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Suspended animation: Count drags on as Biden nears victory

1:56 pm November 7, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP): Four days after the election, the U.S. presidential race hovered in suspended animation Saturday as the long, exacting work of counting votes brought Democrat Joe Biden ever closer to a victory over President Donald Trump. The verdict delay can be attributed to high turnout, a massive number of mail-in ballots and slim margins […]

We’re going to win this race for White House: Joe Biden

12:59 pm November 7, 2020

Washington: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has said that it was “clear and convincing” that he is going to win the closely-fought race for the White House against incumbent Republican President Donald Trump. Biden is on the cusp of being declared as the winner of the November 3 presidential elections, as the 77-year-old former US […]

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

Trump has no plans to immediately concede election as Biden takes lead: Report

10:46 pm November 6, 2020

Washington: Donald Trump does not have plans to immediately concede the election to Joe Biden after his Democratic rival pulled ahead in key states that could deliver him enough electoral votes to win the race for the White House, a senior aide of the president was quoted as saying by a media report on Friday. According to latest US media projections, […]

Joe Biden administration promises focus on environmental justice

Biden on cusp of presidency after gains in Pennsylvania

10:07 pm November 6, 2020

Washington: Democrat Joe Biden was on the cusp of winning the presidency on Friday as he opened up narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the critical battlegrounds of Georgia and Pennsylvania. Those put Biden in a stronger position to capture the 270 Electoral Collage votes needed to take the White House. The winner will […]

Biden pushes closer to victory in race for the White House

8:35 pm November 5, 2020

WASHINGTON: Democrat Joe Biden was pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to carry the White House, securing victories in the “blue wall” battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan and narrowing President Donald Trump’s path. With just a handful of states still up for grabs, Trump tried to press his case in court in some key […]