2020 United States elections

Trump spy nominee Jay Clayton faces tense hearing after refusing to say Joe Biden won in 2020

Clayton said only that Biden had been "certified" as president, while also insisting, "I am not an election denier."

Jay Clayton, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The Iranian delegation led by Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Speaker of the Parliament of Iran (center) arrives to meet with the Pakistani delegation led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (not pictured) on June 21, 2026 in Obbuergen, Switzerland.

US officials say attacks halted, Qatar talks to be held this week

AFGHAN CHILDREN sit on a concrete bench at a hilltop, amid telecom shutdown across the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 30, 2025.

Millions of Afghan children facing severe risks from changing climate, UNICEF says

A view of a residential building damaged by a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 23, 2026.

US strikes on Iran may constitute war crimes, international law experts announce


Confidence in US elections split along party lines - poll

The majority of voters (57%) want the Trump campaign to stop efforts to challenge election results, but the vast majority (85%) of Trump supporters wants these efforts to continue.

A TRUMP SUPPORTER holds a placard while ballots are being tabulated in Philadelphia, last Sunday.

Trump faces stinging setbacks two weeks after Biden named President-elect

Trump has refused to concede and is seeking to invalidate or overturn the results claiming - without proof - widespread voter fraud.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Bill Maher: Democrats must 'drop the s**t' before GA run-off elections

"Figure out why some voters say 'you're good enough, you're smart enough but doggone it we don't like you,'" said Maher.

Comedian Bill Maher speaks during ceremonies unveiling his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood

Trump election campaign asks judge to declare him winner in Pennsylvania

Trump's legal team also sought permission from the judge to refile legal claims that it dropped on Sunday from the lawsuit.

COUNTER-PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE against a ‘Stop the Steal’ protest by supporters of US President Donald Trump at the Clark County Election Center in North Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday.

Biden says US agency is blocking transition, slowing coronavirus efforts

Murphy is relying on precedent, her office said, citing the five weeks delay in the 2000 election before Republican George W. Bush was declared the winner.

US DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL candidate Joe Biden arrives at a campaign event in Hermantown, Minnesota, September 18, 2020

Georgia, Wisconsin recounts unlikely to change Trump election defeat

"I don't believe at the end of the day it'll change the total results," Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, told CNN.

A poll worker processes mail-in absentee ballots the night of Election Day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan tells Trump 'the time has come' to concede

The governor fiercely criticized the president in the outcome of the elections.

US President Donald Trump stands in front of a US flag as he participates in a roundtable on donating plasma during a visit to the American Red Cross National Headquarters in Washington, US, July 30, 2020

Trump campaign abandons parts of Pennsylvania election lawsuit

Legal experts say the lawsuits have little chance of changing the outcome of the election.

A supporter of President Donald Trump holds a sign during a “Stop the Steal” protest after the 2020 US presidential election was called by the media for Democratic candidate Joe Biden, in front of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona, US, November 7, 2020

Trump backtracks on acknowledging Biden won election: 'I concede nothing!'

He first tweeted "He won because the Election was Rigged," then only "in the eyes of the FAKE NEWS MEDIA."

US President Donald Trump speaks about early results from the 2020 US presidential election in the East Room of the White House in Washington, US, November 4, 2020.

Why some Jews are worried about Trump’s last months in power

Trump's failure so far to even acknowledge Joe Biden as the president-elect means Biden is missing out on critical national security briefings.

US President Donald Trump supporters take part in a rally ahead of the US presidential election day in Beit Shemesh, Israel November 2, 2020