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Biden vows to strengthen economy despite exploding coronavirus pandemic

Joe Biden said his administration would strengthen the country's vulnerable economy despite the exploding pandemic as he pushed forward with the business of preparing to assume the presidency

Trump admin pushes to sell Alaska oil leases before Biden can block it

The administration's announcement establishes a tight timeline for lease sales, with the earliest they could occur being on or about Jan. 17

Trump tweets Biden 'won', then retracts, plans to renew China crackdown

Trump's earlier comments Sunday had given some critics and supporters hope that the White House was ready to begin working on a transition with Biden's team

Biden seeks window on Covid-19 vaccine plans as Trump stalls handoff

Joe Biden's scientific advisers plan to meet with vaccine makers in coming days even as a stalled presidential transition keeps them out of the loop on plans to inoculate Americans against Covid-19

Expectations from Biden to change US policies towards Palestinians, Israel

Muhammed Shehada, a journalist based in Palestine, recently wrote the "Palestine Authority leaders are hopeful- almost excessively- that Biden will reverse Trump's catastrophic imprint on their rights

Silicon Valley looking forward to Biden undoing Trump's immigration rules

Tech advocates are reportedly eager to work with incoming Biden administration and reverse several of Trump's immigration policies, especially those that created barriers for high skilled visa holders

Will file more lawsuits proving unconstitutionality of election, says Trump

US President Donald Trump has promised more lawsuits in the near future that will prove the unconstitutionality of the November presidential election

Nearly 2 dozen arrested in protest over Trump's defeat in US elections

Demonstrations over Trump's loss at the polls have resulted in charges against nearly two dozen people in Washington

US rivals already see a weakened country they think can be exploited: Obama

Obama said that America's deepening divisions are driven in part by the different mindset of Trump's supporters and the conservative media that feeds those views

Trump backtracks on acknowledging Biden won election, concedes 'nothing'

Biden defeated Trump by winning a series of battleground states that the Republican incumbent had won in 2016

Trump admits for first time that 'Biden won', but insists vote was rigged

As recently as Saturday Trump had tweeted that "We will WIN!," railed against vote-recounting efforts in Georgia, and pushed debunked theories of voting-machine irregularities

Donald Trump seems defeated while still insisting he beat Joe Biden

Trump has done little over the past two weeks on some of the administration's top pre-election priorities

Violence erupts in Washington as Trump supporters, counter-protesters clash

Violence erupted on the streets of Washington after thousands of supporters of Trump held a protest rally to back his unproven claims of massive voter fraud

Thousands rally behind Donald Trump, believing he won race he lost

Fervent supporters of Donald Trump rallied in Washington on Saturday behind his spurious claim of a stolen election and swarmed his motorcade when he detoured for a drive-by on his way out of town

Biden, his deputy Harris, incumbent President Trump greet people on Diwali

US President-elect Joe Biden, his deputy Kamala Harris and incumbent President Donald Trump on Saturday extended Diwali greetings to those celebrating the festival of lights

Joe Biden likely to break barriers, pick a woman to lead Pentagon

Her selection would come on the heels of a tumultuous Pentagon period that has seen five men hold the top job under President Donald Trump

With victory in Georgia, Biden's electoral college matches Trump's in 2016

Back in 2016, Trump won states with 306 electoral votes and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton won 232

Joe Biden faces tough choice of whether to back coronavirus lockdowns

During his first public appearance since losing the election, Trump noted on Friday that he wouldn''t support a lockdown

Can Donald Trump win with 'fantasy' electors bid? State GOP says no

Republican leaders in four critical states won by President-elect Joe Biden say they won't participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state's electors to vote for President Donald Trump. Their comments effectively shut down a half-baked plot some Republicans floated as a last chance to keep Trump in the White House. State GOP lawmakers in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have all said they would not intervene in the selection of electors, who ultimately cast the votes that secure a candidate's victory. Such a move would violate state law and a vote of the people, several noted. I do not see, short of finding some type of fraud which I haven't heard of anything I don't see us in any serious way addressing a change in electors, said Rusty Bowers, Arizona's Republican House speaker, who says he's been inundated with emails pleading for the legislature to intervene. They are mandated by statute to choose according to the vote of the people. The idea loosely ..

Trump plans to attend his own inauguration: White House press secretary

Evading the question whether President Trump would attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, Kayleigh McEnany on Friday stated that Donald Trump plans to 'attend his own inauguration'.McEnany, the White House Press Secretary, appeared for an interview on Fox Business as a senior adviser to Trump's campaign and pushed back when asked if Trump would definitely attend Biden's inauguration, reported The Hill."President Trump believes he will be President Trump, have a second term," Top Trump aide said, adding that litigation is the first step and there were many steps until Inauguration Day in January."I think the president will attend his own inauguration....He would have to be there, in fact," The Hill quoted McEnany when asked if it would look bad if Trump did not attend his successor's nomination.Biden, in his third attempt at the White House, defeated Trump in a closely contested election to become the 46th president of the United States.The former vice president was declared .