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Richard Hopkins, Pa. postal whistleblower, placed on leave without pay

The Pennsylvania postal whistleblower has been taken off the job without pay after alleging ballot-tampering at the Erie Post Office.

November 11, 2020

Richard Hopkins, Erie, Pennsylvania postal worker, denies he recanted ballot-tampering claims

Hours after House Democrats announced that a Pennsylvania postal worker had recanted allegations of ballot tampering, the mail carrier denied it, saying that he stands by his original statement and that he "got played" by federal investigators.

November 10, 2020

Moderates will wield most influence with Senate’s razor-thin majority

The battle for the Senate won't be decided until the January run-offs in Georgia, and yet the inevitability of a razor-thin majority means that the stock of the moderate Manchins and Murkowskis is already going through the roof.

November 10, 2020

Richard Hopkins, Pennsylvania postal worker, is denying he recanted ballot-tampering claim

A Pennsylvania mail carrier has recanted claims made in a sworn affidavit that supervisors tampered with mail-in ballots, according to the House Oversight Committee. Shortly thereafter, the postal denied he had recanted his claim.

November 10, 2020

U.S. emissions from large facilities fell by 5% in 2019 even without the Paris climate accord

No Paris? No problem, as far as the Trump administration is concerned. The Environmental Protection Agency reported Monday that U.S. emissions from major industrial sources declined by nearly 5% in 2019, prompting administrator Andrew Wheeler to take a victory lap and a swipe at the Paris climate accord.

November 10, 2020

Democrats for Life of America celebrate ‘huge’ wins as House ranks thin

Pro-life Democrats may be an endangered species in Congress, but they're showing signs of a comeback outside the Beltway.

November 9, 2020

GOP alarmed after Schumer vows, ‘Now we take Georgia, then we change America’

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer handed Republicans their first talking point of the critical Georgia Senate run-off election by declaring that if Democrats win, they will "change America" and "change the world."

November 9, 2020

Pat Toomey: ‘Woke left had a major setback’

Democrats framed the 2020 election as a referendum on President Trump, but Sen. Pat Toomey said Sunday that the Democratic fizzle in down-ballot races represented a repudiation of progressivism.

November 8, 2020

Ilhan Omar tells Democrats to ‘stop attacking progressives’ after House losses

Rep. Ilhan Omar, Minnesota Democrat, took offense Sunday as other Democrats blamed the party's left wing for down-ballot losses after the much-anticipated blue wave hit a red wall.

November 8, 2020

Conservatives dispute Biden victory: ‘The media does not get to call the election’

Conservatives pushed back Saturday against the decision by media outlets to declare former Vice President Joseph R. Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election.

November 7, 2020

Keith Olbermann, ex-ESPN host, wants Trump arrested, removed from White House

ESPN sportscaster-turned-political-pundit Keith Olbermann declared Thursday that President Trump should be arrested and removed from the White House.

November 5, 2020

Vernon Jones, Pro-Trump Georgia Democrat, vows to fight

Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones, a pro-Trump Democrat, made it clear Thursday that the president's supporters are in the post-election legal battle for the long haul, firing up a crowd in Atlanta by vowing that "we're going to fight."

November 5, 2020

Democrats unable to deliver House, Senate wins despite raising more money than Republicans

The Democrats' enormous cash advantage in the 2020 elections failed to translate into equally massive House and Senate wins as the financially outgunned Republicans delivered more bang for their political buck.

November 5, 2020

Nancy Pelosi receives ‘stunning blow’ as female Republicans flood into House

Republican women were among the biggest winners of Tuesday's balloting, breaking a record for House non-incumbent victories and closing in on the record high for the chamber.

November 5, 2020

Voters send conservative message on ballot initiatives for taxes, citizen-only voting

Voters in Colorado, Alabama and Florida decided this week that only U.S. citizens should be allowed to vote in elections.

November 4, 2020

Michael Bloomberg flops in $100M bid to deliver Florida, Ohio, Texas for Joe Biden

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg may be the 2020 election's biggest loser financially speaking after falling short in his $100 million quest to deliver three key states for Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden.

November 4, 2020

Oregon becomes first state to decriminalize cocaine, heroin, meth, ecstasy

Oregon became Tuesday the first state in the nation to decriminalize hard drugs, passing a Democratic-backed ballot measure lifting criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of cocaine, heroin, LSD, ecstasy and meth.

November 4, 2020

Martha McSally refuses to concede, rips Fox call as ‘irresponsible’

Sen. Martha McSally, Arizona Republican, refused to concede late Tuesday after Fox News called the contest for Democrat Mark Kelly, blasting the projection as "premature."

November 4, 2020

Doug Ducey rips Fox for calling Arizona for Biden

Fox News drew the ire of Republicans for calling Arizona for former Vice President Joseph R. Biden late Tuesday with 73% of the vote counted.

November 4, 2020

Minnesota called for Biden as Trump’s bid to capture blue state falls short

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden was projected Tuesday to win Minnesota, a blue state that President Trump had sought to flip.

November 4, 2020