Republican poll watchers demand to be let in during Detroit vote count

Dozens of Republican challengers demanded to be let in to observe the count of ballots inside the TCF Center in Detroit on Wednesday.

Election 2020: Twitter, Facebook kick efforts against disinformation into overdrive amid vote count

“We’re seeing exactly what we expected, which is not enough, especially in the case of Facebook,” said Shannon McGregor, an assistant professor of journalism and media at the University of North Carolina.

Balance of power: Democrats’ Senate hopes narrow as they cling to House control

More than 12 hours after polls closed on Election Day, the hope that Democrats held to flip the Senate as well as retain majority control of the House faded away as Republicans held on to key Senate seats.

Minimum wage workers relieved by passage of Amendment 2

Amendment 2 needed 60% of the vote to pass. It got 60.8%, but for those working minimum wage, the tiny margin doesn't matter. They're hopeful for their futures.

Lakeland city commissioner elected to Congress 

It is a big jump from being a city commissioner to becoming a congressman in Washington, D.C., but that’s the journey Scott Franklin is taking after winning the District 15 congressional seat.

How President Trump won Florida vote by larger margin than 2016

It was a record voter turnout in Florida Tuesday night. Approximately 5.6 million people cast their vote for Donald Trump in Florida and 5.2 million voted for former Vice President Joe Biden.

‘We are not enemies’: Biden calls for unity as election count continues

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will be delivering remarks regarding the ongoing 2020 election from different parts of the Delaware Valley Wednesday. 

Trump campaign files lawsuit to halt vote counting in Pennsylvania citing lack of 'transparency'

President Donald Trump's campaign has filed a lawsuit in the United States Supreme Court to halt vote counting in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania over a lack of "transparency."

NY elects two openly gay Black men to Congress

New York Democrats Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres have become the first openly gay Black men to be elected to Congress.

Election attorney: Path for possible challenge of vote count not clear

Mail-in ballots are being processed in several battleground states, but President Trump said he wants ballot counting to stop in some of them and his campaign will be bringing a challenge to the United States Supreme Court.

Stocks shake off 2020 election night wobbles to rally

Much of Wednesday's strength for Wall Street was due to big gains for technology stocks. Investors have increasingly seen these stocks as some of the safer bets in the market, able to grow their profits even in a pandemic as more of daily life shifts online.

Biden, Trump locked in tight race in key states with no winner yet announced

Results poured in Tuesday night in the 2020 race for the White House, with President Donald Trump claiming the hotly contested states of Texas, Florida and Ohio, while Democratic nominee Joe Biden won Arizona and Minnesota.

Trump campaign seeks to stop ‘all voting,’ but only counting remains

President Trump says he wants to take the presidential election to the Supreme Court to stop voting, but only the tabulation of votes is still taking place.

Scattered protests, no wide unrest, in US on election night

The outcome of the hard-fought contest for the presidency remained undecided Wednesday, stirring worries that prolonged uncertainty could yet spark conflict.