Pompeo Fuels Administration's Baseless Claims Of Election Fraud World leaders have been congratulating President-Elect Biden, but America's top diplomat, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, is fueling the Trump administration's claims of widespread election fraud. Michele Kelemen
What A Biden Administration May Do To Change Policing Joe Biden said on the campaign trail that he was for reforming policing — but not defunding it. NPR discusses what federal actions on law enforcement might be taken under a President Biden. Martin Kaste
Will 'Harry Reid Machine' Continue To Work For Democrats In Next Elections? The election race in Nevada was tighter than anyone expected. Democrats tried to replicate the "Harry Reid machine" elsewhere in the U.S., but some question how well the model will continue to work. Leila Fadel
Biden Should Be Getting Top-Level Intelligence Briefings, But He Isn't President Trump has not accepted the election results, and his administration has not yet authorized Biden and his team to start receiving government resources — including intelligence briefings. Greg Myre
Pompeo Makes Empty Promise Of A Transition To A 2nd Trump Term "We're going to count all the votes," the secretary of state told reporters, an apparent reference to President Trump's baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. Bill Chappell
What A Biden Presidency Could Mean For Education As the new president sets his priorities, will having an educator as first lady help schools and colleges get what they hope for? Elissa Nadworny
Supreme Court Appears Likely To Uphold Obamacare At least two of the court's conservative justices seemed to suggest the law should stand whether or not the individual mandate is found unconstitutional. Nina Totenberg
McConnell, Schumer Reelected To Lead Their Parties In The Senate Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will continue in their leadership roles in the next Congress. But control of the chamber won't be decided until January. Susan Davis
Head Of DOJ's Election Crimes Unit Steps Down After Barr OKs Election Inquiries The attorney general's policy breaks with the Justice Department's policy of not interfering with elections that has stood for 40 years, Richard Pilger says. Bill Chappell
Trump Election Lawsuits Have Mostly Failed. Here's What They Tried "The claims are baseless, and at this point folks are grasping at straws," said one secretary of state, of the Trump campaign's legal strategy. Miles Parks