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 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 3:28 'More lawsuits are coming:' Trump's lawyers layout plans as AP calls race for Biden By PBS NewsHour Shortly after the Associated Press and other TV networks call Pennsylvania and the entire race for Joe Biden, President Trump’s lawyers lay out their plans for a long legal fight over the results. NewsHour’s Dan Bush joins from Philadelphia to… Continue watching
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 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
Nov 07 Transition challenges await Biden By Will Weissert, Zeke Miller, Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press Biden’s top priority in the 10 weeks before Inauguration Day on Jan. 20 will be building a staff and assembling the pieces needed to tackle the coronavirus. Continue reading
Nov 07 Romney congratulates President-elect Biden By Associated Press The Utah Republican tweeted Saturday that he and his wife know Biden and Harris “as people of good will and admirable character.”… Continue reading
Nov 07 World leaders celebrate Biden-Harris win By John Leicester, Associated Press Cascading around the globe on social media and live news broadcasts, word of the victory in Pennsylvania that pushed former Vice President Joe Biden past the threshold of 270 Electoral College votes needed to take over the Oval Office brought… Continue reading