2020 United States elections

Trump spy nominee Jay Clayton faces tense hearing after refusing to say Joe Biden won in 2020

Clayton said only that Biden had been "certified" as president, while also insisting, "I am not an election denier."

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Jay Clayton, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The Iranian delegation led by Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Speaker of the Parliament of Iran (center) arrives to meet with the Pakistani delegation led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (not pictured) on June 21, 2026 in Obbuergen, Switzerland.

US officials say attacks halted, Qatar talks to be held this week

Iran said they didn't take part in technical talks slated for Sunday due to recent attacks and unfulfilled conditions of the MoU, while a senior US official told the Post 'nothing has been canceled.'

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER, AMICHAI STEIN, REUTERS
AFGHAN CHILDREN sit on a concrete bench at a hilltop, amid telecom shutdown across the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 30, 2025.

Millions of Afghan children facing severe risks from changing climate, UNICEF says

The UNICEF Children’s Climate Risk Report 2026, released on June 16, found that 41% of Afghanistan’s roughly 21 million children are exposed to multiple climate shocks, including floods and droughts.

|ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
A view of a residential building damaged by a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 23, 2026.

US strikes on Iran may constitute war crimes, international law experts announce

Trump, who has previously offered shifting timelines and objectives for the war, said in a televised speech on Wednesday that the war could escalate if Iran did not give in to Washington's terms.

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Alejandro Mayorkas, the Cuban-Jewish attorney who may head Biden's DHS

Mayorkas' ties with Israel extend beyond his family. In 2016, he spearheaded a deal to automate the sharing of cyber-data between Israel and the US.

NOVEMBER 12, 2020ByIDAN ZONSHINE
Alejandro Mayorkas, US Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security gestures as he speaks during the annual Cyberweek conference at Tel Aviv University, Israel June 20, 2016.

Officials predicted violence due to US election. It hasn’t happened — yet

Security analysts all stress that while violence hasn’t happened yet, it still very well could, especially if leaders continue to sow doubt about the democratic process.

NOVEMBER 12, 2020ByBEN SALES/JTA
A militia group from Ohio protests against the state's extended stay-at-home order to help slow the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) demonstrate at the Capitol building in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. April 20, 2020.

A week after Election Day, Alaska Senate race called against Al Gross

Gross, whose father, Avrum, was once the state’s attorney general, mounted a formidable challenge against Sullivan, who allied himself closely with President Donald Trump.

NOVEMBER 11, 2020ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
Candidates from top left: Rep. Susan Wild, Matt Lieberman, Jon Ossoff, Al Gross, Rep. David Kustoff, Eric Early, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Dean Phillips, Rep. Elaine Luria, Lisa Scheller, Merav Ben-David. (Wikimedia Commons / Campaign images) Background: The U.S. Capitol building at dawn

Pompeo confident of 'second Trump administration'

Pompeo did not make any comments in either set of remarks to suggest he recognized Biden as the president-elect.

NOVEMBER 11, 2020ByREUTERS
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departs a meeting with members of the U.N. Security Council about Iran's alleged non-compliance with a nuclear deal at the United Nations in New York, U.S., August 20, 2020

As Trump challenges Biden victory, Attorney-General Barr OKs fraud probes

Judges have tossed out lawsuits in Michigan and Georgia, and experts say Trump's legal efforts have little chance of changing the election result.

NOVEMBER 10, 2020ByREUTERS
U.S. President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr participate in a presentation ceremony of the Medal of Valor and heroic commendations to civilians and police officers who responded to mass shootingsin Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House

Netanyahu: I stand for Israel, not Republicans or Democrats

Prime minister touts relationships with Democrats days after US election called for Biden.

NOVEMBER 10, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV
Will they work together again? Benjamin Netanyahu and Joe Biden in Jerusalem in 2016.

UK accidentally leaves Trump in background of Biden congratulatory tweet

It appeared to show Trump's name, the words "second term" and "on the future of this" in the background of the tweet congratulating Biden.

NOVEMBER 10, 2020ByREUTERS
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Biden and Israel - How will the new administration treat the Jewish state?

In 2014, then vice president Joe Biden famously told Netanyahu: “Bibi, I don’t agree with a damn thing you have to say, but I love you.”

NOVEMBER 10, 2020ByBENJY SINGER
Then-vice president Joe Biden and his wife Jill pose for a photograph with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara in Jerusalem on March 9, 2016

Is voter fraud really a concern in US elections?

"It is more likely that an individual will be struck by lightning than that he will impersonate another voter at the polls."

NOVEMBER 9, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE
People hold signs as they take part in a rally demanding a fair count of the votes of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 4, 2020.

Jerusalem Municipality offers Donald Trump new employment options

The post was quickly removed from the municipality's Facebook page.

NOVEMBER 8, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE
US President Donald Trump leaves a note at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City May 22, 2017