President-elect Joe Biden is planning a “climate administration.” His aides are drafting orders to reduce pollution and seeking nominees who will embed climate policy across the government.
Trump fired Christopher Krebs, the head of the agency in charge of election security. Last week, the agency called the election “the most secure in American history.”
Republican officials refused to certify Biden’s win in Detroit — only to reverse themselves after an outcry from the city’s voters and state officials.
Rudy Giuliani asked the Trump campaign to pay him $20,000 a day for legal work challenging the election results. The campaign appears to have said no, and Giuliani denied requesting that much.
Alaska voters approved ranked-choice voting for general elections, which makes it easier to vote for a third party without undermining a major-party candidate.
In The Times Magazine, Jonathan Mahler argues that Trump will soon present the country with a historic dilemma: an ex-president with substantial criminal liability.

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Mars, the maker of M&Ms and Snickers, will acquire the company that makes Kind bars. The deal is a bet on snacks that market themselves as healthy.
Theo Epstein — who built the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox teams that ended long championship droughts for both franchises — stepped down as president of the Cubs. He said he planned to join another team eventually.
Torrential rains and back-to-back typhoons have ripped through the Philippines in the past two weeks, turning a once picturesque river into a sea of murky brown and setting off deadly landslides. The Times takes a photographic look at the impact in one province.
Conan O’Brien will end his TBS show in June after 28 years doing nightly television. He will host a weekly variety show on HBO Max.
The New York Times