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Trump Cancels Gettysburg Trip After Adviser Tests Positive

Trump to Pa. Lawmakers: 'We
Have to Turn the Election Over'

THE RUNDOWN

Nov 25, 2020 3:16 PM CST

Trump to Pa. Lawmakers: 'We Have to Turn the Election Over'

He canceled trip after adviser tested positive

(Newser) - President Trump on Wednesday called off his first trip outside Washington, DC, since the election after a campaign adviser tested positive for COVID-19. The president had not officially confirmed that he would be attending the event at a Gettysburg, Pa., hotel with attorney Rudy Giuliani and state Republican lawmakers, but...

China's President Finally Sides With Biden

China's President to Biden:
Here's What We Expect

Nov 25, 2020 9:05 AM CST

China's President to Biden: Here's What We Expect

Xi Jinping expresses hope for 'win-win cooperation'

(Newser) - Xi Jinping has called it. The Chinese president congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden Wednesday on his election victory and expressed hope for "win-win cooperation" amid conflicts over trade, technology, and security, reports the AP . There was no explanation for the delay—the AP declared Biden as the victor on...

Biden's Vote Count Is
One for the Record Books

Nov 25, 2020 7:54 AM CST

Biden's Vote Count Is One for the Record Books

President-elect managed to cross the 80M mark

(Newser) - In 2008, Barack Obama won the presidency with a record-setting 69.5 million votes—a number he didn't manage to reach in 2012, nor one that Donald Trump hit in 2016. Joe Biden got there in 2020, and didn't just break that record—he quashed it. USA Today ...

Paul Ryan: Trump Needs to 'Embrace Transfer of Power'

Paul Ryan Says Trump Should
Drop Election Challenges

Nov 24, 2020 6:39 PM CST

Paul Ryan Says Trump Should Drop Election Challenges

President should 'embrace the transfer of power,' he says

(Newser) - Former House Speaker Paul Ryan has joined other Republicans calling for President Trump to concede the election and "embrace the transfer of power." Ryan told the Bank of America’s virtual European Credit Conference Tuesday that Trump should also abandon his legal challenges to the election results, Politico...

Pennsylvania Certifies Biden as the Winner

Pennsylvania, Nevada
Certify Vote Results

UPDATED

Nov 24, 2020 12:58 PM CST

Pennsylvania, Nevada Certify Vote Results

Joe Biden defeats President Trump in both states

(Newser) - Two more states made it official on Tuesday, though President Trump still isn't conceding his fight :

Pennsylvania: Joe Biden was certified as the winner of this state, culminating three weeks of vote counting and a string of failed legal challenges by Trump, per the AP . Gov. Tom Wolf sent

...

Trump: We're Still Fighting

Nov 24, 2020 6:41 AM CST

Trump: We're Still Fighting

'Will never concede to fake ballots'

(Newser) - Even though the White House made a big concession to Joe Biden on Monday on his presidential transition, that doesn't mean President Trump is done trying to overturn the election results in court. Trump's legal team is again focusing on Pennsylvania, where it asked a federal appeals court...

GSA Boss Wants
Law Changed

Nov 23, 2020 7:15 PM CST

GSA Boss Wants Law Changed

Saying she tries 'to do what is right,' Emily Murphy puts her dilemma in personal terms

(Newser) - After it somehow fell to a nationally pressured appointee of President Trump to effectively declare the winner of the presidential election, Emily Murphy explained her delayed decision in personal terms. "I have always strived to do what is right," the GSA boss told President-elect Joe Biden on Monday...

Michigan
Confirms
Results

Nov 23, 2020 4:48 PM CST

Michigan Confirms Results

Republican who voted with Democrats to certify Biden's win says 'the law is pretty clear'

(Newser) - After listening to three hours' worth of public comment and receiving a recommendation from the state Bureau of Elections to approve, a Michigan board voted to certify President-elect Joe Biden's Nov. 3 victory in the state. One Republican member voted with the two Democrats to confirm the certified results...

Chris Christie:
It's Become
a 'National
Embarrassment'

sunday talk shows

Nov 22, 2020 4:00 PM CST

Chris Christie: It's Become a 'National Embarrassment'

And other quotes around the Sunday talk show dial

(Newser) - Chris Christie didn't hold back Sunday in his assessment of President Trump's campaign to overturn the results of the 2020 election, Politico reports. "If you've got the evidence of fraud, present it," the former New Jersey governor said on This Week. "Quite frankly, the...

'I've Had It!'
The Wisconsin
Recount Gets Ugly

Nov 22, 2020 2:30 PM CST

'I've Had It!' The Wisconsin Recount Gets Ugly

At least 2 Trump observers are escorted out

(Newser) - Wisconsin recount observer Ardis Cerny stretched her neck as far as she could toward a Plexiglas divider separating her from two vote counters, eagle-eyeing them as they scrutinized ballot papers one by one. When one tabulator told the ardent supporter of President Trump she was leaning too far over a...

