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South Carolina officials eye single drug for execution plan

Nov 23, 2020 9:52 PM EST

Associated Press,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The state of South Carolina says it could execute a man scheduled to die next week with a lethal dose of just one drug if officials cannot get ahold of all three drugs the procedure calls for. Richard Moore (SCDC) Attorneys for inmate Richard Bernard Moore say they will continue to mount legal challenges ahead of…

AP: Michigan certifies Biden win; a setback for Trump challenge

Nov 23, 2020 5:38 PM EST

Associated Press,

Michigan election officials have certified Democrat Joe Biden’s 154,000-vote victory in the state.

AP: Biden builds out national security picks with Blinken, Kerry

Nov 23, 2020 1:21 PM EST

Associated Press,

President-elect Joe Biden is building out his administration with several key picks for national security and foreign policy roles.

3 more federal executions scheduled during lame-duck period, including two days before Biden sworn in

Nov 20, 2020 9:18 PM EST

Associated Press,

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department has scheduled three more federal executions during the lame-duck period before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, including two just days before his inauguration. The announcement comes a day after the federal Bureau of Prisons carried out the eight federal execution this year after a 17-year hiatus, and it is likely to increase pressure on…

Biden turns 78, will be oldest U.S. president

Nov 20, 2020 9:14 PM EST

Associated Press,

WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Joe Biden turned 78 Friday, and he’ll soon take the reins of a politically fractured nation facing the worst public health crisis in a century, high unemployment and a reckoning on racial injustice. As Biden wrestles with those issues, he will be attempting to accomplish another feat: demonstrating to Americans that age is but a number….

AP: Joe Biden wins Georgia, flipping the state for Democrats

Nov 19, 2020 10:33 PM EST

Associated Press,

ATLANTA (AP) – A hand tally of the ballots cast in the presidential race has been completed. The results released Thursday by the secretary of state’s office affirm Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow lead over Republican President Donald Trump. The hand recount of about 5 million votes stemmed from an audit required by a new state law and wasn’t in response…

U.S. Sen. Grassley, 87, says he tested positive for coronavirus

Nov 17, 2020 8:20 PM EST

Associated Press,

In this Oct. 12, 2020 file photo, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, listens during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator, says he is quarantining after being exposed to the coronavirus. Grassley is 87. He did not say how he was exposed. (Kevin…

President Trump has fired the federal election security director who vouched for 2020 election

Nov 17, 2020 8:00 PM EST

Associated Press,

FILE – In this May 22, 2019 file photo, Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. “I have confidence that your vote is secure, that state and local election officials across this country are working day in and day out, 24/7, that the 2020 election is as secure as…

SC Democrats call for an investigation into Sen. Lindsey Graham’s discussions with Georgia’s Secretary of State

Georgia's Secretary of State thought that Graham suggested throwing out legal ballots in the Georgia recount

Nov 17, 2020 6:12 PM EST

Tim Scott,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — The South Carolina Democratic Party (SCDP) is calling for an ethical investigation into Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)’s conversations with elections officials in Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada. This comes after Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R-GA) told CNN and the Washington Post Graham called him with the implication to get rid of several legal ballots. Raffensperger…

Georgia official says Sen. Graham asked him about tossing ballots

By Kate Brumback

Nov 17, 2020 8:41 AM EST

Associated Press,

GA Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger: U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham asked him whether he had the power to reject certain absentee ballots.

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South Carolina officials eye single drug for execution plan

AP: Michigan certifies Biden win; a setback for Trump challenge

AP: Biden builds out national security picks with Blinken, Kerry

3 more federal executions scheduled during lame-duck period, including two days before Biden sworn in

Biden turns 78, will be oldest U.S. president

AP: Joe Biden wins Georgia, flipping the state for Democrats

U.S. Sen. Grassley, 87, says he tested positive for coronavirus

President Trump has fired the federal election security director who vouched for 2020 election

SC Democrats call for an investigation into Sen. Lindsey Graham’s discussions with Georgia’s Secretary of State

Georgia's Secretary of State thought that Graham suggested throwing out legal ballots in the Georgia recount

Georgia official says Sen. Graham asked him about tossing ballots

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