Page 16 - Us Presidential Elections 2020

Trump's disinformation push underway to subvert polls as he stares at loss

The goal: To somehow stop a victory by former Vice President Joseph R Biden, or, failing that, undermine his legitimacy before he can take office

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

According to latest US media projections, Biden pulled ahead of Trump in Georgia. He has also taken the lead over Trump in Pennsylvania

Must understand Trump supporters, their issues: Indian-American lawmakers

Prominent Indian-American Democratic Congresspersons have hailed presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris for being on the cusp of electoral success

Biden leads in Pennsylvania, Georgia as Trump pushes legal offensive

Biden eclipsed Trump in Wisconsin and Michigan, two crucial Midwestern battleground states, and was inching closer to overtaking the president in Pennsylvania and Georgia

Armed man arrested in Philadelphia amid plot to attack vote-counting centre

Amid the ongoing vote count in the US election, police have made an arrest in Philadelphia for an alleged plot to attack the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where the votes are still being counted

Indices rally for 5th straight day, Sensex up 553 pts; RIL, financials gain

All that happened in the markets today

Greta Thunberg recycles Trump's jibe as he tries to 'stop' vote counting

Greta Thunberg mocked Donald Trump in his own words, and urged him to "chill" after he, trailing behind his Democratic rival Joe Biden in the election, demanded that the counting of votes must "stop"

Brokerages remain bullish on Asian equities despite US poll cliffhanger

From an Indian market perspective, the US election driven trends could imply that Indian IT stocks and Reliance Industries (RIL) could gain traction and cyclical stocks including banks might lag

Gold dips as dollar firms, but set for best week in over three months

Gold fell, as the dollar gained but was set for its best week since late July on hopes for more central bank economic support as investors bet on a divided US Congress

Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street rose amid US election voting

Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street rose amid protracted vote-counting following this week's US elections. Tokyo and Sydney advanced while Shanghai and Hong Kong declined. Seoul swung between gains and losses. Markets are betting on control of the US Congress being split between Republicans and Democrats, which could mean low taxes and light regulation that investors like stay in place. On Wall Street, the benchmark S&P 500 index closed 1.9 per cent higher. It is moving toward its biggest weekly gain since April. I find it remarkable how relaxed these markets are under the circumstances, said Craig Erlam of Oanda in a report. Hopefully, the faith investors have shown is rewarded, because the last thing we need is an extremely messy conclusion to what has already been a hostile and divisive election. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.5 per cent to 3,302.02 while the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 1.1 per cent to 24,367.35. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong shed 0.3 per

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

Wall Street rallies as investors eye split US Congress after elections

US stocks jumped as investors bet Republicans would hold onto the Senate and prevent changes under a possible Joe Biden White House that would crimp corporate profits

US election results LIVE: Results slow in Pennsylvania; Trump yet ahead

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: Among key states with most electoral votes, Trump is leading in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Texas and Florida. Joe Biden is ahead in Arizona, Nevada, California, NYC

Asian shares near a three-year peak, dollar soft in US deadlock trade

A gauge of Asian shares was set to cling to a near 3-year peak while the dollar stayed sluggish as prospect of a divided US legislature dimmed the chance of major policy changes, lifting risk appetite

Biden inches closer to victory: Where things stand in remaining states

Wisconsin is prepared for a recount and Michigan is among several states subject to legal battles

Packed court, unrepresentative senate: Is America Becoming a Failed State?

G.O.P. obstruction did a lot of damage even during the Obama years

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