Georgia Releases Hand Recount Results, Affirming Biden's Lead The full hand recount of the state's 5 million presidential votes resulted in a slight narrowing of Joe Biden's lead over President Trump, but not nearly enough to change the result. Barbara Sprunt
AP Explains Calling Arizona For Biden Early, Before It Got Very Close Fox News and The Associated Press, which NPR relies on, were the earliest to call Arizona for Biden. Other networks didn't follow for days, as Biden's lead shrank dramatically and some doubted the AP. Domenico Montanaro
Trump Lawyers Allege Massive Vote Tampering More than two weeks after the election, President Trump still refuses to concede. And now his legal team is alleging an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory that Democrats stole the election. Pam Fessler
Coronavirus Update: Government Reaction To Latest Surges Across The U.S. The White House coronavirus task force briefed reporters on Thursday for the first time in months as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Americans to avoid travel. Franco Ordoñez
History Suggests Delay In Trump-Biden Transition Could Mean Danger National security experts argue for a smooth transition, which some administrations have accomplished, but any transition between President Trump and President-elect Joe Biden may be rocky. Brian Naylor
12 Million To Lose Jobless Benefits The Day After Christmas Unless Congress Acts If Congress doesn't compromise and pass another relief bill, a new study finds a staggering number of Americans will lose a critical financial lifeline as the pandemic worsens. Chris Arnold
Why Were The Polls Off? Pollsters Have Some Early Theories Along with state polls, national polls may have been significantly further off from the election results than in 2016. Many appear to have missed support for Trump and down-ballot GOP candidates. Danielle Kurtzleben
President-Elect Biden Pressures Trump Administration To Authorize Transition NPR's Noel King talks to Dave Barram, former administrator of the General Services Administration, about the GSA's refusal to officially authorize a transition to the in-coming Biden administration.
As Georgia's Hand Recount Concludes, Vote Count Shows Biden Still Ahead Thousands of workers across the state have counted each ballot to ensure that President-elect Joe Biden did narrowly defeat President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 contest in Georgia. Stephen Fowler
Trump Campaign To File For Partial Recount In Wisconsin The campaign is filing for recounts in Milwaukee and Dane counties. Wisconsin does not have automatic recounts, although a losing candidate can file a sworn petition, along with a filing fee. Barbara Sprunt