US elections 2020

Michigan refuses Trump administration demand for 2024 election ballots

Last week, the Justice Department sent a letter to the clerk in Wayne County demanding ballots, ballot receipts, and ballot envelopes.

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Arab Americans gather at a restaurant for a presidential election watch party In Dearborn, Michigan, US November 5, 2024.
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance point to the stage during Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 15, 2024.

Election crisis or manufactured chaos? Trump’s dangerous path to voter suppression - opinion

He is using all his power, with the collusion of a spineless Republican-led Congress, to make it more difficult for millions of Americans to cast their votes this fall and into the future.

|ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
Police officers stand guard as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington

On This Day in 2021: January 6 US Capitol insurrection riots

Conspiracies surrounding the election, spread and promoted by Trump and many right-wing news outlets, led hundreds of people to surround the US Capitol and destroy federal property.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at a press conference following the weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 19, 2025; illustrative.

Chuck Schumer receives emailed bomb threats, confirms everyone is safe

The bomb threats were sent to Schumer's Rochester, Binghamton, and Long Island offices, with "MAGA" in the subject line, and an email address claiming the 2020 election was "rigged."

|ByJAMES GENN

US gift, estate exemptions to be dramatically lowered

President-elect Joe Biden has announced he will undo some of the tax regulations introduced by the Trump Administration through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

NOVEMBER 22, 2020ByEITAN ASNAFY, DAVE WOLF
US President-elect Joe Biden speaks about the US economy as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris stands by, Wilmington, Delaware, US, November 16, 2020.

Biden inauguration will be scaled down amid COVID, aide says

"Obviously, this is not going to be the same kind of inauguration we had in the past," said incoming White House Chief of Staff.

NOVEMBER 22, 2020ByREUTERS
JOE BIDEN, his wife Jill, his son Hunter Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris celebrate after media announced that Biden has won the 2020 US presidential election on November 7.

Putin says ready to work with any US leader, wants formalities settled

"We will work with anyone who has the trust of the American people," said Russian President Putin.

NOVEMBER 22, 2020ByREUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an interview with Al Arabiya, Sky News Arabia and RT Arabic ahead of his visit to Saudi Arabia, in Sochi, Russia, in this undated picture released on October 13, 2019

Pollsters wrong estimations on Republicans turnout harmed Trump

Some polls predicted that Republican turnout wouldn't be more than 30% in 2020 – it was 36%.

NOVEMBER 22, 2020BySARAH CHEMLA
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

Pompeo to 'Post': All options still on the table to counter Iran

On Thursday Pompeo became the first US Secretary of State to visit a West Bank settlement, as well as the Golan Heights.

NOVEMBER 22, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to The Jerusalem Post, November 20, 2020

US judge: Trump claim challenging Biden win in Pennsylvania like 'Frankenstein Monster'

The Trump campaign had sought to prevent state officials from certifying the results of the election in the state.

NOVEMBER 22, 2020ByREUTERS
Joe Biden and Donald Trump

Biden knows well that being pro-Israel does not make one anti-Palestine

US election ushers in a new opening for Israeli-Palestinian peace

NOVEMBER 21, 2020BySALIBA SARSAR, YAEL S. ARONOFF
THEN-VICE PRESIDENT Joe Biden gestures as he walks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas after their meeting in Ramallah in 2010.

In America’s body politic, Trump’s gut made his presidency failure

“I have a gut and my gut tells me more sometimes than anybody else’s brain can ever tell me.

NOVEMBER 21, 2020ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
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.

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.

NOVEMBER 21, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

NOVEMBER 21, 2020ByREUTERS
Donald Trump and Joe Biden