By Jack Phillips About two-dozen House Republicans are calling on President Donald Trump to direct Attorney General William Barr to appoint a special counsel to investigate election integrity in light of fraud allegations made by President Donald Trump following the Nov. 3 contest. About 26 Republican lawmakers signed off on a letter sent by Rep. Lance Gooden […]
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Trump on Election Battles: Legislators, Judges Need ‘Courage’ to Do What’s Right
By Zachary Stieber President Donald Trump on Tuesday wondered if lawmakers or judges have the courage to help him challenge election results in key battleground states. “Let’s see whether or not somebody has the courage—whether it’s a legislator or legislatures, or whether it’s a justice of the Supreme Court or a number of justices of the Supreme Court. […]
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Inauguration Committee Fails to Pass Resolution Acknowledging Biden as President-Elect
By Jack Phillips The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies voted down a resolution to acknowledge Joe Biden as the president-elect as President Donald Trump and other Republicans continue lawsuits challenging the results of the Nov. 3 election, according to several members of the bipartisan panel. There are three Republicans and three Democrats on the panel […]
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Senator Cruz Agrees to Argue Pennsylvania Election Case If Taken Up by Supreme Court
By Janita Kan Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said on Monday that he was willing to make oral arguments before the Supreme Court in an appeal seeking to block the state from taking further action to certify their election results. The appeal is currently pending before the Supreme Court after Pennsylvania Republicans filed a request to block the finalizing of […]
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Justice Alito Moves up Supreme Court Deadline in Key Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballot Case
By Jack Phillips Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito asked officials in Pennsylvania to file briefs by Tuesday at 9 a.m. in response to a lawsuit filed by Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) in a bid to overturn the state’s election results. Tuesday, notably, is the “safe harbor” deadline that requires controversies surrounding elections to be ended so states can choose their […]
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Chinese Professor Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI in Huawei-Related Case
By Reuters A Chinese professor accused by U.S. prosecutors of helping steal American technology to benefit China‘s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd on Dec. 4 pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, but is expected to be allowed to return home after prosecutors decided not to pursue a more serious charge. The professor, Bo Mao, had been charged with […]
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Chinese State Media Misrepresents Facts to Claim COVID-19 Did Not Originate from China
By Nicole Hao In a bid to promote the unsubstantiated claim that the CCP virus didn’t originate from China, Chinese state media has recently begun publishing stories based on a retracted study and misrepresented quotes by experts. The first outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus, occurred in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Since January, […]
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Trump: US Election System ‘Under Coordinated Assault and Siege’
By Zachary Stieber President Donald Trump asserted on Dec. 2 that he won the 2020 election and said America’s election system is under siege. Trump, speaking from the White House in a video that he released on social media, said his job as president is to defend the laws and Constitution of the United States and that he’s determined […]
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2020 Election Boosts GOP State Legislator Advantage by 67 Percent
By Petr Svab Republicans expanded their control of state legislatures in the 2020 election, flipping both chambers in one state while gaining more than 160 seats overall. Their lead over Democrats thus increased to more than 700 seats (about 67 percent) from over 400, although that number can still change with some remaining contests still […]
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Illegal Money-for-Votes Raffles Conducted in Several States in 2020 Election
By Ivan Pentchoukov The Nevada Native Vote Project posted photos on Facebook on Election Day of smiling voters holding $25 gift cards after handing over their ballots. The posts have since been deleted but not before they were archived. The removal may have had something to do with the U.S. criminal code, two distinct sections of which impose fines and prison sentences for […]
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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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Michael Flynn Says Coup Against Trump Still in Progress in First Public Remarks Since Pardon
By Melanie Sun Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said there is “still a coup in progress” against President Donald Trump in his first public address since being pardoned by the president. Flynn, who also served during the Obama administration as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and then as Trump’s national security adviser, warned Americans on Saturday that […]
