Politics Putin Congratulates Biden On His Victory Over Trump The Russian leader contacted U.S. President-elect Joe Biden after the Electoral College affirmed his victory. Putin is one of the last major world leaders to do so. Bill Chappell
Politics Democracy Held With Biden's Win, But Trump Is Keeping America Divided As Ever The Electoral College reaffirmed that Joe Biden is president-elect, but the current president continues not to accept it, threatening to undermine Biden's legitimacy. Domenico Montanaro
Politics Who Are Electors And How Do They Get Picked? Electors are picked by state parties, and in most states they are bound to follow the popular vote and made to sign pledges or be threatened with fines and even criminal action. Domenico Montanaro
National 'Anomalies' Found In Census Could Thwart Trump's Bid To Alter Electoral College The Census Bureau has found routine irregularities in the 2020 census that require more quality checks, throwing into question whether Trump can receive a key set of numbers before his term ends. Hansi Lo Wang
Politics As Presidency Hinges On A Handful Of States, Some Have Made A Popular Vote Pact What would a national popular vote mean? Instead of watching days of livestreams of swing state poll workers, the result would have been settled on Tuesday night. Laurel Wamsley
Politics 'Contentious' Scenarios Arise For Ballot And Presidency If Trump's Health Declines It would be "very difficult" to pull President Trump's name from the November ballot, says John Fortier, who led the Continuity of Government Commission. But that's just one hypothetical. Bill Chappell
Politics Supreme Court Rules State 'Faithless Elector' Laws Constitutional The decision could directly affect the election, which will take place in November amid a pandemic and a partial economic collapse. Nina Totenberg
National More Census Workers To Return To Rural Areas In 9 States To Leave Forms The Census Bureau says it plans to continue its relaunch of limited 2020 census operations on May 13, when the next round of workers is set to resume hand-delivering paper forms in rural communities. Hansi Lo Wang
Politics Cities And Immigrants Drove Census Controversy — 100 Years Ago A century ago, debate over immigration and urban-rural power stalled congressional action on the results of the census. The tensions that mattered then still persist a century later. Ron Elving
Politics Nevada Poised To Become 15th State To Ditch Electoral College The state senate voted along party lines to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would give the state's six electoral votes to the winner of the presidential popular vote. Matthew S. Schwartz
