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COMIC: How Your State Wins Or Loses Political Power Through The Census

Apr 12, 2021
How much say your state has in Congress and the Electoral College is determined through a little-known, once-a-decade process based on the census.
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Congress Reconvenes After Insurrection: Live Updates
National Guard troops stand behind shields outside the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening.
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After Chaos, Insurrection And Death, Pro-Trump Rioters Defy D.C. Curfew

Jan 06, 2021
The extremists are calmly milling about the Capitol grounds, despite the D.C. curfew in effect. The relatively peaceful dispersal is in stark contrast to the response to last summer's BLM protests.
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Insurrection At The Capitol: Live Updates
Italian papers show the chaotic scenes from Washington, with one headline declaring "The End." Others proclaim, "Gunshots on Democracy" and "USA – Day of the Coup." World leaders are reacting with shock and dismay to the assault on the Capitol.
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'Disgraceful': World Leaders React To Pro-Trump Extremists Storming U.S. Capitol

Jan 06, 2021
Historians in Italy compare Wednesday's events to the rise of fascism. "Violence is incompatible with the exercise of democratic rights and freedoms," Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said.
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Congress' Electoral College Tally: Live Updates
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Trump.
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Trump Supporters Clash With Police, Storm Capitol Building

Jan 06, 2021

The president addressed the crowd gathered to protest Biden's win and afterward, his supporters pushed past barriers onto the Capitol grounds. Armed police rushed in to tackle them.

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Vice President Pence is under pressure from President Trump to reject the Electoral College results in a ceremony where he is constitutionally bound to announce that President-elect Joe Biden won.
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Pence Faces His Most Challenging Trump Loyalty Test Yet

Jan 06, 2021
The vice president will preside as the Electoral College vote count is tallied. The ceremonial role puts him crosswise with President Trump, who refuses to acknowledge his loss.
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Biden Transition Updates
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is among those promising to challenge the Jan. 6 vote to certify the Electoral College results.
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Pence Backs Republican Lawmakers' Plan To Object To Electoral College Results

Jan 02, 2021
Eleven senators and senators-elect said they would reject electors "from disputed states" without an investigation into the votes in those states. They did not provide evidence for their concerns.
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COMIC: How The Census Turns Into Political Power (And What Trump Wants To Change)

Dec 31, 2020
A little-known process determines your state's representation in Congress and the Electoral College. Trump wants to try to change it by excluding unauthorized immigrants for the first time in history.
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Nevada Electors Award Six Electoral College Votes To Biden

Dec 15, 2020

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada has awarded its Electoral College votes to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

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Biden Transition Updates
Russian President Vladimir Putin told U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, "For my part, I am ready for interaction and contacts with you," according to the Kremlin.
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Putin Congratulates Biden On His Victory Over Trump

Dec 15, 2020
The Russian leader contacted U.S. President-elect Joe Biden after the Electoral College affirmed his victory. Putin is one of the last major world leaders to do so.
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Analysis
President-elect Joe Biden speaks after the Electoral College formally elected him as president Monday.
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Democracy Held With Biden's Win, But Trump Is Keeping America Divided As Ever

Dec 15, 2020
The Electoral College reaffirmed that Joe Biden is president-elect, but the current president continues not to accept it, threatening to undermine Biden's legitimacy.
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Biden Transition Updates
Pennsylvania electors arrive in December 2016 to cast their votes for president. Then, their 20 votes went for President Trump. This time, they are slated to go for President-elect Joe Biden.
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Who Are Electors And How Do They Get Picked?

Dec 14, 2020
Electors are picked by state parties, and in most states they are bound to follow the popular vote and made to sign pledges or be threatened with fines and even criminal action.
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Nevada Electors Legally Bound To Vote For Winning President

Dec 07, 2020

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada and 31 other states have laws that punish rogue Electoral College delegates that cast votes for candidates other than those they are pledged to support.

