Biden chides Trump for lack of cooperation on vaccine
WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden met Thursday with governors from both parties and criticized President Donald Trump’s unprecedented attempt to block the peaceful transition of power, saying it was hindering the flow of information about programs to develop a vitally important coronavirus vaccine.
Trump, allies make frantic steps to overturn Biden victory
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his allies are taking increasingly frantic steps to subvert the results of the 2020 election, including summoning state legislators to the White House as part of a longshot bid to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.
GOP increasingly accepts Trump’s defeat — but not in public
WASHINGTON — When Kamala Harris returned to the Senate this week for the first time as vice president-elect, her Republican colleagues offered their congratulations and Sen. Lindsey Graham greeted her with a fist bump.
Biden approaches 80 million votes in historic victory
President-elect Joe Biden’s winning tally is approaching a record 80 million votes as Democratic bastions continue to count ballots and the 2020 election cracks turnout records.
Under Joe Biden, Democrats must find a way to be a pragmatic, big-tent party
In the fall elections, Democrats won the headliner but lost many undercards. With sizable gains in state legislatures and U.S. Congress, Republicans are poised to control redistricting based on the 2020 Census and potentially take back the House in 2022.
America’s voting system is underperforming
The administration of the 2020 election wasn’t the calamity some feared.
Trump campaign drops key request in Pennsylvania lawsuit
HARRISBURG, Pa. — President Donald Trump’s campaign is withdrawing a central request in its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Joe Biden beat Trump to capture the state and help win the White House.
A wary world watches US election turmoil
In Ballina, Ireland, champagne corks popped after an ancestral son, Joe Biden, became U.S. president-elect.
McEnany wears 2 hats as WH press secretary, campaign adviser
WASHINGTON — A White House press secretary who refers questions to the White House?
Christian churches mirror country’s political division
NEW YORK — The messages in Christian houses of worship on the first weekend after the election were as divided as the country’s electorate, with religious leaders mostly calling for peace and unification even as some bemoaned the result and others celebrated.
Trump is leaving office as he governed: Recklessly
President Donald Trump’s petulant decision to fire Defense Secretary Mark Esper, via Twitter of course, was shocking and predictable.
Cartoon for November 12
The world as seen by cartoonist Marshall Ramsey, Creators.com.
Few legal wins so far as Trump team hunts for proof of fraud
PHILADELPHIA — During a Pennsylvania court hearing this week on one of the many election lawsuits brought by President Donald Trump, a judge asked a campaign lawyer whether he found any signs of fraud from among the 592 ballots challenged.
Biden moves forward without help from Trump’s intel team
WASHINGTON — The presidential race was hovering in limbo in 2000 when outgoing President Bill Clinton decided to let then-Gov. George W. Bush read the ultra-secret daily brief of the nation’s most sensitive intelligence.
Money to support Trump court fight could flow to president
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump’s chances of re-election dwindled last week, his campaign began blasting out a nonstop stream of emails and text messages that led to a website raising money for an “election defense fund” to contest the outcome.
Georgia audit to trigger hand tally of presidential vote
ATLANTA — Georgia’s secretary of state on Wednesday announced an audit of presidential election results that he said would be done with a full hand tally of ballots because the margin is so tight.
Cartoon for November 11
The world as seen by cartoonist Steve Breen, The San Diego Union-Tribune.
False claims of voting fraud, pushed by Trump, thrive online
It started months before Election Day with false claims on Facebook and Twitter that mail-in ballots cast for President Donald Trump had been chucked in dumpsters or rivers.
Bidenomics: More stimulus, tougher regulation, and gridlock
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden will inherit a vulnerable economic recovery under threat from a resurgent coronavirus, likely with a divided Congress that will hinder his ability to address the challenges.
McConnell, Schumer to lead, but Senate majority uncertain
WASHINGTON — Senators chose party leaders Tuesday with few changes at the top, but it’s unclear who will be the majority leader in the new Congress with no party having secured control of the Senate until a January runoff election in Georgia.
