With victories in half a dozen states under his belt, Donald Trump looks set for a November election rematch with President Joe Biden. Former US president Donald Trump has won the Michigan, Missouri and Idaho caucuses, continuing his march towards the Republican nomination. Mr Trump’s last major rival, former UN …
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 »U.S. President-elect Biden Appoints Chief of Staff
The U.S. President-elect, Joe Biden, on Wednesday appointed Ron Klain, as White House Chief of Staff to oversee the Executive Office of the President and serve as a senior advisor. A statement released by the Biden-Harris transition team said, Ron, who is a longtime adviser of the President-elect, will “in addition to …
Read More »Biden Win Boost Oil Prices More Than 2.5%
Oil prices rose more than 2.5% on Monday as the result of the US election became clear. Joe Biden, the president-elect, signaled Sunday he plans to move quickly to build out his government, focusing first on the COVID-19 pandemic. The US became the first nation since the pandemic began to …
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, …
Read More »‘Joe Biden Beats Donald Trump to Win White House’
Joe Biden is now projected to have 284 Electoral College votes, the Associated Press (AP) news agency said on Saturday, above the threshold needed to clinch the hard-fought United States presidential election. The president-elect was projected to have surpassed the 270 electoral vote-threshold after the AP called Pennsylvania in his …
Read More »Victory Assured Biden Launches Transition Website
Votes are still being counted across the United States but Democrat Joe Biden has launched a transition website “so that the Biden-Harris Administration can hit the ground running on Day One”. On the website, buildbackbetter.com, is the short statement, “The American people will determine who will serve as the next …
Read More »Tension as U.S. Election Winner Remains Unclear
The outcome of the US presidential election is on a knife edge, with Donald Trump and his rival Joe Biden neck and neck in key swing states. No candidate can credibly claim to have won as yet, and both campaigns said they had potential paths to victory. Mr Biden’s campaign …
Read More »Biden and Trump Make Final Pitches to Voters
US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden have spent the final hours of the White House race delivering their closing pitch to voters in critical states. Mr Biden campaigned in Pennsylvania and Ohio, as Mr Trump toured the voting battlegrounds of Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. …
Read More »Trump Claims Biden is Taking Drugs to Give Speeches
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed, without offering any proof, that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is taking performance-enhancing drugs for his public speeches. Trump said this in an interview with Fox News which is due to be appeared in full on Saturday. “I think there are probably, possibly drugs involved, that’s what …
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