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Trump: ‘Hard thing to concede’ amid alleged election fraud

President Trump on Thursday said it would be "very hard" to concede if the Electoral College elects Joseph R. Biden as the next president, insisting that the election results are "a massive fraud."

November 26, 2020

Donald Trump cancels plans to join election fraud hearing in Pennsylvania

President Trump canceled plans Wednesday to attend a hearing in Pennsylvania where Republican state lawmakers will probe alleged fraud in the Nov. 3 election.

November 25, 2020

Joe Biden won’t say whether he backs probe of alleged Donald Trump crimes in office

Presumed President-elect Joseph R. Biden sidestepped a question about whether he would support investigating President Trump after he leaves office.

November 24, 2020

Emily Murphy, GSA to begin transition process

A key Trump administration official on Monday agreed to cooperate with presumed President-elect Joseph R. Biden on the transition, acknowledging for the first time -- with President Trump's approval -- that the Democrat is likely to assume the White House in January.

November 23, 2020

Rudy Giuliani rusty in bad sign for Trump legal fight

U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann posed a routine question to the lead lawyer for President Trump's election challenge in Pennsylvania: What type of standard should the court use to evaluate the campaign's claims of fraud in Nov. 3's presidential election?

November 18, 2020

Wayne County, Michigan reverses course, certifies election results for Biden

Republican members of a county election board on Tuesday reversed their decision to block the certification of Detroit election results.

November 17, 2020

Wayne County, Michigan, won’t certify election results after Board of Canvassers deadlocks

A county election board on Tuesday refused to certify results from the Detroit area, kicking the contested Nov. 3 election to state officials.

November 17, 2020

Trump’s legal team claims issues with Dominion voting software

President Trump's legal team on Sunday said allegations of rigged voting machines not only cast doubt on the election results but also demand a national security investigation.

November 15, 2020

John Bolton slams election fraud claims: ‘All a blue smoke and mirrors’

Former National Security Adviser John R. Bolton said Sunday that President Trump's claim of election fraud is "all a blue smoke and mirrors."

November 15, 2020

Corey Lewandowski, Trump adviser, positive for coronavirus

Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski has tested positive for the coronavirus.

November 12, 2020

Richard Hopkins, Erie, Pennsylvania postal worker, denies he recanted ballot-tampering claims

Hours after House Democrats announced that a Pennsylvania postal worker had recanted allegations of ballot tampering, the mail carrier denied it, saying that he stands by his original statement and that he "got played" by federal investigators.

November 10, 2020

Donald Trump election lawsuits expose evidence of voter fraud, but face high hurdles

President Trump's team produced reams of intriguing evidence of misconduct at the polls and potentially illegal voting last week, but he must clear an exceedingly high bar to overturn the projected victory of Democratic rival Joseph R. Biden.

November 10, 2020

Richard Hopkins, Pennsylvania postal worker, is denying he recanted ballot-tampering claim

A Pennsylvania mail carrier has recanted claims made in a sworn affidavit that supervisors tampered with mail-in ballots, according to the House Oversight Committee. Shortly thereafter, the postal denied he had recanted his claim.

November 10, 2020

Andrew Cuomo warns Trump will botch vaccine breakthrough, wants Biden in charge now

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged presumed President-elect Joseph R. Biden to immediately take control of the coronavirus vaccine rollout because President Trump can't be trusted.

November 9, 2020

Kamala Harris: Projected win busts her through politics’ glass ceilings

The celebrations for Democrats' projected White House win Saturday included an outpouring of excitement for presumed Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris making history.

November 7, 2020

Pittsburgh-area ballot count delayed by mail-in glitch, court order

About 35,000 ballots from Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, won't start to be counted until Friday afternoon, thanks to a mailing glitch, a court order and state law.

November 6, 2020

2020 election tension deepens partisan divide

The massive voter turnout in the 2020 election and the narrow margin in the vote brought into stark relief a deepening divide in the U.S. that has robbed the winner of a clear political mandate.

November 5, 2020

Rudy Giuliani vows lawsuits to expose Democratic election fraud: ‘Do you think we’re stupid?’

Trump campaign legal point man Rudolph W. Giuliani on Wednesday said Democrats were perpetrating a massive voter fraud in Pennsylvania and announced a lawsuit challenging the vote count.

November 4, 2020

Trump vows to take election fight to Supreme Court

President Trump early Wednesday said he was going to the Supreme Court to block potential voter fraud during the delayed tally of the election.

November 4, 2020

Trump warns Democrats are ‘trying to steal the election’

President Trump early Wednesday declared himself up big in the presidential race and accused his political rivals of "trying to STEAL the Election."

November 4, 2020