Democracy Dies in Darkness
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President-elect Joe Biden hopes to seize on the momentum from his victory to signal decisive action on the major crises engulfing the nation. That could be complicated, however, by President Trump’s refusal to concede.
The administrator of the low-profile General Services Administration has declined to sign paperwork officially starting the transition to the new administration.
Judges have said Republicans did not provide evidence to back up their assertions — just speculation, rumors or hearsay. Or in one case, hearsay written on a sticky note.
Celebrants at Black Lives Matter Plaza in D.C. react to Joe Biden being named the winner of the election on Saturday. (Jabin Botsford/The Post)
Democrats and Republicans have viewed the American flag differently in recent years. As celebrations exploded after Joe Biden’s victory, Democrats seized the flag as their own.
Rudolph Giuliani speaks at a news conference in the parking lot of a landscaping company on Saturday. (AP)
As Joe Biden marched slowly to victory last week, the Trump Train jackknifed, raging about myriad suspicions regarding the election. “At what point does this get to the ridiculous?” a judge asked of the complaints.
As the president kept up his conspiratorial allegations of voter fraud without providing any substantiating evidence, Republican officials and allies splintered between nudging him to accept defeat and encouraging him to fight.
After President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, the question coursing through American politics is what becomes of the movement that has developed behind President Trump.
Congress faces a government shutdown deadline and economic relief negotiations at a moment of extraordinary national uncertainty.
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A woman browses a copy of Iranian Farsi newspaper Shargh featuring the 2020 U.S. general election results at a news stand in Tehran on Sunday. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images)
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President Trump is railing about the vote count in big cities. But smaller industrial communities, growing suburbs and sprawling exurbs played a major role in Joe Biden’s narrow Pennsylvania win. 
Hailey Logan of New York celebrates in Washington on Saturday. (Evelyn Hockstein for The Post)
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