A shifting Sunbelt alters the electoral calculus, but Democrats’ weakness with White working-class voters could keep some northern states in GOP hands or up for grabs
Category: Politics
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In Georgia, a laborious, costly and historic hand recount of presidential ballots begins
The painstaking process is meant to reassure the public and rebut baseless allegations of voter fraud.
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Trump’s refusal to concede creates tricky messaging issue for Ga. Republicans
Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are struggling to explain why a tie in the Senate would be bad without acknowledging that Joe Biden won the presidential election.
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After ambitious campaign promises, Biden faces a governing grind
A lack of Election Day coattails forces a reevaluation of priorities, shrinking the president-elect’s options.
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Biden finds support among Republicans as Trump scrambles to salvage his strategy to contest the election
The former vice president should receive intelligence briefings, several Republicans said, despite the president’s claims that he is the winner.
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Trump also refuses to admit he lost the fight against the coronavirus
In a brief event at the White House, he reiterated the same false claims we’ve heard so often before.
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Everything you need to know about the Georgia presidential recount
Georgia will manually recount every one of nearly 5 million ballots cast in the presidential election. Here’s how it will work.
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Four factions that helped turn Arizona blue
The Grand Canyon state turning blue for the first time since 1996 was years in the making.
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Pandemic dictates masks, social distancing at orientation for House’s incoming freshman class
Among the new House members arriving in Washington were several barrier-breaking women.
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Trump’s attempts to challenge the election results suffer more setbacks in court
A state judge in Michigan rejected a request to delay the vote count certification in Detroit, the latest in a string of defeats for the president and his allies.
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Justice Alito says pandemic has resulted in ‘unimaginable’ restrictions on individual liberty
Alito said he was not criticizing officials for their policy decisions—“I’m a judge, not a policymaker”—and said before launching into the speech that he hoped his remarks would not be “twisted or misunderstood.”
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Alito homes in on gay marriage, gun rights, religious liberty in stern speech to conservatives
The Supreme Court justice’s remarks before the Federalist Society drew howls from many liberals.
