NOVEMBER 12, 2020
A view of the White House as President Trump continues to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election Nov. 10 in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
When the dust settles, President-elect Joe Biden’s margin of victory in the 2020 election will exceed Ronald Reagan’s defeat of Jimmy Carter in 1980 and may surpass Barack Obama’s margin in 2012....
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden spoke Thursday morning with Pope Francis, adding to the list of world leaders who have acknowledged the incoming administration.
The call between Biden and the pope comes as the Trump campaign questions the integrity of the presidential election with a series of legal actions across battleground states.
Biden will become the second Roman...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
President Trump turns away in the rain after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday. Media covering him this week are struggling with how to warn about worst-case outcomes without giving unwarranted credence to pathetic, last-gasp flailings. - Carlos Barria/Reuters
President Trump lost. The nation knows it. The world...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
President Trump departs after a coronavirus briefing at the White House on April 17, 2020. - Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
Every American wishes the coronavirus that emerged last year would simply go away, but no one wishes that more fervently and futilely than President Trump.
The last year of his term in office has been defined by the spread of...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
With the number of coronavirus cases rising in nearly every state, officials have a blunt message about Thanksgiving: Don't hold large gatherings this year.
From coast to coast, governors and other officials are imposing restrictions ahead of Thanksgiving and pleading with residents to be cautious of the risk of transmitting Covid-19 in their homes or during their travels.
In...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denounced President Donald Trump and Republicans on Thursday for sowing doubt in and refusing to accept the the presidential election results.
“The election is not in doubt," Schumer said at joint news conference with Pelosi on Capitol Hill. "This is nothing...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
HOUSTON, TX - NOVEMBER 10: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Medical staff members treat a patient suffering from coronavirus in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC) on November 10, 2020 in Houston, Texas. According to reports, COVID-19 infections are on the rise in Houston, as the state of Texas has reached over...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court has been conspicuously quiet as President Donald Trump and his allies press ahead with lawsuits challenging the election results and citing unfounded claims of widespread fraud.
Since Friday, when one justice ordered Pennsylvania counties to segregate ballots received up to three days after Election Day, the nation’s highest court has taken no other election-related...
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden stands with his hand over his heart, after placing a wreath at the Philadelphia Korean War Memorial at Penn's Landing, on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The presidential race was hovering in limbo in 2000 when outgoing President Bill Clinton decided to let then-Gov. George...
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 05: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the briefing room at the White House on November 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. Votes are still being counted two days after the presidential election as incumbent Trump is in a close race against challenger Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, which remains too close to call....
