Twitter’s German-listed shares slumped as much as 8 per cent on Monday, the first trading day after it permanently suspended U.S. President Donald Trump’s account late on Friday. The company said suspension of Mr Trump’s account, which had more than 88 million followers, was due to the risk of further violence, following the …
Read More »Twitter Suspends Trump’s Account Permanently
Twitter has permanently suspended the United States President Donald Trump’s account for inciting violence. The social media network made this known in a blog post titled ‘Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump’ on Friday. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are …
Read More »US Election: Trump Urges Georgia Official to Overturn Vote in Leaked Call
President Donald Trump pressured the Georgia secretary of state in an extraordinary phone conversation Saturday to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the Southern state, news media reported Sunday. The secretly taped conversation with fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, first reported by the Washington Post, includes threats that …
Read More »US Electoral College Confirms Biden Victory
The United States Electoral College has confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the US 2020 presidential election. This is after electors in all 50 states met to cast their votes on Monday. In the results declared by the Electoral College representatives, Democrat Biden secured over 270 votes to defeat …
Read More »Top Federal, State Officials Say Nov. 3 Election Most Secure in US History
In the most direct repudiation yet of President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the integrity of the Nov. 3 vote, a coalition of federal and state officials say they have no evidence that votes were compromised or altered in last week’s presidential election, rejecting unsubstantiated claims of fraud advanced by Trump and …
Read More »BREAKING: Donald Trump Declared Winner Alaska Election Result
Donald Trump has been declared the winner in Alaska, more than a week after the 2020 US presidential election took place, according to the Associated Press. Details later
Read More »Trump’s Claims: US Election Crimes Director Resigns After Justice Chief Authorises Probes
The top federal investigator of election crimes in the US has resigned just hours after Donald Trump’s attorney general William Barr authorised probes into claims of voter fraud. Richard Pilger, director of the election crimes branch of the Department of Justice, stepped down from the post he has held since …
Read More »Despite Agreeing to Pay $335mn Fine, Trump Extends Sanctions Against Sudan
US President Donald Trump announced on November 2 that he is extending sanctions against Sudan. This is a surprising announcement given recent progress in improving relations between the two nations.To justify its decision, the White House says the crisis triggered by the Sudanese government’s actions and policies that led to …
Read More »Trump Fires Defence Secretary Esper
President Donald Trump on Monday announced by tweet that he had fired his defense secretary Mark Esper, further destabilizing a government already navigating Trump’s refusal to concede election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden. “Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service,” Trump said on …
Read More »Trump Isn’t Conceding, Says Media Can’t Decide Next President
President Donald Trump is not conceding defeat to the President-elect, Joe Biden, saying the election was deeply flawed and he would be heading to court on Monday to challenge the poll. Trump said this in a statement shortly after the media projected the victory of the former Vice-President. He said, …
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