Christopher Krebs Hasn’t Been Fired, Yet

Mr. Krebs’s government agency contradicted President Trump’s false claims that the election was rigged. At this point, Mr. Krebs, a former Microsoft executive, still has a job.

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Biden Implores Trump to Confront a Surging Pandemic

President Trump broke his near-total silence on the coronavirus on Friday with an appearance in the Rose Garden in which he threatened to deny New York access to a vaccine.

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Federal Prosecutors Push Back on Barr Memo on Voter Fraud Claims

The prosecutors, assigned to monitor this month’s elections, said they had found no evidence to back any “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities.

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Trump Loses String of Election Lawsuits, Leaving Few Vehicles to Fight His Defeat

The president’s efforts to use the courts to delay or block President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory were turned aside in cases in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona.

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Secret Service Struck Again by Coronavirus Outbreak

At least 30 officers in the agency’s Uniformed Division have tested positive in recent weeks. Another 60 or so were asked to isolate.

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Small Cracks Emerge in G.O.P. Support for Trump’s Baseless Fraud Claims

President Trump retains a powerful hold on his party. But a growing number of Republican elected officials and party leaders have signaled they will indulge his conspiracy theories for only so long.

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Trump Rebuffs Biden Transition Team, Setting Off Virus and National Security Risks

Some Senate Republicans said the president-elect should be given intelligence briefings, and transition team members found workarounds for the president’s stonewalling.

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A Time to Reflect, and Look Forward

We asked for your thoughts after this chaotic election. You saw hope, sadness, determination, hopelessness … and reasons to carry on.

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Biden to Name Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff

Mr. Klain, a lawyer and veteran Democratic operative who first worked for the president-elect in 1989 when he was a senator, has been a sharp critic of President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus.

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‘I Don’t Have a Happy Ending’: A Pollster on What Went Wrong

Charles Franklin runs one of the most respected polls of Wisconsin. Here’s his assessment of why his survey and others missed the mark.

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McCabe Rejects Republican Accusations of F.B.I. Corruption in Russia Inquiry

At a Senate hearing, Republicans sought to rehash unproven allegations that the bureau targeted President Trump for political reasons.

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What Happened in Each Key Senate Race

The Democrats had expected to flip several seats, but came up short. Their hopes to control the chamber now likely rest on a pair of races in Georgia.

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An Obama Restoration on Foreign Policy? Familiar Faces Could Fill Biden’s Team

The president-elect has several veteran aides to choose from, even as some liberals complain about a return of the foreign policy “Blob.”

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Here’s Where All the Cracks in the ‘Blue Wall’ Were for Biden

President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. took back Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin by surging in the suburbs. He held his own in big cities, but there were signs of weakness in Black and Latino neighborhoods.

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A House Divided

Joe Biden made national unity a central message of his campaign. But the election showed that unity won’t happen overnight.

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Jon Meacham, Presidential Historian, Helps Shape the Words of Joe Biden

Jon Meacham, best known for writing about past presidents like Andrew Jackson and George Bush, has helped shape some of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s most significant speeches.

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Facing runoffs, Georgia’s Republican senators ask the state’s top elections official, also a Republican, to step down.

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Kansas Democrat Who Admitted to Revenge Porn Wins State House Seat

Now, state party leaders are looking to replace the representative-elect, Aaron Coleman.

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A Nation Votes for Joe Biden, and a Red State Shrugs

Nebraska delivered one electoral vote for Mr. Biden, but the rest of the rural state is deeply red, and mostly accepting of the election results.

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Conor Lamb, House Moderate, on Biden’s Win, ‘the Squad’ and the Future of the Democratic Party

Conor Lamb, who survived a Republican challenge in Pennsylvania, says Democrats were given a message on Election Day: Backlash to progressive policies risks killing their House majority.

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