Skirmish breaks out on House floor during debate over objections to Pa. electoral votes
A small group of House lawmakers came close to physically fighting early Thursday morning as the congressional count of electoral votes stretched into the wee hours and a Pennsylvania Democrat charged that Republicans had been telling "lies" about his state's votes.
8 Pa. House GOP members to oppose Biden's electoral votes
As one of six states that flipped from Trump in 2016 to Biden in 2020, Pennsylvania could have a spotlight on it during debate over the Electoral College vote.
More Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers protest Electoral College
Leaders of Pennsylvania's state Senate Republican majority are asking Republicans in Congress to delay the certification of the Electoral College.
Fight over Senate election mars start of legislative session
Pennsylvania lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Tuesday to be sworn in for the two-year legislative term. The Senate quickly dissolved into chaos.
Pennsylvania GOP house member Mike Reese dies following apparent brain aneurysm
Rep. Mike Reese, R-Westmoreland/Somerset, “died peacefully with his family by his side Saturday afternoon at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg following an apparent brain aneurysm,” Rep. Kerry Benninghoff, the Majority Leader, said in a statement.
Toomey scolds GOP effort to "disenfranchise millions of voters," will defend election results
Republican Senator Pat Toomey on Saturday scolded fellow party members' attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election and said he will battle the "effort to disenfranchise millions of voters in my state and others.”
Presidential election hostilities could fuel fight over courts
The angst, anger and hostility over Pennsylvania’s presidential election result will flow past New Year’s Day.
White House invites GOP lawmakers in Pennsylvania to lunch
The invitation arrived about a month after Republican state lawmakers from Pennsylvania held a public hearing in Gettysburg to discuss efforts to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
Pennsylvania casts 20 electoral votes for Joe Biden
Pennsylvania has cast its 20 electoral votes for Democrat Joe Biden.
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.
Some Dems want maskless House GOP lawmakers sworn in last
A group of Democrats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives wants their adamantly maskless Republican colleagues to be sworn in next month after everyone else.
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.
Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden's Pennsylvania win
The Supreme Court has rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground.
Texas sues 4 states claiming unconstitutional voting changes
Ken Paxton has sued battleground states Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin to challenge their 2020 presidential election results.
Trump campaign loses another round in Pennsylvania's courts
President Donald Trump’s campaign has lost another round in a flurry of Republican lawsuits over Pennsylvania’s election.
Trump campaign appeals another ballot case in Bucks County
President Trump's campaign continues to press lawsuits over Pennsylvania elections and has appealed another case involving fewer than 2,000 ballots in Bucks County.
Elections shaping up to become major issue in Pa. Legislature
Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania who are still questioning without basis the validity of the Nov. 3 election are drafting a boatload of voting-related legislation, with top Democrats quickly accusing them of setting up a sham process and undermining faith in elections.
Supreme Court asked again to block Biden win in Pennsylvania
Biden beat President Donald Trump by more than 80,000 votes in Pennsylvania, a state Trump had won in 2016. Most mail-in ballots were submitted by Democrats.
Pennsylvania Capitol closing to public amid coronavirus surge
The Capitol complex in Harrisburg will close to the public until further notice because of a statewide surge in coronavirus infections, officials said Thursday.
Wolf vetoes GOP-backed bill on limiting COVID-19 liability
Pennsylvania’s governor on Monday rejected a bill that would have made it harder to sue schools, health care providers and other businesses for coronavirus-related claims.