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Mitch McConnell, other GOP leaders back Donald Trump in questioning results

McConnell and Republican leaders in Congress have withheld any congratulations or acknowledgement of the results since Biden took on the mantle of president-elect on Saturday

Time to heal America: President-elect Biden urges unity in his first speech

Trump has so far refused to concede the election that attracted a record number of Americans to cast their votes amidst the raging Covid-19 pandemic

A change in America

India will have to make some effort with the next president

US elections: Republicans break with Trump over push to halt vote count

Some Republicans are breaking with Trump's attempts to falsely declare victory in the election and halt vote counting in Pennsylvania and other states, leaving him without key voices of support

Republicans gather numbers to confirm vote for Trump's court pick

Senator Mitt Romney of Utah has given the party the 51 votes needed to move forward with voting on Trump's candidate to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Republican senators back ByteDance's offer to divest Tiktok's US operations

Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said on Twitter that a divestment "and purchase by U.S. company is win-win."

Republican senators back Bytedance's plan to sell TikTok's US operations

Mnuchin said he and US congressional leaders "all agree there has to be a change."

Republicans to Trump: You can not delay 2020 presidential election

US states want to make postal voting easier due to public health concerns over the coronavirus pandemic

In race for 2020 elections, Trump accused of stoking racial tensions

US President's incendiary discourse is alarming many in his own party and it runs contrary to his advisors.

Black Lives Matter protests in Trump county test his hold on white voters

The protests in Republican-leaning areas offer a test of the US President's ability to reassemble his older, white voting bloc

Twitter adds fact-check label to Donald Trump tweets for first time

In a pair of tweets issued Wednesday morning from his iPhone, Trump said that social media sites are trying to silence conservative voices, and need to change course or face action.

Trump fires State Department inspector-general critical of admin moves

The ouster is the latest in a series of moves against independent executive branch watchdogs who have found fault with the Trump administration

US House passes $3-trillion coronavirus relief package to revive economy

The rescue plan was approved on Friday night by a tight 208-199 margin amid opposition by Republicans

Republicans attack Biden on sexual assault charges; shake up Democrat camp

There is heightened tension because Biden himself is saying nothing about the allegation

US coronavirus stimulus: Here's what Trump, Republicans, and Democrats say

Any plan the White House introduces will need to be approved by both houses of the U.S. Congress.

Trump on track for acquittal after Senate blocks impeachment witnesses

The Republican Party-controlled US Senate on Friday narrowly rejected the opposition Democrats' motion to call new witnesses and documents for the impeachment trial against US President Donald Trump

Republican senators say no to dropping charges against Trump without trial

The Democratic-led US House of Representatives is expected to formally send the charges to the Senate this week, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed to help acquit his fellow Republican

Republicans back US's Iran strikes after Congress says wasn't warned before

"Wow - the price of killing and injuring Americans has just gone up drastically," Senator Lindsey Graham, a close confidant of Trump, wrote on Twitter.

Witness to a prosecution

US impeachment process holds salutary lessons

Political campaigns in the US track where voters go using their smartphones

Voter targeting has grown more invasive with location data that apps can transmit from cellphones