The United States Congress certifies the election of Joe Biden as President of the United States and Kamala Harris as Vice President. Biden and Harris received 306 electoral votes while Donald Trump and Mike Pence received 232. The winners will be inaugurated on January 20. 2021-01-7
The General Services Administration officially certifies President-elect Joe Biden as the "apparent winner" of the 2020 presidential election, and announces that the formal transition will be allowed to begin. 2020-11-23
President-elect Joe Biden wins Georgia, after the state completed its hand recount, making him the first Democrat to win the state since Bill Clinton in 1992. 2020-11-19
Thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump protest the results of the 2020 United States presidential election in Washington, D.C. 2020-11-14
President Donald Trump's re-election campaign files lawsuits in Nevada, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia, alleging electoral fraud. 2020-11-9
Chinese video-sharing service TikTok sues U.S. President Donald Trump over his executive orders, signed earlier this month, that would effectively ban the app within the United States. The company says the executive orders are part of a "broader campaign of anti-China rhetoric" in the lead up to the upcoming presidential election. 2020-08-24
The National Counterintelligence and Security Center reports that China, Russia, and Iran are working to interfere with the upcoming American presidential election. They specifically claim that Russia is working to undermine former Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden's presidential campaign and boost Trump's, while China and Iran are working to undermine Trump's and boost Biden's. Iran is also trying to "undermine US democratic institutions". 2020-08-7
Former U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke from Texas announces he is running for the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States in the 2020 election. 2019-03-14
Retired U.S. Army major and former West Virginia State Senator Richard Ojeda suspends his campaign for presidency in the 2020 presidential election. 2019-01-25
Hillary Clinton releases the book "What Happened", a memoir about her most recent presidential campaign. Clinton has implied that she may not run again in 2020. 2017-09-12