Twitter temporarily disabled interacting with President Trump's tweets

Twitter barred anyone from interacting with some tweets from President Donald Trump on Saturday, disabling the like, reply and retweet features before later reactivating them. 

Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit to overturn Biden's election victory

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden's election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and federal judges before the nation's highest court.

Wisconsin state court judge rules against Trump campaign lawsuit

A judge in Wisconsin on Friday ruled against President Donald Trump’s lawsuit seeking to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s win in the state.

Senate approves defense bill, sends to Trump despite his threats to veto it

The final vote was 84-13, mirroring a similarly overwhelming margin in the House that, if maintained in both chambers, would be enough to override a potential veto.

Congress passes gov't funding bill to avoid shutdown

Congress sent a temporary government-wide funding bill to President Donald Trump on Friday that would avert a federal shutdown at midnight and buy time for on-again, off-again talks on COVID-19 aid.

With election lawsuit, Ken Paxton — like Donald Trump — makes a Hail Mary play

In contesting the results of the election in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, Ken Paxton has catapulted himself into the country’s biggest political news story — a settled election that the president continues to contest.

Pennsylvania accuses Texas of seeking 'to decimate the electorate'

Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin and Michigan Thursday filed briefs in response to the Texas case seeking to bar their presidential electors from voting.

Richard Hinch, New Hampshire's House speaker, dies of COVID-19

The COVID-19 death of the speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives has raised fears that other members of one of the world's largest legislatures might have been exposed at their swearing-in last week.

Trump to meet state attorneys general joining in suit to overturn election results

President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to let him join a lawsuit from 17 states, including Florida, that seeks to overturn election results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Trump, GOP pin hopes on Texas lawsuit to overturn election, but legal experts say it's a long shot

Legal experts say Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to contest election results of four key battleground states is all but certain to fail. But it has drawn support from the Republican attorneys general of 17 other states.

Biden's win is sealed despite Trump's lawsuits, threats

Despite President Trump's demand to "OVERTURN" the election, Joe Biden's victory has been locked by this week's safe harbor deadline. "This ship has sailed," one judge said as she threw out one of Trump's lawsuits earlier this week.

Biden taps Susan Rice as domestic policy adviser, Denis McDonough for VA

President-elect Joe Biden is naming Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. He’s also nominating Denis McDonough as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Hunter Biden tax probe focused on Chinese business dealings

The Justice Department’s investigation scrutinizing Hunter Biden’s taxes has been examining some of his Chinese business dealings, among other financial transactions, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Mansfield elects its first-ever African American mayor

Michael Evans won the runoff election for mayor of Mansfield, making him the first African American mayor in the city's history.

Constitutional law expert on Texas lawsuit vs battleground states
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Texas taxpayers could be footing the bill for a lawsuit experts say has no chance of succeeding in overturning the results of the 2020 election.