Chief Justice John Roberts has often tried to distance the court from the political branches of government and the politics he thinks could hurt the court’s reputation.
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Posted inElection 2020, Nation / World
CNN called it at 11:24 a.m., and other outlets followed shortly after
Following different data sets, major media outlets came to the same conclusion within minutes of one another.
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Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, News, Politics
Portland erupts in celebration after Biden wins presidency
As night fell, hundreds of people gathered along Congress Street, shouting, clapping and waving whatever happened to be at hand – handmade signs, American flags and, in one case, a pair of brooms.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation / World, Politics, Uncategorized
Biden transition team didn’t wait for verdict to get busy
Longtime Biden aide Ted Kaufman had been leading efforts to ensure the former vice president can begin building out a government in anticipation of a victory.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation / World, Politics
Harris breaks barriers as first woman, Black woman and South Asian elected VP
The 56-year-old California senator, as a Black and South Asian woman, represents the multiculturalism that defines America but is largely absent from Washington’s power centers.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation / World, Politics
President-elect Biden: ‘I sought this office to restore the soul of America’
President-elect Joe Biden is positioning himself to be a leader who, as he puts it, ‘seeks not to divide, but to unify’ a nation gripped by a historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil.
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Still in limbo, Biden transition team already at work
The transition from one administration to another can be a frenzied process even under normal circumstances.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation / World, Politics
Why the AP hasn’t called Pennsylvania for presidential candidate
The Associated Press has not declared a winner in the battleground state of Pennsylvania because there are tens of thousands of votes left to be counted in the contest between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden
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Donald Trump wins white evangelicals, Catholics split
President Donald Trump won support from about 8 in 10 white evangelical Protestant voters in his race for reelection
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation / World, Politics
The Latest: Biden’s lead grows in battleground Pennsylvania
The latest election-related news from around the country.