Fact-checking Trump's claims on poll watchers
Mr. Trump made a series of false claims about the election during a speech at the White House on Thursday.
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Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts.
Melissa graduated from the University of Florida in 2012 with a degree in journalism and is now based in Washington, D.C. She began her journalism career working as a general assignment reporter for the Alexandria Times in Alexandria, Virginia, where she covered an array of issues impacting the local community, including local politics, crime and education.
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Mr. Trump made a series of false claims about the election during a speech at the White House on Thursday.
He said election officials in the state are working to finish their tallies by Thursday if possible.
With votes still being counted Thursday, Joe Biden had an edge over President Trump with 49.3% of the vote compared to the president's 48.7%.
The Trump campaign has filed lawsuits in four key states in an effort to litigate his way to victory.
All eyes are on a handful of battleground states where Biden appears to be making gains against President Trump.
Georgia is among the states that remain a toss-up.
Voters in 32 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico will weigh in on more than 100 ballot initiatives this election.
The polls have started opening.
The Supreme Court handed a temporary victory to Mckesson in the dispute brought by a police officer injured during a 2016 protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
In Miami, Mr. Trump said about Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, "don't tell anybody but let me wait till a little bit after the election."
Gottlieb said there is accelerating spread of the coronavirus in 23 states.
Jeh Johnson, former secretary of Homeland Security, said "it's up to the voters to be informed and look past the disinformation that is out there."
More than 92 million Americans have already voted.
A White House spokesman attacked Fauci after he offered a stark warning for the months ahead as coronavirus infections surge.
Since April, the justices have responded to at least a dozen disputes over efforts to ease voting rules in states from coast-to-coast amid the coronavirus pandemic.