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Infectious disease expert Fauci to be US chief medical adviser, says Biden

President-elect Joe Biden says he is keeping Dr Anthony Fauci on as a chief medical adviser and a member of his Covid-19 advisory team

China greatest threat to freedom since World War II, says US intel chief

China is the greatest global threat to democracy and freedom since the end of World War II and a warning that a bipartisan response is needed in the US to counter its influence, John Ratcliffe said

Trump to sell Arctic oil rights in early Jan, days before Biden sworn in

Biden has vowed to permanently protect the refuge, but formal leases are contracts with the federal government and are difficult to cancel

Joe Biden's White House team delights his supporters on Wall Street

The Biden team is poised to include alumni of finance, venture capital, private equity and asset management

President-elect Biden, top Democrats swing behind bipartisan virus aid bill

This comes in hopes of breaking a monthslong logjam and delivering much-sought aid as the tempestuous congressional session speeds to a close.

Vote recount fight about ensuring Americans have faith in elections: Trump

Reiterating his allegations of voters fraud and electoral malpractice in the presidential polls, Trump has said his fight was to ensure that Americans have faith in this and future elections

At least 100 mn people will get Covid-19 vaccine by end of Feb 2021: US

The US is confident that at least 100 million people would have got coronavirus shots by the end of February 2021 and this operation would have covered the entire "at risk" population

Biden facing growing pressure over who he chooses as defence secretary

President-elect Joe Biden is facing escalating pressure from competing factions within his own party as he finalises his choice for secretary of defence

Biden's Covid team pledges to fight disproportionate impact on minorities

US President-elect Joe Biden's Covid-19 Advisory Board pledged to address the outsized impact of the pandemic on minorities in a meeting with the US Hispanic community

Trump hints at 2024 run, Biden to meet with US workers hit by Covid

At a White House holiday reception on Tuesday night, Trump appeared to acknowledge that those efforts could fail, and in that case he would run again

Won't immediately remove tariffs imposed on China by Trump: Joe Biden

Biden also spoke in depth about his strategy to connect with rural Americans, who have become estranged from the Democratic Party

Iran approves bill to end nuclear inspections if US doesn't lift sanctions

Biden has said he wants to reinstate the nuclear deal while Trump has been accelerating his efforts to destroy it before he leaves the White House on Jan. 20

India wants to resume Iran, Venezuela oil imports under Joe Biden: Pradhan

India wants to diversify its oil imports, including the resumption of supplies from Iran and Venezuela after Joseph Biden becomes president of the US, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said

H-1B: US court rejects Trump rules limiting no of visas to skilled workers

A federal judge has struck down two Trump administration rules designed to drastically curtail the number of visas issued each year to skilled foreign workers

Trump teases 2024 Presidential election run at White House Christmas party

President Donald Trump teased running again for president in 2024 as he hosted a holiday reception at the White House

Indian-American appointed executive director of Biden's swearing-in

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have named Indian-American Maju Varghese in the four-member Presidential Inaugural Committee, which will organise the activities surrounding their swearing-in on Jan 20

Biden urges Congress to pass robust relief package for most hit by Covid-19

US President-elect Joe Biden urged the Congress to pass a robust economic reforms package that can meet the urgent needs of Americans who have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic

Trump raises $170 mn since election defeat; money used to pay campaign debt

Trump has raised roughly 170 million since his election day defeat, a sum garnered through a nonstop stream of solicitations that have falsely claimed the election was stolen

Will be ready to hit ground running on day 1 with new economic team: Harris

US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris said that the next administration will be ready to hit the ground running on day one with the experienced economic team announced by President-elect Joe Biden

Will create recovery for all and get US economy moving again: Biden

Introducing his high-profile and experienced team to the nation, US President-elect Joe Biden exuded confidence that it will create a recovery for all and get the country's economy moving again