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Donald Trump cancels Camp David trip, hunkers down at White House

President Trump abruptly canceled plans to travel to Camp David on Thursday, instead opting to hunker down at the White House amid a growing backlash over the protest violence in Washington a day earlier.

January 7, 2021

Congress affirms Biden win; Trump vows ‘orderly transition’

Congress confirmed the Electoral College vote count early Thursday morning and President-elect Joseph R. Biden's victory, finishing its work after an all-night joint session and a day of mob violence on Capitol Hill.

January 7, 2021

Republican officials stand by Trump effort to remake party

Republican Party officials from across the country are not blaming President Trump for the party's defeats in Georgia's runoffs but instead are rallying to make election security its top priority in the next cycle.

January 6, 2021

Arkansas governor slaps Electoral College fight: ‘Don Quixote jousting at windmills’

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Sunday compared Republican senators' plans to challenge the presidential election results to "Don Quixote jousting at windmills."

January 3, 2021

Ohio Gov. DeWine backs election security probe: ‘People need to have confidence in the system’

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine called for a commission to investigate election security, citing "potential fraud or fraud" in the November presidential election.

January 3, 2021

Mitch McConnell digs in against $2,000 checks: ‘Senate is not going to be bullied’

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday said Republicans wouldn't be "bullied" into a scattershot handout of $2,000 stimulus checks, declaring the effort all but dead in the upper chamber.

December 30, 2020

Trump tweet rant rips Congress, Senate Republicas, Supreme Court, Justice Department

President Trump on Saturday went on a Twitter tear, railing against election fraud and Congress' coronavirus relief package and annual defense policy bill.

December 26, 2020

Biden education secretary pick bucks school shutdowns: ‘No substitute for in-classroom learning’

President-elect Joseph R. Biden introduced Miguel Cardona as his pick for education secretary Wednesday, declaring the public school chief from Connecticut to be "as American as apple pie and rice and beans."

December 23, 2020

Donald Trump pardons Duncan Hunter, Chris Collins, others

President Trump on Tuesday handed out 20 pardons and commutations, including two to men snared in former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe and three to Republican former congressmen.

December 22, 2020

Trump discounts cyberattack on U.S. government, Russia’s involvement

President Trump on Saturday downplayed the widespread hack of government systems and Russia's involvement, contradicting his secretary of state. The president tweeted that the "lamestream" media exaggerated the scale of the cyberattack and continued to be fixated on "Russia, Russia, Russia."

December 19, 2020

Trump voting fraud claims divide Republicans

President Trump's unrelenting claims of election fraud have galvanized his base, cementing both a diehard belief in the illegitimacy of a Biden administration and the gaping fissure between Trump Republicans and the rest of the GOP.

December 13, 2020

Trump labels a Biden presidency ‘illegitimate’

President Trump said Joseph R. Biden would be an "illegitimate president," saying that is more important than worries about election fraud lawsuits dividing the country.

December 13, 2020

$President-elect Joe Biden leaves a doctor's appointment at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. Biden was in for a routine two-week post-injury follow up on his fractured foot. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)$

Doc says Biden’s dog-chasing foot fracture is healing: ‘Very encouraging’

Presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden's foot, which he fractured two weeks ago while roughhousing with his dog, is on the mend, his transition team announced Saturday.

December 12, 2020

Trump responds to Supreme Court rejection of Texas election challenge with litany of fraud charges

President Trump doubled down on his election fraud allegations Friday after the Supreme Court rejected Texas' massive lawsuit challenging the Nov. 3 results.

December 11, 2020

Rudy Giuliani cites election fraud video evidence ahead of new legal challenges

The Trump legal team's top attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, is pointing to reams of evidence that expose a pattern of fraud and corruption in the Nov. 3 election that he thinks was directed by Democrats in Washington.

December 6, 2020

Tales of ballot capers convince Trump fans, not judges, of stolen election

The Trump campaign and its allies offered video footage and sworn affidavits attesting that trucks, vans and suitcases full of suspect ballots were sneaked into voting centers for tabulation in a number of states won by presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden.

December 5, 2020

Arizona legislature demands forensic exam of Dominion machines: ‘Voters believe fraud occurred’

The leaders of the Arizona State Legislature on Friday demanded an independent audit of the Dominion Voting Systems machines used in the Nov. 3 election.

December 4, 2020

Joe Biden pledges Hunter Biden’s business deals won’t create conflicts of interest

Presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden that when he's in the White House his son, Hunter Biden, and the rest of his family will not have any conflicts of interest.