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A county election worker scans mail-in ballots Thursday at a tabulating area as an observer watches at the Clark County Election Department in Las Vegas. Election officials in key battleground states pushed back on claims by the Trump campaign that Republican poll watchers were being improperly denied access to observe the counting of ballots, saying Thursday that rules were being followed and they were committed to transparency.

Poll watchers emerge as a flashpoint in battle over ballots

Election officials in key battleground states pushed back on claims by the Trump campaign that Republican poll watchers were being improperly denied access to observe the counting of ballots, saying Thursday that rules were being followed and they were committed to transparency.
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, A Pennsylvania Republican, said “There’s simply no evidence anyone has shown me of any widespread corruption or fraud” to supported Trump’s claim Thursday of fraud in balloting.”

GOP senator: no evidence to support Trump vote-fraud claims

A key Republican senator said Friday he saw no evidence to support President Donald Trump's baseless claim that Democrats are trying to "steal" the election and called the president's words "very disturbing."
Facebook has removed a large group called “Stop the Steal” that supporters of President Donald Trump were using to organize protests, including some members calling for violence, while falsely claiming that Democrats are “stealing” the election from Republicans. Though the group amassed more than 350,000 members before Facebook took it down Thursday, it was just one among others, though smaller, that popped up as vote counting remained underway in several battleground states.

Facebook bans big 'Stop the Steal' group for sowing violence

Facebook on Thursday banned a large group called "Stop the Steal" that supporters of President Donald Trump were using to organize protests against the presidential vote count. Some members had called for violence, while many falsely claimed that Democrats are "stealing" the election from Republicans.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, arrives Tuesday to talk to reporters about Election Day results in races for the House of Representatives.

House Democrats blame losses on polls, message, even Trump

Their majority shrunk, House Democrats cast blame Thursday on their election message, ground game and leadership under Speaker Nancy Pelosi's team after expectations for big wins came crashing down by a stark reversal in Trump country.
A woman votes at the MLB Urban Youth Academy in Kansas City, Missouri. U.S. voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, with a surprising twist. In places where the virus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous support.
Presidential election exposes America's 'perilous' divides
Presidential elections can be revealing moments that convey the wishes of the American people to the next wave of elected officials. So far, the big reveal in the contest between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden is the extent of the cavernous divide between Republican and Democratic America, one that defines the nation, no matter which candidate ultimately wins.
Supporters of President Donald Trump chant and wave flags Tuesday outside the Versailles Cuban restaurant during an election night celebration in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. Trump and his Republican allies made significant inroads with Latino voters in Tuesday’s election, alarming some Democrats who warned that immigration politics alone was not enough to hold their edge with the nation’s largest minority group.
Confounding Democrats, Trump makes inroads with Latinos
President Donald Trump and his Republican allies made significant inroads with Latino voters in Tuesday's election, alarming some Democrats who warned that immigration politics alone was not enough to hold their edge with the nation's largest minority group.
This home on Broadmoor Avenu gave away for free bottled water and cookies for voters going to a polling place Tuesday across the street in the Mt. Lebanon suburb of Pittsburgh.
EXPLAINER: Why AP hasn't called Pennsylvania
The Associated Press has not declared a winner in the battleground state of Pennsylvania because there were hundreds of thousands of votes left to count Thursday in the contest between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.
Republican candidate for Senate Sen. David Perdue speaks Monday during a campaign stop at Peachtree Dekalb Airport in Atlanta. The outcome in several contested states will determine whether Joe Biden defeats President Donald Trump. But if the Democratic challenger wins, the ambitions of a Biden presidency could well come down to Georgia.
Twin Senate runoffs in Georgia could shape Biden presidency
The outcome in several contested states will determine whether Joe Biden defeats President Donald Trump. But if the Democratic challenger wins, the ambitions of a Biden presidency could well come down to Georgia.
An election supervisor answer questions from an election worker Thursday as vote counting in the general election continues at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
EXPLAINER: Why the AP hasn't called Georgia's close race
Thousands of still-uncounted ballots -- many in counties where Democrat Joe Biden was in the lead -- are what's making the Georgia contest between President Donald Trump and Biden too early to call.
In this Dec. 12, 2019 photo provided by Biogen, a scientist works on Alzheimer's disease research in a laboratory at the drugmaker's headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. On Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, a panel of outside experts will meet to advise the Food and Drug Administration on the drug, called aducanumab from Biogen Inc. and Japan's Eisai Co. The drug does not cure or reverse Alzheimer's; the claim is that it modestly slows the rate of decline. (David A. White/Biogen via AP)
FDA panel reviews 1st new Alzheimer's drug in 2 decades
U.S. regulators are deciding whether to approve the first drug that's claimed to slow mental decline from Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia
A National Police officer carries an elderly woman out of an area flooded by water brought by Hurricane Eta in Jerusalen, Honduras, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. The storm that hit Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane on Tuesday had become more of a vast tropical rainstorm, but it was advancing so slowly and dumping so much rain that much of Central America remained on high alert. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)
Eta back to sea as Central America tallies damages and dead
As the remnants of Hurricane Eta moved back over Caribbean waters, governments worked to tally the displaced and dead and recover bodies from landslides and flooding that claimed dozens of lives from Guatemala to Panama
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians light candles and pray for peace during a church service at the Medhane Alem Cathedral in the Bole Medhanealem area of the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Ethiopia's powerful Tigray region asserts that fighter jets have bombed locations around its capital, Mekele, aiming to force the region "into submission," while Ethiopia's army says it has been forced into an "unexpected and aimless war." (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
Ethiopian PM defends military operations in Tigray region
Ethiopia's prime minister is defending military operations against the country's well-armed Tigray region after accusing its government of a deadly attack on a military base this week
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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