One of every 11 coronavirus infections in the United States this year was recorded in the past week.
Category: Politics
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Trump digs in on baseless election claims even as legal options dwindle
The president is brooding behind the scenes about the state of his campaign’s legal challenges while refusing the pleas of some advisers to commit to a peaceful transfer of power to President-elect Joe Biden.
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Trump’s day on Twitter: Living in an immaterial world
Trump spent the day on Twitter, yet again spreading falsehoods about the election.
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How the attack ads in Georgia’s Senate runoff races are shaping up
Republicans are framing Democrats as socialists; Democrats are framing the Republicans as corrupt
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The biggest rebukes of Trump’s voter fraud claims
Some key people who have an interest in breathing life into Trump’s allegations or allowing them to take in their own oxygen are refusing to do so.
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Live updates: Biden to receive outside national security briefing as Trump blocks normal transition
The president-elect is forging ahead with preparations for the White House as the president stays largely out of public view and continues to insist on Twitter that he won the election.
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Trump’s new Pennsylvania lawyer said Biden won and that lawsuits ‘will not reverse this election’
Amid intensifying scrutiny, a growing number of Trump campaign attorneys have pulled out of lawsuits challenging election results.
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As vote certification deadline looms in Michigan, canvassing boards come under white-hot spotlight
Despite President-elect Joe Biden’s lead of nearly 148,000 votes, President Trump’s false claims about widespread fraud continue to reverberate with his supporters.
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Georgia’s secretary of state says fellow Republicans are pressuring him to find ways to exclude legal ballots
In a wide-ranging interview, Brad Raffensperger expressed exasperation for a string of baseless accusations by President Trump and his allies about Georgia’s vote.
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Biden urges a new economic relief package and warns again of a ‘dark winter’ ahead
The incoming Democratic president called President Trump’s refusal to accept results of the election ‘embarrassing for the country.’
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Either elected leaders the world over are wrong about the pandemic, or Scott Atlas is
Trump’s go-to voice on the coronavirus is bashing containment efforts even as a vaccine nears.
