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Biden’s early moves foreshadow a cautious presidency

By James Hohmann1 hour ago

How a Biden presidency could advance transgender rights — and lead to backlash

By Samantha Schmidt and Emily Wax-Thibodeaux

Facebook, Twitter CEOs face grilling from senators over fact-check labels

By Cat Zakrzewski and Rachel Lerman12 minutes ago

Ga. secretary of state says fellow Republicans are pressuring him to find ways to exclude ballots

By Amy Gardner

Trump’s new Pa. lawyer once said lawsuits ‘will not reverse this election’

By Teo Armus

Analysis: The most significant rebukes of Trump’s voter fraud claims

(Oliver Contreras for The Post)

Melania Trump, like America, may be more in love with President Trump than critics hoped

Many who despise the president imagine that his wife does, too. But in the closing days of the campaign, the first lady emerged as an ardent cheerleader.

By Mary Jordan and Jada Yuan

Coronavirus

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Iowa governor issues mask mandate, weeks after belittling the idea

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Paris mayor, lawmakers sign petition for Amazon-free Christmas in France

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At least 58 percent of Americans now willing take a covid-19 vaccine: Gallup

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Sen. Grassley says he’s quarantining after exposure to the coronavirus

Experts fear lessons from the 2009 H1N1 vaccine drive are being ignored

Federal officials have urged heeding those lessons and warned that the immunization program that lies ahead will be far more complex.

By Frances Stead Sellers

WHO tempers prospect of a coronavirus vaccine with warning of steep challenge to inoculate world

S.D. nurse says many patients deny coronavirus exists, right up until death

By Paulina Villegas

Covid testing before flying could become the norm as airlines try to boost confidence, woo travelers

By Lori Aratani and Ian Duncan

Opinions

The fight in Georgia is a nearly perfect microcosm of American politics in 2020

Opinion by Paul Waldman

We need an investigation into Lindsey Graham’s intervention in Georgia

Opinion by Jennifer Rubin

Amid the worst of the pandemic, our mad king rages only about himself

Opinion by Eugene Robinson

Here’s how Biden could get the U.S. to lead on climate change again

Opinion by Kevin Rudd and Bill Hare

Republicans are trying to jam through Judy Shelton. She has no business working at the Fed.

Opinion by Catherine Rampell

Ilhan Omar says the rift between progressives and moderates isn’t as wide as it’s made out

Opinion by Jonathan Capehart

Guide to the PandemicFull Coverage

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Road to Recovery

How the pandemic is shifting workplace benefits: Prepaid legal plans, IT help desks for kids

By Jena McGregor

Afloat on a tranquil river, paddlers dip into a different kind of current events

By Walter Nicklin

Chipotle leans into burritos to go with first digital-only restaurant

By Taylor Telford

Your Life at Home

Volunteering can give kids purpose in uncertain times — and there are still ways to do it

By Connie Chang

A British bouncer tested home workouts from American fitness gurus. Here’s his pick.

By George Bass

Why experts urge caution in using covid risk and tracking tools

By Allyson Chiu

Pelosi reversal on Capitol dinner shows perils for Democrats in pandemic

The House speaker’s move to host a dinner party in the middle of a coronavirus surge sparked a backlash, prompting her to cancel it. The furor shows the risks to Democrats as they preach tough restrictions.

By Rachael Bade

Boeing may have tried to profit from inside information from NASA. The Justice Department is now investigating.

Fearing Boeing could delay a White House plan to return astronauts to the moon by 2024, a top NASA official told the company it had lost out on a major lunar lander contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and asked if it would protest.

By Christian Davenport

Uber and Lyft produced surveys showing that drivers, such as Sergei Fyodorov in Oakland, Calif., supported Prop 22. (AFP/Getty Images)

Uber and Lyft used sneaky tactics to avoid making drivers employees, Calif. voters say. Now, they’re going national.

Some voters say they regret casting their ballots for Prop 22. And they have a message for voters in other states.

By Faiz Siddiqui and Nitasha Tiku

Former officer charged in George Floyd’s death seeks to bar evidence of past neck and body restraints

Derek Chauvin has asked a judge to prevent prosecutors from citing eight incidents they allege show a pattern of excessive force.

By Holly Bailey1 hour ago

Record-breaking Category 4 Hurricane Iota slams into Nicaragua

Iota, the strongest Atlantic storm observed this late in the year, is the second major hurricane to hit the Central American nation in less than two weeks.

By Anna-Catherine Brigida and Anthony Faiola1 hour ago

Morning MixStories from all over

Democrats bash Lindsey Graham over claims he pressured Georgia to discard ballots: ‘Morally reprehensible’

By Katie Shepherd

Urged by a Democrat to wear his mask, Sen. Dan Sullivan retorted: ‘I don’t need your instructions’

By Andrea Salcedo

Hundreds broke the rules to attend a wedding. 17 now have the coronavirus, sparking two outbreaks.

By Tim Elfrink

Taylor Swift blasts new sale of her catalogue for benefiting Scooter Braun: ‘It’s a shame’

By Timothy Bella

Don’t Miss

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe: ‘People underestimate their own individual ability to change the world’

By KK Ottesen

Voraciously

10 of our best Thanksgiving turkey recipes for breasts, legs and whole birds

By Becky Krystal and Kari Sonde

RetropolisThe Past, Rediscovered

Fact-checking ‘The Crown’: What the man who broke into the Queen’s bedroom really wanted

By Michael S. Rosenwald

People started sending art rocks to a Texas park during the pandemic. Now it’s a wonderland of tiny paintings.

By Cathy Free

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How human behavior will likely make the coronavirus become endemic

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread in the United States, experts expect the virus to become endemic, existing permanently in the population.

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Politics

Trump’s national security adviser says it looks as though Biden won

White House national security adviser Robert C. O’Brien said if President-elect Joe Biden is determined to be the winner, and “obviously things look that way now,” there will be a professional transition.

By Paul Sonne

A guide to election facts — and falsehoods — as Trump attacks the results

Republicans sound alarm on Georgia Senate runoffs as they weigh Trump’s influence

By Robert Costa and Tom Hamburger

Barack Obama on the campaign trail for Joe Biden in Philadelphia last month. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Post)

Perspective

What Obama gets right — and very wrong — about the media

The 44th president, promoting his new book, has thoughts about how we get news in our polarized society. But his own history with the press is not great.

By Margaret Sullivan1 hour ago

Cindy McCain explains why she voted for Joe Biden: ‘I knew I had to get involved, I knew I had enough’

By Roxanne Roberts

Analysis

Public health measures are another opportunity for partisan performances

By Philip Bump1 hour ago

A third GOP senator comes out against Trump’s Fed nominee, putting confirmation vote on knife’s edge

By Rachel Siegel and Seung Min Kim

Fact CheckerAnalysis

Trump unleashed a flurry of false and misleading tweets Monday. Here’s what’s untrue about each.

By Glenn Kessler

Perspective

Joe Biden can’t afford to bar corporate executives and lobbyists from his administration

By Steven Pearlstein

World

Trump administration to cut troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq in sprint to deliver on president’s promise

The White House is expected to announce a reduction of U.S. forces from around 5,000 to 2,500 by the time President Trump leaves office in January.

By Missy Ryan, Ellen Nakashima, Dan Lamothe, John Hudson and Karen DeYoung

Fewer chances, changed political climate may have curbed Moscow’s election interference, analysts say

U.S. officials point to cyber operations and other actions as helping to prevent attacks, and Putin may have calculated that he had little to gain by reprising 2016.

By Ellen Nakashima

A koala climbs a charred eucalyptus tree Jan. 20 on fire-ravaged Kangaroo Island, South Australia. (Ricky Carioti/The Post)

Biden’s plan to combat climate change leaves coal-loving Australia an outlier

As fire season looms, the country’s conservative leader faces calls for robust action — and some see Rupert Murdoch’s hand behind his continued intransigence.

