Exit Polls Point to the Power of White Patriarchy  —  Some people who have historically been oppressed will stand with their oppressors.  —  It is obscene that the presidential race is too close to call at the time this column is published: Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Fox's Arizona Call for Biden Flipped the Mood at Trump Headquarters  —  The Fox News decision left the president fuming, and his team complaining.  Then he began casting aspersions on other states' vote counts.  —  WASHINGTON — With Florida looking red early on Tuesday night …

Yes, Democrats Are Trying To Steal The Election In Michigan, Wisconsin, And Pennsylvania  —  In the three Midwest battleground states, vote counting irregularities persist in an election that will be decided on razor-thin margins.  —  As of this writing, it appears that Democratic Party machines …

Trump Cannot Just “Go” To The Supreme Court To Fight Election Results.  Here's What Would Need To Happen To End Up There.  —  WASHINGTON — In the early hours of Wednesday, with many states still going through the lawful process of tallying votes, President Donald Trump declared: “We will be going to the Supreme Court.”

Armed Agents Are Allowed in Ballot-Counting Venues, Justice Dept. Tells Prosecutors  —  Former officials expressed fears that the department's legal interpretation would allow federal investigators to intimidate vote counters or interfere with their work.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice …

About 90,000 absentee ballots still need to be counted in Georgia  —  By Mark Niesse - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Emily Merwin DiRico - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jennifer Peebles - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Isaac Sabetai - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Speaker Pelosi believes Biden will have enough Electoral College votes to win White House  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to her Democratic colleagues stating she believes Biden will have enough Electoral College votes to win the White House.  —  “The American people …

GOP Senate wins wreak havoc on Biden transition plans  —  Republicans' likely hold on the Senate is forcing Joe Biden's transition team to consider limiting its prospective Cabinet nominees to those who Mitch McConnell can live with, according to people familiar with the matter.

A Dreadful New Peak for the American Pandemic  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  The United States reported 103,087 cases of COVID-19 today, the highest single-day total on record, according to the COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic.

Viral ‘ballot’ burning video shared by Eric Trump is fake  —  A viral video claiming to show ballots for President Trump being burned is fake, Virginia Beach officials said on Tuesday.  —  The video shows an unidentified person putting what appear to be paper ballots in a plastic bag …

The left just got crushed  —  When every legally cast vote has been counted, Joe Biden will probably have prevailed in enough states to claim victory in the presidential race, perhaps even ending up with a few more Electoral Votes than Donald Trump managed to earn four years ago.

A Large Portion of the Electorate Chose the Sociopath  —  The moment every Donald Trump opponent has been waiting for is at hand: Joe Biden seems to be taking the lead.  So why am I not happy?  —  I am certainly relieved.  A Biden victory would be an infinitely better result than a Trump win.

Ballots marked with Sharpie pens were not invalidated in Arizona  —  CLAIM: Votes were eliminated in Arizona because people were made to use Sharpie pens to mark their ballots.  This caused the tabulation machine to cancel the vote.  —  AP'S ASSESSMENT: False.  Sharpies were allowed in Arizona but they do not affect the vote.

Most Americans Think Social Media Has a Negative Effect on the US  —  The Pew Research Center looked at public attitudes towards big tech as government scrutiny intensifies.  —  Americans aren't too confident in technology companies ensuring there is no misuse of their platforms …

Win or Lose, Trump Will Remain a Powerful and Disruptive Force  —  Even if he is defeated, he has made clear that he would not shrink from the scene.  —  WASHINGTON — If President Trump loses his bid for re-election, as looked increasingly likely on Wednesday, it would be the first defeat of an incumbent president in 28 years.

The Fight is Now  —  A Statement from The American Mind.  —  Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, breaking every rule that Democrats have screamed for months that President Trump was going to break, have all but declared themselves the winners of the 2020 election before the votes are counted.

Late-night TV hosts express shock at close election: ‘I feel like I overestimated the American people’  —  Most of the late-night TV hosts had a critical caveat when they delivered their monologues Wednesday night.  —  “There's never been a more important time to mention that we tape this show …

Three Reasons Biden Flipped the Midwest  —  Trump gave away his gains with key groups from four years ago and Biden reclaimed lost Democratic ground.  —  Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania giveth, and Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania taketh away.  —  Joe Biden has not yet been declared …

Democrats frustrated, GOP jubilant in Senate fight  —  Senate Democrats are feeling frustrated and disappointed as their effort to retake the majority appears to have fallen short once again.  —  The likelihood of being relegated to the minority for the next couple years hit home Wednesday …

Highly competitive elections in US tarnished by legal uncertainty and unprecedented attempts to undermine public trust, international observers say  —  Yesterday's vote was hard-fought and competitive with a high degree of engagement by election workers and citizens in the face …

‘Dumpster fire’: House Democrats trade blame after Tuesday's damage  —  House Democrats are asking themselves one question after Tuesday's election stunner: What the hell happened?  —  In the House, bleary-eyed Democrats were still sorting out the wreckage when they awoke Wednesday with dozens …

Nevada Deputy Sec. of State for Elections confirms there will be no additional results today  —  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — No additional Nevada General Election results will be released today.  The Nevada Deputy Secretary of State for Elections, Wayne Thorley, told 8 News Now's Vanessa Murphy earlier …

Democrats' down-ballot misery continues with state legislative battles  —  They were hoping to pick up a half-dozen chambers across the nation and may end up with none.  —  Instead, it's possible Democrats end up with no new chambers, and it will be Republicans who leave 2020 with wins.

The Republicans Will Learn Nothing From a Trump Defeat  —  Romantic illusions die hard in America.  So many fell on Election Night 2020 that it will be months, maybe years, before we compile a full inventory.  We can start by acknowledging a paramount reality that contradicts …

The sheriff fired her because she's a lesbian so she ran against him.  She'll be the new sheriff now.  —  Charmaine McGuffey is the new sheriff in town, defeating both her former boss and a Republican challenger.  —  Charmaine McGuffey is going to be the new sheriff for Hamilton County, Ohio.

Face the Bitter Truth  —  We don't yet know the outcome of the election, but its meaning is already clear.  We are two countries, and neither of them is going to be conquered or disappear anytime soon.  The outcome of the 2016 election was not a historical fluke or result of foreign subversion …

Management company owned by Jared Kushner files to evict hundreds of families as moratoriums expire  —  White House adviser's company, Westminster Management, and other landlords prepare to remove tenants behind on rent during the pandemic.  —  Westminster Management, an apartment company owned …

Rival protests shout ‘count every vote,’ ‘stop the count’ in metro Detroit … Rival chants of “stop the count” and “count the votes” echoed across Detroit as poll workers tallied absentee ballots Wednesday, in some cases just inside the door from the shouts.