The president-elect says democracy has been ‘pushed, tested, threatened’ by President Trump and his baseless claims of a rigged election, but it proved to be ‘resilient, true, and strong.’
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Maine’s presidential electors cast votes in divided outcome
Joe Biden took 3 of Maine’s 4 electoral votes, and President Trump took the other because he carried the 2nd Congressional District.
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Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs
Early in-person voting could be even more important in the Jan. 5 runoffs because of the short time frame for voters to request and send back ballots by mail.
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National lawyers group seeks to sanction Texas AG, colleagues who sued to overturn Biden’s win
The nonpartisan Lawyers Defending American Democracy said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Republican state attorneys general filed an ‘abusive lawsuit’ that pushed groundless theories that erode confidence in vital institutions.
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Electoral College makes it official: Biden is the next president
The results will be sent to Washington and tallied Jan. 6 in a joint session of Congress over which Vice President Mike Pence will preside.
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GOP voters ready for Georgia runoffs despite Trump’s claims
There’s little sign that the president’s supporters are planning to stay home Jan. 5 in protest.
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Georgia high court rejects latest Trump election appeal
Justices write that ‘petitioners have not shown that this is one of those extremely rare cases that would invoke our original jurisdiction.’
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Insight: Can Joe Biden win the transition?
The president-elect has to show the world that power has transferred to him without the usual help from the Trump White House.
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Trump vows to ‘fight on’ after Supreme Court defeat
Many of the president’s Republican allies in Congress also are unswayed by the court’s refusal to hear the election challenge brought by the Texas attorney general.
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Analysis: Dismissed election case pushed debunked claims
The elections lawsuit pushed by President Trump and dismissed Friday by the U.S. Supreme Court was filled with claims that failed to withstand basic scrutiny.