Latest 2020 United States presidential election News

Wisconsin Supreme Court hearing case targeting swing state's top elections administrator

Nov. 18, 2024 00:04 AM EST

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday that could determine whether the swing state's top elections official, who has been the target of disproven Republican election conspiracy theories, will remain in her post. Republicans who control the...

Today in History: November 11, World War I armistice signed

Nov. 11, 2024 00:16 AM EST

Today is Monday, Nov. 11, the 316th day of 2024. There are 50 days left in the year. Today is Veterans Day. Today in history: On Nov. 11, 1918, fighting in World War I ended as the Allies and Germany signed an armistice aboard a railroad car in the Forest of...

Biden and Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House says

Nov. 09, 2024 17:22 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host President-elect Donald Trump for a traditional postelection meeting in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House said Saturday. Such a meeting is customary between the outgoing president and the incoming president, and is meant...

Today in History: November 7, first woman elected to Congress

Nov. 07, 2024 00:04 AM EST

Today is Thursday, Nov. 7, the 312th day of 2024. There are 54 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 7, 1916, Jeannette Rankin of Montana won election to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first woman elected to either chamber of Congress. ...

Today in History: November 3, KKK and neo-Nazis kill five in Greensboro

Nov. 03, 2024 00:02 AM EDT

Today is Sunday, Nov. 3, the 308th day of 2024. There are 58 days left in the year. Daylight saving time ends today. Today in history: On Nov. 3, 1979, five Communist Workers Party members were killed in a clash with heavily armed Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis during...

Today in History: October 26, Shootout at the O.K. Corral

Oct. 26, 2024 00:12 AM EDT

Today is Saturday, Oct. 26, the 300th day of 2024. There are 66 days left in the year. Today in history: On October 26th, 1881, four lawmen, including Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, exchanged gunfire with five outlaws, killing three of them, at the “Shootout at the...

Georgia's Gov. Kemp and fellow GOP leaders promise new state income tax rebates

Oct. 22, 2024 18:03 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Republican legislative leaders want to issue another round of income tax rebates, thanks to state financial reserves that continue to rise. The leaders announced a proposal Tuesday to give refunds of up to $250 to single filers, up to $375...

Former elections official in Virginia sues the state attorney general

Oct. 17, 2024 16:44 PM EDT

A Virginia elections official who faced criminal charges, later dropped, over a botched vote count in the 2020 presidential election sued the state attorney general Thursday, alleging malicious prosecution. Michele White says in the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Richmond, that...

Trump and the federal election case against him: Key passages from prosecutors' latest court filing

Oct. 03, 2024 18:13 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump “laid the groundwork for his crimes” well before Election Day in 2020. He said “the details don’t matter” when told his election fraud claims would fail in court. And his response to learning that then-Vice President Mike Pence was taken to a secure...

Editorial Roundup: United States

Sep. 26, 2024 12:37 PM EDT

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 20 The Washington Post on what to expect on election night and advises patience In 2020, the United States did not have election night so much as election week....