Special counsel Jack Smith plans to pursue his two criminal cases against former President Donald Trump through the election and even up until Inauguration Day if Trump wins the presidential race.

Justice Department officials will continue to pursue the federal criminal cases against Donald Trump past Election Day, even if he wins, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi speaks to MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell about the presidential election. "This is not a normal election where you want to win and if you don't, you cooperate and do the best you can for the country and hope to win the next time.

Republicans are seeking 5,000 election observers in Arizona, the Republican National Committee chair said at a Trump campaign event in Casa Grande.

Democrats had some of their best fund-raising days after Mr. Biden’s struggles on the debate stage. The progressive fund-raising platform ActBlue reported $75 million raised on its platform on the final four days of the fund-raising quarter, according to its website.

Some elected Democrats loyal to President Joe Biden raised fresh questions on Tuesday about his 2024 re-election bid, with one calling for him to step aside, a shift after many defended him in the wake of last week's shaky debate performance.

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Presidential historian Allan Lichtman says the media is "complicit in Donald Trump gaslighting his way to the presidency."

A handful of Democrats have started calling for President Biden to step aside as the party’s presidential candidate.

The decision Tuesday came from the First Judicial Department of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court. The ruling found that Giuliani “repeatedly and intentionally made false statements” about the 2020 election — “some of which were perjurious” — to courts, the public and state lawmakers.