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Electoral College formally casts votes: live updates

By Associated Press

Presidential electors are meeting across the United States on Monday to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation's next president.

EXPLAINER: What's in store when the Electoral College meets

By Jessica Gresko, Mark Sherman, Associated Press

Voters cast their ballots for president more than a month ago, but the votes that officially matter will be cast Monday. Some questions and answers about the Electoral College.

Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit attempting to overturn Biden victory

By Nomaan Merchant, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

The Electoral College meets Monday to formally elect Biden as the next president.

WATCH: Biden unveils top picks with deep Obama administration ties

By Jonathan Lemire, Will Weissert, Associated Press

President-elect Joe Biden is introducing five top picks for his new administration on Friday, drawing on leading names from the Obama White House while also tapping an Ohio congresswoman and a congressional committee veteran.

Texas-led election lawsuit becomes conservative litmus test

By Nomaan Merchant, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

Seventeen Republican attorneys general are backing the unprecedented case that Trump is calling "the big one." That come as the president and his allies have lost dozens of times in courts across the country and have no evidence of widespread…

Trump's false election claims take hold among some Republicans

By Nomaan Merchant, Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press

Some activists say they see the so-called "stop the steal" campaign as the animating force behind the next wave of Trump-era conservative politics.

Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden's Pennsylvania win

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court has rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground.

Biden officially secures enough electors to become president

By Michael R. Blood, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

California has certified its presidential election and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Joe Biden, officially handing the Democrat the Electoral College majority needed to win the White House.

Georgia GOP seeks mail-in ballot changes, despite no evidence of systemic fraud

By Ben Nadler, Kate Brumback, Associated Press

Republican officials in Georgia are proposing additional requirements for the state's vote-by-mail process, despite no evidence of systemic fraud or irregularities.

AP: Trump aide banned from Justice building after trying to get case info

By Michael Balsamo, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

The official serving as President Donald Trump's eyes and ears at the Justice Department has been banned from the building after trying to pressure staffers to give up sensitive case information she could relay to the White House.