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Summary List PlacementThe Charlotte Observer's editorial board on Thursday slammed GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn as "an embarrassment" in a stunning takedown of a member of Congress who has been in office for less than a month. Cawthorn, who challenged the 2020 presidential election by contesting President Joe Biden's wins in Arizona and Pennsylvania, even after the deadly Capitol riots on January 6, was recently...

Summary List PlacementGOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina came into office pledging to contest President Joe Biden's electoral win. Throughout the evening of the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riots, Cawthorn continued to challenge the election results for both Arizona and Pennsylvania, emphasizing his focus on election integrity and the Constitution. However, during a Saturday interview with CNN's Pamela Brown, his argument for contesting...

Summary List PlacementMicrosoft employees publicly criticized the company on Tuesday for claiming it supports the peaceful transition of power from President Donald Trump to President-elect Joe Biden — while it also quietly donates money to politicians who oppose that transition. Microsoft president Brad Smith on Monday signed an open letter from 170 business leaders urging Congress to certify Joe Biden's electoral college win, which...

Summary List PlacementRepublican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas said in a statement on Sunday that he will not join his colleagues who are planning to challenge President-elect Joe Biden's win by opposing the certification of the Electoral College vote on Wednesday. Cotton, a supporter of President Donald Trump, said attempts to overturn the Electoral College would exceed Congress's power under the Constitution, which gives...

Summary List PlacementVice President Mike Pence is supporting the efforts of Republican lawmakers to challenge President-elect Joe Biden's win by opposing the certification of Electoral College votes. "Vice President Pence shares the concerns of millions of Americans about voter fraud and irregularities in the last election," Marc Short, Pence's chief of staff, said in a statement, The Washington Post reported. "The vice president welcomes...

Summary List PlacementA federal appeals court threw out Rep. Louie Gohmert's lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday evening, issuing a one-paragraph response rebuffing the lawmaker's effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Gohmert's last-ditch legal effort asked the judges to dismantle the Electoral Count Act of 1887 and instead empower Pence to "exercise the exclusive authority and sole discretion...

Summary List PlacementIn an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune, GOP Congressman-elect Burgess Owens of Utah on Thursday said that he will support the challenge to President-elect Joe Biden's presidential victory on the House floor and contended that there was "no question" that President Donald Trump was reelected to a second term. Owens, a strong Trump supporter and a featured speaker at the 2020...

Summary List PlacementA lawsuit brought by Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas and other Republicans seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election was dismissed by a federal judge on Friday. Gohmert filed a lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence, attempting to have him declare President Donald Trump as the winner when Congress meets next week to certify the Electoral College results. The lawsuit argued Pence...

 Summary List Placement President-elect Joe Biden has officially earned over 270 Electoral College votes, formally cementing his victory over President Donald Trump. Slates of presidential electors in all 50 states and the District of Columbia met to cast their votes on Monday, beginning with Indiana, New Hampshire, Tennessee, and Vermont at 10 a.m. ET. Biden surpassed 270 votes formally cast for him with California's votes...

Summary List PlacementOn Monday, the Electoral College will meet to formally cast its votes for President-elect Joe Biden following the November general election. As the day inches closer, President Donald Trump continues insisting that the election was rigged by nefarious forces like the Democratic Party, "big media," "big tech," and in some cases, dead communist dictators, all of whom engaged in a broad conspiracy...

Summary List PlacementOnly 25 Congressional Republicans — including 11 out of 52 GOP Senators and 14 out of 197 GOP House members —  have recognized President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the November election, according to an expansive Washington Post survey. Despite Biden's clear 306-232 Electoral College victory and the president-elect's transition efforts in full swing, President Donald Trump has continued to litigate the election...

Summary List PlacementA group of Pennsylvania Republicans, led by US Representative Mike Kelly and 2020 congressional candidate Sean Parnell, are suing Gov. Tom Wolf, the GOP-controlled General Assembly, and Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, seeking to toss out a major voting reform bill that passed last year and thus invalidate millions of mail-in ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election. The lawsuit, filed in...

Summary List PlacementFor months, President Donald Trump has been spreading misinformation that mail voting is fraudulent, casting doubt on the validity of ballots that arrive after Election Day in order to undermine the integrity of the November general election. And as Axios and CNN reported on Sunday, he's now setting the stage to either prematurely declare victory on election night or refuse to concede.  However,...