The president’s constant barrage of baseless claims, his work to personally sway local officials who certify votes, and his allies’ refusal to admit he lost is likely to have a lasting negative impact on the country.
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Wisconsin issues recount order, paid for by Trump, in 2 liberal counties
The chair of the elections board, a Democrat, said Trump’s allegation that election clerks mailed thousands of absentee ballots to voters who hadn’t requested them was ‘absurd,’ ‘factually bizarre’ and a ‘vague, paranoid conspiracy.’
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Trump summons Michigan Republicans for extraordinary meeting as he seeks to overturn votes
Trump’s campaign is openly floating the notion of trying to get friendly state legislatures to appoint electors who would overturn the will of the voters.
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Michigan says it’s too late for Republicans to take back election certification
Officials say Michigan’s largest county can’t yank certification of election results, even if Republican canvassers now are having second thoughts again.
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Trump pays $3 million for recount of 2 Wisconsin counties
Democrat Joe Biden received 577,455 votes in those counties, to 213,157 for Trump. No evidence of illegal activity has been presented.
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Biden’s DIY transition proceeds while Trump refuses to cooperate
President-elect Joe Biden has been forced to seek extraordinary workarounds to prepare for the exploding public health threat and evolving national security challenges he will inherit in just nine weeks.
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In court, Giuliani argues to try to block Biden win in Pennsylvania
The former New York City mayor asserted without evidence that there was a wide-ranging scheme to steal the election from President Trump in big cities in Pennsylvania and 10 other places.
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Trump to order troops reduced, but not withdrawn, in Afghanistan, Iraq
The decisions come as no surprise, following Trump’s shakeup of the Pentagon leadership last week in which he installed loyalists who share his frustration with the continued troop presence in the war zones.
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Trump seems to acknowledge Biden win, but he won’t concede
The president, without using Biden’s name, tweeted Sunday morning that “He won,” something Trump had not said before publicly.
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Nearly 2 dozen arrested in Trump protests in Washington
Nighttime clashes with counterdemonstrators led to fistfights and more than 20 arrests after Saturday’s Million MAGA March.