Milwaukee County vote recount gives Biden small boost

Milwaukee County completed its recount of presidential ballots Friday, finding only small changes in vote totals for one of the two Wisconsin counties recounting ballots, but President Donald Trump’s attorneys appear ready for a legal challenge seeking to toss tens of thousands of ballots.

Federal appeals court rejects Trump appeal over Pennsylvania race

A federal appeals court in Philadelphia on Friday rejected President Donald Trump’s latest effort to challenge the election results in a case that could reach the U.S. Supreme Court if Trump appeals.

Trump says he'll leave White House if Electoral College formalizes Biden's victory

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory even as he insisted such a decision would be a “mistake."

Recount process begins in Georgia following Trump campaign request

The recount requested by President Trump's campaign the day after Georgia certifies its election results will be done by high-speed scanners, not by hand.

Biden-Harris ticket surpasses 80M votes — the most in US history

The 2020 election was an event for the record books for more reasons than one: President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received more votes than any other presidential ticket in U.S. history.

Nevada Supreme Court makes Joe Biden's win in state official

The Nevada Supreme Court made Joe Biden’s win in the state official on Tuesday, approving the state’s final canvass of the Nov. 3 election.

Pennsylvania certifies Biden as winner of presidential vote

The Pennsylvania State Department “certified the results of the November 3 election in Pennsylvania for president and vice president of the United States,” Gov. Tom Wolf tweeted Tuesday.

Trump says he will 'never concede' despite GSA recognizing Biden as president-elect

President Trump says he'll "never concede" even after the General Services Administration recognized Joe Biden as president-elect. "We are moving full speed ahead," Trump tweeted.

'Brown Girl, Brown Girl' poem celebrates triumphs of VP-elect Kamala Harris
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Lesl� Honor� joins Good Day Chicago to talk about going viral for her poem "Brown Girl, Brown Girl" celebrating the journey and achievement of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

Biden's transition gets green light as Trump at last relents

The federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election on Monday, formally starting the transition of power.

GSA officially recognizes Biden as president-elect, clearing way for transition

The federal General Services Administration on Monday officially recognized Joe Biden as the president-elect, clearing the way for him to begin a formal presidential transition and handover of power.

Trump team says Sidney Powell, who threatened 'biblical lawsuit' against Georgia, is not on team

President Trump said last week that Sidney Powell was one of his "wonderful lawyers," but on Sunday she got another message: "You're not part of the team." Powell had claimed that a server with evidence of voting irregularities was in Germany, that voting software used by Georgia and other states was created at the direction of late Venezuelan President Huge Chavez and that votes for Trump had probably been switched in favor of Biden.

Trump's legal team cried vote fraud in 2020 election, but courts found none

President Donald Trump’s campaign has filed plenty of lawsuits in six states as he tries to upend an election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

Trump campaign appeals dismissal of voter fraud claims in Pennsylvania

The judge who dismissed the case in Pennsylvania on Saturday did not hold back in his ruling. He said the Trump campaign's case was an "unhinged... Frankenstein's Monster" with "strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations … unsupported by the evidence.”

Georgia elections official: I've been targeted by threats, hacking attempts

One of Georgia’s top elections officials says he had to have police protection at his home after the certification of the state's presidential race.

Trump requests recount of Georgia ballots after results show Joe Biden winning

On Saturday night, President Donald Trump requested a recount of votes in Georgia presidential race after the results showed Joe Biden winning the state. The votes in Georgia have already been counted twice.

Federal judge rules Pennsylvania can certify election results

Democrat Joe Biden won Pennsylvania by more than 80,000 votes. Trump's team had argued that the Constitution was violated when counties took different approaches to notifying voters about technical problems with their ballots.