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Neera Tanden, Biden's pick as budget chief, faces tough confirmation test

Tanden, the tough-minded head of an influential Democratic think tank, is a veteran Hillary Clinton aide seasoned in Washington battles over Obamacare and Donald Trump's presidency.

Donald Trump headed to Georgia as turnout driver, but also a threat

Especially fraught are Trump''s continued attacks on Georgia''s Republican state officials and the state''s election system, potentially taking away from his public praise of Loeffler and Perdue

Joe Biden, Guterres discuss need for strengthened US-UN partnership

The two discussed the need for a "strengthened partnership" between Washington and the world organisation to address many urgent global issues

Despite self triumph over virus here is how Trump lost election to Covid-19

The salience of the pandemic as an issue was a major problem for Trump because an overwhelming number of voters judged that he had mishandled the crisis

Biden gets access to top-secret summary of US intelligence for first time

Biden got first look as president-elect at the President's Daily Brief, a top-secret summary of US intelligence - a document former first lady Michelle Obama called "Horrible Things Book"

Biden, UN chief discuss strengthening partnership on Covid, climate change

US President-elect Joe Biden spoke with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as the two discussed the need to strengthen their partnership on urgent global issues including combatting Covid-19

US vote recount: Arizona, Wisconsin certify Biden's victory over Trump

Two battleground states of Arizona and Wisconsin formally certified Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as the winner

Joe Biden chooses all-women White House senior communications team

Psaki, a former Obama White House communications director and State Department spokeswoman, has been an on-camera spokeswoman for Biden's transition office

Yellen tasked with America's economic comeback as Biden's treasury pick

In Yellen, Biden will have a battle-tested policy maker who can draw on her nearly two decades at the Fed to help rebuild an economy in dire need of government cash and confidence

Completed Wisconsin recount confirms Biden's victory over Trump

The deadline to certify the vote is Tuesday. Certification is done by the Democratic chair of the Wisconsin Election Commission, which is bipartisan.

Biden should clarify US position on digital tax within two months: France

France is pushing its EU partners to prepare an EU digital tax in early 2021

Biden intends to nominate Indian-American Tanden as budget chief: Reports

US President-elect Joe Biden intends to nominate Indian-American Neera Tanden as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, according to local media reports

Presidential elections 2020 were probably least secure polls ever: Trump

The November 3rd presidential elections were probably the least secure American polls ever, US President Donald Trump alleged Sunday, a repeated claim which has found very few takers and has, so far, not been able to stand legal scrutiny. Our 2020 Election, from poorly rated Dominion to a Country FLOODED with unaccounted for Mail-In ballots, was probably our least secure EVER! Trump said in a tweet on a day the recount of votes in two Wisconsin counties witnessed President-elect Joe Biden maintain his lead over the incumbent. We have some big things happening in our various litigations on the Election Hoax. Everybody knows it was Rigged. They know Biden didn't get more votes from the Black community than Obama, & certainly didn't get 80,000,000 votes. Look what happened in Detroit, Philadelphia, plus! Trump alleged in another tweet. Earlier in his first post-election result interview, Trump told Fox News the entire world is watching over what is happening in the US. I have to ...

US elections: Completed Wisconsin recount confirms Biden's win over Trump

Wisconsin finished its recount of votes cast in this month's presidential election, with only miniscule changes in the results that saw Biden defeat Trump in the battleground state

US President-elect Biden chooses an all-female White House press team

President-elect Joe Biden will have an all-female senior communications team at his White House, led by campaign communications director Kate Bedingfield.

Biden slips while playing with dog, has 'confirmed hairline fractures'

On Saturday, Biden slipped while playing with his dog Major, and twisted his ankle, according to the President-elect's communications team

Biden might be risky for Chinese economy, likely to impose sanctions

China must drop its illusion that its relations with the United States will automatically improve under President-elect Joe Biden

Biden announces three more members in coronavirus task force as cases surge

Jane Hopkins, Jill Jim and David Michaels are joining the team, which is co-chaired by David Kessler, former Indian American Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Marcella Nunez-Smith

Apple suppliers' exodus from China won't slow down under Joe Biden

Trump's trade hostilities against China caused many manufacturers to shift production capacity to neighboring countries

Biden to let health experts decide who will get a COVID-19 vaccine first

The country's death toll since the pandemic's start is now more than 264,000.