Republican poll watchers demand to be let in during Detroit vote count

Dozens of Republican challengers demanded to be let in to observe the count of ballots inside the TCF Center in Detroit on Wednesday.

Election 2020: Twitter, Facebook kick efforts against disinformation into overdrive amid vote count

“We’re seeing exactly what we expected, which is not enough, especially in the case of Facebook,” said Shannon McGregor, an assistant professor of journalism and media at the University of North Carolina.

Balance of power: Democrats’ Senate hopes narrow as they cling to House control

More than 12 hours after polls closed on Election Day, the hope that Democrats held to flip the Senate as well as retain majority control of the House faded away as Republicans held on to key Senate seats.

Gary Peters keeps US Senate seat, projected to hold off challenger John James

With almost 30 years as an elected official, the junior Senator has also served in U.S. House of Representatives six years until 2014 when he ran for and won the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Carl Levin.

‘We are not enemies’: Biden calls for unity as election count continues

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will be delivering remarks regarding the ongoing 2020 election from different parts of the Delaware Valley Wednesday. 

Trump campaign files lawsuit to halt vote counting in Pennsylvania citing lack of 'transparency'

President Donald Trump's campaign has filed a lawsuit in the United States Supreme Court to halt vote counting in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania over a lack of "transparency."

NY elects two openly gay Black men to Congress

New York Democrats Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres have become the first openly gay Black men to be elected to Congress.

Travis County voter turnout surpasses both 2016, 2018

The Travis County Clerk's office reported Wednesday morning that 70.45% of eligible voters participated in the election with 607,354 ballots cast.

Stocks shake off 2020 election night wobbles to rally

Much of Wednesday's strength for Wall Street was due to big gains for technology stocks. Investors have increasingly seen these stocks as some of the safer bets in the market, able to grow their profits even in a pandemic as more of daily life shifts online.

Propositions approved in Pflugerville, 2 new council members elected

Officials in Pflugerville have released preliminary results from Election Day. All three bond propositions that were on the ballot passed and two new members were elected to Pflugerville City Council.

Biden, Trump locked in tight race in key states with no winner yet announced

Results poured in Tuesday night in the 2020 race for the White House, with President Donald Trump claiming the hotly contested states of Texas, Florida and Ohio, while Democratic nominee Joe Biden won Arizona and Minnesota.

Scattered protests, no wide unrest, in US on election night

The outcome of the hard-fought contest for the presidency remained undecided Wednesday, stirring worries that prolonged uncertainty could yet spark conflict.