Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) wrote on Facebook that he has been urging his Republican colleagues to "reject" objecting the certification process of the Electoral College and President-elect Joe Biden's victory, adding that talk of objecting the process is a "dangero…
Ariel Dorfman writes that Americans can take heart in the fact that Joe Biden is due to replace Donald Trump on Jan. 20, but the nation has to repair its democracy to make sure that there's no repeat of the abuses we've seen from the Trump administration.
What could happen during the Republicans' planned disruption of the Electoral College vote certification? 'It's got to be country over party -- or country over Trump,' says John Monsky.
Former CIA Director John Brennan explains why he named Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) the "Most Craven, Unprincipled, & Corrupt Senator" after he announced plans to object to the Electoral College vote on January 6.
A federal judge threw out a lawsuit from Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas and several Arizona Republicans seeking to force Vice President Mike Pence to help throw the election to President Donald Trump next week when Congress meets to count the Electoral College v…
NBC News' Sahil Kapur reports on the demand from Republican senators to have a commission audit the results of the 2020 election despite no evidence of fraud. The Senators say they will object to the Electoral College votes that declared President-elect Joe B…
NBC News' Shannon Pettypiece reports on the demand from Republican senators to have a commision audit the results of the 2020 election despite no evidence of fraud otherwise they will object to the Electoral College votes that declared President-elect Joe Bid…
A federal judge threw out a lawsuit from Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas and several Arizona Republicans seeking to force Vice President Mike Pence to help throw the election to President Donald Trump next week when Congress meets to count the Electoral College v…
Ex-national security adviser tweeted in response to President Trump's attacks of top Republicans ahead of the certification of the Electoral College results.
President Donald Trump’s extraordinary election challenge over his defeat by President-elect Joe Biden is splitting the Republican Party
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska has issued a pointed rebuke of GOP attempts to object Jan. 6 to the Electoral College tally of the presidential election
The Justice Department is representing Pence in a case that aims to find a way to keep his boss, President Donald Trump, in power.
Republican's lawsuit sought to allow Pence to reject Electoral College votes for Biden when Congress meets on January 6.
Eleven US senators including Ted Cruz say they will object to vote result certification unless a new audit is launched.
Gohmert’s new brief contends that the Constitution effectively makes Pence the sole arbiter of which electoral votes to count during the Jan. 6 session of Congress to certify the election.
The judge said Gohmert’s argument relied on entirely speculative circumstances.
A group of 11 Republican Senators announced plans to object to the election results in certain states during a joint session of Congress on January 6, citing allegations of voter fraud. The announcement comes despite no credible evidence of widespread fraud i…
Trump supporters are expected to travel to Washington, D.C., to protest the certification of Joe Biden's victory.
A last-ditch attempt to overturn the result is overturned, days before the White House changes hands.
Ted Cruz and 10 others say they want a commission to investigate unsubstantiated fraud allegations.
Summary List PlacementIn an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune, GOP Congressman-elect Burgess Owens of Utah on Thursday said that he will support the challenge to President-elect Joe Biden's presidential victory on the House floor and contended that there w…
Summary List PlacementA federal appeals court threw out Rep. Louie Gohmert's lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday evening, issuing a one-paragraph response rebuffing the lawmaker's effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential elect…
Summary List PlacementSen. Mitt Romney of Utah and other Republican senators said on Saturday that they will oppose an effort by their colleagues to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election. Earlier in the day, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas announced …
Trump, who has yet to formally concede his November election defeat to his Democratic rival, returned to Washington early from his Florida resort amid a fight with Congress over a defence bill and coronavirus aid checks
"I could never have imagined seeing these things in the greatest democracy in the world," said Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee.
A growing number of Republican senators — led by Ted Cruz — are set to announce today they also will object to certifying state Electoral College votes on Wednesday, congressional sources familiar with their conversations tell Axios. Why it matters: Senate Ma…
2021’s first full week brings a new Congress, a pair of consequential Senate runoffs, and the electoral-vote count in Washington.
The Texas senator says Congress should immediately appoint a commission ‘to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of the election returns.’
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), a longtime critic of President Donald Trump, lashed out at Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) over his plans to object to during the Electoral College certification process on Capitol Hill on January 6.
At least 140 GOP lawmakers in the soon-to-be 117th Congress will object to the electoral college vote on January 6, some lawmakers predict.
Saturday, during an appearance on Fox News Channel's "America's News HQ," Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) discussed her decision to participate in an effort to object to the election results from certain states. | Clips
Nearly 30 Republicans from the United States House of Representatives have vowed to object to the certification of Electoral College votes in favor of Joe Biden on January 6.
Left-wing Hollywood director Rob Reiner is attacking Republican lawmakers who are planning on challenging the electoral college results, accusing them of committing "sedition and treason."
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, pushed back on the dozen Republican lawmakers who have said they will not vote to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, saying she "swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution."
On Thursday’s “CNN Newsroom,” former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) defended objecting to the certification of the Electoral College in the 2004 election by stating that “there’s no comparison” to what she did and what Republicans are planning to do with
New York Magazine correspondent Olivia Nuzzi reported Friday on CNN that a Republican official told her the party establishment is frustrated with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) objecting to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's electoral college win in t…
GOP senators, including Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Kennedy (R-LA), and Mike Braun (R-IN) are joining Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) in objecting to Electoral College votes on January 6, they announced on Saturday in a j…
Former Defense Secretary William Cohen, also a former Republican U.S. Senator from Maine, reacted to reports that as many as 140 Republican House members and a handful of Republican senators are planning to object to the certification of President-elect Joe B…