President-elect Joseph R. Biden introduced Miguel Cardona as his pick for education secretary Wednesday, declaring the public school chief from Connecticut to be "as American as apple pie and rice and beans." Published December 23, 2020
President Trump on Tuesday handed out 20 pardons and commutations, including two to men snared in former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe and three to Republican former congressmen. Published December 22, 2020
President Trump on Saturday downplayed the widespread hack of government systems and Russia's involvement, contradicting his secretary of state. The president tweeted that the "lamestream" media exaggerated the scale of the cyberattack and continued to be fixated on "Russia, Russia, Russia." Published December 19, 2020
President Trump's unrelenting claims of election fraud have galvanized his base, cementing both a diehard belief in the illegitimacy of a Biden administration and the gaping fissure between Trump Republicans and the rest of the GOP. Published December 13, 2020
President Trump said Joseph R. Biden would be an "illegitimate president," saying that is more important than worries about election fraud lawsuits dividing the country. Published December 13, 2020
Presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden's foot, which he fractured two weeks ago while roughhousing with his dog, is on the mend, his transition team announced Saturday. Published December 12, 2020
President Trump doubled down on his election fraud allegations Friday after the Supreme Court rejected Texas' massive lawsuit challenging the Nov. 3 results. Published December 11, 2020
The Trump legal team's top attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, is pointing to reams of evidence that expose a pattern of fraud and corruption in the Nov. 3 election that he thinks was directed by Democrats in Washington. Published December 6, 2020
The Trump campaign and its allies offered video footage and sworn affidavits attesting that trucks, vans and suitcases full of suspect ballots were sneaked into voting centers for tabulation in a number of states won by presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden. Published December 5, 2020
The leaders of the Arizona State Legislature on Friday demanded an independent audit of the Dominion Voting Systems machines used in the Nov. 3 election. Published December 4, 2020
Presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden that when he's in the White House his son, Hunter Biden, and the rest of his family will not have any conflicts of interest. Published December 4, 2020
Attorney General William P. Barr on Tuesday announced that he elevated the attorney investigating the origins of the Russia collusion probe to a special prosecutor, ensuring that the investigation can't easily be squashed by presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden. Published December 1, 2020
The Trump campaign on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in the Wisconsin Supreme Court that challenges the results of the Nov. 3 election and cited "fraud and abuse" at the polls. Published December 1, 2020
President Trump on Thursday said it would be "very hard" to concede if the Electoral College elects Joseph R. Biden as the next president, insisting that the election results are "a massive fraud." Published November 26, 2020
President Trump canceled plans Wednesday to attend a hearing in Pennsylvania where Republican state lawmakers will probe alleged fraud in the Nov. 3 election. Published November 25, 2020
Presumed President-elect Joseph R. Biden sidestepped a question about whether he would support investigating President Trump after he leaves office. Published November 24, 2020
A key Trump administration official on Monday agreed to cooperate with presumed President-elect Joseph R. Biden on the transition, acknowledging for the first time -- with President Trump's approval -- that the Democrat is likely to assume the White House in January. Published November 23, 2020
U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann posed a routine question to the lead lawyer for President Trump's election challenge in Pennsylvania: What type of standard should the court use to evaluate the campaign's claims of fraud in Nov. 3's presidential election? Published November 18, 2020
Republican members of a county election board on Tuesday reversed their decision to block the certification of Detroit election results. Published November 17, 2020
A county election board on Tuesday refused to certify results from the Detroit area, kicking the contested Nov. 3 election to state officials. Published November 17, 2020
