President Donald Trump fired the nation’s top election security official, a widely respected member of his administration who had dared to refute the president’s unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud and vouch for the integrity of the vote. While abrupt, the dismissal Tuesday of Christopher Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, was […]

In an abrupt about-face, Michigan’s largest county on Tuesday night unanimously certified election results showing Democrat Joe Biden defeating President Donald Trump, hours after Republicans first blocked formal approval of voters’ intentions. The initial move was quickly condemned by Democrats, election experts and spectators at the Wayne County Board of Canvassers online meeting as a […]

Georgia’s current COVID-19 situation only looks good when compared to other states where coronavirus infections are climbing even more steeply. Georgia passed 9,000 confirmed and probable deaths with new deaths reported Tuesday, with the average number of deaths recorded rising in recent weeks. The number of people hospitalized with the respiratory illness has risen more […]

House Democrats nominated Nancy Pelosi to serve as Speaker in the next session of Congress in leadership elections on Wednesday. A full House floor vote for the speakership will take place in January, and Pelosi is poised to remain in the top leadership post for House Democrats. Pelosi did not address whether the next Congress […]

According to multiple news reports, with the walls of defeat from the 2020 election closing in, lame-duck President Donald Trump may be seeking a way to avoid prosecution after he is no longer in office while still claiming victory in the election. Numerous outlets are reporting that Trump is preparing for life after the White […]

In the face of President Donald Trump’s wild and fact-free claims about supposed voter fraud in the 2020 election, congressional Republicans — and other elected GOP leaders — have stood largely silent. And that silence has a price. Witness two new national polls released on Wednesday that suggest that a majority of self-identified Republicans simply […]

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger stood firm Monday on his account that Sen. Lindsey Graham had hinted that he should try to discard some ballots in Georgia, where a recount is underway after the state went for President-elect Joe Biden in the presidential election. “He asked if the ballots could be matched back to the voters,” Raffensperger told CNN’s […]

For nearly four years, President Trump has inspired a cadre of liberal-leaning religious activists to organize, mobilize, protest and pray in opposition to his policies regarding refugees and asylum-seekers, Muslims, white supremacy and health care. As they helped plan the annual Women’s March, flooded airports in defiance of the travel ban and stared down demonstrators […]

President-elect Joe Biden is set to announce who will serve in top roles in his administration in the coming days and weeks. He has already announced that Ron Klain, one of his most trusted campaign advisers, will serve as his incoming chief of staff. And Jen O’Malley Dillon, Biden’s campaign manager, and Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana, a co-chair of Biden’s […]

Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who is 87 years old, tweeted that he tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, after saying earlier he would self isolate after a possible exposure. “I’ve tested positive for coronavirus,” Grassley wrote. “I’ll (be) following my doctors’ orders/CDC guidelines & continue to quarantine. I’m feeling good + will keep […]