Democracy Dies in Darkness
Christopher Krebs led successful efforts to help state and local election offices protect their systems and to rebut misinformation.
The limited victory for the president’s campaign arrived amid a string of failures in its effort to overturn the result of the election through the courts.
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In truth, President Trump doesn’t even look like he’s having a particularly good time golfing. He simply appears to be avoiding the dreadfulness of his responsibilities. Such is his privilege.
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The U.S. and Mexican attorneys general said Tuesday that the Justice Department would seek dismissal of its criminal charges and provide evidence for a Mexican investigation of Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, who has been accused of aiding a drug cartel when he was Mexico’s top defense official.
A handful of Republicans opposed the candidacy of Shelton. Critics have argued that her views on the gold standard and Fed independence make her too much of an outlier for a seat on the central bank’s Board of Governors.
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The test comes as the United States steps up its missile defense capabilities in response to North Korea’s advancing arsenal. 
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One of every 11 coronavirus infections in the United States this year was recorded in the past week.
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Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) is pursuing a solo inquiry into election laws in states that President Trump narrowly lost in this month’s election, perplexing colleagues and irritating some state officials.
A television screen showing President-elect Joe Biden is seen through a window near the entrance to the West Wing at the White House on Nov. 10. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
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President Trump began lying about the threat of fraud well before Election Day to create precisely the atmosphere that the campaign is now leveraging. We cannot emphasize directly or frequently enough one central point: There is no evidence of any systemic fraud in the 2020 election. 
“Afghanistan risks becoming once again a platform for international terrorists to plan and organize attacks on our homelands," Jens Stoltenberg said.
Less than an hour before the barrage, acting defense secretary Christopher C. Miller said the U.S. military would pull more troops from Iraq, decreasing the number to 2,500 by Jan. 15, days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
A tree fell across the road amid Hurricane Iota in Siuna, Nicaragua, on Tuesday. (AP)
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.
The sides had split over now-suspended plans to annex settlements in the West Bank.
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.
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A fiery crash last Wednesday closed the Brent Spence Bridge, creating a logistical nightmare for hundreds of thousands of vehicles that cross the river between Kentucky and Ohio every week and reopening long-simmering political sparring about the span’s future.
Derek Chauvin has asked a judge to prevent prosecutors from citing eight incidents they allege show a pattern of excessive force.
The Maryland governor's announcement came one week after he reimposed new restrictions for the first time since the start of the pandemic. The greater Washington region set a record Tuesday for the most new coronavirus cases added in a single day.
Members criticized the way Fairfax officials communicated the switch to the public — and some took issue with how the board learned about it.
Volunteers carry wreaths to gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery in 2015. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post)
Saying it could not mitigate the risk to thousands of visitors and cemetery staff, the cemetery on Monday had canceled next month's Wreaths Across America event.  But on Tuesday, after criticism from Republican lawmakers and public outcry, President Trump said he overrode Army officials.
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.
The conversation between NASA’s Doug Loverro and Boeing’s Jim Chilton is now the subject of a grand jury investigation
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Executives are helping Biden turn the page from a messy campaign and its aftermath.
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Chicago Cubs president Theo Epstein talks to reporters on Opening Day in Chicago in 2012. (AP)
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A good rule of thumb for the parlor game that will ensue over Epstein’s next move might be: Whatever your guess is, think bigger.
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LaMelo Ball, James Wiseman and Anthony Edwards might be tough fits with the two teams at the top of the NBA draft.
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Milwaukee added difference-makers Jrue Holiday and Bogdan Bogdanovic to support two-time MVP Antetokounmpo on his quest for a first title.
Guy Pearce plays a painter accused of selling a Dutch national treasure to Nazi leader Hermann Goering. (Jack English/Tristar Pictures)
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In “A Promised Land,” the author always seems to observe himself in action, wondering if he is guiding the currents or driven by them.
The federal charge stems from an incident that took place in December 2019, when the rapper, now 38, was in Miami.
Recent books about the royal family give helpful context to series watchers.
Museum’s latest acquisitions by Huma Bhabha and Sterling Ruby leave lingering, haunted impressions.