By A. Odysseus Patrick

Today’s WorldViewAnalysis

Trump’s Iran agenda is about to end in failure

With just two months left in office, President Trump has little to show for four years of anti-Iran hawkishness.

By Ishaan Tharoor

Boris Johnson, in self-quarantine, says he’s ‘bursting with antibodies’

The British prime minister, who began two weeks of self-quarantine after close contact with a lawmaker who came down with covid-19, caught the virus in March.

By Karla Adam and William Booth

National

Eugenia Bradford, who worked as an administrative assistant at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, is among the workers who have lost jobs. (Michael A. Schwarz for The Post)

The lowest-paid workers in higher education are suffering the highest job losses

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel and Alyssa Fowers1 hour ago

Hate-crime killings set a record in 2019, FBI data reveals

The rise was due in large part to the mass shooting in El Paso that officials say was motivated by anti-immigrant bias, according to new figures released Monday by the FBI.

By Devlin Barrett

Shingle Mountain: How a pile of toxic waste was dumped in a community of color

How White leaders in Dallas paved the way for toxic Shingle Mountain to rise up in a minority community

By Darryl Fears and John Muyskens

An officer responded to a house fire with children in danger. It was his family trapped inside.

The Oklahoma officer suffered burns on the right side of his body, his left arm and the entire right side of his face.

By Lateshia Beachum

Afghan man charged in journalist David Rohde’s abduction denies involvement

Haji Najibullah was arrested last month in connection to the 2008 abduction of Rohde, who worked for the New York Times at the time, and two other men.

By Shayna Jacobs

D.C., Md. & Va.

Major burglary ring hit about 40 homes in Fairfax County, authorities say

Four men were indicted in connection with the burglaries. Authorities said more than $1 million was taken.

By Justin Jouvenal1 hour ago

Hogan plans ‘additional actions’ after two weeks of record infection rates

The D.C. region added 4,519 new cases Tuesday, the most in a single day since the start of the pandemic.

By Rebecca Tan and Dana Hedgpeth28 minutes ago

(Sarah L. Voisin/The Post)

Georgetown University to offer more housing, in-person classes for seniors in spring

The reopening pays special attention to seniors and graduate students, who will be permitted to take hybrid courses on campus.

By Lauren Lumpkin

Three decades after his wife disappeared, a Virginia man admits he killed her

By Paul Duggan

Virus cancels ‘Wreaths Across America’ at Arlington, cemetery says

By Martin Weil

Capital Weather Gang

D.C.-area forecast: Breezy and turning colder before temperatures rebound late in the week

By Matt Rogers

Known coronavirus deaths and cases

Citations from Saturday’s pro-Trump protests and counterprotests include gun charges, inciting riots, destruction of property

By Keith L. Alexander, Tom Jackman and Fenit Nirappil

Going Out Guide

Tired of plain old pumpkin or pecan pie? These 8 shops offer sweet alternatives

Try one of these creative, tasty twists on the usual Thanksgiving and holiday favorites.

By Angela Haupt1 hour ago

The Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden’s two newest works stir up dark associations

Museum’s latest acquisitions by Huma Bhabha and Sterling Ruby leave lingering, haunted impressions.

By Kelsey Ables

How Sean Doolittle and Eireann Dolan would spend a perfect day in D.C.

The free agent relief pitcher and his wife reflect on their time spent in Washington.

By Rudi Greenberg

Real Estate

The Arietta offers new living options in D.C.’s Park View

Here’s what to think about before deciding whether to build a treehouse to live in

Private office space among amenities of new apartments at D.C.’s Capitol Riverfront

Business & Technology

SBA seeks to delay release of loan records following court order

The Small Business Administration has asked to delay production of its small-business loan records after a federal judge ordered they be made public by Nov. 19. The agency has not commented on whether it will appeal.

