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Coronavirus winter surge puts US on red alert, Trump stews in White House

Fresh off his election loss, US President Trump is stewing in the White House as the coronavirus pandemic hammers America with a winter surge that is sending almost all its 50 states into red alert

Joe Biden may file lawsuit to make transition happen; experts wary

President-elect names aide Ron Klain as White House chief of staff

Donald Trump's silent public outing belies the White House in tumult

Trump has spent 10 minutes in public honouring America's war veterans a veneer of normalcy for a White House that's frozen by a defeated president mulling his options

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

We are beginning transition, ready to assume presidency: Joe Biden

He also expressed confidence that the unwillingness of his opponents to acknowledge his victory at this point was not of much consequence in his planning

A divided US: As Biden secures White House, only half the nation celebrates

Trump supporters held "Stop the Steal" rallies outside state capitols across the country, though their cries of electoral corruption sometimes came as news of Mr. Biden's declared victory was lighting

White House faces risk of delayed Biden transition as Trump rejects outcome

Biden's team has begun the informal work of transition anyway, preparing to name some early White House appointees soon and hold the first meeting of his coronavirus task force on Monday

Joe Biden wins US Presidency after long, bitter contest with Trump

Trump sought to undermine the outcome, baselessly accusing Democrats of trying to steal the election and claiming victory before the race was called

Indian-American among 14 White House Fellows announced this year

Indian American Pia Dandiya has been appointed the White House Fellow for the year 2020-21

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

US elections: Protesters gather near White House, no wide unrest seen

More than 1,000 people protesting US President Donald Trump descended on Black Lives Matter Plaza, just a block from the White House, while hundreds more marched through parts of downtown Washington

US Elections 2020: Donald Trump to remain in White House on polling day

After months of campaigning during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic across the US seeking a second four year term, President Trump will remain at the White House as the country votes for a leader

Fearing poll-related violence, White House takes additional security cover

Security has been tightened at the White House, major commercial avenues and shopping districts in the United States as officials feared street violence on Election Day

Trump's dismissal of coronavirus risk paved way to White House outbreak

As the virus tightened its grip on the U.S, the White House itself became an incubator for infection

Trump plans 2nd White House event for Barrett as Senate takes up nomination

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told reporters the event planned for Monday evening likely would be held outdoors.

White House rejects Vladimir Putin response to US arms control offer

The Trump administration rejected as a non-starter Russia's stance that a key nuclear arms control treaty be extended without imposing a broader, short-term freeze on US and Russian nuclear weapons

Covid-19: Dr. Anthony Fauci criticising concept of 'herd immunity'

Dr. Anthony Fauci is criticising a declaration by a group of scientists that supports the concept of herd immunity, which the White House is using to bolster a push to reopen schools and businesses. Fauci says backing herd immunity the idea that a disease will stop spreading once nearly everybody has contracted it is total nonsense. The top U.S. infectious disease expert says: If you talk to anybody who has any experience in epidemiology and infectious diseases, they will tell you that that is risky and you'll wind up with many more infections of vulnerable people, which will lead to hospitalisations and death, he told ABC's Good Morning America on Thursday. So I think that we've just got to look that square in the eye and say it's nonsense. The U.S. leads the world with 7.9 million coronavirus cases and nearly 217,000 confirmed deaths. Globally, there have been 38 million reported cases and 1.09 million confirmed deaths.

US elections: Twitter locks White House Press Secretary's personal account

Twitter locked the personal account of White House Press Secretary after she shared a news report regarding alleged corruption by the son of Joe Biden, President Donald Trump has said

White House moves forward with drone and missile sales to Taiwan: Report

China considers Taiwan a wayward province that it has vowed to reunite with the mainland, by force if necessary

Donald Trump tests negative for coronavirus, says White House physician

White House physician Sean Conley said on Monday that US President Donald Trump has tested negative for the novel coronavirus, 12 days after he had tested Covid-19 positive