A narrowly divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in Wisconsin, ending Trump’s legal challenges in court about an hour before the Electoral College was to meet to cast the state’s 10 votes for Biden. Read more
What could be the main event in Georgia’s twin U.S. Senate runoffs — early in-person voting — got underway today, with lines tending to be shorter than during the first days of early voting for the general election. Read more
Joe Biden has cleared the 270-electoral-vote mark to formalize his presidential victory with California’s 55 votes. Read more
A former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who is now running for Manhattan borough president accused him of sexual harassment in a series of tweets, saying he made inappropriate comments about her appearance. Read more
President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted that he intends to veto a wide-ranging defense policy bill, raising new but unspecified concerns about China as a reason to reject a traditionally bipartisan measure. Read more
President Donald Trump has lost his latest legal challenge seeking to overturn Georgia’s election results, with the state Supreme Court’s rejection late Saturday of a case from Trump’s campaign and Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer. Read more
A bipartisan group of lawmakers will unveil a $908 billion coronavirus pandemic relief bill on Monday, although there’s “no guarantee” Congress will pass it, one of the key negotiators said. Read more
Presidential loyalists skirmished with anti-Donald Trump demonstrators over the weekend in Washington, leading to dozens of arrests, several stabbings and injuries to police officers. Read more
When the Electoral College meets Monday, its detractors hope it marks the beginning of the end of a system that twice this century has vaulted the loser of the popular vote to the presidency. Read more
President-elect Joe Biden’s fractured foot has been healing, his doctor said today. Read more
Several thousand supporters of President Donald Trump returned to Washington today for rallies to back his desperate efforts to subvert the election that he lost to Joe Biden. Read more
The elections lawsuit pushed by President Donald Trump and dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court was filled with claims that failed to withstand basic scrutiny. Read more
Attorney General William Barr had asked the top federal prosecutor in Pittsburgh, Scott Brady, to accept and vet any information that Giuliani had on the Biden family, including Hunter Biden. Read more
The other three contenders at the moment include outgoing Alabama Sen. Doug Jones, federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates. Read more
In recent weeks, Kemp has infuriated the president for resisting his demands to help overturn the election results in Georgia, a state Trump lost by roughly 12,000 votes. Read more
President Donald Trump lost a Wisconsin lawsuit today seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots and overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, the latest in a string of legal defeats. Read more
The Senate’s 84-13 vote mirrored an earlier, overwhelming margin in the House, suggesting that both chambers have enough votes to override a potential veto. Read more
Deadlines haven’t been sufficient to drive Washington’s factions to an agreement, despite the U.S. breaking a record 3,000 daily COVID fatalities. Read more
The Electoral College meets Monday to formally elect Biden as the next president. Read more
Councilwoman-elect Esther Kiaaina will be vice chairwoman under a leadership proposal that’s expected to win the support of a majority of the new nine-member Council. Read more
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