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US election: Trump camp vows legal fight just began

US President Donald Trump’s spokeswoman has vowed the legal battle to contest Joe Biden’s White House election victory is only just beginning. “This election is not over,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told a news conference. “Far from it.” She made a flurry of allegations of election corruption, although …

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Trump Fires Defense Secretary, Post-election Tension Mounts In US

President Donald Trump has fired the US Defense of Secretary, Mark Esper. The President announced the termination of Esper’s appointment in a tweet on Monday evening. Mr Trump wrote: “I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the highly respected Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (unanimously confirmed by …

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Trump’s wife is ‘counting the minutes to divorce’ after his presidential defeat, former aide claims

According to a new report, a former aide is claiming Melania Trump plans to divorce her husband after he leaves the White House.   According to a new claim from a former aide, Melania Trump is “counting down the minutes” until she can divorce Donald Trump, after he lost the …

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Meet the Ghanaian who served on Joe Biden’s team as Advisor for Black Engagement

Before his victory over Donald Trump in the just-ended U.S. elections, President-elect Joe Biden suffered several bouts of poor results in the primaries. But Black voters came through for him as he won two-thirds of the Black votes in South Carolina to beat his competitors for that key demography. Biden’s …

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Biden to end ‘Muslim ban,’ re-start dreamers program and rejoin WHO

Joe Biden plans to immediately sign a series of sweeping executive orders once taking office in January, reversing several of Donald Trump’s key policies and reinstating programs the president has ended. Near the top of Biden’s list is rejecting Trump’s policies regarding immigration, those close to his campaign told The Washington Post in a report …

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Biden to end ‘Muslim ban,’ re-start dreamers program and rejoin WHO

Joe Biden plans to immediately sign a series of sweeping executive orders once taking office in January, reversing several of Donald Trump’s key policies and reinstating programs the president has ended. Near the top of Biden’s list is rejecting Trump’s policies regarding immigration, those close to his campaign told The Washington Post in a report …

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US election result: What Biden’s victory means for rest of world

After days of uncertainty, Joe Biden has won the US presidential election, BBC projections show. During Donald Trump’s four years in office, America’s relationship with the world changed profoundly. BBC reporters across the globe, from Beijing to Berlin, explain how news of Mr Biden’s victory is being received and what …

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President-elect Joe Biden seeks to unite nation with victory speech

President-elect Joe Biden spoke to a deeply divided nation tonight, making a plea for unity and understanding after four years of turmoil and conflict fomented by President Donald Trump, who showed no indication Saturday that he plans to concede and continued to push the falsehood that he had won the election. …

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Biden to name Covid advisers on Monday

Biden says the first task is to get the coronavirus pandemic under control. “That’s the only way we can get back to living,” he says. “On Monday, I will name a group of leading scientists and experts as transition advisers to help take the Biden-Harris Covid plan and convert it …

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US Election 2020: Biden to address the nation tonight

Joe Biden was spending the morning with his family at his home in Delaware when he saw the news that he was projected the winner of his native Pennsylvania and will be the 46th president of the United States. He will address the nation tonight, an official tells CNN. A …

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