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Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground

Philadelphia’s ballot counting process winded down by Friday afternoon. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

U.S. appeals court rejects effort to block late ballots in Pa.

The three-judge panel, led by Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Brooks Smith, noted the “unprecedented challenges” facing the nation this year.

5 years ago

In this Oct. 15, 2020, file photo U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks during a roundtable discussion on Operation Legend in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Politics & Policy

Military voters fear they’re part of unsupported fraud claim

There is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election despite President Donald Trump's claims.

5 years ago

A woman wears a Trump flag as a cape as supporters of President Donald Trump protest outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where vote counting continues, in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, two days after the 2020 election was called for Democrat Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Politics & Policy

Law firm withdraws from key Trump election lawsuit in Pa.

Attorneys with Pittsburgh’s Porter Wright Morris & Arthur moved to withdraw from the suit they helped file in U.S. District Court just days earlier.

5 years ago

Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden arrive for a drive-in campaign rally at Bucks County Community College on Oct. 24 in Bristol, Pa. Bucks County and three other suburban Philadelphia counties helped the president-elect win the swing state.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia’s suburbs helped deliver crucial Pennsylvania for Biden

In the four suburban counties that ring Philadelphia, Joe Biden topped President Trump by more than 280,000 votes.

5 years ago

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., took it upon herself to help boost women's numbers in a party dominated by white men. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

How a record number of Republican women got elected to Congress

The number of GOP women elected in 2020 pales in comparison with Democrats' numbers, but their increased representation may attest to the power of focused recruitment efforts.

5 years ago

Chester County election workers process mail and absentee ballots
Politics & Policy

Court blocks small number of ballots in Pennsylvania over ID

Trump campaign’s general counsel Matt Morgan called the order to throw out 10,000 ballots a “win” for the campaign.

5 years ago

Linda Kerns speaks to reporters in this 2017 file photo taken of the lawyer as she represented the Philadelphia Republican Party,  which was then suing to invalidate the results of a special election in the 197th legislation district. (Katie Colaneri/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Lawyer behind Trump’s legal campaign to win Pa. has a long history in Philly

President Donald Trump’s hopes for staying in the White House hinge on a battery of legal complaints filed by a Philadelphia lawyer with a revealing past.

5 years ago

A man makes signs 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)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Former Trump staffer fishing for fraud with thousands of cold calls to Pa. voters is short on proof

A former high-level Trump campaign staffer is crowdfunding an effort to use a call center to fish for accounts of voter fraud in Pennsylvania and other swing states.

5 years ago

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., center, is among the Republican lawmakers supporting a push for President-Elect Biden to receive new intelligence briefings as part of his transition to the White House. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Senate Republicans back push for President-elect Biden to get intelligence briefings

Even as many Senate Republicans refuse to recognize President-elect Biden's win, they signaled support to his transition team in the form of intelligence briefings.

5 years ago

Chester County, Pa., workers transport mail-in and absentee ballots to be processed at West Chester University, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in West Chester. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania AG Shapiro still sees ‘absolutely no evidence’ of voting fraud

"The will of the people is going to be respected in the final certified vote total.”

5 years ago

(Jessica Griffin/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Tens of thousands of provisional ballots in Pa. still need to be processed

Confusion and anxiety caused a wave of 94K provisional ballots — required when a voter's eligibility is in question — to be cast on Nov. 3., likely setting a new state record.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden spoke Thursday morning with Pope Francis. The two met in Washington, D.C., in 2015. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Pope Francis congratulates Biden, who will be the second Catholic president

According to a statement from the Biden-Harris transition team, the pair discussed some policy areas in which Biden is likely to break from President Trump.

5 years ago

A voter arrives to cast her ballot at the Charles Sumner Elementary School on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Scranton, Pa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

They rejected Trump, but stuck with Republicans down-ballot. Meet Pa.’s ticket splitters

Across Pennsylvania, and especially in populous areas like the Philadelphia suburbs, voters sent mixed signals and down-ballot Republicans far out-performed Trump.

5 years ago

Listen 4:12
President-elect Joe Biden arrives at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics & Policy

Biden election could be big boon for Delaware tourism

Delaware tourism leaders hope for a big jump in visitors after seeing networks from around the world fixated on the Wilmington Riverfront for Joe Biden’s election win.

5 years ago

Ebola coordinator Ron Klain listens as President Barack Obama speaks to the media about the government’s Ebola response in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Politics & Policy

Biden chooses longtime adviser Ron Klain as chief of staff

In a statement Wednesday night, Biden suggested he chose Klain for the position because his longtime experience in Washington had prepared him for such challenges.

5 years ago

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