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
Wisconsin Voters Say Both Sides Must Move Past Contentious Election Wisconsin saw one of the nation's tightest presidential contests. How do voters there deal with their state's sharp political and social divisions and move forward? David Schaper
The Unexpected Boom In Startups Despite the pandemic — or maybe because of it — new businesses are starting at record rates. Greg Rosalsky
The National Security Implications Of Trump's Firing Of Esper President Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday — replacing him with Christopher C. Miller, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center. What does the timing of this mean? Greg Myre
America's Founding Fathers Expected Current Political Circumstances NPR'S Steve Inskeep speaks with author Tom Ricks about his book: First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country.
GOP Tip-Toes Around Acknowledging Biden Win, Trump Election Conspiracy Republicans have in large part shunned the tradition of congratulating the president elect. But many in the GOP establishment have not openly welcomed Trump's conspiracies of election fraud either. Claudia Grisales
Trans And Nonbinary Candidates Set Record Wins In Red And Blue States In 2020, transgender candidates continued to win elections. In Kansas, one winner, Stephanie Byers, says voters seemed more concerned with her policy than with her gender identity. Piper McDaniel
On Immigration, Biden's Biggest Promises Likely Hinge On Who Controls The Senate President-elect Biden is expected to quickly reverse some of the Trump administration's most controversial policies. But his ability to reshape immigration would be limited in a divided government. Joel Rose
What Health Care Might Look Like Under A President Biden NPR discusses how the Biden administration's approach to health care would be different from President Trump's. Selena Simmons-Duffin