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Court upholds ruling dismissing suit seeking to call Trump Wisconsin winner

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a decision dismissing a lawsuit seeking to declare President Donald Trump won swing state Wisconsin.

Biden's order to stop border wall construction would save $2.6 bn: Report

President-elect Joe Biden would save about USD 2.6 billion of the US government if he halts the construction of the border wall, as per the US Army corps of Engineers

Biden, Harris urge Americans to stay home during Inauguration Day ceremony

The 59th Presidential Inauguration will be a historic and exciting event -- "and one that every American can enjoy from their home," the Biden inaugural committee said

US President-elect Biden picks Pete Buttigieg as transportation chief

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg to head the transportation department

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris named Time's 'Person of the Year' for 2020

US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been named by the TIME magazine as '2020 Person of the Year' for changing the American story

18 states join Texas election fraud lawsuit seeking to undo Biden's victory

Eighteen states have joined Texas in its election lawsuit that seeks to halt presidential electors in four battleground states from casting their votes for US President-elect Joe Biden

US Supreme Court rejects Republicans' bid to halt Biden's Pennsylvania win

The US Supreme Court has rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground

Trump advisor broke law during election with Biden criticism: US watchdog

A federal watchdog agency has reported that one of Trump's economic advisors repeatedly violated the law during the campaign season with his criticisms of Joe Biden, now the president-elect

US President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani tests positive for Covid-19

Rudy Giuliani, who has led US President Donald Trump's legal challenges to try to overcome the outcome of the presidential elections, has tested positive for Covid-19, Trump said

Trump again says US presidential election was 'rigged' in favour of Biden

Donald Trump is showing no signs of surrender and has reiterated yet again his unsubstantiated claims about widespread voter fraud

US elections vote recount: Wisconsin governor certifies Biden as winner

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers certified Democrat Joe Biden as the winner of the state's presidential election

Indian-American appointed executive director of Biden's swearing-in

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have named Indian-American Maju Varghese in the four-member Presidential Inaugural Committee, which will organise the activities surrounding their swearing-in on Jan 20

Trump raises $170 mn since election defeat; money used to pay campaign debt

Trump has raised roughly 170 million since his election day defeat, a sum garnered through a nonstop stream of solicitations that have falsely claimed the election was stolen

Will be ready to hit ground running on day 1 with new economic team: Harris

US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris said that the next administration will be ready to hit the ground running on day one with the experienced economic team announced by President-elect Joe Biden

Biden gets access to top-secret summary of US intelligence for first time

Biden got first look as president-elect at the President's Daily Brief, a top-secret summary of US intelligence - a document former first lady Michelle Obama called "Horrible Things Book"

US vote recount: Arizona, Wisconsin certify Biden's victory over Trump

Two battleground states of Arizona and Wisconsin formally certified Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as the winner

Biden intends to nominate Indian-American Tanden as budget chief: Reports

US President-elect Joe Biden intends to nominate Indian-American Neera Tanden as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, according to local media reports

Presidential elections 2020 were probably least secure polls ever: Trump

The November 3rd presidential elections were probably the least secure American polls ever, US President Donald Trump alleged Sunday, a repeated claim which has found very few takers and has, so far, not been able to stand legal scrutiny. Our 2020 Election, from poorly rated Dominion to a Country FLOODED with unaccounted for Mail-In ballots, was probably our least secure EVER! Trump said in a tweet on a day the recount of votes in two Wisconsin counties witnessed President-elect Joe Biden maintain his lead over the incumbent. We have some big things happening in our various litigations on the Election Hoax. Everybody knows it was Rigged. They know Biden didn't get more votes from the Black community than Obama, & certainly didn't get 80,000,000 votes. Look what happened in Detroit, Philadelphia, plus! Trump alleged in another tweet. Earlier in his first post-election result interview, Trump told Fox News the entire world is watching over what is happening in the US. I have to ...

US President-elect Biden chooses an all-female White House press team

President-elect Joe Biden will have an all-female senior communications team at his White House, led by campaign communications director Kate Bedingfield.

More members of Trump's own party say it's time for him to accept defeat

"It's past time to start a transition, to at least cooperate with a transition. I'd rather have a president who has more than one day to prepare," Republican Senator Kevin Cramer said