2020 US presidential elections

US President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu take part in an announcement of Trump's Middle East peace plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 28, 2020. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

July 8, 2021, 4:58 am

Trump reportedly saw Netanyahu’s congratulations to Biden as ‘ultimate betrayal’

New book by Michael Wolff says that even though Israeli leader waited 12 hours to acknowledge Biden’s election win, Trump felt that he ‘owed’ him and had ‘sold out’

By TOI staff

Former US vice president Mike Pence speaks at the annual Hillsborough County NH GOP Lincoln-Reagan Dinner, June 3, 2021, in Manchester, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

June 26, 2021, 3:22 pm

Pence defends certifying US election results in strongest yet rebuttal of Trump

‘There’s almost no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president,’ ex-VP says

By Michael R. Blood and Jill Colvin

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu leads a meeting of right-wing parties in the Knesset on June 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 18, 2021, 6:51 pm

Netanyahu knows he’s no victim of election fraud. So why peddle the claim?

There’s more to the opposition leader’s rejection of the new government’s legitimacy than Trumpian denial. Victimhood, he well knows, has its uses

By Haviv Rettig Gur

Supporters of US President Donald Trump during a rally for evangelical supporters at the King Jesus International Ministry, Jan. 3, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

April 11, 2021, 1:13 am

Trump held steady among believers at the ballot, lost the nonreligious vote

Support for former Republican president declined in 2020 election among atheists, agnostics, and those who identify as religiously unaffiliated

By Ryan Burge

Elliot Resnick, the editor-in-chief of the Jewish Press, among the Capitol rioters on January 6, 2021. (Screen capture: YouTube)

April 8, 2021, 9:24 pm

Editor of Orthodox NY weekly Jewish Press identified as January 6 Capitol rioter

Longtime Trump supporter Elliot Resnick spotted in online video of US Capitol breach; he later wrote about the violent riot without disclosing his participation

By Shira Hanau

A pro-Trump mob gathers inside the Senate chamber in the U.S. Capitol after groups stormed the building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)

April 1, 2021, 5:41 am

Some Capitol riot suspects apologize, as consequences of their actions sink in

For many, ramifications of assault on democratic institutions include potential job losses, financial ruin and possible time behind bars

By JACQUES BILLEAUD and Michael Tarm

In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo, a poll worker talks to a voter before they vote on a paper ballot on Election Day in Atlanta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

March 27, 2021, 6:59 am

US Republican effort to tighten voting rules sparks outcry, racism accusations

GOP limits voting activities in Georgia, including banning giving water to voters in line, after Democratic successes in the state helped greatly by African-American electorate

By Elodie Cuzin

A headline about then US President Donald Trump outside Fox News studios, Nov. 28, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

March 27, 2021, 5:40 am

Voting machine company sues Fox News for $1.6 billion over 2020 election claims

Dominion Voting Systems files defamation lawsuit arguing cable news company falsely claimed it rigged the 2020 election to boost ratings

By Colleen Long

Nevadans wait to vote in-person at Reed High School in Sparks, Nevada, prior to polls closing in the US presidential elections, November 3, 2020. (Scott Sonner/AP)

March 17, 2021, 12:07 pm

US reportedly readying sanctions on Russia next week over election meddling

Iran, China and other countries also expected to be targeted in wake of intelligence report identifying attempts to sway 2020 presidential vote

By TOI staff and AP

Illustrative: Workers scan ballots as the Fulton County presidential recount gets under way, November 25, 2020 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

March 16, 2021, 11:14 pm

US: Iran and Russia targeted 2020 elections, but didn’t compromise result

Government departments say hackers ‘materially impacted’ security of networks, though no evidence found that they manipulated the outcome

By AFP

In this image from video, the Senate begins the third day in the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump in the Senate at the US Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)

February 12, 2021, 12:44 am

Wrapping up arguments, Democrats urge Republicans to end ‘nightmare’ of Trump

Pushing for conviction in impeachment trial, House prosecutors highlight how Capitol invaders followed Trump’s orders, warn ex-president would stoke fresh violence if given chance

By LISA MASCARO, Eric Tucker, MARY CLARE JALONICK and Jill Colvin

House impeachment manager Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., speaks during the second impeachment trial of former US President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, February 10, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)

February 10, 2021, 11:24 pm

Trump was Capitol riot ‘inciter in chief,’ Democrats charge at impeachment trial

In first full day of arguments, House prosecutors claim former president stirred violence with ‘the big lie’ — his relentless effort to sow doubts about the 2020 election results

By LISA MASCARO, Eric Tucker, MARY CLARE JALONICK and Jill Colvin

US President Donald Trump arrives in the early morning hours, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at the White House in Washington, after returning from a rally in Dalton, Georgia (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

February 10, 2021, 9:07 pm

Georgia opens election probe after Trump pressed to ‘find’ votes

Without naming former president, state confirms investigation into ‘attempts to influence’ outcome of last year’s general election

By BEN NADLER and Kate Brumback

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a news conference on on November 11, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP/Brynn Anderson)

February 9, 2021, 5:12 am

Georgia investigating Trump for call pressing officials to ‘find’ votes

Secretary of state’s office confirms probe, but says decision on moving ahead rests with attorney general; complaint accuses Trump of ‘conspiracy to commit election fraud’

By BEN NADLER and Kate Brumback

Senator Patrick Leahy, the president pro tempore of the US Senate, who is presiding over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, swears in members of the Senate for the trial at the US Capitol in Washington, January 26, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)

February 8, 2021, 7:37 pm

On eve of hearings, Trump lawyers slam impeachment trial as ‘political theater’

In brief filed with Senate, legal team representing former US president says Democrats are exploiting trauma of Capitol storming for political gain

By LISA MASCARO and Hope Yen