History Suggests Delay In Trump-Biden Transition Could Mean Danger National security experts argue for a smooth transition, which some administrations have accomplished, but any transition between President Trump and President-elect Joe Biden may be rocky. Brian Naylor
12 Million To Lose Jobless Benefits The Day After Christmas Unless Congress Acts If Congress doesn't compromise and pass another relief bill, a new study finds a staggering number of Americans will lose a critical financial lifeline as the pandemic worsens. Chris Arnold
Why Were The Polls Off? Pollsters Have Some Early Theories Along with state polls, national polls may have been significantly further off from the election results than in 2016. Many appear to have missed support for Trump and down-ballot GOP candidates. Danielle Kurtzleben
President-Elect Biden Pressures Trump Administration To Authorize Transition NPR's Noel King talks to Dave Barram, former administrator of the General Services Administration, about the GSA's refusal to officially authorize a transition to the in-coming Biden administration.
As Georgia's Hand Recount Concludes, Vote Count Shows Biden Still Ahead Thousands of workers across the state have counted each ballot to ensure that President-elect Joe Biden did narrowly defeat President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 contest in Georgia. Stephen Fowler
Trump Campaign To File For Partial Recount In Wisconsin The campaign is filing for recounts in Milwaukee and Dane counties. Wisconsin does not have automatic recounts, although a losing candidate can file a sworn petition, along with a filing fee. Barbara Sprunt
Michigan's Wayne County Certifies Election Results After Brief GOP Refusal The Republican members of the bipartisan Wayne County Board of Canvassers sought to block the certification of the state's most populous county — but they soon relented under withering criticism. Colin Dwyer
Financial Watchdog Expected To Get Its Teeth Back Under Biden The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a powerful agency policing predatory or unfair practices. Trump hobbled it. But a court ruling allows Biden to appoint a new sheriff at the bureau. Chris Arnold
White House Appears To Be Behind Latest News Out Of The Pentagon A recent shake-up in senior leadership at the Pentagon has raised a lot of questions. Those questions increased with news about the administration's plan to pull troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq. Tom Bowman
Led By Giuliani, Trump Campaign Effort To Stop Certification Falters In Pennsylvania The campaign suffered a major loss for its flailing effort to overturn the election results. Action by the state Supreme Court Tuesday in Pennsylvania followed a string of other losses. Pam Fessler
