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President Donald Trump has wrongly claimed that Georgia election officials are unable to verify signatures on absentee ballot envelopes because of a legal settlement known as a consent decree.
A deal known to be tentatively agreed upon would send guard Dennis Schröder from Oklahoma City to the champion Los Angeles Lakers for Danny Green and the No. 28 pick.
Word spread quickly on Twitter and TikTok that the company was purportedly facing financial hardship.
President Donald Trump appeared to acknowledge for the first time that Joe Biden won the White House, but made clear he would not concede.
#RIPDrake was the number one trend in the U.S. on the evening of Nov. 14, 2020, leaving Twitter users asking: "Is Drake dead?" It was a death hoax.
"At this time in our lives, we need to be united with love and respect for all."
Republican leaders in four critical states won by President-elect Joe Biden say they won’t participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state’s electors to vote for President Donald Trump.
Trump has forced a dusting off of the arcana of the procedures for the Electoral College, which for almost the entirety of the nation’s history has been a formality and not an instrument to overturn people’s votes.
Fervent supporters of President Donald Trump rallied in Washington behind his spurious claim of a stolen election.
Of 253 Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate, only 14 had acknowledged Joe Biden as president-elect a week after he was declared the winner.
The transition periods between presidential administrations are known to be sensitive. This one has been chaos.
The suggestion that working from home is a "privilege" led some on social media to dig into the bank's past.
Organizing large-scale strikes ranges from difficult to nearly impossible for the trucking industry in its current form.
The quote reportedly was featured in a secretly recorded discussion between Melania Trump and Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a former top aide to the first lady.
In 2016, U.S. President Donald Trump called his 306 electoral votes a "landslide" victory.
The former talk show host questioned whether the media would focus on Harris' dating history if she were a man.
The president of the United States continues to spread debunked claims of voter fraud.
West Haven firefighters described it as a “steam explosion” at a facilities building a short distance from the hospital.
A viral YouTube video claimed: "TRUMP TEAM WIN: MAJOR Legal Win For President Trump IN PENNSYLVANIA."
The prospect of a Christmas without large-scale celebrations is preying on people's minds.
Isolated incidents that were quickly rectified were used to imply widespread voter fraud was occurring in 2020.
Agreeing to a buy a vaccine once approved is not the same as funding its research and development.
Organizing large-scale strikes ranges from difficult to nearly impossible for the trucking industry in its current form.
Not everything U.S. President-elect Joe Biden does is a scheme against the current president.
The vice president-elect’s stance on sex work is more complicated than what’s depicted in one interview.
Laura Ingraham interviewed a Nevada poll worker, face and voice masked, who claimed to have witnessed rampant voter fraud.
Agreeing to a buy a vaccine once approved is not the same as funding its research and development.
Isolated incidents that were quickly rectified were used to imply widespread voter fraud was occurring in 2020.
Harris long ago distanced herself from the relationship.
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