WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden is adding four Obama-Biden administration veterans to his top ranks as he continues to build out his White House team. Cathy Russell, who was Jill Biden’s chief of staff during the Obama administration, will serve as director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel,...
Michigan Leaders Head to DC as Trump Bids to Subvert Election
WASHINGTON — Two Michigan state legislators headed to the White House on Friday as President Donald Trump made an extraordinary and sure-to-be futile attempt to block Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state and subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election. The state has yet to certify its results...
Biden Reaches Out to Governors as Trump Stymies Transition
WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden's meeting Thursday with a group of Democratic and Republican governors is his latest attempt to fight through President Donald Trump's unprecedented attempt to block the president-elect's transition to power. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris planned a virtual session in the afternoon with the National...
State: Too Late for Detroit-Area County to Yank Election OK
DETROIT — Michigan's largest county can't yank certification of election results, officials said Thursday, after two Republicans who approved Joe Biden's local landslide after first refusing to bless the vote wanted to change their stance again. Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, the two Republican canvassers in Wayne County, said they...
The Trumpiest and Most Anti-Trump Counties in California Revealed
November’s election results showed that most of California’s Democratic counties moved further away from President Donald Trump — and the bulk of its Republican counties did too. With less than 1 million ballots left to count, the 2020 election here was an unsurprisingly blowout for President-elect Joe Biden. In 2016, Democrat...
Biden Vows to Strengthen Economy Despite Exploding Pandemic
WILMINGTON, Del. — Acknowledging that the nation is in a “dark” place, President-elect Joe Biden on Monday said his administration would strengthen the country's vulnerable economy despite the exploding pandemic as he pushed forward with the business of preparing to assume the presidency. Biden, who will take office on Jan....
AP Fact Check: Trump Conclusively Lost, Denies the Evidence
WASHINGTON — In the face of conclusive evidence that he lost, President Donald Trump is claiming “I won.” His tweet Monday sought to perpetuate the mathematically impossible and thoroughly debunked myth that he pulled out a victory from the election that definitively chose Democrat Joe Biden as the next president. Trump's refusal...
Biden Will Lay Out His Economic Plan as Pandemic Rages
WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden is set to outline his plans to revive the nation's economy in the midst of a global health crisis on Monday as he pushes forward with his transition to the White House despite President Donald Trump's refusal to accept the election results. Biden, who...
Trump Campaign Drops Key Request in Pennsylvania Lawsuit
HARRISBURG, Pa. — President Donald Trump’s campaign is withdrawing a central request in its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Joe Biden beat Trump to capture the state and help win the White House. Ahead of a Tuesday hearing in the case, Trump’s...
Israel’s Settlements Could Test Ties With Biden
JERUSALEM — President-elect Joe Biden may never forget Ramat Shlomo. On a visit to Israel in 2010, Biden was caught off guard when authorities announced plans to build hundreds of new homes in the sprawling Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem. The incident embarrassed Biden and sparked a diplomatic rift with...