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Politics & Policy

Trump supporters gather in front of the Pennsylvania Convention Center to object to the way votes are being counted there.
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Pa. Secretary of State: No promise all Pa. ballots will be counted by end of Thursday

Although Boockvar says counting is ahead of schedule, she's making no promises that results will be in Thursday night.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del.
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Biden takes lead in Bucks County, holds other Philly suburbs

The rest of the Philly region shows Biden with sizable margins as vote counting winds down. Statewide, mail ballot trends show a path to victory for Biden.

5 years ago

Election workers scan ballots at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Radio Times
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Counting the votes and election legal challenges

The latest on the vote count in Pennsylvania and the mounting legal challenges to the election results.

Air Date: November 5, 2020 10:00 am

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People wanting to be election challengers yell as they look through the windows of the central counting board as police were helping to keep additional challengers from entering due to overcrowding
Elections
National
Politics

Trump backers converge on vote centers in Michigan, Arizona

The protests came as the president repeatedly insisted without evidence that there were major problems with the voting and the ballot counting.

5 years ago

A demonstrator holds up a sign while waiting for election results
Elections
National
Politics

Biden needs 1 more battleground state to win the White House

Two days after Election Day, neither candidate had amassed the votes needed to win the White House. But Biden’s victories in the Great Lakes states left him at 264.

5 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters during a press conference in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Elections
National

Election splits Congress, GOP bolstered as Democrats falter

It’s an outcome that dampens Democratic demands for a bold new agenda, emboldens Republicans and almost ensures partisan gridlock regardless of who wins the presidency.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden
Elections
National

Biden wins Michigan, Wisconsin, now on brink of White House

A full day after Election Day, neither candidate had cleared the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House.

5 years ago

Eric Morrison appears with supporters outside a polling location on Election Day.
Delaware
Elections
LGBTQ

Delaware General Assembly gains largest LGBTQ representation in history

For the first time in state history, Delaware elects three members of the LGBTQ community to serve in the General Assembly.

5 years ago

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Election workers scan ballots at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Officials anticipate that the task of scanning mail and absentee ballots will be completed Thursday.
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Mail ballot trends suggest Biden on path to victory in Pa.

Definitive results aren’t expected until at least Thursday in Pennsylvania, but strong trends in mail ballot results are giving Biden’s campaign reason for hope.

5 years ago

An underwater single-use plastic carryout bag.
Environment
New Jersey

Murphy approves N.J. ban on plastic and paper bags, won’t take effect until 2022

After years of efforts and several different iterations, New Jersey will implement one of the strongest plastic and paper bag bans in the country.

5 years ago

Protesters gather outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 1, 2017, to protest President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the Unites States from the Paris climate change accord. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
Elections
Environment
International

U.S. withdraws from Paris climate agreement as election results still unknown

Trump made withdrawing from the landmark climate treaty a hallmark of his 2016 campaign. Biden says he will rejoin if elected.

5 years ago

A vendor makes change for a marijuana customer at a cannabis marketplace
Economy
New Jersey

Here’s what’s next for New Jersey’s budding cannabis industry

New Jersey voters approved a referendum legalizing marijuana 2 to 1. But that does not mean that those 21 or older can indulge just yet.

5 years ago

Voters practice social distance while lining up at polling place in Northern Liberties in Philadelphia.
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Election Day voting barriers: Language access, constables, correcting mistakes

The Pennsylvania Election Protection Coalition recapped what many anticipated would be a confusing Election Day, and called it a relative success.

5 years ago

A supporter of President Trump's poses with a cardboard cutout likeness Wednesday in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. (John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Elections
International

As America waits out an uncertain election, much of the world sees chaos

The rest of the world is looking on with a mixture of uncertainty, concern and outright alarm as Trump has already labeled the election fraudulent.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to supporters
Elections
National
Politics

Biden campaign sees ‘clear path to victory,’ shrugs off expected Trump court challenges

Biden's campaign manager says the Democratic nominee will win by a bigger margin than Trump did in 2016 in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.

5 years ago

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