On January 2nd, 2021, Donald Trump made Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger an offer he hoped the Georgia official couldn’t refuse. “I just want to find 11,780 votes — which is one more than we have, because we won the state,” the former president said during the now-infamous phone …
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The junior senator from Missouri announced Wednesday that he’ll contest the certification of Biden’s victory when the House and Senate convene on January 6th. Why do this? If you believe Sen. Josh Hawley’s office, it’s because the Americans who are lying about this fair and settled election being riddled with …
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Former Vice President Joe Biden has defeated Donald Trump in Pennsylvania and Nevada — and, more importantly, in the 2020 election — according to calls by the Associated Press and the major networks. Read Rolling Stone‘s full Biden-victory coverage here. All that’s left now is the final counting. Biden is …
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Taylor Swift encouraged her American fans to vote in a new video posted to social media, one day ahead of Election Day on Tuesday, November 3rd. “Hey, so we are all stressed out about this election — rightfully so, I feel you — but allow me to be the one-millionth …
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More than 9,000,000 people have voted in Texas, already surpassing the entirety of the ballots cast in 2016. That had been an all-time record. The turnout is just one sign that this election is different, and Julián Castro is thankful to be home to witness it. In past campaigns, it …
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Halsey and Senator Bernie Sanders have launched a new video series, Bernie and Halsey Discuss America, airing on IGTV, YouTube, and Twitter. The show consists of Halsey and the former 2020 presidential candidate in conversation — over video call, following Covid-19 safety guidelines — about issues pertaining to the 2020 …
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President Donald Trump and and former Vice President Joe Biden will square off in-person for the first time on Tuesday, and judging by Trump’s ludicrous insistence that Biden take a drug test prior to taking the stage, it’s probably going to be ugly. But more concerning than whatever low blows …
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WASHINGTON —This summer, with Americans hunkered down at home as the Covid-19 pandemic raged, teams of organizers located in a half-dozen battleground states made thousands of phone calls and put a theory to the test: Can an empathetic, heartfelt conversation persuade a complete stranger to change their mind about how …
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Phoebe Bridgers swapped out her skeleton suit for a blazer in a performance for NPR‘s Tiny Desk series. With the ongoing pandemic, artists have been performing at home instead of at NPR, but Bridgers’ segment takes place “in” the Oval Office. Standing in front of the green screen, she’s flanked …
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Elizabeth Warren topped Joe Biden in a new national poll released Wednesday, another sign the senator has all but erased her deficit to the former frontrunner of the 2020 Democratic primary. Warren got 27 percent of the vote among Democratic voters in the new Quinnipiac University poll, topping Biden’s 25 …
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