Pennsylvania governor vetoes bill to reopen state’s restaurants at full capacity

Democrats in Pennsylvania on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to hold off any action on a petition from Republicans in the state, arguing that the tribunal should strike down a three-day deadline extension for Pennsylvania mail ballots sent by Election Day to be received by elections boards.  The filing by the state Democratic Party on Thursday was in response to a motion by the Trump campaign to join the state GOP in its effort to overturn the deadline extension, which was implemented by the

With the presidential election still undecided, President Trump’s campaign has launched a flurry of lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada and Georgia.The suits raise a range of claims.These include the exclusion of observers from vote-counting rooms, voting by non-residents, and even the counting of votes listed as being cast by people who have died. But the case that could decide it all started weeks ago, and is currently waiting at the U.S.

A top Pennsylvania Republican state senator called Thursday for the resignation of Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar, accusing her of failing to ensure an orderly presidential election in the Keystone State.

Police in Philadelphia have reportedly thwarted a potential plot to attack the Pennsylvania Convention Center where ballots are still being counted in the too-close-to-call 2020 presidential election. News cameras from Philadelphia’s WPVI-TV were at the scene when police took a man into custody nearby.

Allegheny County, Pa., officials on Wednesday clarified that officials were not "taking today off" counting mail-in ballots as voters await election results from the battleground state. New York Times journalist Trip Gabriel on Wednesday tweeted that the county "elections staff is taking today off for 'administrative work' and will not resume count until Friday," citing a quote from Allegheny County councilmember Bethany Hallam and an email from the county.

President Trump's lead over Joe Biden in Pennsylvania was shrinking Thursday, as state election workers continued to count mail-in ballots. As of Thursday afternoon, Trump was leading by more than 102,000 votes, with 50.2% of the vote so far, compared to Biden’s 48.6%.That lead was down from more than 164,000 votes earlier in the day Thursday, 326,000 on Wednesday afternoon and more than 600,000 early Wednesday.

Pennsylvania health officials reported grim news on Thursday as the state saw its highest daily jump in coronavirus cases to date. The 2,900 new cases bring the state total to 220,566, officials announced.There were 47 more deaths for a total of 8,937 lives lost in the state to COVID-19.The news comes as the U.S.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are doing their part to help while Pennsylvania continues to count mail-in ballots as the race to 270 inches forward.  While not present, several Steelers players provided dinner to election staffers at the Allegheny County warehouse Wednesday night as they processed thousands of mail-in and absentee ballots, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.  It was not known which players participated, but linebacker Vince Williams acknowledged the kind gesture in a tweet. 

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany predicted Wednesday that President Trump will defeat Joe Biden by roughly 40,000 votes in Pennsylvania as the campaign launched a legal battle challenging the handling of ballots in the hotly contested state.

Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar on Wednesday rejected a Wednesday tweet from Eric Trump, the executive vice president of The Trump Organization, in which he claimed his father, President Trump, won Pennsylvania.

Donald Trump‘s campaign is now filing with the Supreme Court to stop the vote count in Pennsylvania.

President Trump will win Pennsylvania despite Democratic state officials' best efforts to "stack the deck," the battleground state's GOP chairman and election law attorney Lawrence Tabas told Fox News.

Police in the battleground state of Pennsylvania were investigating an Election Day arson at a polling place involving a young woman they say tried to set small fires as she waited on line to vote. The Pequea Township Police Department opened the investigation in response to an incident Tuesday afternoon at the West Willow Fire Company polling location in Lancaster County.

Pennsylvania Gov.Tom Wolf, a Democrat, tweeted early Wednesday that a “partisan attack" had been launched on Pennsylvania’s elections. Wolf's tweet came after Trump tweeted that the election is being stolen from him.

President Trump has been criticizing states that have extended deadlines for accepting ballots beyond Election Day, saying that the country should have a result by Tuesday night. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, however, says that his state will make sure that every ballot is counted, regardless of what the president says.