The United States President, Donald Trump, on Friday suffered a double setback in his bid to overturn election results after officials in the battleground state of Georgia certified Democratic Party’s candidate, Joe Biden’s win and top Republican legislators in Michigan said they had no information that would warrant reversing the outcome of the vote in
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Trump campaign seeks recount of ballots in Wisconsin
President Donald Trump is to seek a partial recount of votes in the state of Wisconsin, which his rival Joe Biden is projected to win by 20,000 votes. Hours before a Wednesday deadline, the Trump campaign said it wanted a recount in the counties of Milwaukee and Dane, alleging irregularities. Mr Trump has been making
Read moreUS election: Yes Biden won by rigging, “I won” Trump claims
Donald Trump has insisted he is not conceding the US election, despite seemingly acknowledging for the first time that Democrat Joe Biden won. The current President of US declared himself the winner of the presidential election in the country. He made the new claim in a tweet on Monday, hours after he tweeted that his
Read moreDonald Trump will get a successful second term transition —US secretary of state
Trump’s recalcitrance was given an alarming boost today by his secretary of state, Mike Pompeo. Asked if the state department was prepared to engage with the Biden transition team, Pompeo responded: “There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration.” Despite the victory of his opponent, Joe Biden in the November 3 presidential
Read moreUS election crimes investigator, Richard Pilgar steps down
Richard Pilger, director of the Department of Justice’s elections crime branch, stepped down from that position Monday evening following Attorney General William Barr’s controversial policy memo on election-related investigations, Pilgar, who is the director of the election crimes branch of the Department of Justice, resigned from the post on Monday after President Donald Trump‘s attorney
Read moreUS Election: Too early to congratulate Joe Biden – Mexican President, Lopez Obrador insists
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Saturday that it was too soon to congratulate Joe Biden and he would wait for “all legal issues” in the US presidential election to be resolved. “We don’t want to be imprudent. We don’t want to act lightly and we want to respect people’s self-determination and rights,” Lopez
Read moreUS Election: Trump supporters protest, reject Joe Biden’s victory
While the streets of many American cities erupted in joy Saturday at the news of Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election, hardcore Donald Trump supporters refused to accept the result, alleging fraud and conspiracy. In cities including Phoenix, Philadelphia and Atlanta, the outgoing president’s loyalists gathered under the slogan of #StopTheSteal, repeating Trump’s unfounded
Read moreTrump rejects Biden’s victory, heads for court Monday
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,
Read moreJoe Biden elected 46th President of the United States
The Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the just concluded United States elections, Joe Biden has been declared the 46th president of America, denying Donald Trump of the Republican Party a second term after a deeply divisive presidency defined by a once-in-a-century pandemic, economic turmoil and social unrest. Biden won the presidency by clinching Pennsylvania and
Read moreTrump warns Biden not to wrongfully claim office of president or victory
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
Read moreThis election is not over – President Trump’s campaign
US President Donald Trump’s campaign said Friday that “this election is not over” as his challenger Joe Biden edged closer to victory in the cliffhanger White House race. The statement came after Biden overcame the president’s lead in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania, putting him in position to win its 20 electoral votes. A
Read moreInternational Observer accuses Trump of gross abuse of office
The head of an international observer mission to the US elections accused Donald Trump on Thursday of a “gross abuse of office” after the president alleged he was being cheated and demanded that vote counting be halted. “The most disturbing thing was that with presidential fanfare of the White House, that is, with all the
Read moreUS Election 2020: Biden gets close to victory with 6 more Electoral Votes to go
Democratic candidate Joe Biden is set to win the bitterly-contested United States President election. With results in six states still being counted this morning, Biden had won 264 Electoral College Votes – six short of the needed 270. There are 538 Electoral College votes. Votes were still being counted in Georgia with 16 Electoral College
Read moreUS election: Two Nigerian-Americans win legislative seats
Oye Owolewa and Esther Agbaje, Americans with Nigerian descent, have emerged victorious in the US elections. While Agbaje won a house of reps seat in Minnesota, Owolewa was declared winner of the shadow election in the District of Columbia (DC). During elections, voters of the District of Columbia elect a shadow representative who is recognised
Read moreEx-College Football Coach, Tommy Tuberville wins US Senate seat
A former college football coach, Tommy Tuberville, is taking his playbook to Washington, D.C. The 65-year-old Republican challenger and political newcomer won his U.S. Senate race Tuesday in Alabama against Democratic incumbent Doug Jones. Tuberville, who has been out of coaching since 2016, has said he was inspired to enter politics by Donald Trump’s 2016
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