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President-elect Joe Biden pauses as he speaks during a virtual meeting with the United States Conference of Mayors at The Queen theater Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
NPR
Politics & Policy

President-elect Biden to begin formal transition process after agency OK

President-elect Joe Biden can finally begin his transition to power.

5 years ago

John Hansberry operates an extractor at Philadelphia's ballot counting center
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

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.

5 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
Politics & Policy

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
Politics & Policy

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.

5 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
Politics & Policy
WITF

Some counties will miss Pennsylvania’s election results certification deadline

Delays shouldn’t affect statewide certification, experts say.

5 years ago

President Trump participates in the first presidential debate
Politics & Policy

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.

5 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.
Politics & Policy

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."

5 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol
Courts & Law

Pa. GOP wins court order on mail ballots in state Senate contest

The decision could swing the neck-and-neck contest toward GOP challenger Nicole Ziccarelli.

5 years ago

Philadelphia’s Olney and Logan neighborhoods had more votes for President Trump than in 2016. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Trump’s gains in North Philly show Latino voters are not a ‘gimme’ for Democrats

Voting data show Trump’s message resonated more broadly than is often recognized, particularly in a city where Democrats hold an overwhelming advantage.

5 years ago

Listen 3:36
Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference
Courts & Law

Trump’s election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors

“The sloppiness just serves to underscore the lack of seriousness with which these claims are being brought."

5 years ago

A man wearing a face mask bicycles along Broad Street, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Keystone Crossroads
Money
Broke in Philly

$1 billion in relief aid is tied up in Harrisburg as Pa. businesses face more COVID-19 pain

Lawmakers are grappling with how to respond to the economic carnage of COVID-19: Should the government opt for robust stimulus spending or austerity?

5 years ago

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2019 file photo shows former President Barack Obama speaking at the My Brother's Keeper Alliance Summit in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Arts & Entertainment

Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in sales

Former President Barack Obama's “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours.

5 years ago

People dance as they celebrate outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center
Community

‘Mad or nah?’: Philly reacts to Trump’s post-election defiance

Tamara Russell, aka Revive P.O.C., hit the streets of Philadelphia to see what residents think of President Trump’s refusal to concede.

5 years ago

Listen 4:30
Election workers scan ballots at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Officials anticipate that the task of scanning mail and absentee ballots will be completed Thursday.
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

The inside story of Philly’s ballot-counting site: What the workers saw

The sometimes frenetic election operation at the Pa. Convention Center was powered by everyday Philadelphians.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

Trump campaign retreats from key claim in Pennsylvania suit

More than 2.6 million mail-in ballots were reported received by counties, and there has been no report by state or county election officials or a prosecutor of fraud.

5 years ago

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