Nov 14 AP FACT CHECK: Trump relies on falsehoods to deny Biden win By Lauren Neergaard and Hope Yen, Colleen Long, Associated Press President Donald Trump rebelled this past week against Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election with denial, delay and outright misrepresentation. Trump raged about widespread cases of fake ballots that aren’t so and undertook legal challenges that even state GOP… Continue reading
Nov 13 Watch 8:53 Co-chair of Biden’s COVID task force on plans to fight pandemic This week, President-elect Biden announced a COVID-19 task force to prepare specific plans for the months ahead -- and assess what can be done differently as coronavirus rages across the country. Dr. Vivek Murthy, a former U.S. surgeon general, is… Continue watching
Nov 13 Watch 5:43 Trump makes 1st public remarks since Biden’s win On Friday, President Trump made his first public statement since Joe Biden became the president-elect nearly one week ago. But in a Rose Garden news conference, Trump made no direct comments about the election results. Lisa Desjardins and Yamiche Alcindor… Continue watching
Nov 13 Watch 11:59 Shields and Brooks on election results, Trump’s resistance Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including election results, congressional power balances, President Trump’s refusal to concede and how President-elect Biden’s administration is taking shape. Continue watching
Nov 13 Republicans face court setbacks, Trump law firm steps down By Maryclaire Dale, Mark Scolforo, Associated Press Republicans suffered setbacks to court challenges over the presidential election in three battleground states on Friday as a national law firm that came under fire for its work for President Trump's campaign withdrew from a major Pennsylvania case. Continue reading
Nov 13 Trump wins North Carolina, hits 232 electoral votes By Associated Press President Donald Trump has won North Carolina and its 15 electoral votes, staving off a hard-fought challenge by Democratic nominee Joe Biden and holding the battleground state for Republicans. Continue reading
Nov 13 Georgia hand tally of presidential race gets underway By Kate Brumback, Associated Press The law requires that one race be audited by hand to check that the machines counted the ballots accurately, not because of any suspected problems with the results. Continue reading
Nov 13 WATCH: Biden team pushes for intel, COVID-19 info access By Laura Santhanam and Associated Press This week, Biden has named longtime aide, Ronald Klain, his incoming chief-of-staff, and announced the experts who would serve on his COVID-19 advisory board. Continue reading
Nov 13 Pope Francis congratulates Biden for winning presidential election By Will Weissert, David Crary, Associated Press President-elect Joe Biden, a lifelong Roman Catholic, spoke to Pope Francis on Thursday, despite President Donald Trump refusing to concede. Continue reading
Nov 13 WATCH LIVE: Pelosi offers briefing amid Biden transition By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press With the balance of power in the Senate hinging on a couple of Georgia races headed to a runoff, and Democrats losing seats in the House, Biden's proposals for a public health insurance option and empowering Medicare to negotiate prescription… Continue reading