The Electoral College votes, affirming Biden’s victory. So now it’s official, again. It’s Tuesday, and this is your politics tip sheet.
Where things stand

The Electoral College’s 538 members cast their votes yesterday, affirming Joe Biden as the president-elect of the United States. Conducted separately by delegations in all 50 states, the vote didn’t have to be a big deal. It might have passed by more or less unnoticed, a formality with little pomp or circumstance weeks after the presidential transition had begun.
But it unfolded as yet another unforced humiliation for President Trump in the weeks since Nov. 3. Until the last moments, he and his allies had sought to s***** an Electoral College victory by persuading friendly Republicans in states won by Biden to swap in Trump-friendly electors who would cast “faithless” ballots.
Instead, not a single rogue ballot was cast yesterday. Biden officially crossed the 270-vote threshold in the evening as California cast its 55 electoral votes.
Speaking last night from Wilmington, Del., Biden asked the nation to put the election behind it and move on. “We the people voted,” he said. “Faith in our institutions held. The integrity of our elections remains intact. And so, now it is time to turn the page, as we’ve done throughout our history. To unite. To heal.”
The voting went relatively smoothly, calming fears after some states had taken steps to address what officials considered viable threats of violence outside locations where the electors were convening.
In Michigan and Wisconsin, lawmakers closed their statehouses to the public after Trump supporters pledged to protest outside. Wisconsin’s electors were ushered into a side entrance at the State Capitol.
In many contested states, police officers at Electoral College voting places outnumbered protesters, and across the country the process proceeded without interruption.
The New York Times