

Politics Jan 09

While election officials in Georgia were verifying signatures on absentee ballot envelopes in one metro-Atlanta county, President Donald Trump pressed a lead investigator to “find the fraud” and said it would make the investigator a national hero.
By Ben Nadler, Associated Press
Nation Dec 24

2020 has been a year unlike any within living memory, and one that exposed some of America's deepest divides. Judy Woodruff spoke with emergency medical physician Dr. Uche Blackstock, Eddie Glaude, of Princeton University, New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore,…
Politics Dec 15

More than a month after the 2020 election, President Donald Trump continues to falsely insist the results are fraudulent and the election was stolen from him. And for some immigrants, hearing those claims reminds them of the political turmoil they…
By Yamiche Alcindor, Layla Quran
Politics Dec 14

On Monday, the unique gears of democracy moved with determination, from historic state capitals to small auditoriums, as the Electoral College cast a majority of votes for Joe Biden. It was unlike any vote the College, and the country, had…
By Meredith Lee
President-elect Joe Biden will be taking a bit of a victory lap in a planned address to the nation Monday evening, just hours after he won a majority of votes from the Electoral College. Meanwhile, President Trump continued to lash…
President-elect Joe Biden addressed a fractured nation on Monday evening, just hours after the Electoral College certified his election victory six weeks after voters went to the polls. In a PBS NewsHour special, we analyze Biden's comments and the political…
A lawsuit filed this week by the Texas attorney general asked the U.S. Supreme Court to delay certification of election results in four states won by President-elect Joe Biden. President Trump and 17 states, all with Republicans attorneys general, signed…
Next Monday members of the Electoral College will meet in state capitals across the country to cast their votes officially for president, even as President Trump and his allies continue to press to overturn the results of the election in…
Dec 06

By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press
President Donald Trump flooded his first postelection political rally with debunked conspiracy theories and audacious falsehoods Saturday as he claimed victory in an election he decisively lost.
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