Elections 2020

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."

JULY 16, 2026|ByREUTERS

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.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping tour Zhongnanhai Garden on May 15, 2026 in Beijing, China. Trump and other US officials are finishing up a visit intended to address the Iran conflict, trade imbalances, and the Taiwan situation while establishing new bilateral boards.

White House weighs releasing controversial intel on Chinese election interference

Trump has continued to repeat the claim that the 2020 election was rigged, suggesting a foreign actor was involved in flipping votes despite legal rulings that Democrat Joe Biden won.

JULY 16, 2026|ByREUTERS

Former US President Donald Trump, who announced a third run for the presidency in 2024, hosts a New Year's Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 31, 2022.

Georgia grand jury suspected perjury in probe of Trump election interference

The grand jury also concluded that there was no widespread fraud in the election, despite Trump's false claims that fraud caused his defeat

FEBRUARY 16, 2023|ByREUTERS

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani coughs as he speaks to media about the US evacuation of Afghanistan outside his apartment building in New York City, US, August 20, 2021.

Giuliani is target of Georgia probe into 2020 US election - NYT

Prosecutors from the Fulton County district attorney's office in Georgia, which is overseeing the probe, informed him that Giuliani is a target, says Giuliani's lawyer.

AUGUST 15, 2022|ByREUTERS

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump said they privately accepted Donald Trump’s loss

Kushner was the lead official vetting the pardon requests. Trump’s pardons in his final days drew scrutiny because they disproportionately favored his supporters.

JUNE 11, 2022ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA

Senior adviser and daughter Ivanka Trump and senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner attend a summit at the East Room of the White House May 18, 2018.

US voting tech company sues Fox News for $1.6b over election-fraud claims

Dominion's lawsuit follows similar cases against Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and the Republican former president's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

MARCH 27, 2021ByREUTERS

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

Will Capitol rioters face sedition charges? The DOJ thinks it is likely

"I believe the facts do support those charges," said acting US Attorney Michael Sherwin for the District of Columbia. "I think that, as we go forward, more facts will support that."

MARCH 22, 2021ByREUTERS

A mob of supporters of former US President Donald Trump fight with members of law enforcement at a door they broke open as they storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, US, January 6, 2021.

Israel Elections: ‘Post’ poll: Still a political deadlock

Mansour Abbas now passes threshold.

MARCH 12, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN, YONAH JEREMY BOB

VOTES ARE counted at a tent in the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham last March.

People should be given the chance to mourn after US election - comment

Loss is hard but worse is denying someone the necessary process to mourn that loss.

MARCH 7, 2021ByAARON BRUSSO, STEWART VOGEL

US NATIONAL GUARD soldiers walk through Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington three weeks after the Capitol riot. Real leaders care about the hearts they hold as they walk people through the inevitable human experience of loss.

Yair Netanyahu ordered to pay NIS 500,000 in defamation lawsuit

The decision to charge him was made after the prime minister's son did not file a letter of defense and also did not accept the lawsuit - claiming that it is "ridiculous and delusional."

MARCH 2, 2021ByGADI ZAIG

Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen in court in Tel Aviv on December 10, 2018, where he testified in a NIS 140,000 libel suit he filed last year against Abie Binyamin, a social activist.

Georgia opens investigation into Trump’s effort to overturn election

The call's transcript quotes Trump telling Georgia's Republican Secretary of State: "All I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes," which is the number Trump needed to win the state.

FEBRUARY 9, 2021ByREUTERS

US President Donald Trump during a phone call at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2017.

On this day: Israel held first ever elections for Knesset in 1949

Israel's first election for Knesset was scheduled to take place in October of 1948, but was postponed due to Israel's bloody and long-fought War for Independence.

JANUARY 25, 2021ByEVE YOUNG