Nov 18 WATCH: Detroit mayor speaks on election results By Associated Press Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan spoke the day after Michigan's largest county unanimously certified election results showing Democrat Joe Biden defeating President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Nov 18 WATCH: Senate rules committee holds nomination hearing for FEC members By Candice Norwood The hearing comes after President Donald Trump announced in a tweet Tuesday night that he was firing Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Continue reading
Nov 17 Trump fires head of federal election security agency By Associated Press Trump fired Christopher Krebs in a tweet, saying his recent statement defending the security of the election was “highly inaccurate.”… Continue reading
Nov 17 Sen. Chuck Grassley says he tested positive for novel coronavirus By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator and third in the line of presidential succession, says he has tested positive for the coronavirus. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 4:12 Facebook and Twitter say they’ve made progress on content — but lawmakers disagree By Amna Nawaz, Alexis Cox Two social media CEOs appeared virtually Tuesday before a Senate Judiciary Committee on censorship, disinformation and the 2020 election. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey faced a barrage of questions from lawmakers about their content restrictions and classifications --… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch 5:05 How Republicans are responding to Trump’s continued election defiance President Trump and some of his allies refuse to acknowledge President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory and continue to criticize the vote-counting process in key states. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is now facing criticism for contacting state officials -- and reportedly… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch 6:46 Trump’s transition obstruction ‘putting American lives at risk,’ Coons says Despite denial of the election results by President Trump, the transition to a Biden administration is moving forward. One of Biden’s closest allies in the Capitol is Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, who reportedly is under consideration to become… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch 4:46 Christopher Krebs defended election integrity. Trump fired him President Trump announced in a tweet Tuesday night that he was firing Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Krebs has been credited by many for securing American elections from fraud and foreign interference -- but drew… Continue watching
Nov 17 How this financially troubled startup helped power Trump campaign communications By Garance Burke, Associated Press Phunware Inc., a software company that built the cellphone app propelling President Donald Trump's supporters, is in financial distress and has received key support from the administration and the president's reelection campaign. Continue reading
Nov 17 WATCH: Senate Minority Leader Schumer holds news conference By Geoff Mulvihill, Rachel La Corte, Associated Press Congressional Democrats and Republicans generally say a new stimulus bill is needed, but they disagree on the scope of it. Continue reading