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2020 U.S. presidential election outcome

The outcome of the 2020 US presidential election, where Joseph R. Biden Jr. defeated Donald J. Trump.

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Jan 17, 2026
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did trump winn the 2020 presidential election?

Donald J. Trump did not win the 2020 U.S. presidential election; Joseph R. Biden Jr. was the certified winner, receiving 306 Electoral College votes to Trump’s 232 and winning the national popular vot...

Jan 17, 2026
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What donations did Alexander Soros make in 2024 and which candidates benefited?

Federal filings and reporting show sizable Soros-linked giving in the 2024 cycle, including millions routed through Soros Fund Management and Soros-affiliated super PACs, while news reports and candid...

Jan 6, 2026
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Presidential Walk of Fame plaques. Full text

The White House "Presidential Walk of Fame" is a newly refashioned colonnade exhibit where President Donald Trump installed bronze plaques beneath portraits of every U.S. president; many of those plaq...

Jan 19, 2026

Did Trump actually win the 2020 election?

The certified outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election shows Joseph R. Biden Jr. defeated incumbent Donald J. Trump, winning 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232 and a nationwide popular-vote plur...

Jan 18, 2026

What happened on January 6th 2021

On January 6, 2021, supporters of President Donald J. Trump who had gathered in Washington, D.C., after a rally marched to and violently breached the U.S. Capitol in an effort to disrupt a joint sessi...

Jan 14, 2026

How have mainstream fact-checkers evaluated claims that Biden’s daughters accused him of sexual abuse?

Mainstream fact-checkers treated accusations that “Biden’s daughters accused him of sexual abuse” as two distinct threads — the long-standing Tara Reade allegation about Joe Biden and later claims tie...

Jan 16, 2026

What were the official nationwide certified popular vote totals for Joe Biden and Donald Trump in November 2024?

The November 2024 certified nationwide popular vote showed Republican nominee Donald J. Trump receiving roughly 77.27 million votes and Democratic nominee Kamala D. Harris receiving roughly 74.98 mill...

Jan 14, 2026

who won the 2020 presidential election

Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election, receiving 306 electoral votes to Donald Trump’s 232 and carrying 51.3% of the national popular vote to Trump’s 46.8% . The result was projec...

Jan 7, 2026

How does the 2024 popular vote compare to previous elections in turnout and margins?

The 2024 popular vote was narrowly won by Donald Trump, who received roughly 77 million votes (about 49.9%) to Kamala Harris’s roughly 75 million (about 48.4%), a margin of roughly 1.5 percentage poin...