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GOP torn over Donald Trump's Electoral College challenge of Joe Biden

Donald Trump's extraordinary challenge of his election defeat by Joe Biden is becoming a defining moment for the Republican Party before next week's joint session of Congress

Pence asks judge to reject GOP lawsuit seeking to overturn US poll results

Election experts have said such a finding would create a major conflict of interest

Trump makes 2nd request to Supreme Court over Wisconsin election loss

President Trump on Wednesday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn his election loss in Wisconsin, his second appeal in as many days to the high court over the result in the key battleground state

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.

White supremacists plotted attack on US power grid, says FBI

An Ohio teenager who allegedly shared the plan said he wanted the group to be operational on a fast-tracked timeline if Donald Trump were to lose his re-election bid

No need for special counsel to probe Hunter Biden, election fraud: Barr

Attorney General William Barr said that there is no need for a special counsel to investigate the finances of President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter or fraud in the recent Presidential elections

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

4 stabbed, 2 injured during clashes between Trump supporters, opponents

At least four people were stabbed near a gathering point for the Proud Boys, a male-chauvinist organization with ties to white nationalism, as pro-Trump demonstrators clashed with police and counter-protesters during a demonstration in Washington by supporters of US President Donald Trump, demanding that the results of the presidential elections be overturned.The victims were hospitalised and probably suffered life-threatening injuries, said Washington fire spokesman Doug Buchanan, while it was not immediately clear with which groups were the attackers or the injured might have been affiliated, reported Washington Post.The violence escalated after an evening of face-offs with counter-protesters that took place near Harry's Bar, Black Lives Matter Plaza, Franklin Square, and other spots around downtown.The Washington DC police also said that as of 9 pm, 23 people were arrested on Saturday, including 10 who were charged with misdemeanour assaults, while six were charged with assaulting .

US election: Supreme Court rejects Trump's attempt to overturn results

The court''s order was its second this week rebuffing Republican requests that it get involved in the 2020 election outcome. The justices turned away an appeal from Pennsylvania Republicans on Tuesday

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

YouTube will remove misinformation on US presidential poll results

The move comes at a time when US President Donald Trump is still seeking to overturn the results of the November 3 election

Trump approaches US Supreme Court against Presidential election results

President Trump has approached the US Supreme Court against the results of last month's presidential election, which he alleges were rigged in favour of 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

US like third world country with faulty voting machines: Trump on US polls

Trump has likened the US to a "third world country" as he blasted the "rigged" election, reiterating his unsubstantiated claims about widespread voter fraud in the presidential polls

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

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

Donald Trump presses Georgia's governor to overturn election result

President Donald Trump has fruitlessly pressed Georgia's governor to call a special legislative session aimed at overturning the presidential election results in that state

Biden plans scaled-down inauguration ceremony to avoid spreading Covid-19

US President-elect Joe Biden has said the presidential inauguration on January 20 will not be a "gigantic" event, but something closer to what the Democratic convention was like

Biden says jobs report 'grim,' relief package needed now and in January

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said in a statement on Friday the November U.S. jobs report underlined the need for urgent action on coronavirus relief but that any package passed by Congress now would not suffice and that more would be needed in January.