Decision 2020

The Supreme Court has formally rejected a handful of cases related to the 2020 election, including disputes from Pennsylvania that had divided the justices just before the election.

A New York judge ruled Friday that Republican Claudia Tenney defeated U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi by 109 votes in the nation’s last undecided congressional race

Former U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney appeared on the verge of recapturing her old seat in Congress as election officials finished counting ballots Monday in the nation’s last undecided U.S. House race. Tenney, a central New York Republican, began the day with a 122-vote lead over U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi, according to unofficial vote totals from both campaigns. Brindisi was...

Then-President Donald Trump considered replacing acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen in January with Justice Department lawyer Jeffrey Clark, who was willing to help Trump push his claims of widespread voter fraud in order to overturn the election results, according to a Justice Department official. Trump ultimately decided against firing Rosen out of fear that it would lead to mass resignations from...

Claudia Tenney, a Republican, had a 29-vote lead over the incumbent Democrat Rep. Anthony Brindisi entering the new year, but a ruling on the challenged ballots will likely determine the winner of the last undecided U.S. House race

A friendly $100 wager over the 2020 presidential election has landed in a Florida small claims court

After being delayed for several tense hours as violent rioters stormed the Capitol building, the House and Senate voted to affirm Joe Biden as president-elect early Thursday morning.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called for peace in her address the House of Representatives after a far-right mob stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday.

Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., defended those Americans who question the legitimacy of the 2020 election, saying, “I know Joe Biden will be president, but I don’t know that it…would hurt to have the generosity of spirit to continue to reflect what might be better or what might have gone wrong here.”

Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., implored his fellow Congress members to forego objections to the certification of the 2020 presidential election, calling the proceedings a “stain on democracy.”

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., says the mob that crashed the Capitol building was invited by President Trump.

Thousands of Trump supporters descended upon Washington, D.C., and began rioting on Wednesday, forcibly breaching the Capitol building as the House and Senate met to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Watch President-elect Joe Biden’s remarks after a group of pro-Trump protesters stormed the Capitol.

Wednesday’s congressional joint session to count electoral votes is taking on added importance this year.

A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit filed by two Republican Wisconsin lawmakers, voting rights groups and others seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Wisconsin and four other swing states

A judge in upstate New York on Monday was reviewing 2,500 challenged ballots that could determine the winner of the nation’s last undecided U.S. House race. Entering the new year, former U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney, a Republican, had a 29-vote lead over the incumbent Democrat, U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi. The candidates have sparred in court over disputed affidavit and...

All 10 living former secretaries of defense have joined in cautioning against any attempt to use the military in the cause of overturning November’s presidential election

President Donald Trump is heard on tape pleading with Georgia’s election chief to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state, suggesting in a telephone call that the official “find” enough votes to hand Trump the victory. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.