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![Attorney General William Barr Resigns](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/Barr-Trump-400x300.jpg)
William Barr Resigns as Attorney General on Heels of Electoral College Vote
Barr leaves his post after angering Trump for not backing his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud more strongly.
![White House Advisor Stephen Miller does a television interview outside of the White House on July 15, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1214-stephen-miller-400x300.jpg)
Stephen Miller: Trump Can Still Win With “Alternate” Electoral College Electors
Neither the U.S. Constitution, nor federal or state laws, back up Miller's claims about “alternate” electors.
![Voters line up for the first day of early voting outside of the High Museum polling station on December 14, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1214-georgia-voting-400x300.jpg)
More Than 1 Million Voters in Georgia Request Absentee Ballots for Runoff Races
Around 200,000 of the 1.2 million ballots requested so far have already been mailed back in.
![A group tied to the Boogaloo Bois holds a rally as they carry firearms at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan, on October 17, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1214-michigan-pr-400x300.jpg)
MI Capitol Closes Due to Threats of Violence Before Electoral College Vote
The 16 electors set to take part in the vote will receive an armed police escort to the capitol building.
![Proud Boys march in support of President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., December 12, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1230097594-400x300.jpg)
Four People Stabbed After Pro-Trump Rally Attended by Far Right Groups in DC
Michael Flynn, Alex Jones and the Proud Boys were among the participants in Saturday's rally in Washington, D.C.
![A handful of Trump supporters carry flags in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on December 11, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1230069777-400x300.jpg)
SCOTUS Throws Out Texas Lawsuit Seeking to Flip Election Results for Trump
The court rejected a case from the GOP Texas Attorney General to stop four states from voting in the Electoral College.
![Donald Trump looks on during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to wrestler Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1229999067-400x300.jpg)
No, Trump Isn’t Following Stacey Abrams’s “Playbook” in His Refusal to Concede
Contrary to the claims of Georgia’s secretary of state, Trump follows his own playbook, which he began writing in 2016.
![Sen. John Kennedy and Sen. Ted Cruz share an elbow bump greeting at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on November 17, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1211-ted-cruz-400x300.jpg)
Cruz Aims to Use Trump’s False Claims of Fraud to Block Biden’s Appointments
There is no evidence of fraud or malfeasance of any kind having affected the 2020 presidential race.
![Women wearing face masks carry a Saharan flag and a placard that says Free Sahara during a demonstration to demand the end of Morocco's occupation in Western Sahara on November 21, 2020, in Granada.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/2020-1211-morocco-western-sahara-400x300.jpg)
Trump Recognized Morocco’s Illegal Occupation to Boost the Israeli Occupation
Trump’s affirmation of Morocco’s annexation of Western Sahara was a reward for Morocco’s formal recognition of Israel.
![Inmates from El Paso County detention facility load bodies wrapped in plastic into a refrigerated temporary morgue trailer in a parking lot of the El Paso County Medical Examiner's office on November 16, 2020, in El Paso, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1211-covid-morgue-400x300.jpg)
US COVID Deaths Top American World War II Casualties
Although vaccines are moving toward approval for distribution, this winter will see many more deaths, experts warn.