GOP to argue Georgia Senate runoffs would be key to check Biden and a Democratic House
By Alex Rogers, Fredreka Schouten and Manu Raju, CNN Georgia Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are bracing for a two-month slog in Georgia that could determine the next Senate majority, planning to argue…
Biden piles up votes as he moves closer to finalizing a path to the White House
By Maeve Reston and Stephen Collinson, CNN Former Vice President Joe Biden is relentlessly piling up votes in Western battlegrounds Nevada and Arizona and in the “blue wall” state of Pennsylvania, moving ever closer to…
'Democracy plain and simple': How the 2020 election defied fraud claims and pandemic fears
By Jeremy Herb and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Despite President Donald Trump's threats to dispute the election in court, the election system appears to have worked in the face of a pandemic and the resulting unprecedented…
The election might be driving us crazy — but massive ratings and traffic show no one's turning away
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Ratings reports and web traffic data show that the contested presidential election has captivated a large segment of the country.
The week in 17 headlines
By Allison Gordon, CNN It's been a wild week, with Americans closely tracking races both up and down the ballot. CNN still hasn't called the presidency, but Biden is getting closer every hour with new votes coming…
Fact check: Trump doubles down on groundless conspiracy theory that GOP poll watchers across the country were sidelined
By Marshall Cohen, Annie Grayer, Bob Ortega, Casey Tolan and Nick Valencia, CNN President Donald Trump has falsely claimed there were widespread abuses against his poll watchers across the country, and is using these false…
What is a provisional ballot?
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN As election officials whittle down the piles of ballots cast in the 2020 election, they are turning their attention to the outliers — including damaged ballots, military ballots and a category of…
Steve Bannon dropped by attorney in criminal case day after suggesting Fauci and FBI director beheadings
By Kara Scannell and Erica Orden, CNN A high-powered attorney representing Steve Bannon on Friday moved to withdraw from representing the former White House chief strategist in a criminal fraud case one day after Bannon…
Trump calls for ballot counting scenario where votes legally cast by military would be thrown out
By Brianna Keilar and Catherine Valentine, CNN As President Donald Trump baselessly claimed that all votes received after Election Day are illegal, he attacked the absentee ballots of military members and their spouses…
Trump unhappy with legal team's lack of major impact on election count
By Erica Orden, Evan Perez, Kara Scannell and Kevin Liptak, CNN While President Donald Trump's legal strategy to challenge the election results is being shaped at the highest levels by familiar, experienced hands, his…
