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
Nov 07 Watch Live: PBS NewsHour Weekend Nov. 7, 2020 By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Saturday, November 7, Joe Biden is declared President-elect with Kamala Harris as Vice President- elect. Also, President Donald Trump promises to go to the courts to challenge the results, and a divided America bursts into protests… Continue reading
Nov 07 Americans react after Biden-Harris win By Associated Press After Pennsylvania became the state that put Biden over the 270-vote threshold in the Electoral College, impromptu street parties broke out across the country. Continue reading
Nov 07 AP explains why Georgia and North Carolina are still at play By Brian Slodysko, Associated Press The Associated Press declared Joe Biden to be president-elect in the 2020 election. However, some states are still at play. Here's what that means. Continue reading
Nov 07 WATCH: Election 2020 – A PBS NewsHour special By News Desk After the Associated Press declared Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the PBS NewsHour will air a special focusing on this historic election and what comes next. Continue reading