We are now just days away from the quadrennial meeting of the Electoral College on Dec. 14, followed by Inauguration Day on Jan. 20. Forgotten your high school civics class or never learned it in the first place? Here’s a guide to what will happen between now and then. Will the electors vote on Dec. […]
You wouldn’t know it from reading President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed, but judges across the nation have repeatedly rejected lawsuits filed on his behalf in an unsuccessful effort to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential race. At latest count, at least several dozen cases have been rejected in court or withdrawn. At one point, […]
With the federal government poised to sign off on COVID-19 vaccines this month, President-elect Joe Biden said the nation has fallen short on its plan for distributing it to millions of Americans. Asked by a reporter Dec. 4 whether he was satisfied with the Trump administration’s plans for vaccine distribution, Biden said much more work […]
A video tweet about President Donald Trump’s Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony for wrestler Dan Gable went viral on Dec. 7, with critics on social media suggesting that Trump made an abrupt departure. In the 16-second video, Trump is seen exiting the Oval Office as a reporter asks for “one more question about the inauguration.” […]
Parents and teachers have been in a Catch-22 for months, weighing the long-term risks of denying students in-person learning against the health risks associated with surging coronavirus case counts that could impact the classroom. While many U.S. children returned to classrooms in some capacity this fall, the nation’s record numbers of new cases and deaths […]
Question: Should people get vaccinated if they’ve already had COVID-19? Answer: The short answer is yes. Medical researchers and immunology experts say it’s rare, but possible, for recovered COVID-19 patients to become infected with the virus again as their natural antibody levels wane over time. They say vaccines will provide stronger and likely longer-lasting immunity. […]
Debates Sunday in the two Georgia runoff elections that will decide which party controls the Senate featured attacks over two candidates’ stock trades and one candidate’s personal history — all of which have been misleading to one degree or another in reviews by PolitiFact. Democrat Jon Ossoff, a documentary filmmaker, is facing first-term GOP Sen. […]
In the days since President Donald Trump lost his bid for reelection, he has relentlessly and falsely attacked the result in Pennsylvania and other battleground states as the product of widespread fraud. His assaults culminated last week in a 46-minute videotaped screed full of demonstrable falsehoods. Politicians routinely exaggerate or misrepresent the facts, but never […]
Democrat Jon Ossoff was still relatively new on the national political scene when, in an Oct. 28 debate with Sen. David Perdue, he hit the Georgia Republican with an attack that went viral. “Well, perhaps Senator Perdue would have been able to respond properly to the COVID-19 pandemic if you hadn’t been fending off multiple […]
Republicans unhappy about President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election can at least take heart in the party’s gains in the House of Representatives. Going into election night, political handicappers had expected Democrats to add to their House majority. The Cook Political Report, for instance, predicted a 10- to 15-seat gain in its […]
He introduced it as what “may be the most important speech I’ve ever made.” But the 46-minute video tirade President Donald Trump posted on social media was a recitation of the same baseless election fraud claims and conspiracy theories he has promoted for weeks. The speech, delivered from a White House lectern, was posted to […]
From the point of view of moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News, the first 2020 presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden seemed promising — at least for the first few moments. “My initial reaction was, ‘This is great — they’re going to engage with each other!’” Wallace said. “Not long after, you began […]