President Trump complained for nearly a week about a “disgraceful” $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief and 2021 spending package Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin helped negotiate, “only to sign it and get nothing in return?” Politico’s Playbook editors Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer marveled Monday morning. “Trump got taken to the cleaners.” After this “bizarre, embarrassing episode,” […]
(Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s campaign said on Sunday it would again ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn results from the Nov. 3 election, its latest long-shot effort to subvert the electoral process and sow doubt over the legitimacy of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. In a statement issued by the campaign, Trump lawyer Rudy […]
McConnell Recognizes Biden’s Win On Tuesday, Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, recognized Joseph R. Biden Jr. as the president-elect and Senator Kamala Harris of California as vice president-elect.Six weeks ago, the Americans — Americans voted in this year’s general election. The legal and constitutional processes have continued to play out since then. Yesterday, electors […]
Putin Congratulates Biden After Electoral College Vote President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had delayed acknowledging the victory of President-elect Joseph R Biden Jr. for over a month, citing President Trump’s legal challenges. According to the Kremlin, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia sent President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. a congratulatory telegram on Tuesday.According to […]
The Trump administration, scrambling to make up for lost time after a halting start, is rushing to roll out a $250 million public education campaign to encourage Americans to take the coronavirus vaccine, which will reach the first patients in the United States this week.Federal officials acknowledge the effort will be a complicated one. It […]
Few politicians have been both elevated and diminished by the vicissitudes of President Donald Trump like Brian Kemp, Georgia’s Republican governor. Kemp rocketed from hard-right underdog candidate to the governor’s mansion two years ago on the strength of a surprise endorsement from Trump, and an argument that the president was right about a lot of […]
After facing a series of delays, the Senate approved by voice vote a one-week temporary funding measure Friday afternoon to avert a government shutdown hours before a critical deadline. The president signed the bill Friday evening. Without it, federal agencies would have run out of money at midnight Friday. The Senate’s move came as Sen. […]
President Trump is continuing to pursue increasingly unlikely legal challenges as the Electoral College prepares to vote. Eric Lutz, a contributor for Vanity Fair, joined CBSN’s “Red and Blue” with his reporting on why Mr. Trump’s refusal to accept the election results is fueling the threat of violence.
After all the failed lawsuits, the recounts, the falsehoods and conspiracy theories, President Donald Trump will finally meet his electoral fate Monday. Across all statehouses amid a global pandemic, 538 electors are set to convene to cast their votes for either President-elect Joe Biden or Trump, reflecting the popular votes in their states. Although protests […]
