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President-elect Joe Biden's legal team on Monday praised help from unions and nonprofits in their efforts to ensure a secure 2020 presidential election, which led to a Biden-Harris victory.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is urging incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y....

This article is part of a year-long reporting project focused on redistricting and gerrymandering in Pennsylvania. It's made possible by the support of Spotlight PA members, including TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and Votebeat, a project focused on election integrity and voting access. HARRISBURG — With partisanship in the Pennsylvania legislature at peak

Last month Lankford signed onto a letter from Senator Ted Cruz pledging to vote against the Electoral College results.

The Biden-Harris administration should have staff in the White House who are specifically focused on strengthening American democracy.

Grassroots groups who worked to overcome severe voting barriers were an example of how democracy can work

West Virginia's centrist Democrat senator may be our nation's only hope for fending off full-frontal socialism.

Impeachment and removal is the first and best option. But if Republicans prevent its completion, don't let Trump off the hook.

A daring call to inaction: Democrats face death by reapportionment — but there's a hidden escape hatch. Take it!

The whiplash from the Georgia elections to the storming of the Capitol mirrored a familiar pattern in U.S. history of Black advancement followed by white backlash.

The Georgia Senate wins put Democrats in charge of agenda in Washington, and while progressives are determined to use that to their advantage, their influence will have limits.

Stacey Abrams has become a key figure in the Democratic Party and one of its most effective strategists. After narrowly losing the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race, she doubled her efforts to protect the voting rights of minorities and is widely credited with delivering Georgia to the Democrats in ...

The invasion of the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday was shocking in many respects, as was...

President-elect Joe Biden has greater leeway to pass bold climate change legislation after Democrats clinched control of the U.S. Senate.

President-elect Joe Biden campaigned on having a diverse Cabinet and his latest selections prove his commitment to that vow. Biden nominated civil rights...

President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday formally announced he will nominate Judge Merrick Garland as his attorney general, as well as other key nominations to the Justice Department.

The Warnock-Ossoff win shows us how to achieve a different vision of American democracy, says historian Peniel Joseph - one that harnesses the power of political and cultural transformation to demonstrate that history isn't destiny.

Black Georgia voters showed up in droves for the state's pair of US Senate runoffs and voting rights groups say the high turnout plus aggressive organizing efforts helped solidify a historic win.

Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday said the late Rep. John Lewis is "smiling" down on Georgia after the historic election of the Rev. Raphael Warnock, who will become the state's first Black senator.

"When we say good morning, it really is one today," Pelosi says.