MADISON, Wis. — President Donald Trump lost a Wisconsin lawsuit Friday seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots and overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, the latest in a string of legal defeats. Reserve Judge Stephen Simanek ruled against every argument Trump made challenging ballots...
Wisconsin Courts to Consider Trump’s Election Lawsuits
MADISON, Wis. — President Donald Trump's extraordinary effort to overturn Joe Biden's win in Wisconsin returns to the courtroom on Thursday, with hearings in federal and state lawsuits seeking to invalidate hundreds of thousands of ballots and give the GOP-controlled Legislature the power to name Trump the winner. Trump's attorneys...
Wisconsin Issues Recount Order Sought by Trump in 2 Counties
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Elections Commission issued an order Thursday to recount more than 800,000 ballots cast in two heavily liberal counties at President Donald Trump's request. The order, required by law after Trump paid $3 million for the recount, was agreed to after rancorous debate for more than five hours...
Trump Pays $3 Million for Partial Wisconsin Vote Recount
MADISON, Wis. — President Donald Trump has paid $3 million for a partial recount in Wisconsin but has yet to file a petition indicating which counties it is targeting, the Wisconsin Elections Commission said Wednesday. The Trump campaign has told the commission that it will file the petition by the...
Chief: No Reason to Fire Wisconsin Officer Who Killed Teen
MILWAUKEE — The police chief of a Milwaukee suburb that has seen protests and unrest since an officer was cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a Black teenager in February said Monday that he sees no reason why the officer should be fired. Joseph Mensah, who is...
Jacob Blake’s Dad Says Son Left Paralyzed by Police Shooting
KENOSHA, Wis. — The father of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, says his son was left paralyzed from the waist down. Blake's father told the Chicago Sun-Times that he was told his son was shot eight times during the Sunday evening confrontation with police,...
Protests Erupt After Wisconsin Police Shoot Black Man
KENOSHA, Wis. — Protesters set cars on fire, smashed windows and clashed with officers in riot gear after Kenosha police shot and wounded a Black man, apparently in the back, while responding to a call about a domestic dispute. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers promptly condemned the shooting Sunday of 29-year-old...
Biden Won’t Go to Milwaukee to Accept Democratic Nomination
Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept the Democratic presidential nomination because of concerns over the coronavirus, party officials said Wednesday, signaling a move to a convention that essentially has become entirely virtual. It is the latest example of the pandemic’s sweeping effects on the 2020 presidential election...