Biden to take oath outside Capitol amid COVID-19 restrictions

The president-elect's team is proceeding with plans without any assurances that outgoing President Donald Trump will participate.

Electoral College votes surpass 270 for Joe Biden, securing his role as president-elect

Presidential electors met across the U.S. Monday, with key battleground states voting for Joe Biden in the Electoral College and securing his victory in the 2020 election.

‘Democracy prevailed’: Biden addresses nation after Electoral College votes secure his win

“Our democracy — pushed, tested, threatened — proved to be resilient, true and strong,” President-elect Joe Biden said. “More Americans voted this year than have ever voted in the history of the United States of America.”

Michigan lawmaker says he can't promise there won't be violence during Electoral College vote

Michigan Republican State Rep. Gary Eisen was removed from his committee assignment in the legislature after he said he couldn't promise there wouldn't be violence at the capitol during the electoral college vote.

Georgia high court rejects latest Trump election appeal

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.

Biden campaign raised $1B+ in record-breaking fundraising haul

The previous fundraising record was set by then-Sen. Barack Obama in his successful 2008 campaign for the White House.

Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit to overturn Biden's election victory

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden's election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and federal judges before the nation's highest court.

Pennsylvania accuses Texas of seeking 'to decimate the electorate'

Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin and Michigan Thursday filed briefs in response to the Texas case seeking to bar their presidential electors from voting.

Pennsylvania blasts Texas’ bid to overturn Bidens' election win

Lawyers for Pennsylvania responded in the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to Texas’ effort to overturn the election result in four states for President-elect Joe Biden, calling it a “seditious abuse” of the courts that rests on conspiracy theories and falsehoods.

Trump to meet state attorneys general joining in suit to overturn election results

President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to let him join a lawsuit from 17 states, including Florida, that seeks to overturn election results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Trump election dispute puts Republicans into contradictions

Republican judge after Republican judge has thrown out sweeping efforts to reverse the certification of Biden's victory in Pennsylvania's election.

Biden's Pentagon nominee Gen. Lloyd Austin puts some Democrats in a bind

President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be secretary of defense has put some Senate Democrats in a bind.