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"So the big picture here is this legal effort is winding down," Byron York concluded....

The Desert Sun reports that as essential workers, farmworkers will likely have earlier access than most of the public to the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available for distribution. However, a coalition of California farmworker and health advocacy gro...

Plus: A deep dive into "dust," and what Lyra and Mary Malone are discovering about it....

"If you thought Rudy was bonkers, this lady is crazier than a cereal mascot," the "Late Night" host said of Sidney Powell....

In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses President Trump's continued refusal to concede and his attempts to subvert the results of the election. They also consider how the government is responding to rising numbe...

It's been 191 days since the House passed the $3 trillion HEROES Act, and 55 days since the House passed their compromise $2.2 trillion bill, both of which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has refused to take up. And in just 37 days, the fraying...

John Wilson on filming coincidental moments for his new HBO Max docuseries....

Cable-news host Christina Bobb, a lawyer by trade, is actively working with Trump's counsel as it seeks to overturn the 2020 election....

Agencies that have typically worked with the federal government to resettle refugees in the U.S. have welcomed the pledge from President-elect Joe Biden to raise admissions to 125,000 annually. I wrote "typically worked" because the outgoing admin...

Biden's Cabinet is shaping up to be everything that Trump's was not....

Where are the men who say what they mean and mean what they say? Is there any difference between the Senate and the most toxic lunch table in the whole middle school?...

As establishment figures take control again, they face a populace altered since Democrats last held the White House....

GSA chief Emily Murphy formally...

Biden named a diverse team of national security officials Monday, including a Latino immigrant as homeland security secretary and the first woman as intelligence chief, as he sought to convey momentum in building his administration....

By Tina Vasquez and Tamar Sarai Davis Between 1909 and 1979, 20,000 people—primarily women of color—were forcibly sterilized in California. A part of the growing eugenics movement, compulsory sterilizations were part of a broad campaign aimed ...

Trump's efforts to overturn his election loss just got some seemingly insurmountable rebukes....

The announcement from the California lawmaker comes weeks after liberal groups criticized her handling of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings....

The Georgia senate runoff with Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock hoping to unseat Republican incumbents and corrupt COVID-19 profiteers David Perdue and Amy Loeffler is only weeks away. While the Democratic Party is working to create a ...

Biden is getting the Obama gang back together. Their old pro-shale positions were pretty bad for the climate....

It took a full 20 days, but GSA Chief Emily Murphy FINALLY decided to DO. HER. DAMN. JOB. and signed off on the authorization to President-Elect Joe Biden, thereby freeing up funds and access to allow the Biden/Harris administration to actually start doin...

The head of the General Services Administration on Monday finally informed the Biden Administration she had greenlit the formal transition process, signing off on a letter she has been withholding for more than two weeks since every major outlet called th...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she'll step down as top Democrat on Judiciary Committee in the new session of Congress beginning early 2021....

The General Services Administration on Monday ascertained President-elect Joe Biden as the apparent winner of the 2020 presidential race, clearing the way for a new administration amid Trump's meritless legal fight....

Three weeks after the election, President Trump is still refusing to concede and making attempts to subvert the results of the election. His legal arguments have largely failed in court, but he has encouraged local elections officials to refuse to certify...

Some good news, if you can handle it! This vaccine is more effective with an initial half-dose -- which means they can innoculate more people. Via The Guardian: Oxford University and AstraZeneca have announced their jab is effective in preventing many peo...

General Services Administrator Emily Murphy had previously refused to allow Biden's administration to receive government funding and data to begin the transition....

This autocratic power grab could be grabbier....

General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy has finally told President-elect Joe Biden that she is ready to green light his formal......

Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA), the leading Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee for four years, announced Monday that she "will......

Let's give the honor of declaring the winner to the man who has been working tirelessly to make sure every vote is counted and every state is held accountable for making sure their voters are heard: Marc Elias. BREAKING: Michigan Board of Canvassers v...

If Kyle Rittenhouse was named, say, Khalid Rehman, we know things would look very different....

There're still three weeks left to enroll in Obamacare individual insurance plans (in most states), if that's something you need to do. Enrollments end on Dec. 15, though President-elect Joe Biden is probably going to reopen it as soon as he's...

The White House plans to hold indoor holiday receptions in the coming weeks despite ongoing Covid-19 outbreaks and the advice of public health professionals....

After briefly attending the virtual G20 summit from the White House's Situation Room on Saturday, President Doanld Trump skipped a meeting with other leaders of the world's 20 largest economies where the attendees discussed the coronavirus pandemi...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM's home for opinion and news analysis. After what seemed like a never ending......

Secret Service agents in President Trump's detail are being asked whether they'd like to relocate to Palm Beach, Florida —......

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Automaker had sided with the Trump administration in a bid to block California from setting clean-air standards....

Today's edition of quick hits....

Congress has many valid justifications for continuing to seek information concerning Trump's financial entanglements....

All three volumes of the iconic strip can be yours for about $60....

Thomas Brunell — a controversial redistricting researcher who was floated and then withdrawn from consideration to lead the Census Bureau......

Joe Biden won Michigan and Georgia, but thanks to the Trump team's constant efforts to overturn the results in those states, we get to watch Biden win again and again. The Michigan State Board of Canvassers met Monday to certify the vote in the state,...

The long, painful death of President Trump's bid to steal the election is getting closer to final breathes, with another......

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In ugly ways, Trump tried to turn Janet Yellen into a villain. In 2021, she'll return to public service as the nation's first woman Treasury secretary....

The Michigan State Board of Canvassers voted Monday to certify the presidential election results in the state, dealing a blow to President Trump's meritless legal fight....

Freddy Adu turned pro at age 14. His career went downhill from there....

In the run-up to Monday's meeting, President Trump made an extraordinary personal intervention in state, seeking to undo President-elect Joe Biden's win....