Prior to the 2020 election, Republicans hold the majority of the Senate (53-47), and the Democrats hold the majority of the House of Representatives, which has a total of 435 members.
The main reason Americans may go to bed on Nov. 3 not knowing who won the presidency is because mail ballots usually require more time to process than those cast in person.
As the votes are tallied, the results of the following states could be pivotal to the election: Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, Iowa and Nevada.
Who won the 2020 Election? It is coming down to three state: Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Neither President Donald Trump nor Joe Biden have 270 Electoral College votes yet.
In the U.S. it is normal for votes to be tallied after Election Day. Voting is over for the 2020 Election. Yet President Donald Trump said he would take the election to the Supreme Court.
Battleground state Pennsylvania was the focus of misleading social media posts about voting. Misleading claims were shared thousands of times on Twitter and Facebook.
As of Nov. 4, the U.S. is officially no longer part of the Paris Agreement. There are 189 countries that are still part of the global pact, and six more have signed but not ratified the pact.
Joe Biden has won Wisconsin. Neither he nor President Donald Trump have reached 270 Electoral College votes.
As the vote tallying continues, certain states remain in play, meaning they can go to either incumbent President Donald Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden.
Using a Sharpie pen to mark a ballot in Arizona will not invalidate the ballot even if the mark bleeds through. Yet some social media users are making false claims to the contrary.
As of early Nov. 6, several states remain too early to call in the 2020 Presidential Election. But why is that? And what is the criteria AP uses to call states?
Social media giants Facebook, Twitter and YouTube took action to counter election misinformation such as labeling posts as false or misleading. But were their efforts enough?
A potentially major development regarding a COVID-19 vaccine is happening at Pfizer. Their early data suggests their vaccine candidate may be 90% effective at preventing COVID-19.
President-elect Joe Biden is planning to make changes regarding a number of issues, including DACA, education, environment, abortion, guns, veterans, taxes and the economy.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is going before the Supreme Court where the new conservative majority could overturn it. President-elect Joe Biden will be making a speech about the ACA.
