In a statement released just after the certification was finalized, Trump at long last acknowledged his election loss. He said that even though he disagrees with the outcome, "there will be an orderly transition on January 20th."
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Angry supporters of President Donald Trump have stormed the U.S. Capitol in a chaotic protest aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer of power.
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Under the Constitution, the final step in the 2020 presidential election is for a joint session of Congress to meet on Jan. 6 to count the Electoral College votes and officially declare a winner. Governors certified and sealed their states’ results after their electors signed off on them on Dec. …
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Democrats are hopeful about possibly picking up total control of Washington after the Associated Press projected that the party had picked up one of two Georgia Senate seats early Wednesday morning.
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Local Alachua County immigration activists said the victory of President-elect Joe Biden provided a sigh of relief.
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As the year comes to a close, here's a look back at the stories that stayed in the headlines.
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Florida became the eighth state and the first in the South to adopt a $15 minimum wage. Replicating this in other states and on the federal level remains a challenge.
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"I am honored and humbled by the trust the American people have placed in me and in Vice President-elect [Kamala] Harris," Joe Biden said in a statement.
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Trump was at his golf course in Virginia when a slew of networks announced Joe Biden had won the race for the presidency. Trump vowed he would go to court, but presented no evidence of fraud.
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With Pennsylvania in Joe Biden's column, the former vice president gains the 270 electoral votes needed to be elected.
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