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Mnuchin halts Fed's emergency lending programs, limiting Biden amid Covid

The Treasury Department asked the Federal Reserve to return unused funds, downsizing the next secretary's ability to restart the economic support

US presidential elections: Trump targets Michigan to overturn results

In a brazen step, the president invited Republican state leaders in Michigan to the White House as he and his allies try to prevent the state from certifying Joe Biden's clear victory there

Trump challenged election results in key states but can he win them back?

In order to reverse last week's results and get the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House, Trump would need to move at least three of those states into his column

Will file more lawsuits proving unconstitutionality of election, says Trump

US President Donald Trump has promised more lawsuits in the near future that will prove the unconstitutionality of the November presidential election

Nearly 2 dozen arrested in protest over Trump's defeat in US elections

Demonstrations over Trump's loss at the polls have resulted in charges against nearly two dozen people in Washington

Joe Biden is set to 'undo the Trump years' with civil rights makeover

Biden will seek to return the division to its original purpose, focusing on anti-discrimination laws that protect millions of people in minority groups that were mostly ignored in the Trump years

US: Democrats clinch House control, but majority likely to shrink

The party has now nailed down at least 218 seats, according to The Associated Press, and could win a few others when more votes are counted

Facebook extends post-election ban on US political ads for another month

As false claims about voting integrity multiply on social media, Alphabet Inc's Google also appears to be sticking with its post-election political ad ban.

Does Trump's defeat in US elections signal the start of populism's decline?

Populist leaders may have lost their most prominent champion, but their economic, social and political grievances remain potent

Fighting US election results, Trump employs a new weapon: The government

As President Trump and his administration insist he didn't lose, the rest of the world has increasingly moved to accept Joe Biden's victory

US elections: Trump campaign seeks hand recount in Georgia, could get it

Republicans are making more demands of Georgia's chief elections officer as they seek to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's 12,000-vote lead in the state's presidential race

US elections 2020: Donald Trump polls highest votes for a losing candidate

As Democrat Joe Biden won more than 75 million votes--the highest number for a presidential candidate in history, Trump received more than 70 million the highest total for a losing candidate

In America president doesn't choose his or her voters: NY AG slams Trump

New York Attorney General Letitia James slammed President Donald Trump for raising doubts around the integrity of the 2020 election, saying in America it's the people who choose their president

TV networks cut away from Trump as he made baseless claim of election fraud

ABC, CBS and NBC all cut away from President Donald Trump as he spoke from the White House to make an unfounded accusation that the presidential election was being stolen from him

Explainer: What effect could Trump's lawsuits have on the US election?

Two days later, an uneasy United States is still waiting to hear who will be its next president

US elections: Trump campaign loses lawsuits in Michigan and Georgia

US courts have dismissed Trump campaign's lawsuits in Michigan and Georgia related to electoral malpractice

US polls: Counties with worst virus surges overwhelmingly voted for Trump

US voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see Trump's response to the pandemic, with a surprising twist: In places where the virus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous support

Democracy messy, requires patience: Biden on delayed US election results

Democracy is sometimes messy and requires a little patience, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has said as the counting of votes for the US election is taking longer than usual

US elections: Republicans break with Trump over push to halt vote count

Some Republicans are breaking with Trump's attempts to falsely declare victory in the election and halt vote counting in Pennsylvania and other states, leaving him without key voices of support

Gold firms as Joe Biden edges closer to US presidential election win

Gold firmed as investors were cautiously optimistic Democrat Joe Biden would edge past President Donald Trump in a tight race to the White House, boosting the likelihood of more economic stimulus