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AP sources: Biden picks Fudge for housing, Vilsack for USDA

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 9, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden made two key domestic policy picks, selecting Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as his housing and urban development secretary and former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reprise that role in his administration, according to five people familiar with the decisions.

High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 8, 2020

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground.

Election security official fired by Trump sues over threats

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 8, 2020

The U.S. election and cybersecurity official who was fired last month by President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Tuesday over threatening remarks by a lawyer for the president that prompted a wave of death threats against him.

Tuesday’s safe harbor deadline is boost for Biden

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 8, 2020

A deadline set Tuesday under federal law essentially locks in President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, even though President Donald Trump is still falsely claiming he won reelection.

Biden adjusting agenda to reflect narrow divide in Congress

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 4, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden is adjusting the scope of his agenda to meet the challenges of governing with a narrowly divided Congress and the complications of legislating during a raging pandemic.

Trump loves to win but keeps losing election lawsuits

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 4, 2020

In his quest to cling to power, President Donald Trump has managed to lose not just once to Democrat Joe Biden but over and over again in courts across the country. 

Biden eyes defeated candidates for key administration roles

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 3, 2020

In politics, there can sometimes be an upside to losing. President-elect Joe Biden is eyeing several Democrats who lost congressional reelection races last month for key positions in his administration. They include outgoing Reps. Abby Finkenauer of Iowa and Donna Shalala of Florida and Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama.

Biden is facing high hopes, tough choices on border wall

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 3, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden will face immediate pressure to fulfill his pledge to stop border wall construction.

Barr: No evidence of fraud that’d change election outcome

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 1, 2020

 Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

Wisconsin confirms Joe Biden as winner following recount

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 30, 2020

Joe Biden’s victory in battleground Wisconsin was confirmed Monday following a partial recount that only added to his 20,600-vote margin over President Donald Trump, who has promised to file a lawsuit seeking to undo the results.

Arizona certifies Biden’s victory over Trump

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 30, 2020

Arizona officials have certified Joe Biden’s narrow victory over President Donald Trump in the state.

Georgia official announces investigations, defends election

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 30, 2020

Georgia's top elections official on Monday announced investigations into potential violations of election law even as he continued to defend the integrity of the state's election against what he said are baseless attacks.

‘Mercenary’ donor sold access for millions in foreign money

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 30, 2020

As an elite political fundraiser, Imaad Zuberi had the ear of top Democrats and Republicans alike — a reach that included private meetings with then-Vice President Joe Biden and VIP access at Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Biden to nominate Yellen, highlight diversity on econ team

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 30, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced his senior economic team, including his plans to nominate the first woman to head the Treasury Department as well as several liberal economists and policy specialists who established their credentials during the previous two Democratic administrations.

Trump may be coming to terms with loss he won’t acknowledge

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 27, 2020

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” — as he spent his Thanksgiving renewing baseless claims that “massive fraud” and crooked officials in battleground states caused his election defeat.

Appeals court rejects Trump challenge of Pennsylvania race

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 27, 2020

President Donald Trump’s legal team suffered yet another defeat in court Friday as a federal appeals court in Philadelphia roundly rejected the campaign's latest effort to challenge the state’s election results.

Trump administration moves ahead on gutting bird protections

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 27, 2020

The Trump administration moved forward Friday on gutting a longstanding federal protection for the nation's birds, over objections from former federal officials and many scientists that billions more birds will likely perish as a result.

Biden’s win hides a dire warning for Democrats in rural U.S.

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 27, 2020

Democrats once dominated Koochiching County in the blue-collar Iron Range of northern Minnesota. But in this month's presidential election, President Donald Trump won it with 60% of the vote.

Top California air, climate regulator hopes to run Biden EPA

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 27, 2020

Over four decades, Mary Nichols has been the regulator behind some of the nation’s most ambitious climate policies and, in recent years, she’s been their staunchest defender against President Donald Trump's effort to dismantle them.

They’re baaack: Trump and allies still refuse election loss

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 26, 2020

Monday seemed like the end of President Donald Trump's relentless challenges to the election, after the federal government acknowledged President-elect Joe Biden was the “apparent winner” and Trump cleared the way for cooperation on a transition of power.