The Latest Breaking News from Electoral College

Lack of clarity in how Congress counts presidential electoral votes was highlighted in recent public hearings held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. Lawmakers and witnesses in those hearings also focused on how ambiguities in existing election laws were exploited in…

Venkaiah Naidu’s term is ending on August 10

"Sure doesn’t feel like a ‘nothingburger,’” tweeted former FBI investigator Peter Strzok

Read the full transcript from the June 21 hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

False electors were part of bid to overturn election

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump knew asking Vice President Mike Pence to unilaterally overturn the 2020 presidential election was illegal but pressured him to do it anyway, the House committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, argued at its Thursday hearing, where it also made the case that Trump put Pence’s life…

WASHINGTON — In the days leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, conservative lawyer John Eastman repeatedly pressed then-Vice President Mike Pence to either reject certain states' electoral college votes or delay Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election, leaving seemingly no options for a logical resolution, according to…

Trump lawyer who pressured Pence to reject electors asked for pardon after Jan. 6

Latest hearing in US lawmakers’ probe into Capitol riot focuses on Donald Trump pressure on Pence. Here’s what we know.