Elections

Democrats are planning to move quickly on one of the first bills of the new Congress, which would set federal election standards that would mandate early voting, same-day registration and other voting rights reforms

Seven Democratic senators filed a complaint urging an investigation GOP Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley’s efforts to overturn the presidential election results.

Marco Rubio and Joe Biden both supported $2,000 direct payments in the Covid-19 relief bill passed late last year, a push that was blocked by Mitch McConnell.

Whoever wins the leadership contest for Germany’s CDU Party on Jan. 16 will most likely also be the next chancellor of Germany.

Ugandans head to the polls on Thursday as singer-turned-lawmaker Bobi Wine looks to deny incumbent President Yoweri Museveni a sixth term.

Adelson, owner of the Las Vegas Sands, had been among the most-watched donors supporting President Trump’s reelection effort.

Reps. Pramila Jayapal, Bonnie Watson Coleman and Brad Schneider contracted Covid-19 after sheltering with Republicans who didn’t wear masks.

The U.S. Treasury Department described the targeted sanctions as the “inner circle” of Ukrainian lawmaker Andrii Derkach, who was sanctioned last year.

Supreme Court rejects efforts by Trump and his allies to get the court to quickly consider challenges to Biden’s victory in the November election.

A mysterious political action committee that claims to back Black Republicans has been promoting rallies tied to false claims of election fraud against Trump.

The White House expressed sympathy over the deaths and injuries in the riot at the Capitol, which President Donald Trump encouraged.

A slow vaccine rollout against the coronavirus could hurt the re-election chances of President Emmanuel Macron.

Strong turnout from Black voters and other voters of color fueled Democrats’ historic wins in Georgia – the culmination of on-the-ground organizing and voter mobilization efforts years in the making.

Lisa Murkowski said Trump should resign immediately, the harshest rebuke yet from a GOP senator.

President-elect Joe Biden said Friday that he supports President Donald Trump’s decision to skip the inauguration ceremony.

Dominion Voting Systems said Sidney Powell’s false and outlandish claims about fraud in the 2020 election “caused unprecedented harm.”

Democrats will control both the White House and Congress for the first time since the first half of President Barack Obama’s first term.

Trump has told aides in recent weeks that he would like to issue himself a federal pardon, The New York Times reported Thursday.

Trump supporters riot at the U.S. Capitol as Congress debates the Electoral College votes expected to name Joe Biden as winner of the presidential election.

President Donald Trump’s business allies are starting to distance themselves from him after the Capitol Hill riot. It comes after years of their allegiance.