Written by Amitabh Sinha | Pune | Updated: November 14, 2020 6:48:54 am A sign outside a polling station in North Carolina in October. Reuters The annual climate change conference was in session in Marrakech, Morocco, when the results of the 2016 US presidential election came in. Donald Trump’s victory, …
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Amid rising coronavirus (Covid-19) infections in the United States, President-elect Joe Biden tweeted that the current administration needs urgent action now, as he will take office next year. “I am the president-elect, but I will not be president until next year. COVID-19 does not respect dates on the calendar, it …
Read More »Biden Solidifies Election Victory, Trump Hints To Leave White House – US Presidential Election
US President-elect Joe Biden consolidated his electoral victory on Friday when he won the state of Georgia when President Donald Trump said “time will tell” if another administration takes office soon, the closest he has come to recognizing that Biden could succeed him. Edison Research, which made the Georgia call, …
Read More »‘Operation Warp Speed Made Pfizer Vaccine Possible’: US President Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump said Friday that Operation Warp Speed made it possible for Pfizer to develop its coronavirus vaccine in partnership with BioNTech while addressing the press at the White House. Operation Warp Speed is a joint partnership program between various drug manufacturers, the US Department of Defense, and …
Read More »Trump bans US investment in Chinese companies linked to the military
WASHINGTON: President Donald trump It has escalated a conflict with China over security and technology by issuing an order prohibiting Americans from investing in companies that US officials say are owned or controlled by the Chinese military. The impact of the order on thursday It wasn’t immediately clear, but it …
Read More »‘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 …
Read More »Donald Trump’s Support for Taiwan and Hong Kong Raises Early Test for Joe Biden – US Presidential Election
After the election of Donald Trump in late 2016, the then-president-elect received an unprecedented phone call from Taiwan’s leader, Tsai Ing-Wen, which broke decades of diplomatic protocol and sparked angry protests from China. Now, critics of Beijing are seeking a similar show of support from President-elect Joe Biden, who promised …
Read More »2020 US Election: How Was Florida’s Recount During Bush’s Candidacy Different From Trump’s Defiance? – US presidential election
The administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) has yet to “determine” Joe Biden Democrat as the winner of the general election, days after the US media projected the Democrat as the next president of the United States. The GSA’s reluctance to certify Biden as the winner has slowed down …
Read More »Donald Trump seeks donations for the ‘Election Defense’ legal battle, funds can also be used elsewhere – US presidential election.
President Donald Trump is asking his small donors to help him pay legal fees for the courts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, but there is no guarantee that the money will be used for that. Since last Saturday, when the presidential race for President-elect Joe Biden was …
Read More »White House Planning for Trump’s Second Term Despite Re-election Loss, Official Says
President of the United States, Donald Trump Trump has yet to give in nearly a week after the US media announced that his Democratic challenger Joe Biden had defeated him in the November 3 presidential election. AFP Washington Last update: November 13, 2020 11:25 PM IST FOLLOW US: The White …
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