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Donald Trump finally agrees to Joe Biden transition
India TV News Desk | 24 Nov 2020, 8:02 AM
Trump, who has still refused to concede the election — and may never — followed up with a tweet that he was directing his team to cooperate on the transition. The president had grown increasingly frustrated with the flailing tactics of his legal team.
Biden announces his national security team, includes special envoy for climate
India TV News Desk | 24 Nov 2020, 6:44 AM
The President-elect also announced the nomination of former Secretary of State John Kerry as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, the first such official to sit on the national security council.
Trump’s legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none
AP | 23 Nov 2020, 9:36 AM
The strategy may have played well in front of television cameras and on talk radio to Trump’s supporters. But it has proved a disaster in court, where judges uniformly rejected their claims of vote fraud and found the campaign’s legal work amateurish.
Trump campaign files for recount of votes in Georgia
PTI | 22 Nov 2020, 12:18 PM
In case of a recount, election officials in Georgia will have to re-scan the five million hand-recounted and audited legal ballots.
China will have to play by rules; US to rejoin WHO: Biden
AP | 20 Nov 2020, 11:45 AM
US President-elect Joe Biden has said that he wants to make sure that China plays by the rules and announced that his administration will rejoin the World Health Organisation.
Biden approaches 80 million votes in historic victory
AP | 19 Nov 2020, 10:05 AM
President-elect Joe Biden’s winning tally is approaching a record 80 million votes as Democratic bastions continue to count ballots and the 2020 election cracks turnout records.
Trump again refuses to acknowledge his defeat to Biden; claims he 'won' election
PTI | 18 Nov 2020, 11:11 PM
President Donald Trump on Wednesday again asserted that he "won" the November 3 presidential election as he reiterated his allegations that there was voter fraud all over the US.
Trump seems to acknowledge Biden win, but he won’t concede
AP | 15 Nov 2020, 9:09 PM
President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to acknowledge for the first time that Joe Biden won the White House, but made clear he would not concede and would keep trying to overturn the election result.
US election 2020 most secure in American history: Top officials
AP | 13 Nov 2020, 10:59 PM
A coalition of federal and state officials found no evidence that votes were compromised or altered in last week’s presidential election, rejecting unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud advanced by President Donald Trump and many of his supporters.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg first tech giant head to acknowledge Joe Biden as next US president
PTI | 13 Nov 2020, 6:01 PM
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has become the first head of a US tech giant who has acknowledged Democrat Joe Biden as the next president of the country, a media report has said.
China finally congratulates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris for their victory in US presidential election
PTI | 13 Nov 2020, 4:33 PM
China on Friday shed its initial hesitation and congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris for their victory in the 2020 US presidential election, saying Beijing respects the choice of the American people.
Joe Biden wins Arizona by a narrow margin, consolidates lead over Trump
PTI | 13 Nov 2020, 11:57 AM
The state's 11 Electoral College votes bring 77-year-old Biden's lead to 290-217 and put further pressure on President Trump, who has yet to concede the election held on November 3.
Top officials: Nov. 3 election most secure in US history
AP | 13 Nov 2020, 9:29 AM
A coalition of federal and state officials said Thursday that they have no evidence that votes were compromised or altered in last week’s presidential election, rejecting unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud advanced by President Donald Trump and many of his supporters.
FACT CHECK: Trump tweets a tall tale of ‘deleted’ votes
AP | 13 Nov 2020, 7:37 AM
President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Twitter that an election technology firm “deleted” large numbers of his votes or “switched” them to count for Joe Biden — the latest in a series of baseless theories suggesting vote counting problems that the president has been promoting.
US’ Georgia announces hand recount of votes
India TV News Desk | 12 Nov 2020, 7:49 AM
Georgia’s secretary of state on Wednesday announced an audit of presidential election results that he said would be done with a full hand tally of ballots because the margin is so tight.
EXPLAINER: Trump’s challenges fail to prove election fraud
AP | 12 Nov 2020, 7:25 AM
A barrage of lawsuits and investigations led by President Donald Trump’s campaign and allies has not come close to proving a multi-state failure that would call into question his loss to President-elect Joe Biden.
Trump not conceding an embarrassment, will not help president's legacy: Biden
India TV News Desk | 11 Nov 2020, 7:18 AM
US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday said Trump not conceding defeat in the just-concluded election is an embarrassment, asserting that his transition plans have remained unaffected by this and he has started talking to world leaders.
Trump says media should be called out for election interference
PTI | 10 Nov 2020, 8:25 AM
US President Donald Trump on Monday said the mainstream media were so inaccurate in their polls that it amounted to "much more than voter and campaign finance suppression" and that they should be called out for election interference.
China declines to congratulate Biden; says his victory should have legal endorsement
PTI | 09 Nov 2020, 4:56 PM
China on Monday declined to congratulate Joe Biden as the winner of the US presidential election, saying the outcome of the American polls should be determined by the country's laws and procedures.
Celebrations hit Kamala Harris' grandfather’s hometown Thulasendrapuram post win
India TV News Desk | 09 Nov 2020, 7:50 AM
Kamala Harris’ win in the United States has overjoyed people in her grandfather’s hometown Thulasendrapuram in Tamil Nadu, where locals took to bursting firecrackers and offering prayers as they woke up to the news of Harris' win.
When Biden spoke of distant relatives living in Mumbai
PTI | 08 Nov 2020, 6:51 PM
When US President-elect Joe Biden was in India's financial capital in 2013, he had told an audience that his distant relatives live in Mumbai.
America is a 'beacon for the globe': Joe Biden
PTI | 08 Nov 2020, 4:53 PM
US President-elect Joe Biden has said that America is a "beacon for the globe" and that efforts must be made to "restore the soul" of the country.
Biden recites deceased son's favourite Catholic hymn in victory speech
PTI | 08 Nov 2020, 4:31 PM
US President-elect Joe Biden concluded his victory speech by reciting his deceased son Beau's favourite popular Catholic hymn "On Eagles' Wings", hoping that the carol will give comfort to many Americans grieving the loss of their loved ones due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kamala Harris embodies American Dream with her firsts, unique identities
IANS | 08 Nov 2020, 4:31 PM
Harris is the embodiment of the American dream with the amalgam of all those unique identities and adding to that her White Jewish husband, Douglas Emhoff, and step-daughters to complete the American mosaic.
Dalai Lama greets Joe Biden, says climate change indeed pressing
IANS | 08 Nov 2020, 3:15 PM
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Sunday congratulated Joe Biden on his election as the next President of the US, saying climate change is indeed pressing.
In Pics: Celebration erupts across America as Joe Biden elected US President
AP | 08 Nov 2020, 2:55 PM
News that media organizations were declaring Biden the winner spread instantaneously through Republican President Donald Trump’s longtime hometown. People who didn’t immediately see an alert on their phone or TV learned the news from the yells coming from the streets and neighbors’ windows.
Jared Kushner has approached President Trump about conceding the election: Reports
PTI | 08 Nov 2020, 1:46 PM
The move comes following Trump's assertion in a statement from his campaign -- after major US media outlets projected that President-elect Biden will become the 46th president of the United States -- that Biden is “rushing to falsely pose as the winner” and that the race is “far from over."