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With all of the polls closed and the ballot count continuing apace, it’s a crazy-close election between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Click on the map for the latest on the big picture along with stories about Donald Trump’s late-night tweet, anxious late-night comics weighing in, a transgender candidate making history, John Oliver and Kayne West casting their first-ever ballots, AOC being re-elected and much more.
Prominent members of the disability community, including campaigners, Paralympians and the Paralympic Games organization, have condemned the depiction of the eponymous characters in Warner Bros' recently releasedThe Witches, saying the use of distinct physical impairments in their hands is offensive to those with…
Joe Biden’s campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon has slammed Donald Trump’s premature victory and voter fraud claim as “outrageous, unprecedented, and incorrect."
O'Malley Dillon said in a statement: “It was outrageous because it is a naked effort to take away the democratic rights of American citizens.
It was…
SIXTH UPDATE, 01:30 AM PT: AP is calling Arizona for Biden, with the former VP securing roughly 52% of the vote to flip the state and its 11 electoral votes away from the Republicans. If verified, that will be only the second time the Democrats have won in Arizona since 1948.
FIFTH UPDATE, 11:59 PM PT: The electoral…
The British government has refused to condemn Donald Trump after he falsely claimed victory in the U.S. election and branded legitimate voting “a fraud” that he will fight in the Supreme Court.
Touring television studios shortly after Trump had finished his address, UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab would not be drawn…
While TV networks were laser focused on the race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, a good number of social media users were focused on another candidate: Kanye West.
West's name was trending on Twitter after the hip-hop superstar made a series of posts to his account chronicling what he said was the first time he…
Donald Trump tonight raised the specter of a bitter challenge of the remaining ballots to be counted in the presidential race, telling a crowd of supporters at the White House that “as far as I am concerned we have already won.”
The incumbent also said that he would be going to the Supreme Court, saying, “We want all…
Just after tweeting that he would be making a statement late on election night, Donald Trump tweeted that "they are trying to steal the election.” The president also contended that "votes cannot be cast after the Poles are closed!" Twitter quickly slapped his post with a “misleading” tag.
Of course, the term "Poles"…
Despite the suspense which is hanging in the air tonight of another four years of President Donald Trump — especially with swing states Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania still not called — The Daily Showhost Trevor Noah struck a rather upbeat and playful tone during the Election Night special Votegasm 2020: What Co…
The 2020 presidential race will go on at least a little bit longer, as vote counts in key swing states showed a very tight race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
“We knew this was going to go long, but who knew it was going to go into maybe tomorrow morning, maybe longer,” Biden told supporters tonight in Delaware…
Stephen Colbert told Showtime viewers to "hold on tight" as the presidential election remained in the balance.
The host of Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020 oversaw a slightly chaotic live show with Zoom guests, a live spot on CBS News and a…
After a large crowd of demonstrators gathered near the Staples Center in Downtown L.A. on Tuesday night, the LAPD declared an unlawful assembly and, after a dispersal order, began making arrests. “At this time, anyone in the area is to leave immediately and follow all orders from any police officer,” the LAPD said on…
Democratic star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez routed Republican John Cummings in New York's 14th Congressional District in Northern Queens and parts of the Bronx, taking 68% to the former NYPD officer's 31% to secure a widely anticipated second term in the House.
In 2018, the eloquent, social media-savvy, self-proclaimed…
