Democrats are close to celebrating a moment they have pursued avidly for four years, but the election’s complex results are also prompting anxiety and concern.
Category: Politics
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Top congressional Republicans silent on Biden win as Trump allies remain defiant
Neither McConnell nor McCarthy offered congratulations while the Trump campaign urged supporters to be ready to protest.
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In Pennsylvania, small shifts in small places added up to a big difference for Biden
President Trump is railing about fraud in big cities. But they’re not the main reason he lost.
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Advisers urge Trump to prepare for defeat — but maybe without a concession speech
The president has vowed to continue to fight the election results, privately urging allies and advisers to defend him publicly and insisting that he still had a path to victory over former vice president Joe Biden.
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House GOP chipped away at Democratic majority. They can thank female candidates.
Of the eight House seats Republicans have flipped in the election, six were won by women, and several other races remain to be decided.
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Waiting, watching and wilting in Wilmington for word of an election result
A mini village is set up in Delaware, where Biden’s team and his supporters are waiting for election night to finally end.
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Celebrations erupt across the country as Biden declared winner of presidency
Almost as soon as television networks called the presidential race Saturday morning for former vice president Joe Biden, his supporters began flocking to the streets.
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In Georgia, as the count goes on, the news releases all end the same way
As of Friday evening, the secretary of state’s office had posted at least 13 releases that ended with the same reassuring phrase.
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Arizona’s political transformation began long before Biden was on the ballot
Joe Biden’s strength in the onetime conservative stronghold was facilitated by a decade of organizing by Mexican American activists and the support of independent voters.
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White House chief of staff Mark Meadows tests positive for coronavirus
Meadows was at the White House for the election night party and was not wearing a mask.
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Election 2020 live updates: Biden’s lead over Trump widens as states continue counting
The former vice president again urged patience from supporters as battleground states Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania continue tallying votes this weekend
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America has elected a vice president. For the first time, she is not a man.
Kamala Devi Harris, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, becomes the vice president-elect.
