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Election 2020

Biden dials up pressure on Trump to engage in handoff

The president-elect warned that more American lives would be at risk if members of the new administration are unable to plan for the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine in coordination with current Trump administration officials.

By Matt Viser59 minutes ago

President-elect urges a new economic relief package and warns again of a ‘dark winter’ ahead

By Anne Gearan and Jeff Stein

Trump digs in on baseless election claims even as legal options dwindle

By Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey, Amy Gardner and Jon Swaine46 minutes ago

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

By Paul Sonne

Sens. David Perdue (R-Ga.) and Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) attend a campaign event in Cummings, Ga., on Friday. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)

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

On a private call, GOP senators and allies fret about the changing electorate and look to reach anti-Trump Republicans.

By Robert Costa and Tom Hamburger33 minutes ago

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

By Amy Gardner

With election results under attack, here’s a guide to the facts

By Ann Gerhart and Tyler Remmel

Coronavirus

Early analysis finds Moderna’s vaccine nearly 95% effective

The biotechnology firm announced that in addition to the high rate of disease prevention overall, the shot reduced severe cases of illness.

By Carolyn Y. Johnson

Global markets roar on promising vaccine news

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California slams ‘emergency brake’ on reopening

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Analysis: The most important part of Biden’s economic speech is what he did not say

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Iowa governor, who belittled mask mandates, announces statewide mask mandate

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Some hospitals are desperately searching for staffers and paying dearly for it

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

By Adam Taylor

Biden wants to curb the coronavirus but steers clear of shutdowns

By Annie Linskey and Sean Sullivan40 minutes ago

Opinions

The longer Republicans cower to Trump, the more damage they do to democracy

Opinion by the Editorial Board

Trump abused the clemency power. Will Biden reform it?

Opinion by Rachel E. Barkow and Mark Osler

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

Opinion by Eugene Robinson

Why we are canceling our family Thanksgiving trip this year

Opinion by Kate Cohen

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

Opinion by Catherine Rampell

Polling isn’t broken. But we too often miss its hidden signals.

Opinion by Mark Mellman

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

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

The manmade mountain of discarded roofing shingles stretches more than a city block in Dallas, where White leaders paved the way for the illegal toxic dump to rise up in a minority community.

By Darryl Fears and John Muyskens

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 DeYoung1 hour ago

Harvard’s former fencing coach and a Maryland businessman arrested in college-admissions scandal

By Susan Svrluga

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

U.S. Catholic bishops change agenda at annual meeting to discuss report on ex-cardinal McCarrick

The Vatican report showed how top clergy in the United States and Rome allowed Theodore McCarrick to rise in the church despite allegations of sexual misconduct.

By Michelle Boorstein

SpaceX capsule, with four astronauts aboard, on way to Space Station

By Christian Davenport and Hamza Shaban

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, his wife said, but their children escaped unharmed.

By Lateshia Beachum

Don’t Miss

How to host a smaller Thanksgiving while still enjoying your favorite holiday flavors

By Becky Krystal

The creative powerhouse behind Valentino believes we all need beauty now — even if we can’t afford it

By Robin Givhan

Perspective

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

By George Bass

RetropolisThe Past, Rediscovered

Fact-checking ‘The Crown’: How icy were Queen Elizabeth and Margaret Thatcher with each other?

By Michael S. Rosenwald

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The Post's Sean Sullivan discusses who is in the running for some of President-elect Joe Biden's top appointments.

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Politics

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

Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee joins two other Republicans in opposing the nomination of Judy Shelton, who is known for her controversial views on the Federal Reserve’s independence, to the Fed’s board of governors.

By Rachel Siegel and Seung Min Kim

Analysis

It’s important to ask why 2020 polls were off. But more importantly, what happens next?

By Philip Bump

President Trump drives a golf cart on Sunday at his course in Sterling, Va. (Al Drago for The Post)

The Daily 202Analysis

Trump eggs on boos that previous leaders shushed

By James Hohmann

Obama’s advice to Trump? ‘It’s time for you’ to concede to Biden.

By Teo Armus

The Energy 202Analysis

Here are the contenders to become Biden’s top environmental officials

By Dino Grandoni

The DebriefAnalysis

The ending of Trump’s presidency echoes the beginning — with a lie

By Ashley Parker

World

Hurricane Iota explodes into a Category 5 as it bears down on Nicaragua

The strongest hurricane ever observed this late in the Atlantic season is predicted to make landfall in Nicaragua early Tuesday with catastrophic winds, life-threatening storm surge and devastating rainfall.

By Anna-Cat Brigida, Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow

Capital Weather Gang

Six images that capture Hurricane Iota’s ferocity

By Matthew Cappucci

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, left, and Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh cheer Sunday during the signing ceremony a new trade pact in Hanoi. (EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

As Trump era ends, huge new Asian trade deal leaves U.S. on sidelines

By Gerry Shih and Simon Denyer

Biden likely to remain tough on Chinese tech like Huawei, but with help from allies

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

By Karla Adam and William Booth

Hundreds of fraudulent votes were discovered in a bird contest. Then a fat green parrot was elected.

By Jennifer Hassan

Walid al-Moallem1941–2020

Syrian foreign minister and Assad loyalist dies at 79

He served as ambassador to Washington in the 1990s during Syria’s on-and-off peace talks with Israel.

