Nov 17 Watch 7:06 How online hoaxes and fake news played a role in the election By PBS News Hour Tech giants like Google and Facebook face mounting criticism over whether they used insufficient discretion in weeding out fake news. A Buzzfeed analysis found that false stories generated more engagement than content from real news sites in the three months… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch 3:45 How to (accurately) predict a presidential election By PBS News Hour In all presidential elections since 1984, American University history Professor Allan Lichtman has correctly predicted the outcome based on his own system. It consists of 13 true/false statements that measure whether the incumbent party will retain or lose the White… Continue watching
Nov 12 These 13 sentences led a professor to predict Trump’s win By Corinne Segal As many people in the country breathlessly checked the latest polling numbers ahead of Tuesday’s election, Allan Lichtman, a history professor at American University, had already predicted the outcome with an entirely different system. Lichtman uses a series of 13… Continue reading
Nov 09 World leaders react to Donald Trump’s win By Larisa Epatko With much still up in the air about how President-elect Donald Trump will approach issues brewing abroad, several world leaders commented on his win. Continue reading
Nov 07 DOJ to dispatch more than 500 staffers to election polls, a reduction from 2012 By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department said Monday it will send more than 500 staffers to 28 states on Election Day to monitor the polls, a 35 percent reduction from the number four years ago. Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch 7:49 As election approaches, taking North Carolina’s pulse By PBS News Hour North Carolina is among the top tier of battleground states this election, with 15 electoral votes up for grabs. Since the nominating conventions, not a week has gone by without the candidates or their running mates paying a visit to… Continue watching
Nov 04 Democratic party accuses Republicans of voter intimidation in federal court By Josh Cornfield, Associated Press A legal challenge in New Jersey is one of several around the country filed by Democrats claiming Republicans and the Trump campaign are pushing for voter intimidation on Election Day. Continue reading
Nov 02 Your 2016 election survival guide By Lisa Desjardins Here's your survival guide to help survive this one last week with a maximum of sanity and a minimum of pain. Continue reading
Oct 26 Trump promotes his new luxury hotel along with campaign By Jill Colvin and Lisa Lerer, Associated Press With his White House dreams increasingly in question, Donald Trump is spending precious campaign time promoting his business in the final week of the long presidential race. Continue reading
Oct 22 Clinton campaign ponders: What if Trump doesn’t concede? By Ken Thomas and Lisa Lerer, Associated Press Hillary Clinton's campaign is increasingly preparing for the possibility that Donald Trump may never concede the presidential election should she win. Continue reading