Nov 18 WATCH: Speaker Pelosi holds news conference on election results By Associated Press The news conference comes as President Donald Trump continues to criticize the vote-counting process in key states. Continue reading
Nov 18 Trump pays $3 million for partial Wisconsin vote recount By Associated Press A statewide recount would cost Trump $7.9 million. The $3 million he paid would be enough to cover the $2.8 million cost of a recount in the state's two most Democratic counties of Milwaukee and Dane. Continue reading
Nov 18 WATCH: Georgia election official holds news conference amid recount By Kate Brumback, Associated Press The hand recount of nearly 5 million votes stems from an audit required by a new state law and wasn’t in response to any suspected problems with the state’s results or an official recount request. Continue reading
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