Nov 07 California Republican Darrell Issa headed back to Congress By Julie Watson, Associated Press Former California Republican U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa was victorious Saturday in his race to return to Congress where he once headed the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and launched investigations of the Obama administration. Continue reading
Nov 07 Biden’s ancestral home in Ireland celebrates his victory By Associated Press The Irish town Joe Biden's great-great-great-grandfather left almost 200 years ago is celebrating his presidential victory. Continue reading
Nov 07 Black leaders greet Biden win, pledge to push for equality By Kat Stafford, Associated Press A tough road lies ahead for President-elect Joe Biden who will need to chart a path forward to unite a bitterly divided nation and address America’s fraught history of racism that manifested this year through the convergence of three national… Continue reading
Nov 07 Fight for Senate control awaits in Georgia after Biden’s win By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press While Democrat Joe Biden has won the White House, control of the U.S. Senate likely won’t be decided until January. Continue reading
Nov 07 Watch 4:51 The Biden administration’s transition plan, priorities By PBS NewsHour President-elect Joe Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and their team prepare their transition to the White House, including taking on the COVID-19 pandemic, as the Trump campaign announces a long legal battle over the results. NewsHour’s John Yang joins from… Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch 4:51 Lack of evidence make Trump’s legal challenge an uphill battle By PBS NewsHour President Trump has vowed to challenge the election results, which have declared Joe Biden as the president-elect. The legal challenges began well before Election Day with lawsuits over mail-in voting and which ballots were “legally” cast. Guy-Uriel Charles, professor of… Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch 4:20 Biden will take over a deeply divided nation in crisis By PBS NewsHour With news outlets from the Associated Press to Fox News calling the election in favor of Joe Biden on Saturday, President Trump’s camp continued their legal efforts to contest the election results, and many Republican leaders remained silent. Yamiche Alcindor… Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch 3:42 Georgia to be ‘center of the American political universe’ during recount, runoff election By PBS NewsHour Nearly 5 million ballots were cast in Georgia, where razor-thin margins in the presidential election mean the state will enter a recount process in the coming weeks, and a January runoff will decide the fate of both the state’s Senate… Continue watching
Nov 07 Trump supporters protest Biden’s victory By Anita Snow, David Goldman, Lisa Marie Pane, Associated Press Chanting “This isn’t over! and “Stop the steal,” supporters of President Donald Trump are protesting at state capitols across the country. Continue reading
Nov 07 How Biden navigated pandemic politics to win the White House By Steve Peoples, Bill Barrow, Zeke Miller, Meg Kinnard, Associated Press Joe Biden's decision to step away from in-person campaigning this spring was without precedent in modern American politics. Continue reading