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Trump campaign requests recount of Georgia's presidential race

Trump campaign requests recount of Georgia's presidential race

President Donald Trump’s campaign requested a recount of votes in the Georgia presidential race on Saturday, a day after state officials certified results showing Democrat Joe Biden won the state, as Trump’s legal team presses forward with attacks alleging widespread fraud without proof.
by The Associated Press

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Judge throws out Trump bid to stop Pennsylvania vote certification

Judge throws out Trump bid to stop Pennsylvania vote certification

Pennsylvania officials can certify election results that currently show Democrat Joe Biden winning the state by more than 80,000 votes, a federal judge ruled Saturday, dealing President Donald Trump’s campaign another blow in its effort to invalidate the election.
by The Associated Press

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Wisconsin officials: Trump observers obstructing recount

Wisconsin officials: Trump observers obstructing recount

Election officials in Wisconsin’s largest county accused observers for President Donald Trump on Saturday of seeking to obstruct a recount of the presidential results, in some instances by objecting to every ballot tabulators pulled to count.
by The Associated Press

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Week offers snapshot of how Trump, Biden approach presidency

Week offers snapshot of how Trump, Biden approach presidency

If the differences between President-elect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump were not already clear, the days since the Nov. 3 election was decided have demonstrated the dramatically divergent ways in which each approaches the job of commander in chief.
by The Associated Press

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Facts don't support GOP Chair Carnahan's election claims

Facts don't support GOP Chair Carnahan's election claims

The chair of the Minnesota Republican Party said this week that presidential election results in some of the state’s counties showed “extreme abnormalities.” A check of the vote totals shows the facts don’t back up her claims. 
by David H. Montgomery

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Merrick Garland among Biden candidates for attorney general, sources say

Merrick Garland among Biden candidates for attorney general, sources say

The federal judge and erstwhile Supreme Court nominee — whose case was never taken up by Senate Republicans — could be asked by the new administration to take the reins of the Justice Department.
by Carrie Johnson

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