2020 Presidential Race

A growing number of Republican lawmakers have joined President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to overturn the election, pledging to reject the results when Congress meets next week to count the Electoral College votes and certify President-elect Joe Biden’s win

Audio of a call between President Donald Trump, members of his staff and Georgia state officials obtained by NBC News confirms the president begged, bullied and threatened Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in an effort to overturn the state’s election results. NBC’s Tracie Potts reports.

President Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state’s presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud and raising the prospect of “criminal offense” if officials did not change the vote count, according to a recording of the conversation.

President Donald Trump’s administration is ending how it began, with over-the-top declarations of praise for the chief executive

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden as president-elect on Tuesday, saying the Electoral College “has spoken.” The Republican leader’s statement, delivered in a speech on the Senate floor, ends weeks of silence over President Donald Trump’s defeat. It came a day after electors met and officially affirmed Biden’s election win. “I want to congratulate President-elect Joe...

California has certified its presidential election and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Joe Biden, officially handing the Democrat the Electoral College majority needed to win the White House

When President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20, he’ll be facing a deadly pandemic, a possibly divided Congress and a large chunk of the populace questioning his legitimacy due to President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about election fraud. Still, there are a few issues that observers expect Biden to address right away, and he has said he will...

Although the federal General Services Administration has recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election, President Donald Trump is challenging the results in multiple battleground states. Meanwhile, the president-elect has received his first classified briefing and continued to roll out his picks for the top positions in his administration, formally introducing his selections for his…

A top Georgia elections official has lashed out angrily at the rhetoric surrounding the election and the threats of violence that have resulted.

Although the federal General Services Administration recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election last week, President Donald Trump is challenging the results in multiple battleground states. Elections challenges brought by the Trump campaign or his backers have largely been unsuccessful. Meanwhile, the president-elect received his first classified briefing and continued to roll out his…

Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud and has seen nothing that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election

Although the federal General Services Administration recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election last week, President Donald Trump is challenging the results in multiple battleground states. On Saturday, Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out a lower court’s order preventing the state from certifying dozens of contests on its Nov. 3 election ballot in a lawsuit…

From new Congressional offices to inauguration planning, the transition is picking up speed. News4’s Scott MacFarlane reports.

Wisconsin has finished a recount of its presidential results, confirming Democrat Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump in the key battleground state

The federal General Services Administration has recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election. The move late Monday allows Biden to coordinate with federal agencies on plans for taking over on Jan. 20. Trump, who had refused to concede the election, said in a tweet that he is directing his team to cooperate on the formal…

The White House transition is formally moving ahead. President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday introduced his picks for high-level cabinet positions focused on national security and intelligence. Biden pointed to the nominees’ experience, while answering criticism they could represent a return to the status quo. “We cannot meet these challenges with old thinking,” he said.

The federal General Services Administration has recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election. The move late Monday allows Biden to coordinate with federal agencies on plans for taking over on Jan. 20. Trump, who had refused to concede the election, said in a tweet that he is directing his team to cooperate on the formal…

President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that outreach from the Trump administration has already begun and described it as “sincere,” a day after a federal agency released a letter to formally begin the transition of power.

The federal government has recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election.

President Donald Trump’s campaign has filed plenty of lawsuits in six states as he tries to upend an election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden