Latest 2020 United States presidential election News

Wisconsin regulators file complaint against former justice who led 2020 election probe

Nov. 19, 2024 13:25 PM EST

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Judicial regulators filed a complaint Tuesday against a former conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who spread election conspiracy theories and was hired by Republicans to lead an investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, accusing...

Wisconsin Supreme Court considers case affecting future of state's elections leader

Nov. 18, 2024 12:54 PM EST

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court grappled Monday with a case affecting whether the swing state's nonpartisan top elections official, who has been targeted by Republican lawmakers over the 2020 presidential election, can remain in her post despite not being reappointed and...

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...