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Biden becomes first US presidential candidate to win over 80 million votes

8:17 pm November 25, 2020

Washington: Joe Biden has become the US first presidential candidate to win over 80 million votes, with his record-breaking number of popular votes still likely to increase as ballots continue to be counted across the nation, according to a media report on Wednesday. President-elect Biden won more than 80,011,000 votes as of Tuesday, while President […]

Head of little-known US government agency ascertains Biden as winner, lets transition begin

6:35 pm November 24, 2020

Washington: Head of a previously little-known US government agency, under pressure to let the transition proceed, has finally ascertained Joe Biden as the apparent winner of the November 3 election, more than two weeks after the Democrat triumphed over President Donald Trump. The much-awaited decision by Emily Murphy, Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), will now enable the incoming Biden team […]

Wisconsin presidential recount in 4th day, with few changes

11:49 pm November 23, 2020

Madison: Wisconsin’s partial presidential recount entered its fourth day Monday, with very few changes in vote totals as President Donald Trump’s attorneys appeared to be focused on a legal challenge seeking to toss tens of thousands of ballots, including the one cast by an attorney for the campaign. Democrat Joe Biden won the state by about 20,600 votes and […]

Joe Biden administration promises focus on environmental justice

Birthday time: Biden turns 78, will be oldest US president

11:33 am November 21, 2020

Washington: President-elect Joe Biden turned 78 on Friday. In exactly two months, he’ll take the reins of a politically fractured nation facing the worst public health crisis in a century, high unemployment and a reckoning on racial injustice. As he wrestles with those issues, Biden will be attempting to accomplish another feat: Demonstrate to Americans that age is but a number […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Senator Alexander: Trump admin should aid in Biden transition

11:38 pm November 20, 2020

Nashville: US Senator Lamar Alexander said Friday that President Donald Trump‘s administration should aid President-elect Joe Biden in his transition, saying the Democrat has a “very good chance” of becoming the next president. “If there is any chance whatsoever that Joe Biden will be the next president, and it looks like he has a very good chance, the Trump Administration should provide the Biden team with all […]