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Election workers tabulate ballots at the Beauty P. Baldwin Voter Registrations and Elections Building, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Lawrenceville, Ga. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia tallies votes as US Senate control hangs in the balance

January 5, 2021 at 9:44 p.m.

Georgia voters are set to decide the balance of power in Congress in a pair of high-stakes Senate runoff elections that will help determine President-elect Joe Biden's capacity to enact...

Week offers snapshot of how Trump, Biden approach presidency

November 21, 2020 at 1:47 p.m.

One spent the week at his home in Delaware carefully trying to build a government and preparing to take on a pandemic.

Sanders, Warren under scrutiny as Biden weighs Cabinet picks

November 20, 2020 at 11:09 a.m.

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, leaders of the Democratic Party's left wing, are at risk of being excluded from the senior ranks of President-elect Joe Biden's administration as the incoming...

President-elect Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice ...

Biden to meet with Pelosi, Schumer as challenges loom

November 20, 2020 at 11:22 a.m.

President-elect Joe Biden is set to hold his first in-person meeting since winning the election with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Friday.

President-elect Joe Biden attends a national ...

Biden鈥檚 DIY transition proceeds without Trump assistance

November 18, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.

President Donald Trump鈥檚 refusal to cooperate with his successor is forcing President-elect Joe Biden to seek unusual workarounds to prepare for the exploding public health threat and evolving national security...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., ...

A few cracks but no big GOP break with Trump on Biden鈥檚 win

November 13, 2020 at 9:51 a.m.

The most powerful Republicans in Washington are standing firmly behind President Donald Trump and his unsupported claims of voter fraud for now, but new cracks emerged among GOP leaders elsewhere...

President-elect Joe Biden speaks Tuesday, Nov. ...

Biden vows to “get right to work” despite Trump resistance

November 10, 2020 at 6:58 p.m.

Vowing 鈥渢o get right to work,鈥� President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday shrugged off President Donald Trump's fierce refusal to accept the election outcome as 鈥渋nconsequential,鈥� even as Democrats elsewhere warned...

In this Nov. 2, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a drive-in rally at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.

How Biden navigated pandemic politics to win the White House

November 10, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

Joe Biden was fresh off winning the Michigan primary and effectively capturing the Democratic presidential nomination, a prize he鈥檇 sought for the better part of three decades. Instead of plotting...

Face to face: Trump and Biden to meet for final debate Thursday evening

October 22, 2020 at 10:55 a.m.

Worried about losing the White House, some advisers are urging Trump to trade his aggressive demeanor from the first debate for a lower-key style that puts Biden more squarely in...

Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic ...

Pence, Harris spar over COVID-19 in vice presidential debate as fly takes over the internet

October 7, 2020 at 9:31 p.m.

Vice President Mike Pence defended the Trump administration鈥檚 handling of the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than 210,000 Americans Wednesday night, while his Democratic challenger, Kamala Harris, condemned 鈥渢he...

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