Black Voters Sue Trump

Nov 22, 2020 2:00 PM CST

Black Voters Sue Trump

The NAACP suit claims Trump is trying to 'coerce' officials

(Newser) - Black voters in Detroit are suing President Trump and his campaign over their attempt to overturn the 2020 election results, ABC News reports. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed the suit Friday for three voters, saying the president's campaign was trying to "coerce" and "intimidate" officials into...

Judge Tosses Trump's Bid
to Block Pa. Vote Certification

Nov 22, 2020 5:37 AM CST

Judge Tosses Trump's Bid to Block Pa. Vote Certification

Says campaign presented 'strained legal arguments without merit'

(Newser) - Pennsylvania officials can certify election results that show Joe Biden winning the state by more than 80,000 votes, US District Judge Matthew Brann ruled Saturday, dealing President Trump’s campaign another blow in its effort to invalidate the election. In his ruling, Brann said the Trump campaign presented “...

Trump Tees Off After
Brief G20 Appearance

Nov 21, 2020 5:10 PM CST

Trump Tees Off After Brief G20 Appearance

The president pledges to work 'with you ... for a long time'

(Newser) - President Trump hit the links Saturday as G20 leaders grappled with the pandemic and America logged a record 198,500 new daily infections, the Guardian reports. The G20 summit's online "Pandemic Preparedness" event featured leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and South...

Conservatives
Have a New
Target—One
of Their Own

Nov 21, 2020 1:20 PM CST

Conservatives Have a New Target—One of Their Own

Tucker Carlson sought evidence for a conspiracy theory

(Newser) - Tucker Carlson made quite a few enemies this week after questioning a conspiracy theory advanced by one of President Trump's lawyers, the New York Times reports. On Thursday, the Fox News host addressed Sidney Powell's allegation that a leftist cabal—fueled by "communist money" from "Venezuela,...

Trump Thought
His Sister Had
His Back—
She Didn't

Nov 21, 2020 10:50 AM CST

Trump Thought His Sister Had His Back— She Didn't

Seems Elizabeth Trump Grau hadn't really come out of seclusion

(Newser) - President Trump's reclusive older sister hadn't really emerged from the shadows, but he thought so—and he tweeted eagerly about it, the Guardian reports. "Thank you Elizabeth, LOVE!" he wrote while retweeting an article by conservative radio host Wayne Dupree, who quoted a line of election-related...

Mich. Lawmakers Back 'Normal
Process' After Trump Meeting

Nov 21, 2020 7:46 AM CST

Mich. Lawmakers Back 'Normal Process' After Trump Meeting

They sound skeptical about overturning the vote

(Newser) - President Trump met with Michigan's two most powerful state legislators on Friday, but the statement issued by the legislators afterward suggested they're not about to make any unusual moves regarding their state's vote count. "We have not yet been made aware of any information that would...

Twitter Confirms
Trump Will Lose
@POTUS

Nov 21, 2020 7:16 AM CST

Twitter Confirms Trump Will Lose @POTUS

It'll go to Biden on Inauguration Day

(Newser) - President Trump has yet to concede to President-elect Joe Biden, and in Twitter's eyes, it doesn't matter if that day ever comes. The company tells Politico that the @POTUS Twitter handle will shift to Biden the second the swearing-in is completed on Inauguration Day. The @whitehouse, @VP, @FLOTUS,...

All Eyes on Trump's Meeting
With Michigan Lawmakers

the rundown

Nov 20, 2020 1:45 PM CST

All Eyes on Trump's Meeting With Michigan Lawmakers

It's not an 'advocacy' meeting, says White House, but stakes are high for president

(Newser) - President Trump's long-shot bid to remain president intensifies Friday in the form of an afternoon meeting at the White House with state Republican leaders from Michigan. The state's results are not yet certified, and Trump has sought to cast doubt on the credibility of the vote count there....

Tucker Carlson Calls Out
Trump Attorney Over Evidence

Nov 20, 2020 9:43 AM CST

Tucker Carlson Calls Out Trump Attorney Over Evidence

Sidney Powell says software flipped votes from Trump to Biden, but hasn't provided any proof

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani got most of the attention at Thursday's memorable press conference on Election 2020, but fellow Trump attorney Sidney Powell made some huge allegations herself. Powell alleged that software used in voting machines made by Dominion Voting Systems was rigged to flip votes from President Trump to Joe...

Giuliani Channels My Cousin
Vinny in New Allegations

Nov 19, 2020 3:36 PM CST

Giuliani Channels My Cousin Vinny in New Allegations

He alleges coordinated fraud, while president makes a key invite to White House

(Newser) - President Trump has invited top Republicans from Michigan to the White House on Friday as he and his allies press their effort to turn the election in his favor, reports the Hill . The invitation comes after Trump called two election officials in Michigan , and both later rescinded their votes to...