The current margin between President Donald Trump and presumptive president-elect Joe Biden stands at 14,111. Because it’s so close and almost 5 million votes were cast in the race, a full hand recount of every vote is statistically necessary to correctly determine the winner.
“I authorize you to pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities prior to the certification of elections in your jurisdictions in certain cases, as I have already done in specific instances,” Barr wrote in the memo.
Pfizer said Monday that the COVID-19 vaccine it is developing with BioNTech SE proved to be more than 90% effective in preventing new coronavirus infections in a study of thousands of volunteers.
Several major news outlets on Saturday projected former Vice President Joe Biden to have won a prolonged presidential election, even as ballot counting and litigation continue. President Donald Trump has not conceded the contest, and his campaign team note pending legal challenges across several closely contested states.
Should Perdue and Loeffler both lose — and if Republicans win the races in North Carolina and Alaska — the U.S. Senate will be split 50-50. That means Sen. Kamala Harris as Biden’s vice president would cast the deciding vote in the event of any tie.
Only 22% of American adults said they would get an approved coronavirus vaccine right away, according to a new survey by research firm Civic Science. Nearly 18% of respondents said they would wait six months or more to get a vaccine that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
While New Hampshire Democrats retained their seats in federal elections, Republicans regained the majority in the state’s Senate, House of Representatives and Executive Council.
There was no blue wave at all, regardless of what ultimately happens in the presidential election.
A popular video platform has removed a video critical of apparent connections between the Chinese Communist Party and a founder of the Black Lives Matter organization.
Elections officials in Michigan and Wisconsin refused to explain Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s sudden and dramatic vote tally increase that occurred in both states Wednesday morning.
President Donald Trump won key battleground states in Ohio, Florida and Texas Tuesday, but the race in others remained too close to call. If Trump ends up winning in the states he held leads in early Wednesday, he would be reelected.
According to the analysis, 99.5 percent of all university employees who made political donations gave to Democratic candidates or Democratic-aligned organizations, such as Act Blue and Joe Biden for President.