Election fact check: Trump, allies push allegations of 'cheating' in Pennsylvania

Election officials in Pennsylvania have pushed back on allegations of voter fraud or misconduct made by former President Trump and his allies.

Trump and his allies ramp up election fraud allegations in Pennsylvania

Donald Trump and his allies are seizing on routine election processes as signs of fraud in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania.

Politics - NBC News - October 30

Election fact check: Trump, Harris on transgender issues

What we know about the issues and how former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris expect to legislate transgender policies.

Fox News offers fact-check of Trump's 2020 election claims

Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner offered a fact-check of former President Trump's false claims that Democrats "stole" the 2020 election from him after the network finished airing his remarks from ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

Fact checking Election Day 2024 claims

Throughout Election Day, the CBS News' Confirmed and investigative unit will be fact checking reports around the 2024 election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

Election fact check: County officials can't refuse to certify election results

Local officials are legally required to certify election results -- but the process has become politicized since Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results.

Trump and Harris make final push to break US election deadlock

Presidential candidates descend on Pennsylvania as polls in most crucial swing state show a dead heat

Business - Financial Times - November 5

Election fact check: Noncitizens can't vote, and instances are 'vanishingly rare'

Despite Donald Trump spreading allegations of widespread voting by noncitizens, audits of state voter rolls have uncovered very few instances of noncitizen voting.

Crowdsourced Fact Checks on X Can’t Stop Election Misinformation

Elon Musk and many other users on the social platform have spread and reposted numerous falsehoods related to the Nov. 5 vote, even when the content violates X’s guidelines.

Business - Inc. - October 31

Election fact check: Minor voting glitches do not indicate widespread fraud

When Americans vote Tuesday, some may encounter small issues like equipment malfunctions -- but experts stress that minor glitches don't indicate widespread voter fraud.

Fact-Checking Harris’s Closing Argument

The vice president has stuck largely to the facts when highlighting the words of her rival, former President Donald J. Trump, but has on occasion omitted context or erred when describing policies ...

Top stories - The New York Times - October 30

Trump touts health role for RFK Jr after former candidate promises to ‘remove fluoride’ from water – live updates

Kamala Harris targets youth vote in Michigan while Donald Trump heads to Georgia as US presidential election nears final hours. We have already covered the presidential nominees’ schedules but what ...

World - The Guardian - November 4

US election live updates: Harris and Trump hold duelling Pittsburgh rallies in final hours of campaigning

Harris says ‘momentum is on our side’ at Pennsylvania rally while Trump celebrates endorsement from podcaster Joe Rogan. Trump and Harris visit key states in final day of campaigning Don’t miss ...

World - The Guardian - November 5

Musk's election falsehoods travel hundreds of times further on X than fact-checks from officials

As Elon Musk continues to aggressively share conspiracy theories and misinformation about elections on X, election officials are fighting back.

Report says crowd-sourced fact checks on X fail to address flood of US election misinformation

X’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn’t addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon Musk’s social media platform

Tech - ABC News - October 30

Election fact check: How voting machines work and why they're hard to hack

While election officials use technology for voter registration, tallying and in some cases vote-casting, the system is largely centered around paper ballots.

Philadelphia officials push back at Trump allegations

Philadelphia officials in both parties on Tuesday pushed back against former President Trump’s baseless claims of “cheating” in the city’s elections. The former president on Truth Social claimed ...

Politics - The Hill - November 5

Election security updates: CISA says election saw only 'minor' disruptive activities

Follow the latest election-related security issues and legal challenges.

Israeli Right, Pushing to Annex West Bank, Sees Allies in Trump’s Picks

Arab Americans and liberal Jewish voters, however, have ample reason to fear the naming of pro-settlement, pro-Netanyahu officials to top foreign policy posts in the new administration.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 14

Trump's claim of 'massive cheating' in Philadelphia rejected by officials

BBC Verify investigates claims spreading online questioning the integrity of the US election.

Fact-checking RFK Jr's views on health policy

Robert F Kennedy Jr has been nominated to be the next US health secretary, but some of his views are not backed by science.

Election Day 2024 live updates: Trump declares victory, claims 'powerful mandate'

Vice President Harris and former President Trump are awaiting the results of the presidential election, with the race remaining deadlocked and many pundits considering it a jump ball.

Politics - The Hill - November 6

U.S. allies and adversaries react to Trump's election victory

U.S. allies and adversaries are reacting to President-elect Donald Trump's incoming return to power. That includes the head of NATO, who congratulated Trump on his victory despite his past ...

Trump repeated election lies in his interview with Joe Rogan. Here are the facts

Donald Trump used a lengthy interview with podcaster Joe Rogan to dig in on his false claims about voting, election fraud and his loss in the 2020 presidential election

Trump campaign sues Pennsylvania county over alleged 'voter suppression'

The Trump campaign has filed a lawsuit against Bucks County, Pa., for allegedly "turning away" voters. NBC News' Dasha Burns has details on the lawsuit and other claims made by the former president.

Trump highlights Biden's "garbage" comment, alleges fraud with Pennsylvania ballots

Former President Donald Trump climbed aboard a garbage truck in Green Bay, Wisconsin, highlighting a recent remark by President Biden in which he called Trump supporters "garbage," which the ...

Trump repeats false claims of "rampant cheating" in 2020 election

Former President Donald Trump made new threats Friday to hold people accountable for what he calls "rampant cheating" in the 2020 election. There is no evidence of widespread fraud during 2020, but ...

Hasan Minhaj addresses fact-checking controversy in new Netflix special

In his new Netflix special, Hasan Minhaj touched on the fact-checked jokes scandal that led to him losing his job as the new host of the “The Daily Show.”

Fact-checking Claims of Voting Machines Intentionally ‘Flipping’ Votes

Voters sometimes make mistakes when they use digital voting machines. But the issues are quickly remedied.

Business - The New York Times - November 4

Fact Checking RFK Jr.’s Claims About Food and Nutrition

We fact checked five of his most repeated claims.

Top stories - The New York Times - 6 days ago

Trump Allies Push Him to Block Thune From Becoming Senate G.O.P. Leader

Advisers to the president-elect, who already has a strong hold on congressional Republicans, want him to tighten his grip by torpedoing the bid of the establishment front-runner for the post.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 12

Harris and some Trump allies anticipate he'll declare a premature election win

Kamala Harris, her campaign team and some of Donald Trump’s own allies say they expect Trump to quickly declare victory on election night — even if the outcome is not yet settled in key swing states.

How could Trump allies challenge the US election result?

Former president refused to concede defeat in 2020 and there are signs he could do it again

World - Financial Times - October 30

Crypto Industry Lobbies Trump and His Allies After Election Wins

As Bitcoin soars to record highs, cryptocurrency executives are maneuvering to influence Donald J. Trump’s transition and secure their policy goals.

Business - The New York Times - November 13

John Thune elected Senate majority leader in rebuke to Trump allies

Elon Musk was among those pushing for Florida senator Rick Scott to get top job

Business - Financial Times - November 14

Trump allies remain in legal peril despite his election victory

President-elect Trump’s White House victory set his legal cases on a downward spiral, but his allies who have faced prosecution or other legal trouble are not yet in the clear. Dozens of Trump ...

Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago

'Push Russia harder,' Zelensky urges allies in speech

'The Russian military will be punished,' Ukraine's foreign ministry says as it marks the milestone.

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