US Election 2020: What is GSA ‘verification’ and how does it affect the Biden-Harris transition team? – US presidential election

US President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team has run into a major hurdle as it has not received “verification” from a key federal agency to formally begin the presidential transition. Biden has already assembled a group, responsible for ensuring a smooth transfer of power between the Trump-Pence administration and the incoming …

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Tata Steel prepares to sell Dutch assets

Tata Steel Ltd is preparing to split its European operations in half as it begins talks with Scandinavian steel sheet maker SSAB Sweden to sell its profitable division in the Netherlands. This leaves the UK operations, based in Port Talbot in South Wales, at the mercy of a UK government …

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‘Time will tell’: Trump is closer to admitting defeat

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump was close but paused on Friday in acknowledging that he lost the November 3 election to Democrat Joe Biden and said “time will tell.” Trump, who has refused to admit he lost the election, spoke at a briefing at the White House on the Covid-19 …

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