Politics Jan 05 Georgia counting votes in runoffs that decide Senate control Democrats need to win both races to seize the Senate majority and, with it, control of the new Congress when Biden takes office in two weeks.
Politics Jan 05 Decision day in Georgia with Senate majority at stake Georgia voters are set to decide the balance of power in Congress in a pair of high-stakes Senate runoff elections that will help determine President-elect Joe Biden's capacity to enact what may be the most progressive governing agenda in generations.
Politics Jan 03 Biden flexes Georgia muscle alongside GOP in Senate races President-elect Joe Biden is going all-in to help Democrats win two Senate runoffs in Georgia that will determine party control in the critical early years of his administration, a widespread effort that not long ago would have been unthinkable in…
Politics Dec 05 Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election President Donald Trump fruitlessly pressed Georgia’s governor on Saturday to call a special legislative session aimed at subverting the presidential election results in that state as Trump’s fixation with his defeat overshadowed his party’s campaign to save its majority in…
Politics Nov 20 Vice President Pence campaigns in Georgia ahead of Senate runoffs While Pence has joined Trump in not yet conceding to Biden, the vice president has avoided repeating Trump's baseless claims of widespread voter fraud.
Politics Nov 12 Democrats, GOP take different approaches to Georgia Senate runoffs Those opening salvos of Georgia’s twin Senate runoff campaign -- Ossoff looking to unseat Republican Sen. David Perdue and Warnock facing off with Loeffler -- showcase starkly different approaches the two parties are taking to the unusual circumstances that make…
Politics Nov 07 How Biden navigated pandemic politics to win the White House Joe Biden's decision to step away from in-person campaigning this spring was without precedent in modern American politics.
Politics Nov 07 On Biden’s journey, there have been stumbles, tragedies and delayed triumph Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., 77, was elected Saturday as the 46th president of the United States, defeating President Donald Trump in an election that played out against the backdrop of a pandemic, its economic fallout and a national reckoning on…
Politics Nov 04 With presidency in reach, Democrats grapple with disappointment More than 12 hours after polls closed, Biden held a narrow lead in some key states with hundreds of thousands of votes yet to be counted. But as of midday Wednesday, there was no clear Democratic wave.
Politics Oct 22 Trump and Biden to meet for final debate Some of President Donald Trump's advisers are urging him to trade his aggressive demeanor for a lower-key style, hoping Biden will get himself in trouble with verbal gaffes. There were supposed to be three debates, but the second was canceled…