Wisconsin recount confirms Biden’s win over Trump, cementing the president’s failure to change the election results

Wisconsin recount confirms Biden’s win over Trump, cementing the president’s failure to change the election results

by Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post
The recount of presidential ballots in Wisconsin’s two largest counties finished Sunday, reconfirming that President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump in the key swing state.
From Terre Haute to Tehran to your grandma, Trumpism is revealed as a death cult in the end | Will Bunch
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From Terre Haute to Tehran to your grandma, Trumpism is revealed as a death cult in the end | Will Bunch

by Will Bunch
Executions, assassinations, ignoring the coronavirus: Why do Trump's final days resemble a montage from The Godfather movies?
From Terre Haute to Tehran to your grandma, Trumpism is revealed as a death cult in the end | Will Bunch
Opinion

From Terre Haute to Tehran to your grandma, Trumpism is revealed as a death cult in the end | Will Bunch

Executions, assassinations, ignoring the coronavirus: Why do Trump's final days resemble a montage from The Godfather movies?
Faith takes the forefront as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up

Faith takes the forefront as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up

by Elana Schor and Ben Nadler, Associated Press
As Georgia becomes the nation’s political hotspot this winter before twin runoff elections Jan. 5 that will determine control of the Senate, faith-based organizing is heating up.
Faith takes the forefront as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up

Faith takes the forefront as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up

by Elana Schor and Ben Nadler, Associated Press
As Georgia becomes the nation’s political hotspot this winter before twin runoff elections Jan. 5 that will determine control of the Senate, faith-based organizing is heating up.
With the vote count now over, here’s how Pennsylvania broke for Joe Biden
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With the vote count now over, here’s how Pennsylvania broke for Joe Biden

by Jonathan Tamari and Jonathan Lai
Turnout was up everywhere. Biden got huge boosts in the suburbs and kept Trump’s edge down in rural and small-town Pennsylvania. Philly was a mixed bag. And voters showed up in Biden's Northeast home.
With the vote count now over, here’s how Pennsylvania broke for Joe Biden
Analysis

With the vote count now over, here’s how Pennsylvania broke for Joe Biden

Turnout was up everywhere. Biden got huge boosts in the suburbs and kept Trump’s edge down in rural and small-town Pennsylvania. Philly was a mixed bag. And voters showed up in Biden's Northeast home.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court tosses GOP congressman’s suit seeking to throw out all ballots cast by mail

Pennsylvania Supreme Court tosses GOP congressman’s suit seeking to throw out all ballots cast by mail

by Jeremy Roebuck
“It is not our role to lend legitimacy to such transparent and untimely efforts to subvert the will of Pennsylvania voters,” one justice wrote in an opinion.
From galvanizing the Black vote to fighting hair discrimination, this Temple grad’s mission is racial equity

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by Elizabeth Wellington
“I helped another Black woman ascend to the second highest office in the land,” Asamoah said. “I was just so proud. The weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders.”
‘Voters, not lawyers, choose the president’: Federal appeals court rejects Trump’s last significant challenge to Pa. election

‘Voters, not lawyers, choose the president’: Federal appeals court rejects Trump’s last significant challenge to Pa. election

by Jeremy Roebuck
“Calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here,” the court wrote.
Biden’s faith made history without much fanfare. His Catholic supporters say that’s a good thing.

Biden’s faith made history without much fanfare. His Catholic supporters say that’s a good thing.

by Julia Terruso
While it’s been 60 years since the nation had a Catholic president, it's long had Catholic justices of the Supreme Court and members of Congress, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Trump says he will leave White House if electoral college votes for Biden

Trump says he will leave White House if electoral college votes for Biden

by Josh Dawsey, Washington Post
However, President Trump also vowed to keep fighting to overturn the election he lost and said he may never concede.
Trump campaign takes complaints over Pa. election before friendly state lawmakers in Gettysburg, after a string of court losses

Trump campaign takes complaints over Pa. election before friendly state lawmakers in Gettysburg, after a string of court losses

by Jeremy Roebuck, Sean Collins Walsh and Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA
The president scuttled plans to attend the GOP-run state Senate hearing in person, but told lawmakers by phone the “election was rigged” while a room filled with supporters chanted his name.
Last-minute assignments, lack of training left Pittsburgh-area poll workers unprepared on Election Day
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Last-minute assignments, lack of training left Pittsburgh-area poll workers unprepared on Election Day

by Tom Lisi for Spotlight PA
Spotlight PA and Votebeat interviewed eight Allegheny County poll workers, who suggested the success seen on Nov. 3 was far from inevitable.
President-elect Biden signals stark shift with new national security team

President-elect Biden signals stark shift with new national security team

by Matthew Lee and Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press
"It’s a team that reflects the fact that America is back, ready to lead the world, not retreat from it," Biden Tuesday.
Biden’s win over Trump in Nevada is official, court rules

Biden’s win over Trump in Nevada is official, court rules

by Ken Ritter, Associated Press
The Nevada Supreme Court has approved the final canvass of the Nov. 3 election.
Pennsylvania certifies its presidential election results, officially declaring Joe Biden the winner

Pennsylvania certifies its presidential election results, officially declaring Joe Biden the winner

by Jonathan Lai and Jeremy Roebuck
The normally undisputed certification process drew unusual scrutiny this year. But in the end, Biden officially won Pennsylvania’s presidential election by more than 80,000 votes.
No, George Soros wasn’t arrested in Philadelphia for ‘election interference’ | PolitiFact

No, George Soros wasn’t arrested in Philadelphia for ‘election interference’ | PolitiFact

by Samantha Putterman
Despite reports, the 90-year-old billionaire philanthropist and Democratic campaign contributor was not arrested in Philadelphia.
The GOP warned Susquehanna County voters that Biden would ban fracking. Few believe it will happen.

The GOP warned Susquehanna County voters that Biden would ban fracking. Few believe it will happen.

by Jason Nark
Susquehanna County is home to nearly 1,000 active natural-gas wells.
Joe Biden will bring John Kerry and Janet Yellen into top positions in his cabinet

Joe Biden will bring John Kerry and Janet Yellen into top positions in his cabinet

by Matthew Lee, Associated Press
Kerry will be the Biden administration's climate change envoy, a position that doesn't need Senate confirmation. Biden is also expected to nominate Yellen as the first ever female Treasury Secretary.

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