Double setback for Trump in bid to overturn US election results 1
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Double setback for Trump in bid to overturn US election results

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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Donald Trump will get a successful second term transition —US secretary of state 4
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Donald 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

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US election crimes investigator, Richard Pilgar steps down 5
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US 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

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US Election: Too early to congratulate Joe Biden - Mexican President, Lopez Obrador insists 6
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US 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

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US Election: Trump supporters protest, reject Joe Biden’s victory 7
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US 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

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Trump rejects Biden’s victory, heads for court Monday 8
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Trump 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,

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Joe Biden elected 46th President of the United States 9
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Joe 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

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Trump warns Biden not to wrongfully claim office of president or victory 10
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Trump 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

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US Election 2020: Biden gets close to victory with 6 more Electoral Votes to go 13
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US 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

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US election: Two Nigerian-Americans win legislative seats 14
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US 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

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Ex-College Football Coach, Tommy Tuberville wins US Senate seat 15
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Ex-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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