Romney: Trump's election fraud claim wrong, 'reckless'

Republican lawmakers, including 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, on Friday, slammed President Trump's unsubstantiated claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election, even as GOP leaders struck a more neutral tone — and others urged the White House to fight.

Toomey: No evidence to support Trump vote-fraud claims

"There's simply no evidence anyone has shown me of any widespread corruption or fraud", Sen. Pat Toomey, of Pennsylvania, tells a news organization Friday morning.

6 Native candidates elected to Congress, breaking record

A total of 6 Native Americans have been elected or reelected to Congress, the most in U.S. history.

‘Stop the count’ protests met by ‘count every vote’ demonstrations as US awaits 2020 election result

Demonstrators carrying signs reading “Stop the Count,” “Stop the Steal,” and “Count Every Vote” gathered in several states across the U.S. as Trump and his campaign pushed unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud.

Wall Street rallies again as stocks ride post-2020 election wave

Markets are banking on Tuesday's election leading to split control of Congress, which could mean low tax rates, lighter regulation on businesses and other policies that investors like remain the status quo.

Sharpies can be used on voting ballots in Arizona, officials say

People claimed their ballots were not being counted after using Sharpies provided by voting locations in Maricopa County.

Trump backers converge on vote centers in Arizona, Michigan

Dozens of angry supporters of President Donald Trump converged on vote-counting centers in Detroit and Phoenix as the returns went against him Wednesday in the two key states.

No evidence to support Trump's fraud claims, election observer says

The head of an international delegation monitoring the U.S. election says his team has no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s claims about alleged fraud involving mail-in absentee ballots.

Dispelling myths about Joe Biden’s Wisconsin win

Even with Wisconsin, the presidential race was undecided Wednesday because neither candidate had reached the required 270 electoral votes.

Election 2020: Lawsuits filed in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia by Trump campaign

Earlier Wednesday, Trump said he'll take the presidential election to the Supreme Court, but it's unclear what he meant in a country in which vote tabulations routinely continue beyond Election Day, and states largely set the rules for when the count has to end.

Election 2020: Twitter, Facebook kick efforts against disinformation into overdrive amid vote count

“We’re seeing exactly what we expected, which is not enough, especially in the case of Facebook,” said Shannon McGregor, an assistant professor of journalism and media at the University of North Carolina.

Balance of power: Democrats’ Senate hopes narrow as they cling to House control

More than 12 hours after polls closed on Election Day, the hope that Democrats held to flip the Senate as well as retain majority control of the House faded away as Republicans held on to key Senate seats.

Gary Peters keeps US Senate seat, projected to hold off challenger John James

With almost 30 years as an elected official, the junior Senator has also served in U.S. House of Representatives six years until 2014 when he ran for and won the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Carl Levin.

Van Duyne leads Valenzuela as counting continues of defective Tarrant County ballots

Beth Van Duyne, the Republican, is ahead by about 4,600 votes with 99 percent of the vote counted. However, a problem with barcodes on mail-in ballots in Tarrant County is holding up the process.