By Nate Jones and Aaron Gregg

Moderna headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. (AFP/Getty Images)

The Health 202Analysis

Trump is angry at vaccine makers, so he's pushing a last-minute plan to lower drug prices

By Paige Winfield Cunningham

The Finance 202Analysis

CEOs embrace Biden as president-elect while many Republicans still won't acknowledge his win

By Tory Newmyer

The Cybersecurity 202Analysis

The next disinformation fight is coming – over coronavirus vaccines

The battle is coming even as phony claims are still swirling around the 2020 election.

By Joseph Marks

Market Watch

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Health & Science

Early analysis finds Moderna’s vaccine nearly 95% effective

By Carolyn Y. Johnson

Trump officials rush to auction off drilling rights to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

By Juliet Eilperin

The Health 202Analysis

Biden will also have the opioid epidemic to deal with amid the coronavirus pandemic

By Alexandra Ellerbeck

U.S. pharmacies attract new flu shot customers as coronavirus surges

By Caroline Humer

Sports

Analysis

Bucks go all in to retain Giannis Antetokounmpo, swing two trades

With Antetokounmpo’s contract decision looming, the Milwaukee Bucks agreed to acquire Jrue Holiday from the New Orleans Pelicans and Bogdan Bogdanovic from the Sacramento Kings, according to multiple people with knowledge of the deals.

By Ben Golliver

Analysis

For two win-now teams picking at the top of the NBA draft, the best prospects don’t fit

By Ben Golliver

After euphoria of historic move, Kim Ng talks about pressure of becoming Marlins’ GM

By Dave Sheinin

The NCAA announced it is in talks with the state of Indiana to hold the entire men's college basketball tournament in or around Indianapolis, site of this season's Final Four. (David J. Phillip/AP)

College basketball season is about to tip off in a pandemic. Here’s what you need to know.

After an eight-month hiatus that included the cancellation of the NCAA tournament for the first time amid the coronavirus pandemic, the start of the new season is finally within sight.

By Gene Wang

NFL Week 10Analysis

Kirk Cousins finally gets a Monday night win, while Nick Foles’s injury adds to Bears’ woes

By Mark Maske1 hour ago

Analysis

Dolphins lead list of NFL’s surprise teams through 10 weeks

By John Clayton

Buccaneers stand by Antonio Brown after report of destructive incident surfaces

By Des Bieler

What to know from NFL Week 10: Drew Brees got hurt, and the NFC East is getting ridiculous

By Adam Kilgore

Lifestyle

Sasa Aakil, 17, created nearly 700 postcards with the words "A Man Was Lynched Yesterday" after the death of George Floyd. (Photo by Tavon Taylor for The Post)

This D.C. press helps diverse young writers express themselves ‘from a place of power’

Shout Mouse Press strives to provide “a more robust story of the Black Lives Matter movement.”

By Avery J.C. Kleinman

Perspective

The pandemic isn’t going anywhere. Here’s how to organize your masks and other supplies.

By Nicole Anzia

The dishwasher leaves my drinking glasses cloudy. What can I do?

By Jeanne Huber

Advice

Carolyn Hax: Parents’ favoring one child isn’t doing anybody any favors

No, it’s not right, but try to remember that you got the gift of self-sufficiency.

Ask Amy: Waning intimacy is not necessarily the norm

Reader complains that sex is no longer a part of nearly 30-year marriage.

Miss Manners: Friends don’t pressure friends into adultery

Reader repeatedly tells friend that she isn’t interested in dating a married man.

The LilyElevating stories about women

Perspective

Movie Review

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan bring heat to an otherwise chilly lesbian romance

19th-century period piece ‘Ammonite’ tries to break the mold but feels trite and tame.

By Ann Hornaday

Video

The real-life events that inspired ‘The Crown’ Season 4

Netflix’s “The Crown” draws on events such as Princess Diana’s marriage to Prince Charles and the relationship between Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher.

By Allie Caren

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