Georgia confirms Biden victory and finds no widespread fraud after statewide audit
Georgia has finished its statewide audit of the razor-thin presidential race, confirming that President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Donald…
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New York authorities investigating millions in tax write-offs from the Trump Organization
New York authorities investigating the Trump Organization have expanded their inquiries to include tax write-offs involving millions of dollars in…
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New York authorities investigating millions in tax write-offs from the Trump Organization
New York authorities investigating the Trump Organization have expanded their inquiries to include tax write-offs involving millions of dollars in…
Continue Reading Trump courts Michigan GOP leaders in bid to overturn election he lost
President Donald Trump has invited Republican state lawmakers from Michigan to the White House on Friday, according to a person familiar with the…
Continue Reading Senior Pentagon official Anthony Tata tests positive for Covid-19
Retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata, a top Pentagon official, has tested positive for Covid-19 after meeting with the Lithuanian minister of…
Continue Reading Trump’s refusal to concede creates strange gap between Biden and Harris on classified intelligence
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris took part in a classified briefing of the Senate Intelligence Committee this week and emerged in a strange…
Continue Reading Trump held unannounced meeting with Indonesian minister in Oval Office
United States President Donald Trump met with Indonesia’s Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment at the White House on Tuesday, a meeting…
Continue Reading Judges toss Republican lawsuits in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia
State judges in Arizona and Pennsylvania and a federal judge in Georgia rejected election-related lawsuits Thursday from Republicans and the Trump…
Continue Reading Biden poised to make first Cabinet announcements next week, eager to respond to Trump’s sabotage attempts
President-elect Joe Biden has expedited the selection of his Cabinet and is planning to make the first of several key announcements next week, an…
Continue Reading Trump told ally he’s trying to get back at Democrats for questioning legitimacy of his own election
President Donald Trump told an ally that he knows he lost, but that he is delaying the transition process and is aggressively trying to sow doubt…
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Trump told ally he’s trying to get back at Democrats for questioning legitimacy of his own election
President Donald Trump told an ally that he knows he lost, but that he is delaying the transition process and is aggressively trying to sow doubt…
Continue Reading Inside Rudy Giuliani’s attempt to sow chaos on behalf of Trump and steal the election
One day before the Trump campaign’s legal team needed to convince a federal judge that Joe Biden shouldn’t have won Pennsylvania, Rudy…
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Hand tally of votes confirms Joe Biden wins Georgia
ATLANTA, Georgia — A top Georgia elections official says a hand tally of the presidential race in Georgia is complete, and the results affirm…
Continue Reading Federal death row inmate’s execution delayed because of attorneys’ Covid-19 diagnosis
A federal court judge agreed Thursday to delay the execution of Lisa Montgomery after her attorneys argued they needed more time to work on her…
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Georgia election official says hand tally of presidential race is complete, the results affirm Biden’s lead over Trump
ATLANTA (AP) – A top Georgia elections official says a hand tally of the presidential race in Georgia is complete, and the results affirm…
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Judges toss Republican lawsuits in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia
State judges in Arizona and Pennsylvania and a federal judge in Georgia rejected election-related lawsuits Thursday from Republicans and the Trump…
Continue Reading Biden’s incoming chief of staff says Trump ‘failing to follow the law’ by not letting transition begin
Incoming White House chief of staff Ron Klain said Thursday that President Donald Trump and General Services Administrator Emily Murphy are failing…
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Inside Rudy Giuliani’s attempt to sow chaos on behalf of Trump and steal the election
One day before the Trump campaign’s legal team needed to convince a federal judge that Joe Biden shouldn’t have won Pennsylvania, Rudy…
Continue Reading Biden says Trump ‘will go down in history as being one of the most irresponsible presidents’
President-elect Joe Biden said Thursday that President Donald Trump “will go down in history as being one of the most irresponsible…
Continue Reading Major coronavirus outbreak hits crew of US Navy warship
There has been a major coronavirus outbreak aboard a US Navy guided missile destroyer, the USS Michael Murphy, which has spread to nearly one-quarter…
Continue Reading ‘An incredibly traumatic 24 hours’: New York City school closures set off new round of infighting
New York City’s decision to close schools as coronavirus rates rise has set off a torrent of political infighting and a fresh round of public…
Continue Reading Children facing deportation are asking Trump and Biden for help
In a last-ditch effort days before they could face deportation, children in federal custody are asking President Donald Trump, President-elect Joe…
Continue Reading Census delay could kill Trump’s plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from count
The Census Bureau said Thursday it has discovered unspecified “anomalies” in its count of the US population that could delay the report…
Continue Reading Rahm Emanuel under consideration to become Biden’s transportation secretary
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is under consideration to lead the department of transportation, people familiar with the matter say, a move that…
Continue Reading Mitt Romney says consequences of lame duck period are ‘potentially more severe’ than delayed transition
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney is warning that the consequences of actions taken by President Donald Trump during the lame duck period of his term are…
Continue Reading How election certification works and why it matters more than ever this year
Though states finalize and certify their results after every election, the process of confirming the winner of the general election has taken on new…
Continue Reading HHS secretary says department won’t work with Biden’s team until federal agency determines he won
The Health and Human Services Department will not work with President-elect Joe Biden’s team until the General Services Administration makes a…
Continue Reading Pompeo’s West Bank trip would be unthinkable for any other US Secretary of State. But not him
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Psagot on Thursday marked the first time a top American diplomat has visited a settlement in the West…
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Washington Post: Trump spoke to GOP official who now wants to ‘rescind’ vote to certify Detroit’s results
President Donald Trump called at least one of the two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers on Tuesday evening, before the GOP…
Continue Reading Fact checking misleading claims over the Georgia recount
The Georgia recount for the presidential election, which was scheduled to end yesterday, is expected to confirm Joe Biden’s win and find no…
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