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(Illustration: Monica Duwel, Washington University) Election Day turned into Election Week, then two months of corrosion, court cases, controversy and, ultimately, tragedy in the citadel of U.S. democracy. America continues to suffer – from the pandemic, from economic fallout and mass unemployment, from social and political fissures. Amid this backdrop, change arrives in two of the three branches of the U.S. government: President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as well as a new cabinet assumes control upon the Jan. 20 inauguration, and a retooled Congress, with both the House of ...

At 20, Wikipedia has become a refuge from Big Tech's misinformation CNET 1/15/2021 © Provided by CNET Wikipedia celebrates its 20th anniversary. Getty Images As Election Day turned into Election Week in the US, Facebook , Twitter and YouTube found themselves trying to avert disaster. President Donald Trump had declared victory and baselessly alleged election fraud, even though battleground states continued to count mail-in ballots. The president's supporters ricocheted his bogus claims across social media.  On Wikipedia, however, the 2020 US Presidential Election page was locked like ...

Shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the locked King Street entrance to the Capitol, chanting “Break down the door!” and “General strike!” Moments later, police ceded control of the State Street doors and allowed the crowd to surge inside, joining thousands who had already gathered in the Capitol to protest the votes. The area outside the Assembly, which is scheduled to take the bill up at 11 a.m. today, was crowded with protesters who chanted, “We’re not leaving. Not this time.” … Department of Administration spokesman Tim Donovan said altho...

Hope for Democrats in Very Close Race: Georgia Election Updates Intelligencer 1/6/2021 Intelligencer Staff © Getty Images Supporters watch election results during a runoff election night party at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Buckhead on Tuesday night in Atlanta, Georgia. Getty Images The polls have now closed in the runoff elections in Georgia that will decide the control of the Senate, with Republicans hoping that high levels of in-person voting will be enough to hold off the Democratic early-ballot advantage. Either way, don’t count on going to bed knowing who won the races b...

Georgia secretary of state concludes audit of ballot signatures Russ Bynum/AP SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks with a reporter at a conference of local election officials in Savannah, Georgia, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. (Photo by Russ Bynum) and last updated 2020-12-29 19:54:12-05 Amid steep criticism from President Donald Trump and his allies, Georgia’s Republican secretary of state ordered an audit of 10% of mail-in ballots in Cobb County. The results found that election officials only made a mistake on .01% of signature adjudications. Acco...