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To court Latinos, Democrats have to expand strategy in 2022

10:39 pm November 28, 2020

Phoenix: President-elect Joe Biden‘s campaign credits its success in Arizona to the immigrant-rights and grassroots organisations that have been mobilising Latinos for nearly two decades. The fruits of their labor — in triple-digit heat, no less — paid off in this traditionally conservative state, where changing demographics and suburban voters turning out to oppose President Donald Trump also worked […]

Congress braces for Biden’s national coronavirus strategy

11:16 pm November 25, 2020

Washington: Congress is bracing for President-elect Joe Biden to move beyond the Trump administration’s state-by-state approach to the COVID-19 crisis and build out a national strategy to fight the pandemic and distribute the eventual vaccine. The incoming administration’s approach reflects Democrats’ belief that a more comprehensive plan, some of it outlined in the House’s $2 […]

Los Angeles to consider stay-home order as COVID cases rise

11:06 pm November 24, 2020

Los Angeles: Officials in the nation’s largest county will discuss a possible stay-home order just days before Thanksgiving after a spike of coronavirus cases surpassed a threshold set by Los Angeles public health officials to trigger one. An “impressive and alarming surge” of more than 6,000 new cases put Los Angeles County over a five-day average of […]

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 […]

Biden admin rolls back Trump-era citizenship test, reverts to 2008 version

Trump finally agrees to Biden transition; vows to keep fighting election outcome

12:07 pm November 24, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump has finally given a go-ahead to begin the transition process for president-elect Joe Biden after the state of Michigan certified the Democratic leader’s victory in the November 3 presidential election, paving the way for a smooth handover of power after weeks of delay. President Trump,Trump finally agrees to Biden transition; vows to keep fighting election outcome a Republican, […]