enhance our democracy.  Or they can surrender to an anti-majoritarian, money-dominated system …

Prominent lawyer with Epstein days before death speaks out: 'I don't believe it was suicide'  —  Lawyer who saw Epstein days before death speaks out: Why I don't believe it was suicide  —  Prominent civil rights and criminal defense attorney David Schoen said that he met with sex offender …