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Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference
Radio Times
Elections
Law

Trump continues to challenge election results

A look at the latest on Trump's legal challenges to the election results, and a discussion about the effects of his defiance on the American people.

Air Date: November 24, 2020 10:00 am

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In voting against the state House's request to audit the election, Rep. Jake Wheatley (D., Allegheny) said it was duplicative of the Department of State's audit, which is required by law.
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

In rare move, bipartisan panel rejects Pa. House request to audit 2020 election

An attempt by Pa.'s GOP-controlled legislature to audit the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election failed Monday when a bipartisan panel rejected it.

4 years ago

John Hansberry operates an extractor at Philadelphia's ballot counting center
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Philly region certifies election results as Trump legal challenges continue to falter

Most Pa. counties are expected to meet the Nov. 23 deadline for certification, but a few are running behind. State expects to officially announce Biden victory this week.

4 years ago

Janet Yellen
Economy
Government Accountability

Biden taps ex-Fed chair Yellen to lead treasury

Yellen, who is widely admired in the financial world, would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department in a line stretching back to Alexander Hamilton in 1789.

4 years ago

Democrat Sarah McBride is the first transgender person to be elected to Delaware's General Assembly. (Courtesy of Friends of Sarah McBride)
The Why
Delaware
LGBTQ
Politics

Delaware’s new class of LGBTQ representatives

The DE legislature will swear in 3 members of the LGBTQ community. Queer Delawareans say that representation is important for protecting increasingly-threatened rights.

Air Date: November 23, 2020

Listen 13:40
Secretary of State John Kerry
Environment
National
Politics

Biden builds out national security picks with Blinken, Kerry

John Kerry will lead the incoming administration’s effort to combat climate change. Biden also plans to nominate Antony Blinken as his secretary of state.

4 years ago

A supporter of President-elect Joe Biden holds up his mobile phone to display the electoral college map outside the Philadelphia Convention Center
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics
WITF

Some counties will miss Pennsylvania’s election results certification deadline

Delays shouldn’t affect statewide certification, experts say.

4 years ago

President Trump participates in the first presidential debate
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Trump appeals rejection of effort to block Pennsylvania vote

President Donald Trump's appeal comes a day after a federal judge issued a scathing order shooting down claims of widespread irregularities with mail-in ballots.

4 years ago

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping on legal challenges to vote counting in Pennsylvania.
Elections
National
Politics

Trump’s legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none

U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann compared the campaign's legal arguments to “Frankenstein's Monster,” concluding that Trump's team offered only “speculative accusations."

4 years ago

People urge for all votes to be counted during a demonstration outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center where votes are being counted, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia, following Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Judge throws out Trump bid to stop PA vote certification

Pennsylvania officials can certify election results that currently show Democrat Joe Biden winning the state by more than 80,000 votes, a federal judge ruled Saturday.

4 years ago

A sign hangs in front of an American flag, as a handful of supporters of President Donald Trump continue to protest outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Suit challenges expansion of mail voting in Pennsylvania

The lawsuit was filed in the state Commonwealth Court, just two days before the deadline for counties to certify the results of the presidential election in Pennsylvania.

4 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden waves as he arrives The Queen theater for a meeting with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Elections
National

Biden could announce Cabinet picks as soon as next week

Biden's treasury pick, along with his nominee for secretary of state, may be announced before Thanksgiving.

4 years ago

In this March 25, 2019 file photo, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, center, speaks to reporters in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Criminal Justice
Economic Development
New Jersey

NJ voting session canceled amid cannabis bill disagreements

Lawmakers had aimed to fast-track the legislation after voters overwhelmingly approved legalizing recreational marijuana for those 21 and older in the Nov. 3 election.

4 years ago

Joe Biden

Birthday time: Biden turns 78, will be oldest U.S. president

The president-elect spent his birthday in Delaware at work on the government transition.

4 years ago

A marijuana leaf flag hangs on the door of Lt. Gov. John Fetterman's office on Sept. 21, 2020. (Sam Dunklau / WITF)
Pennsylvania

Fetterman’s flags fly in the face of some state lawmakers

A provision slipped into budget legislation would ban flags not approved by lawmakers from flying at the Capitol.

4 years ago

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