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Joe Biden Injures Ankle While Playing With His Dog: Campaign

By Jack Phillips Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden slipped while playing with his dog, Major, and twisted his ankle, according to his campaign and pool reporters. His campaign said Sunday that “out of an abundance of caution, he will be examined this afternoon by an orthopedist.” Other details about the incident were not clear. The pool reporters said they were […]

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FBI Requests Fraud, Disenfranchisement Evidence, Researcher Says

By Petr Svab The FBI has reached out to an election integrity researcher for evidence of potential crimes in the 2020 election, according to the researcher, who is also a former Trump campaign official. The evidence was collected by the Voter Integrity Project (VIP) led by Matt Braynard, former data and strategy director for President Donald Trump’s 2016 election […]

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Trump: Leaders Called Him on Election Night to Congratulate, Then Votes Came in ‘Dumps’

By Jack Phillips President Donald Trump said that world leaders called to congratulate him on Election Night but then, according to him, votes came in “dumps,” while adding that his team will appeal recent court losses to the U.S. Supreme Court. “All of a sudden,” he said in a Fox Business interview Sunday, “I went from winning by […]

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Trump Doubles Down on Need to Roll Back Legal Protections for Tech Companies

By Janita Kan President Donald Trump this week renewed his calls to curtail legal protections for internet companies amid allegations of censorship and selective policing of user content. “For purposes of National Security, Section 230 must be immediately terminated!!!” Trump wrote on Twitter. The president has been vocal over the need to limit or repeal legal liability […]

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Trump Praises State Lawmakers for ‘Defending Our Great Constitution’

By Tom Ozimek President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to praise lawmakers for defending the Constitution. “So much credit to all of the brave men and women in state houses who are defending our great Constitution. Thank you!” the president said in the tweet. While it is unclear what actions Trump was specifically referring to, his campaign’s […]

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Zuckerberg-Funded Group Comes Into Spotlight in Election-Related Court Cases

By Zachary Stieber A group that received hundreds of millions of dollars from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is accused in post-election lawsuits of contributing to constitutional violations in key battleground states. The Center for Tech and Civic Life, a national nonprofit based in Illinois, provided funding to over 2,500 election offices across the country to run elections amid the […]

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Giuliani: Trump Campaign Focusing on Supreme Court, State Legislatures

By Zachary Stieber President Donald Trump’s campaign is working on two fronts, Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Friday: legal battles and state legislatures. “The objective here is twofold. One is to get the right case to the Supreme Court. And we’ve got four or five of them that are headed there. And also to try to convince the legislators […]

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Rep. Mo Brooks: Trump Could Win Second Term Through State Delegation Votes

By Zachary Stieber President Donald Trump could win a second term if the 2020 election goes to the secondary system set up to support the Electoral College, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) said this week. If neither Trump nor Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden get 270 or more electoral votes, then the House of Representatives would pick the next […]