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Week In Politics: Supreme Court Deals Blow To Trump's Attempts To Overturn Election

7:59am December 12, 2020

We wrap up another week with President-elect Joe Biden preparing to take office, while President Trump and his supporters deny Biden's victory, filing questionable legal challenges.

Supreme Court Dismisses Texas Lawsuit Aiming To Overturn Election Results

7:59am December 12, 2020

by Miles Parks

The Supreme Court rejected a Texas lawsuit challenging the election results in fours swing states. It was a long-shot attempt by President Trump's allies to overturn President-elect Biden's victory.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, seen here with President Trump in June in Dallas, sued four states that Joe Biden carried in the general election, claiming their changes to election procedures during the pandemic violated federal law.

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Supreme Court Shuts Door On Texas Suit Seeking To Overturn Election

4:54am December 12, 2020

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued four states that Joe Biden won, claiming their changes to election procedures during the pandemic violated federal law.

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Supreme Court Rejects Texas' Lawsuit Over Election Results

7:45pm December 11, 2020

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit brought by Republican-led states alleging election fraud, ending one of the last legal challenges to the 2020 presidential election.

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Texas Is Asking Supreme Court To Throw Out Election Results From 4 Key Swing States

5:30pm December 11, 2020

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul about a lawsuit brought by 17 Republican attorneys general asking the Supreme Court to to throw out the election results in four battleground states.

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Updates On Georgia's Election Lawsuits

5:01am December 11, 2020

by Stephen Fowler

Trump and his allies have launched dozens of unsuccessful lawsuits seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election, which he lost. One of their most targeted states is Georgia.

New Hampshire House Speaker Dick Hinch speaks on Dec. 2 during an outdoor legislative session at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H. Hinch died of COVID-19 on Dec. 9, just a week after he was sworn in as leader of the state's newly Republican-

Newly Sworn-In GOP N.H. House Speaker Dies Of COVID-19, Autopsy Shows

7:22pm December 10, 2020

New Hampshire Republicans elected Rep. Dick Hinch as speaker of the House after the GOP took control of the chamber in November. Hinch's death, now known to be of COVID-19, was announced Wednesday.

Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani returned home Wednesday evening after treatment for COVID-19.

Giuliani Leaves Hospital After COVID-19 Treatment

7:41am December 10, 2020

by Jaclyn Diaz

Leading up to his hospitalization, the president's personal attorney had been traveling the country on behalf of President Trump's failed legal attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.

President Trump is trying to overturn the results of the election he lost to Joe Biden.

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Trump Asks Supreme Court To Let Him Join Widely Scorned Texas Election Lawsuit

10:18pm December 09, 2020

by Nina Totenberg

The suit, viewed by election experts as a baseless Hail Mary attempt to get the justices to invalidate Joe Biden's victory, has little to no chance of success.

Michigan House Republicans have taken committee assignments away from state Democratic Rep. Cynthia Johnson after she posted what they called a threatening Facebook video. The move came days after she received lynching threats.

Michigan GOP Sidelines Democrat For Her 'Unacceptable' Response To Lynching Threats

8:25pm December 09, 2020

by Rick Pluta

Days after Rep. Cynthia Johnson was harassed for her criticism of Rudy Giuliani, Michigan Republicans removed her from committee posts for sharing what they called a threatening video on Facebook.