Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Congress passed the Electoral Count Reform Act in the wake of former President Donald Trump's post-2020 election effort to ...

The mahogany boxes that will hold the electoral votes are on display on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, in December 2024. Trump is facing criticism for his promise of "big surprises" with the leading ...

In an election year, Congress basically shuts down by the beginning of the fall. Given summer recess schedules in both houses, that means the next few weeks offer pretty much the final stretch of real ...

On January 6, 2025, Vice President Kamala Harris will open the electoral votes for president. Imagine if Arizona, Georgia, and Pennsylvania switch their 2020 votes for Joseph Biden to the 2024 ...

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In the coming months, the main legislative change Congress enacted in response to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol faces its first major test — and election experts expect it to pass. Many of ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. More than 150 million Americans cast ballots for president in November, but it’s 538 ...

Though many voters consider the November election over, there are still official proceedings yet to be carried out. On Tuesday, December 17, the Electoral College delegates will meet in their ...

Bipartisan legislation enacted in 2022 makes it much more difficult for lawmakers to object to a state’s votes, and clarifies that the vice president cannot unilaterally overrule them. By Carl Hulse ...

Congressional Democrats on Monday are expected to offer President-elect Donald Trump the unremarkable, perhaps even dull transfer of power he and a band of pro-Trump rioters denied President Joe Biden ...