How votes are counted in Pennsylvania: Changing numbers are a sign of transparency, not fraud, during an ongoing process

Has Donald Trump had his Joe McCarthy moment?

The moment Lester Holt of NBC News cut into a statement from President Donald Trump. NBC News via YouTube When CBS, NBC and ABC cut away...

Delinquent electric bills from the pandemic are coming due – who will pay them?

The shutdowns and restrictions that governments have imposed to limit the spread of COVID-19 have made it hard for many households to afford basic needs. Thousands...

This bitter election is damaging US global standing – and the international liberal order

Whatever the final result, the fraught 2020 American presidential election crystallises the crises of both US power and the post-1945 liberal order. America may not be...

How did Donald Trump do so well at the polls?

It didn’t take long after polls began to close in the United States on Nov. 3rd for hopes of a Blue Wave to crash against reality....

VA Joins Pentagon in Recruiting Volunteers for COVID Vaccine Trials

The Department of Veterans Affairs is recruiting 8,000 volunteers for the Phase 3 clinical trials of at least four COVID-19 vaccine candidates at 20 federal medical...

5 types of misinformation to watch out for while ballots are being counted – and after

With no clear winner yet in the presidential election, there’s an opportunity for partisan activists, conspiracy theorists and others to exploit public uncertainty and anxiety to...

How to read U.S. election maps as votes are being counted

  Where were the best electoral maps to be found during the 2020 U.S. presidential election? (Clay Banks/Unsplash) As the world awaited a winner in the...

To stay or cut away? As Trump makes baseless claims, TV networks are faced with a serious dilemma

Congress could select the president in a disputed election

President Donald Trump’s campaign is challenging results of battleground states with lawsuits, hoping to litigate its way to a win in the 2020 election. But the...