The fact that a sitting American president even had to address whether or not he would leave office after losing reelection underscores the extent to which Trump has smashed one convention after another. Read more
The Nevada Supreme Court made Joe Biden’s win in the state official, approving the final canvass of the Nov. 3 election. Read more
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said today that her office is investigating threats against election officials in Wayne County, where two Republicans voted against certifying the results last week before reversing course. Read more
President-elect Joe Biden says he is “pleased” that his administration has officially been allowed to begin the transition process in filling out a new government. Read more
The federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election, formally starting the transition of power after President Donald Trump spent weeks testing the boundaries of American democracy. Read more
Speculation that vaccines and a possibly peaceful presidential transition are steps toward normalization in the economy ignited another rally in shares ravaged by the pandemic, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average past 30,000 for the first time. Read more
Democrat Joe Biden has been certified as the winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania, culminating three weeks of vote counting and a string of failed legal challenges by President Donald Trump, state officials said today. Read more
Trump did not concede, and vowed to persist with efforts to change the vote, which have so far proved fruitless. Read more
President Donald Trump, who had refused to concede the election, said Monday that he is directing his team to cooperate on the transition but is vowing to keep up the fight. Read more
Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen, who is widely admired in the financial world, would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department in a line stretching back to Alexander Hamilton in 1789. Her nomination was confirmed to The Associated Press by a person who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss Biden’s plans. Read more
President Donald Trump’s campaign requested a recount of votes in the Georgia presidential race on Saturday, a day after state officials certified results showing Democrat Joe Biden won the state, as his legal team presses forward with attacks alleging widespread fraud without proof. Read more
I wasn’t a fan of George W. Bush, describing him in 2000 as “the least distinguished and least respected man to assume the presidency in modern times.” Read more
In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann said the Trump campaign presented “strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations … unsupported by evidence.” Read more
President-elect Joe Biden is set to hold his first in-person meeting since winning the election with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer today. Read more
President-elect Joe Biden is moving quickly to fill out his administration and could name top leaders for his Cabinet as early as next week. Read more
The recount of the presidential election in Wisconsin’s two most heavily Democratic counties began today with President Donald Trump’s campaign seeking to discard tens of thousands of absentee ballots that it alleged should not have been counted. Read more
Georgia’s top elections official today certified results showing Joe Biden won the presidential race over Republican President Donald Trump. Read more
The president has also asked aides what Republican officials he could call in other battleground states in his effort to prevent the certification of results that would formalize his loss to Biden. Read more
The Associated Press declared Biden the winner of Georgia and its 16 Electoral College votes after the hand count confirmed the former vice president leads Trump by roughly 12,000 votes. Read more
As President Donald Trump continues to push falsehoods about the election, his legal team has so far failed to gain any traction in court without evidence of widespread fraud, which experts widely agree doesn’t exist. Read more
Down to its final weeks, the Trump administration is working to push through dozens of environmental rollbacks that could weaken century-old protections for migratory birds, expand Arctic drilling and hamstring future regulation of public health threats. Read more
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