Biden picks Calif. AG Becerra to lead HHS, pandemic response

If confirmed by the Senate, Becerra, 62, will be the first Latino to head the Department of Health and Human Services.

Inauguration planners rethink how to party in age of virus

While lots of details are still to be worked out, this Jan. 20 is sure to be more subdued than prior inauguration days.

GOP White House hopefuls wait to see what Trump does next

President Donald Trump's increasingly overt flirtations with running again in 2024 are freezing the potentially vast field of Republican candidates.

President-elect Joe Biden officially secures Electoral College majority

California certified its presidential election Friday and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, officially handing him the Electoral College majority needed to win the White House.

Trump administration suspends student federal loan payments through January

By extending payments by one month, the administration is effectively leaving it to the Biden administration or Congress to decide whether to provide longer-term relief to millions of student borrowers.

Wisconsin high court declines to hear Trump election lawsuit

The legal defeat was the latest in a string of losses for Trump’s post-election lawsuits. Judges in multiple battleground states have rejected his claims of fraud or irregularities.

'Someone's gonna get shot': Georgia official calls out Trump, senators over harsh election rhetoric

Gabriel Sterling, the Voting Systems Manager for the Georgia Secretary of State's office, came out swinging during a press conference Tuesday afternoon after weeks of harassment, threats, and division.

Attorney General Bill Barr says no evidence of widespread fraud in 2020 election

Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

Trump 'ashamed' to have endorsed Republican Georgia governor

Trump said on Fox News that Gov. Brian Kemp has “done absolutely nothing” to question the state’s results.

Completed Wisconsin recount confirms Biden's win over Trump

Taken together, the two counties barely budged Biden's winning margin of about 20,600 votes, giving the winner a net gain of 87 votes.

Former Biden intern reflects on time with now President-elect

The general manager of the Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) reflects on the start of his political career, interning for President-elect Joe Biden in 1980.

Federal appeals court rejects Trump appeal over Pennsylvania race

A federal appeals court in Philadelphia on Friday rejected President Donald Trump’s latest effort to challenge the election results in a case that could reach the U.S. Supreme Court if Trump appeals.

Trump says he'll leave White House if Electoral College formalizes Biden's victory

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory even as he insisted such a decision would be a “mistake."

They’re baaack: Trump and allies still refuse election loss

The 2020 presidential race is turning into the zombie election that Trump just won’t let die. Despite dozens of legal and procedural setbacks, his campaign keeps filing new challenges that have little hope of succeeding and making fresh, unfounded claims of fraud.

Contra Costa County broke new ground in 2020 U.S. election

Three weeks since Election Day and work still continues at election offices around the Bay Area to certify votes.

Biden-Harris ticket surpasses 80M votes — the most in US history

The 2020 election was an event for the record books for more reasons than one: President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received more votes than any other presidential ticket in U.S. history.

Nevada Supreme Court makes Joe Biden's win in state official

The Nevada Supreme Court made Joe Biden’s win in the state official on Tuesday, approving the state’s final canvass of the Nov. 3 election.

Biden names John Kerry as climate envoy

President-elect Joe Biden has picked climate-change older statesman John Kerry for a newly created role of climate envoy for national security.