A few cracks but no big GOP break with Trump on Biden's win
WASHINGTON (AP) — The most powerful Republicans in Washington stood firmly behind President Donald Trump and his unsupported claims of voter fraud on Thursday, but new cracks emerged among GOP leaders...
View ArticleBiden seeks swift Cabinet votes, but GOP Senate stays silent
WASHINGTON (AP) — As President-elect Joe Biden started rolling out his administrative team, one voice has been notably silent: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Senate Republicans will hold...
View ArticleA few cracks but no big GOP break with Trump on Biden's win
WASHINGTON (AP) — The most powerful Republicans in Washington stood firmly behind President Donald Trump and his unsupported claims of voter fraud on Thursday, but new cracks emerged among GOP leaders...
View ArticleTrump 'ashamed' to have endorsed Republican Georgia governor
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he was “ashamed” for endorsing the Republican governor of Georgia after he lost in the state to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump has seethed over losing...
View ArticleTrump headed to Georgia as turnout driver, but also a threat
ATLANTA (AP) — Some establishment Republicans are sounding alarms that President Donald Trump’s conspiratorial denials of his own defeat could threaten the party’s ability to win a Senate majority and...
View ArticleFaith takes the forefront as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up
ATLANTA (AP) — Bishop Reginald Jackson stepped to the microphone at a drive-in rally outside a church in southwest Atlanta as his voice carried over a loudspeaker and the radio to people gathered in,...
View ArticleArizona's Kelly is sworn into Senate, narrowing GOP edge
WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona Democrat and former astronaut Mark Kelly was sworn into the Senate on Wednesday, narrowing Republican control of the chamber and underscoring his state's shift from red to...
View ArticleGOP objects to Biden nominees, a sign of what's to come
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet picks are quickly running into the political reality of a narrowly controlled Senate that will leave the new Democratic administration dependent...
View ArticlePence comes to Georgia as calm before potential Trump storm
ATLANTA (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is trying to help Republicans project a unified front in two high-stakes Senate runoffs as he campaigns in Georgia a day ahead of President Donald Trump’s...
View ArticleFaith takes the forefront as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up
ATLANTA (AP) — Bishop Reginald Jackson stepped to the microphone at a drive-in rally outside a church in southwest Atlanta as his voice carried over a loudspeaker and the radio to people gathered in,...
View Article'A new movement': Trump's false claims take hold in states
HOUSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign to subvert the will of voters and reverse his reelection loss to Democrat Joe Biden is taking hold among state and local Republicans even as it marches...
View ArticlePresident-elect? GOP may wait for January to say Biden won
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans waiting for Republicans in Congress to acknowledge Joe Bidenas the president-elect may have to keep waiting until January as GOP leaders stick with President Donald Trump’s...
View ArticleIn Arizona, Trump's false claims have torn open a GOP rift
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey spent much of Donald Trump's presidency trying not to provoke confrontation with the president or his fervent defenders. He almost made it through. But when...
View ArticleMcConnell congratulates Joe Biden as president-elect
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden as president-elect on Tuesday, saying the Electoral College “has spoken.” The Republican leader's statement,...
View ArticleMcConnell warns GOP off Electoral College brawl in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fending off a messy fight that could damage Republicans ahead of Georgia Senate runoffs, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned fellow GOP senators on Tuesday not to join President...
View Article'A new movement': Trump's false claims take hold in states
HOUSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign to subvert the will of voters and reverse his reelection loss to Democrat Joe Biden is taking hold among state and local Republicans even as it marches...
View Article'Democracy prevailed': Biden aims to unify divided nation
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden pointedly criticized President Donald Trump on Monday for threatening core principles of democracy even as he told Americans that their form of...
View ArticleGOP blocks $2,000 checks as Trump leaves COVID aid in chaos
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s sudden demand for $2,000 checks for most Americans was swiftly rejected by House Republicans as his haphazard actions have thrown a massive COVIDrelief and...
View ArticleGOP blocks $2,000 checks as Trump leaves COVID aid in chaos
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s sudden demand for $2,000 checks for most Americans was swiftly rejected by House Republicans on Thursday as his haphazard actions throw a massive COVIDrelief...
View ArticleGOP torn over Trump's Electoral College challenge of Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's extraordinary challenge of his election defeat by President-elect Joe Bidenis becoming a defining moment for the Republican Party before next week's joint...
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