US elections 2020

Election crisis or manufactured chaos? Trump’s dangerous path to voter suppression - opinion

He is using all his power, with the collusion of a spineless Republican-led Congress, to make it more difficult for millions of Americans to cast their votes this fall and into the future.

|ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance point to the stage during Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 15, 2024.
Police officers stand guard as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington

On This Day in 2021: January 6 US Capitol insurrection riots

Conspiracies surrounding the election, spread and promoted by Trump and many right-wing news outlets, led hundreds of people to surround the US Capitol and destroy federal property.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at a press conference following the weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 19, 2025; illustrative.

Chuck Schumer receives emailed bomb threats, confirms everyone is safe

The bomb threats were sent to Schumer's Rochester, Binghamton, and Long Island offices, with "MAGA" in the subject line, and an email address claiming the 2020 election was "rigged."

|ByJAMES GENN
U.S. President Joe Biden attends the first presidential debate hosted by CNN in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 27, 2024.

White House continues to chalk up Biden's bad debate performance to a cold

Biden's campaign has hoped to reassure US voters, a majority of whom say they believe Biden is too old to work in government, that the president was the best choice against his predecessor Trump.

|ByHANNAH SARISOHN

FBI warns of armed protests ahead of Biden inauguration

Trump approves emergency declaration for Washington for Biden inauguration

JANUARY 12, 2021ByREUTERS
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during a speech delivered for the largely virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., August 20, 2020

Pelosi: US House to vote to declare Trump incapable before impeachment

The House is set to vote on Monday or Tuesday on a resolution urging Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution.

JANUARY 11, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington

What to expect when Congress moves to force Trump from office this week

Here's what to expect in the coming days:

JANUARY 11, 2021ByREUTERS
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the first 2020 presidential campaign debate with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020.

Marriott, BlueCross pause donations to lawmakers who undermined election

A handful of Republican senators and over 100 Republican members of congress voted against the certification on Wednesday, when the certification resumed after the riots.

JANUARY 10, 2021ByREUTERS
The ceremonial swearing in of Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in the Old Senate Chambers at the U.S. Capitol, January 3rd, 2019.

US role as democracy's champion battered by assault on Capitol

"Our message to the world has never been that we're perfect. It's that we have a system that is capable of correcting its imperfections," said Democratic Representative said.

JANUARY 8, 2021ByREUTERS
Workers install heavy-duty security fencing around the US Capitol a day after supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol

US Capitol Police: Officer injured in Washington riots dies

The agency also said that several officers were injured and some hospitalized after the unrest Wednesday.

JANUARY 8, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
JANUARY 06: U.S. Capitol police officers point their guns at a door that was vandalized in the House Chamber during a joint session of Congress on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over Presiden

Trump after Biden's victory: 'There will be an orderly transfer of power'

"Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th," Trump said.

JANUARY 7, 2021ByREUTERS
US President Donald Trump gestures while boarding Air Force One as he departs Washington for campaign travel to Iowa at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, October 14, 2020.

Knesset speaker sends letters of 'encouragement' to Pence, Pelosi

"... the fact that you so resolutely resumed the proceedings and saw them through to their conclusion was deeply impressive and moving to all," Speaker Levin wrote.

JANUARY 7, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin speaks at a meeting of the Central Elections Committee, July 7, 2020

World stunned by Trump supporters storming US Capitol in Washington

"What happened in America showed what a failure Western democracy is..." Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said.

JANUARY 7, 2021ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Joint session of Congress to certify Joe Biden as the next U.S. president in the US Capitol in Washington

Mnuchin condemns Capitol violence, looks to transition

Mnuchin spoke during a visit to Israel, where his host, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, also condemned Wednesday's storming of the US Congress.

JANUARY 7, 2021ByREUTERS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin