It would require a historic, possibly illegal revolt from state legislatures and/or electors.
Category: Politics
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Biden’s choice of Ron Klain to run White House signals rejection of Trump-era chaos
In choosing Klain as chief of staff, the president-elect is sending a signal that he will seek to restore Washington’s traditional ways after the chaos of the Trump era.
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Pressure mounts on state Republicans as lawsuits challenging election results founder
GOP officials in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia are being pressed to take more drastic measures to help President Trump.
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Va., Md. Republicans follow Trump playbook, questioning his defeat and refusing to concede.
Many Republicans are challenging election results. Riggleman, Gade and Hogan are among the exceptions.
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Trump insists he’ll win, but aides say he has no real plan to overturn results and talks of 2024 run
No evidence has surfaced to back up the president’s claims of widespread fraud, and Joe Biden’s lead in several key states has expanded amid late vote counting.
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Alaska GOP Rep. Don Young, dean of the House, tests positive for coronavirus
The 87-year-old was just elected to his 25th term in the U.S. House.
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Four viral videos falsely suggest ‘voter fraud’ led to Biden’s victory
Election day was over a week ago, but misleading video clips claiming to be evidence of ‘voter fraud’ continue to circulate through social media. Here are four of the worst examples.
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What’s wrong with polling?
Campaign strategists and the public were led to believe that Democrats were headed for a wave. Election results have told a different story, just as they did four years ago. And the next steps for a promising coronavirus vaccine.
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Election 2020 live updates: Biden forges ahead with transition; Trump aides say he has no endgame
As Trump continues to resist conceding, Biden is mulling key personnel choices and policy decisions. On Wednesday, he named longtime Washington operative Ronald A. Klain as his White House chief of staff.
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Trump grasps at a new set of straws: Computers rigged his election loss
Twin conspiracy theories about voting machines working against the president have already been debunked.
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GOP leaders’ embrace of Trump’s refusal to concede fits pattern of rising authoritarianism, data shows
Research by a team of international scholars shows the Republican Party’s shift away from democratic ideals predates Donald Trump but has accelerated precipitously since.
