By Reuters staff, published by US News Washington/Wilmington, Del. – US President Donald Trump will push ahead on Tuesday with legal challenges to the results of last week’s election after US Attorney General William Barr told federal prosecutors to look into any “substantial” allegations of voting irregularities. Barr’s directive to prosecutors prompted the top lawyer
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Not just Kamala, Biden too has Indian link
By Times of India, published by Indeed News Chennai: “I may have relatives in India,” US President-elect Joseph Biden had declared on his maiden visit to Mumbai in 2013, when VP-elect Kamala Harris’s Tamil Nadu connection was not headline news yet. Biden, then serving as VP, was referring to a Mumbai resident who, he said,
Read moreTrump does not plan to concede any time soon, aides and allies indicate
By Reuters staff, published by Straits Times Washington – After the declaration on Saturday (Nov. 7) that Democrat Joe Biden had won the race for the White House, Republican President Donald Trump and his allies made one thing clear: He does not plan to concede any time soon. The President, who has spent months trying
Read moreNations long targeted by US chide Trump’s claims of fraud
By Associated Press and published by Yaktrinews.com Bogota, Colombia — Demands to stop the vote count. Baseless accusations of fraud. Claims that the opposition is trying to “steal” the election. Across the world, many were scratching their heads on Friday – especially in countries that have long been advised by Washington on how to run
Read moreBiden now leads in Georgia, PA.; Trump attacks election process
By Associated Press, published by Star Tribune Washington — Democrat Joe Biden narrowly overtook President Donald Trump in the vote count in Georgia and Pennsylvania early Friday (Nov. 6) with the presidency hinging on the outcome of tight contests in key battleground states. Neither candidate has reached the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win
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