The Trump White House’s decision to block routine actions that would facilitate a transition to a Biden administration has added a new layer of turmoil to an already turbulent time. But this is the Trump era, when many norms of governance have already fallen by the wayside.Attorney General William Barr has also authorised the Justice
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Donald Trump has sacked US defence secretary Mark Esper and replaced him with National Counterterrorism Centre director Christopher Miller. The current President took to Twitter to announce: “Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service”. Trump is expected to leave office on January 20 next year following his defeat
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US President Donald Trump has issued a statement on Saturda after media outlets projected former Vice President Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Trump made the rejection known in a statement shortly after the media projected the victory of Biden, a former Vice-President. According to Trump, the election was deeply flawed,
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden maintains his lead over Donald Trump after the gains in battleground states of Georgia and Pennsylvania, Trump has warned Biden against “wrongfully” claiming the presidency. Trump, who has consistently threatened legal proceedings since Tuesday, made this known via Twitter Friday. He wrote, “Joe Biden should not wrongfully claim the office
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The Trump campaign said it filed lawsuits Wednesday in Pennsylvania and Michigan, laying the groundwork for contesting the outcome in undecided battleground states. Suits in both states are demanding better access for campaign observers to locations where ballots are being processed and counted, the campaign said. The campaign also is seeking to intervene in a
Read moreDonald Trump has declared the US election a “major fraud” and says he will ask the Supreme Court to stop any more votes being counted. President of the United States of America, Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed he had won the US election as millions of votes remained uncounted. Alleging fraud, he announced that he
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Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden is leading in both electoral and popular votes as votes are being counted across the U.S. in the 2020 elections held Tuesday, November 3, 2020. As at 5:30 a.m. Nigerian Time on Wednesday, Biden had won 209 electoral votes and 55,618,102 popular votes while incumbent President Donald Trump of the
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As United States of America begins election today, persons close to President Donald Trump, Tuesday stormed his office, and prayed for his victory in the ongoing election.
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The Manhattan district attorney can now obtain US President Donald Trump’s personal and corporate tax returns, a federal appeals court has ruled, dealing a blow to the president whose tax returns has been hidden from the public since he entered politics. The unanimous ruling made on Wednesday October 7, by a three-judge panel in New
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United States President Donald Trump on Monday evening returned to the White House from hospital, three days after he was diagnosed with the COVID-19. Wearing a black mask and surrounded by Secret Service operatives, Trump walked out of the Walter Reed Military Medical Centre in Bethesda, Maryland, at 6:38 p.m. (11:38 p.m. Nigerian time). Against
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US President Donald Trump, who is ill with the novel coronavirus and being treated at a military hospital, is seeing his condition improve, his physician said on Saturday. The president no longer has a fever and is not currently on oxygen to help him breathe, said Sean Conley, the physician to the president, addressing reporters
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US President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday night clashed in the first presidential debate described by commentators as chaotic and messy. The 90-minute encounter was characterised by frequent interruptions, mostly from Trump, and insults, with Biden calling the President a clown. Fox News anchor and moderator of the night, Chris
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US President Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that China must be held accountable by the world for its actions over the Covid – 19 pandemic .In a recorded message played to the annual meeting of the UN, Trump accused Beijing of allowing the coronavirus to “leave China and infect the world
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The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has contradicted Robert Redfield, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over the timing of any Covid-19 vaccine. While Redfield told a US Senate committee a vaccine was unlikely to be ready until mid to late 2021, Trump said it
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The administration of President Donald Trump of the United States of America has cancelled visas for more than 1,000 Chinese nationals under a May 29 presidential proclamation to suspend entry from China of students and researchers deemed as security risks. This was confirmed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the US Department of State
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