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Trump invitation to Michigan lawmakers could spark state political crisis

Michiganders voted 50.6% to 47.8% for Democrat Joe Biden over Trump

Delay in transition to put Covid vaccination plan on slow track: Biden

US President-elect Joe Biden has warned that a delay in transition by the outgoing Trump administration will put behind the Covid-19 vaccination plan by "weeks or months"

Trump challenged election results in key states but can he win them back?

In order to reverse last week's results and get the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House, Trump would need to move at least three of those states into his column

Trump's troop withdrawal from Afghanistan may put Biden in a tough spot

Biden may find that one of his first acts as president will be to send more troops to a war he wanted to end 11 years ago

Joe Biden wipes away tears during town hall with frontline workers

US President-elect Joe Biden wiped away tears as he heard emotional testimonies from healthcare workers during a virtual town hall on Wednesday

Joe Biden congratulates Nancy Pelosi on speaker nomination for another term

President-elect Joe Biden congratulates Nancy Pelosi for her nomination to serve as House speaker for another term

Best of BS Opinion: Making a mockery of arbitration, LVB crisis, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

US should rewrite the China trade contract

The world has become too dependent on China to embrace restrictive trade actions against it

Pfizer says it's communicating with President-elect Joe Biden's team

Castillo says Pfizer is 'communicating with both sides' during the transition

Trump again refuses to acknowledge his defeat to Biden; claims he 'won'

Media and state officials have said that they do not have any evidence of large-scale voter fraud

Donald Trump faces Wednesday deadline for Wisconsin vote recount

President Donald Trump faces a Wednesday deadline to file for a recount in Wisconsin after Democrat Joe Biden defeated him in the state by more than 20,600 votes based on final canvassed totals.

Transfer of power will be orderly and right on time: Top Republican leader

The transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden's administration would be "orderly" and happen "right on time," according to a top Republican leader and Senator Mitch McConnell

Indian Americans among probable Joe Biden administration's Cabinet: Reports

Two eminent India-Americans, including former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, are among the potential Cabinet picks in the next Biden-Harris Administration, according to media reports

Looking forward to work with Modi on global challenges like Covid-19: Biden

Joe Biden said that he looks forward to working closely with Narendra Modi on shared global challenges, including containing COVID-19, maintaining a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific region

PM Modi speaks to Joe Biden; discusses Covid-19 pandemic, climate change

This was the first interaction between the two leaders after Democrat Biden defeated incumbent president Donald Trump in the US presidential election

Indo-US ties will pick up where we left off, Biden no stranger: Jaishankar

Jaishankar said President-elect Biden is "not a stranger" to India or to the relationship between the two countries

Biden says 'more people may die,' if Trump blocks pandemic cooperation

Biden said business and labor leaders had signalled willingness to work together to bolster the pandemic-battered US economy

In absence of coordination with Trump, there is risk of many dying: Biden

US President-elect Joe Biden has said many more Americans are at the risk of dying from coronavirus, if he and incumbent President Donald Trump do not coordinate on tackling the virus outbreak

Biden unveils economic plan; emphasis on job creation and new technology

Joe Biden has unveiled his economic plan to help the country recover from the after-effects of the coronavirus pandemic

VP-elect Kamala Harris delivers first speech on US economy: Full transcript

Harris spoke after meetings with industry leaders and took the stage ahead of Joe Biden