Rudy Giuliani takes election battle to Gettysburg; China’s Xi congratulates Biden

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 25, 2020

President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is headed to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to continue his fight to overturn the results of the election and secure Trump a second term. Read more

Complaints delay Hawaii’s vote certification

• By Dan Nakaso
• Nov. 25, 2020

The certification of Hawaii’s election results is being delayed by three complaints: one from a woman who said she was running for president of the United States, another from a candidate for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and from a slate of candidates under the banner Klean House Hawaii that included a long-shot candidate for Honolulu mayor. Read more

Republicans sue to stop Wisconsin vote certification

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 24, 2020

Republicans filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to block certification of the presidential election results even as a recount over President-elect Joe Biden’s win over President Donald Trump is ongoing. Read more

President-elect Biden announces national security team

• Nov. 24, 2020

Biden win over Trump in Nevada made official by court

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 24, 2020

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

Michigan attorney general investigating threats against county canvassers

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 24, 2020

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said today that her office is investigating threats against election officials in Wayne County, where two Republicans voted against certifying the results last week before reversing course. Read more

VIDEO: President-elect Joe Biden signals stark shift with new national security team

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 24, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden says he is “pleased” that his administration has officially been allowed to begin the transition process in filling out a new government. Read more

Biden transition OK’d to start as Trump runs out of options

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 24, 2020

The federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election, formally starting the transition of power after President Donald Trump spent weeks testing the boundaries of American democracy. Read more

Back-to-normal rally drives Dow above 30,000 for first time amid vaccine hopes, Biden transition

• By Bloomberg News
• Nov. 24, 2020

Speculation that vaccines and a possibly peaceful presidential transition are steps toward normalization in the economy ignited another rally in shares ravaged by the pandemic, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average past 30,000 for the first time. Read more

Pennsylvania certifies Biden as winner of presidential vote

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 24, 2020

Democrat Joe Biden has been certified as the winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania, culminating three weeks of vote counting and a string of failed legal challenges by President Donald Trump, state officials said today. Read more

Trump administration approves start of formal transition to Joe Biden

• By New York Times
• Nov. 23, 2020

Trump did not concede, and vowed to persist with efforts to change the vote, which have so far proved fruitless. Read more

U.S. agency allows formal Joe Biden transition to begin

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 23, 2020

President Donald Trump, who had refused to concede the election, said Monday that he is directing his team to cooperate on the transition but is vowing to keep up the fight. Read more

Michigan certifies Biden win despite Trump’s GOP overtures

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 23, 2020

Michigan election officials have certified Democrat Joe Biden’s 154,000-vote victory in the state amid President Donald Trump’s brazen attempts to subvert the results of the election. Read more

Biden taps former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to lead treasury

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 23, 2020

Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen, who is widely admired in the financial world, would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department in a line stretching back to Alexander Hamilton in 1789. Her nomination was confirmed to The Associated Press by a person who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss Biden’s plans. Read more

Week offers snapshot of how Trump, Biden approach presidency

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 23, 2020

One spent the week at his home in Delaware carefully trying to build a government and preparing to take on a pandemic. The other largely kept to himself behind closed doors at a mostly empty White House. Read more

Wisconsin presidential recount in 4th day, with few changes

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 23, 2020

Wisconsin’s partial presidential recount entered its fourth day, with very few changes in vote totals as President Donald Trump’s attorneys appeared to be focused on a legal challenge seeking to toss tens of thousands of ballots. Read more

Michigan leader says Trump didn’t ask for election interference

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 22, 2020

Michigan’s elections agency has recommended that the Nov. 3 results — including Biden’s 2.8-percentage point victory — be certified by the Board of State Canvassers, which has two Democrats and two Republicans. Read more

Trump team repeatedly makes false argument about 2016 transition

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 22, 2020

President Donald Trump and his allies are harking back to his own transition four years ago to make a false argument that his own presidency was denied a fair chance for a clean launch. Read more