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Biden supporters celebrate in Washington on Nov. 7 after news outlets declared him the winner of the presidential election.

The Transition: ‘More people may die’

By Katherine Tully-McManus, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted November 16, 2020 at 5:49pm
The surge of turnover at the Pentagon has added chaos to the uncertainty surrounding the presidential transition.

The Transition: Chaos at Pentagon adds to postelection confusion

By Jason Dick, Evan Campbell, Todd Ruger and John M. Donnelly
Posted November 12, 2020 at 2:34pm
A person demonstrates Saturday next to a caricature sticker of President Donald Trump on Fourteenth Street Northwest in Washington after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election.

The Transition: Congress isn’t putting its own transition on hold

By Jason Dick, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted November 11, 2020 at 4:46pm
Leslie Luna, left, and friends sit near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Saturday while watching Joe Biden and Kamala Harris deliver remarks from Wilmington, Del.

The Transition: The fallout from the election a week ago

By Jim Saksa, Niels Lesniewski, Ellyn Ferguson, Joanne Levine and Thomas McKinless
Posted November 10, 2020 at 5:18pm
Joe Biden delivers remarks on election night as seen on a screen in Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington.

The Transition: The Biden team wastes no time

By Katherine Tully-McManus, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted November 9, 2020 at 5:41pm
Protesters calling for every vote to be counted march Friday from McPherson Square to Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington.

The Transition: The tipping point

By Jason Dick, Evan Campbell and Joanne Levine
Posted November 6, 2020 at 5:10pm
“I Voted” stickers sit on a table Tuesday at Alumni Hall at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

The Transition: Release the Trump campaign lawsuits!

By Jason Dick, Evan Campbell and Todd Ruger
Posted November 5, 2020 at 5:11pm
An activist stands at the Columbus Fountain in front of Union Station in Washington on Wednesday, as people gathered to protest President Donald Trump’s premature declaration of victory.

The 2020 election is a postmodern novel: no ending, unreliable narrators

By Jason Dick
Posted November 4, 2020 at 5:15pm
What could go wrong with Election Day and its aftermath? Plenty. Political Theater outlines the worst-case scenarios.

Just in time for Halloween: Worst-case scenarios for the election

By Jason Dick and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted October 29, 2020 at 9:50am
Iowa is playing host to competitive House races, a tight Senate contest and a close presidential election this year.

Brent Roske, ‘Iowa’s political bartender,’ talks Hawkeye State races

By Jason Dick and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted October 22, 2020 at 3:33pm