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D.C. Circuit Judge Gregory Katsas joined another Trump-appointed federal judge in voting to dismiss a Washington, D.C.-based lawsuit over President Trump's efforts to omit unauthorized immigrants from the census numbers that set up the next Electoral Col
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Federal Court Rejects Challenge To Trump's Push To Alter A Key Census Count

Nov 25, 2020
In a 2-1 vote, the court tossed out a lawsuit, one of several working through the courts, that challenged a memo on excluding unauthorized immigrants from numbers that reset the Electoral College map.
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Americans Worry About Transfer Of Power: 'We Need Our Country To Come Together'

Nov 20, 2020

As President Trump still refuses to concede, some Americans are fearful he's trampling democratic norms, while others trust the election process but fear lasting political extremism.

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A Joe Biden supporter holds up a phone displaying the Electoral College map in Philadelphia on Nov. 7.
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Census 'Anomalies' Could Thwart Trump's Bid To Alter Next Electoral College

Nov 19, 2020
The Census Bureau has found routine irregularities in the 2020 census that require more quality checks and determined it cannot deliver a key set of numbers to President Trump before his term ends.
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Politics
Nebraska's longest serving state Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha addresses supporters on the stairs of the Capitol in Lincoln, Neb., on Aug. 13. Chambers helped keep Nebraska's electoral votes split.
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How State Sen. Ernie Chambers Helped Keep Nebraska's Electoral College Votes Split

Nov 09, 2020
Longtime progressive state Sen. Ernie Chambers has been instrumental in keeping Nebraska's Electoral College votes split by district. Joe Biden won one Electoral College vote in Nebraska.
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Protesters demonstrate four years ago against Donald Trump, then the president-elect, outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Trump won the Electoral College but lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes.
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As Presidency Hinges On A Handful Of States, Some Have Made A Popular Vote Pact

Nov 06, 2020
What would a national popular vote mean? Instead of watching days of livestreams of swing state poll workers, the result would have been settled on Tuesday night.
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Live Updates: Trump Tests Positive For Coronavirus
A contentious scenario could play out if President Trump disagrees with assessments of his ability to perform in office, says John Fortier, former executive director of the Continuity of Government Commission. Trump is seen here preparing to leave the Wh
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'Contentious' Scenarios Arise For Ballot And Presidency If Trump's Health Declines

Oct 02, 2020
It would be "very difficult" to pull President Trump's name from the November ballot, says John Fortier, who led the Continuity of Government Commission. But that's just one hypothetical.
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Census Bureau workers are set to start making in-person visits on July 30 to households that have not yet filled out a 2020 census form in Hawaii, North Dakota, Puerto Rico and certain other areas of the country.
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Early Census Door Knocking To Expand To Hawaii, Puerto Rico And Other Areas

Jul 16, 2020
With around four out of 10 homes nationwide left uncounted, Census Bureau workers are set to start making early in-person visits on July 30 to unresponsive households in more areas of the U.S.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
The Census Bureau says it will continue its relaunch of limited field operations for the 2020 census next week in some rural communities in nine states.
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More Census Workers To Return To Rural Areas In 9 States To Leave Forms

May 08, 2020
The Census Bureau says it plans to continue its relaunch of limited 2020 census operations on May 13, when the next round of workers is set to resume hand-delivering paper forms in rural communities.
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Court: Electoral College Members Not Bound By Popular Vote

Aug 22, 2019
DENVER (AP) — A U.S. appeals court in Denver said Electoral College members can vote for the presidential candidate of their choice and aren't bound by the popular vote in their states.
 
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President Trump is joined by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (left) and Attorney General William Barr during a July event at the White House announcing that his administration is relying on federal agency records to produce citizenship data.
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Do Trump Officials Plan To Break Centuries Of Precedent In Divvying Up Congress?

Aug 14, 2019
Recent remarks raise concerns the Trump administration won't follow more than 200 years of precedent in dividing up seats in Congress based on population counts that include unauthorized immigrants.
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Politics
People gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court last month as decisions are handed down, including on the census.
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Cities And Immigrants Drove Census Controversy — 100 Years Ago

Jul 09, 2019
A century ago, debate over immigration and urban-rural power stalled congressional action on the results of the census. The tensions that mattered then still persist a century later.
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Gun Control, Criminal Justice Reform Among Latest Legislative Decisions

May 31, 2019

The 80th session of the Nevada Legislature is set to close on Monday, which means a crush of bills is still working its 

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Nevada Governor Vetoes National Popular Vote Compact

May 30, 2019
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada will not join other U.S. states that have pledged their Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote.
 
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