By Associated Press

Canadian coronavirus cases grow and spread as once-effective unity frays

A spiraling resurgence is buffeting provinces once heralded as success stories, as cracks emerge in the “Team Canada” approach.

By Amanda Coletta

National

Trump coronavirus adviser tells Michigan to ‘rise up’ against new shutdown orders

“I’m not going to be bullied into not following reputable scientists and medical professionals,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) responded.

By Katie Shepherd

South Dakota nurse says many patients deny the coronavirus exists — right up until death

As a surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations ravage the Upper Midwest, health-care workers deal with severely ill patients who remain skeptical about the existence of the virus.

By Paulina Villegas

Capital Weather GangAnalysis

From Texas to Maine, all but six coastal counties have seen tropical storm winds in 2020

By Matthew Cappucci and Lauren Tierney

In SightPerspective

‘It is terrifying to face the reality that people with a full-time job have to have a home inside a tent’

By Kenneth Dickerman

RetropolisThe Past, Rediscovered

The Texas governor who refused to concede after losing a bitter election

By Gillian Brockell

New York police found hundreds packed into a club. It was an illegal ‘fight club,’ they said.

The New York City Sheriff's Office shut down an illegal “fight club” late Saturday at a Bronx warehouse where more than 200 attendees disregarded city and state coronavirus rules.

By Andrea Salcedo

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.

Virus infections set record for 13th day as more restrictions are added

New policies went into effect in Virginia, while Maryland’s Howard County announced tougher restrictions in an attempt to slow the momentum of the spread.

By Julie Zauzmer and Erin Cox

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 Nirappil1 hour 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

Fairfax County school district delays in-person instruction one day before classes were to begin

The announcement came the same day teachers unions urged Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) to switch the state to online-only learning.

By Hannah Natanson

Capital Weather Gang

P.M. Update: A reinforcing shot of chilly air leads to a blustery Tuesday

By Ian Livingston

Known coronavirus deaths and cases

Va. governor supports legalizing marijuana

By Gregory S. Schneider and Rachel Weiner

Going Out Guide

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

Think it will soon be too cold to eat outside? Heed this advice from Alaska, Scandinavia — even the South Pole

Some people don't just endure cold weather, they embrace it

By Tom Sietsema

Thacher & Rye, Bryan Voltaggio’s new restaurant, is designed with the pandemic in mind

Bryan Voltaggio replaces his high-end Volt with a more accessible dining destination.

By Tom Sietsema

Real Estate

The data that home buyers, sellers and investors need to watch

One-bedroom, two-bathroom condo in D.C.'s Tenleytown lists for $399,999

The complete package in a family-friendly D.C. neighborhood

Business & Technology

Analysis

The crucial part of Biden’s economic speech is what he did not say

The president-elect’s first big economic speech did not urge a compromise with Republicans on a stimulus bill, and he danced around the need for further lockdowns or business and school closures.

By Heather Long

Bezos makes first donations from $10 billion Earth Fund for fighting climate change

By Steven Mufson

While construction continues, the D.C. luxury rental market has crashed

By Jessica M. Goldstein

Lydia Mobley, 30, is a travel nurse working in a Lansing, Mich., intensive care unit making $70 an hour, much more than she could earn as a staff nurse. (Elaine Cromie for The Post)

Some places were short on nurses before the virus. The pandemic is making it much worse.

By Lenny Bernstein

Market Watch

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SEC chairman to step down at end of the year

Jay Clayton, a longtime corporate lawyer, was thrust into controversy when President Trump said he would nominate him to be the next U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.

By Hannah Denham

Health & Science

What to know about the chemicals used to grow the plants you eat

By Consumer Reports

The Health 202Analysis

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

By Alexandra Ellerbeck

KidsPost

Ever wondered about the best time for stargazing?

By Jason Bittel

Giant squid that washed ashore in South Africa is a rare glimpse of the deep-sea creature

By Heather Djunga

Sports

The NCAA plans to hold March Madness in one location, possibly Indianapolis

With coronavirus cases spiking across the country, confining the event to one location gives the sport the best chance to safely complete the tournament without disruption.

By Emily Giambalvo

Washington Football Team won’t allow fans at next game amid rise in coronavirus cases

The team had allowed a small number of fans to attend its most recent game at FedEx Field.

By Nicki Jhabvala

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NFL WEEK 10

Bears vs. Vikings live updates: Minnesota strikes first in Chicago

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Adam Thielen makes terrific touchdown catch to put Vikings in front

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Nick Foles throws pick on Bears’ second offensive play

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Kyle Rudolph loses fumble on Vikings’ opening drive

Ron Rivera says Alex Smith could ‘possibly’ be Washington’s future at quarterback

By Nicki Jhabvala

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

By Adam Kilgore

Analysis

Phoenix gets Chris Paul to boost playoff chances. Oklahoma City begins full-scale rebuild.

By Ben Golliver

Analysis: 2020 NBA mock draft: LaMelo Ball, James Wiseman and limitless trade possibilities

Prosecutors drop all robbery charges against former Giants cornerback Deandre Baker

By Mark Maske

Analysis

How Jim Hickey’s focus on the change-up could help the Nationals’ pitching staff

By Jesse Dougherty

Lifestyle

(Elias Williams for The Post)

Perspective

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