The latest on the election and transition from around the U.S.
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Aides say Trump has no serious plan to overturn election
Republican officials have scrambled to find evidence of widespread voter fraud that could bolster the Trump campaign’s legal challenges, but no such evidence has surfaced.
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The Latest: Biden moves forward without help from Trump’s intel team
The latest on the election and transition from around the U.S.
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Trump election challenge is not the same as 2000 Florida recount
Today’s attempts by President Donald Trump and GOP allies to get unproven claims of fraud and voting irregularities into court in multiple states face a much steeper climb.
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The Latest: Lincoln Project takes on law firms representing Trump and Republican Party
The latest on the election from around the U.S.
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‘Hoaxes and nonsense’: GOP election officials reject Trump fraud claims
Recounts rarely change election outcomes.
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After Biden win, Mitch McConnell says it’s OK for Trump to fight election outcome
The Republican Senate leader says the process will play out and ‘reach its conclusion.’
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Trump fires defense chief Esper, could use final days to settle scores, pardon allies
Trump’s final 2 months in office could see a whirlwind of recrimination, executive action and efforts to make governing more difficult for President-elect Joe Biden.
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Trump faces calls to work with Biden team on transition
The team helping Joe Biden prepare for the White House and a nonpartisan institution are asking the president to cooperate with an orderly transition of power.
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Trump, who never admits defeat, mulls how to keep up fight
Trump is not expected to ever formally concede, according to people close to him.