Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, and Seth Meyers appreciate just how bad Trump is at stealing elections

5:32 a.m.

2 Michigan GOP election board members try to 'rescind' Detroit-area vote certification

3:42 a.m.

Giuliani formally asks federal judge to give Pennsylvania's electors to Trump

2:09 a.m.

Woman reunites with 1st grade teacher who taught her to speak English 40 years ago

1:25 a.m.

Judge orders Trump administration to stop expelling migrant children under COVID-19 public health order

12:32 a.m.

Some Trump officials are stealthily reaching out to Biden's transition team

12:13 a.m.

NRA to suspend insurance business in New York, pay $2.5 million fine

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Barack Obama's new memoir is breaking sales records

November 18, 2020

Sen. Steve Daines says he participated in Pfizer vaccine trial, tested positive for antibodies

November 18, 2020

U.S. coronavirus death toll hits 250,000

November 18, 2020

Wonder Woman 1984 to debut on HBO Max and in theaters at the same time

November 18, 2020

Charlie Brown holiday specials will air on TV again after backlash

November 18, 2020

Trump's top election law adviser once called him 'one of the greatest threats to our liberty'

November 18, 2020

Trump's last-minute foreign policy dumps are reportedly an attempt to overwhelm Biden and drown his agenda

November 18, 2020

Facebook moderators say they're being forced to return to the office and 'risk our lives'

November 18, 2020

New York Mets' Robinson Cano receives season-long suspension after 2nd positive PED test

November 18, 2020

New York government slammed by critics for closing schools but not indoor dining

November 18, 2020

The new sequel to Scream is just called Scream

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Barack Obama, failed conservative
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The new Harry Potter?
Barack Obama is making book publishing an event again
America's bipartisan polarization crisis
Why Democrats aren't innocent bystanders
Freedom to infect
How a narrow idea of liberty is getting Americans killed
The Trumpy Home Companion?
Trump isn't going to be the next Tucker Carlson. He's going to be the next Garrison Keillor.
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"There is symbolism in elevating Culture alongside other executive departments like Agriculture, the Interior, and Education, which sends a message to Americans about the importance and priority of the arts to our national identity."
Why America needs a secretary of culture
The arts are in dire need of a Cabinet-level priority
6 books that inspired author Kiese Laymon
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4 candidates to replace Harris in the Senate
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Americans haven't raided their 401(k)s
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7 cartoons on the GOP's Trump appeasement
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Can Biden get us out of this?
3 ways Biden's COVID-19 task force can control the pandemic
Lockdowns are not neutral
Strip clubs are open but churches aren't?
How the pandemic could lead to more globalization
Closed borders, trade conflicts, and supply-chain problems raise the specter of nations turning inward
"By now, the country has mostly learned to stop expecting much guidance from a president whose Election Night party turned into yet another one of his superspreader events."
The coronavirus leadership void
Leaders will be required to get America through this long coronavirus winter. And leaders are in short supply.
The NBA is trying to make up with China
The league made a series of public and private gestures to quell political tensions that erupted last year
No end to the stimulus stalemate
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The crisis in college sports
With revenues plummeting in the pandemic, colleges are eliminating Olympic sports like diving and volleyball
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How will Trump give up?
Presidents concede. Trump does not.
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Trump vs. Fox News
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The Late Show evicts Trump

Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, and Seth Meyers appreciate just how bad Trump is at stealing elections

5:32 a.m.
People count ballots in Detroit.

2 Michigan GOP election board members try to 'rescind' Detroit-area vote certification

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Giuliani formally asks federal judge to give Pennsylvania's electors to Trump

2:09 a.m.
Ana Reyes and Pat Harkleroad.

Woman reunites with 1st grade teacher who taught her to speak English 40 years ago

1:25 a.m.
Migrant child at Mexico border

Judge orders Trump administration to stop expelling migrant children under COVID-19 public health order

12:32 a.m.
The White House.

Some Trump officials are stealthily reaching out to Biden's transition team

12:13 a.m.
The NRA logo.

NRA to suspend insurance business in New York, pay $2.5 million fine

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Copies of Barack Obama's new book.

Barack Obama's new memoir is breaking sales records

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Sen. Steve Daines.

Sen. Steve Daines says he participated in Pfizer vaccine trial, tested positive for antibodies

November 18, 2020
A man prays at a memorial for American COVID-19 victims.

U.S. coronavirus death toll hits 250,000

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Wonder Woman 1984

Wonder Woman 1984 to debut on HBO Max and in theaters at the same time

November 18, 2020
A Charlie Brown Christmas

Charlie Brown holiday specials will air on TV again after backlash

November 18, 2020
Donald Trump.

Trump's top election law adviser once called him 'one of the greatest threats to our liberty'

November 18, 2020
President Trump.

Trump's last-minute foreign policy dumps are reportedly an attempt to overwhelm Biden and drown his agenda

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Facebook moderators say they're being forced to return to the office and 'risk our lives'

November 18, 2020
Robinson Cano.

New York Mets' Robinson Cano receives season-long suspension after 2nd positive PED test

November 18, 2020
Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio.

New York government slammed by critics for closing schools but not indoor dining

November 18, 2020
Scream

The new sequel to Scream is just called Scream

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