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The law calls for a recount to be conducted by re-tabulating every ballot through a scanner, the same way they were originally counted in the days after the Nov. 3 election.

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."

Thanksgiving usually means gatherings and celebrating abundance. As the pandemic rules out crowded tables, Americans mourn missed traditions and build new ones.

Voters in communities across the country approved measures on Election Day toughening civilian oversight of law enforcement agencies.

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

Dr. Fauci talks with wife, Christine Grady, about parenting, running and work. He sees a link: "the idea of sticking with something and not giving up, even when it's painful."

The scrutiny on Biden’s staffing decisions reflects the tremendous pressure the president-elect faces as he cobbles together a team to execute his policy priorities.

A Bucks County judge has thrown out an appeal from President Donald Trump’s campaign, rejecting its bid to get 2,117 absentee ballots invalidated on technicalities.

The leading candidates are thought to be former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard.

Few counties shifted in the 2020 election, which saw sky-high turnout. Trump's base voted in big numbers in rural areas, but Biden's gains in the suburbs proved pivotal.

President Trump, who has refused to accept the results of the White House race, tweeted that Krebs had been terminated "effective immediately."

“Every state ... every city is suffering," said one governor. "The federal government is really the only resource that we all have to turn to.”

China banned fentanyl last year, but an NPR investigation reveals how Chinese vendors continue to market the chemicals used to make the drug on e-commerce and social media.

Two weeks after Election Day, President Donald Trump’s campaign is still engaged in bitter litigation over several lawsuits contesting Pennsylvania’s results.

Trump's border wall builders are hurrying to get as many miles completed before Biden can cancel contracts. Biden has said his administration would stop building the wall.