President-Elect Joe Biden Hits 80 Million Votes In Year Of Record Turnout
The 2020 presidential election saw the most votes in U.S. history at 156 million and counting, and the highest participation rate since 1900.
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Expanded Access To Voting Yielded Huge Turnout. Will States Take It Away?
Voting experts say it's not easy to remove options once they've been given to voters. But the fraught politics around alleged "fraud" complicate the outlook for coming elections.
Why Transition Delays Won't Be A Problem For Biden's National Security Team
NPR's David Greene talks to Dennis Blair, retired Navy Admiral who served as President Obama's first director of National Intelligence, about national security implications of the Biden transition.
News Brief: Biden Security Team, Tenn. COVID-19 Cases, Opioid Settlement
European leaders react to President-elect Biden's national security team. Deaths from COVID-19 rise in Tennessee. Court documents reveal the role the Sackler family played in the opioid epidemic.
Biden Can Receive Intelligence Briefings Now That Transition Is Underway
President Trump has not conceded the election, but now that the transition is underway, President-elect Joe Biden can access the same brief about national security threats that Trump receives.
Fox News Settles With Seth Rich's Parents For False Story Claiming Clinton Leaks
Fox News settles with parents of a slain Democratic staffer over a retracted 2017 story reporting he had shared party emails with Wikileaks. Fox also suggested Democrats were linked to his death.
Biden Says It Would Be 'Difficult' To Lose Sanders Or Warren From Senate For Admin.
The president-elect says he is open to including his progressive former rivals in his new administration, but that he also needs strong leadership in the Senate.
Latest In Presidential Transition: Trump Makes Comments, Biden Unveils Cabinet Picks
President Trump pardoned turkeys on Tuesday, making his first public comments since acknowledging that the transition is going ahead. Meanwhile, President-elect Joe Biden unveiled his cabinet picks.
Biden's Secretary Of State Pick Has Both Diplomatic And Musical Chops
In remarks on Tuesday, Antony Blinken thanked the people who helped him along the way, including relatives, friends, coworkers — and his bandmates.
GOP Infighting Endangers Party's Chances In Georgia's Runoff Elections
Control of the Senate is on the line in January's runoff elections in Georgia. And Republican infighting about how the November election was conducted may hurt the party's chances.