Biden at 238 electoral votes, Trump at 213
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls closed across the United States — and the American people waiting for results in key battlegrounds still up for grabs. As it stands, there are seven states still left uncalled, including major prizes such as Pennsylvania […]
Trump says will go to Supreme Court to dispute election count
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed he had won the US election, despite the final results not yet being given, and said he would go to the Supreme Court to dispute the counting of votes. “We did win this election,” Trump said in an extraordinary speech from the ceremonial East Room of the White […]
Biden at 224 electoral votes, Trump at 213 as at 2.30pm (UTC+8)
UPDATES with one Nebraska vote going to Biden because of state’s method of splitting electoral votes WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls closed across the United States Tuesday — and a long night of waiting for results in key battlegrounds on the […]
Social media sites brace for attacks by Trump on US vote count
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter on Friday said it is bracing for efforts by President Donald Trump or others to attack the integrity of the US election, as US media reported that Facebook and YouTube were planning defences of their own. Trump has used Twitter in particular to stoke unsubstantiated doubts about mail-in voting, just months before […]
Trump to travel US in epic troll of Democratic convention
WASHINGTON: This week the eyes of US voters turn to Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the Democratic convention — unless they swivel first to Republican distracter-in-chief Donald Trump. For the Democrats, the convention is the real 2020 campaign launch, culminating on Thursday when Biden accepts the nomination to confront Trump on November 3. The incumbent […]
Trump grabs spotlight but reclusive Biden leads polls
WASHINGTON: Despite being gaffe-prone, getting up in years and barely heading out on the campaign trail, Democrat Joe Biden is leading in the polls as the coronavirus epidemic and economic crisis make the November presidential election a referendum on Donald Trump. The Covid-19 outbreak has stripped Trump of his beloved campaign rallies but he has […]
Donald Trump’s younger brother dies
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s younger brother Robert died on Saturday after being hospitalised for an undisclosed illness, the US president said in a statement mourning his loss. “It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight,” Trump said in a White House statement. “He was not just my brother; […]
Trump fans false birther theory about Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has stoked false claims that Democratic vice-presidential contender Kamala Harris is ineligible to hold that office because her parents were foreign born. The claims about Harris — who was born in the United States, making her constitutionally eligible to be both vice president and president — echo a baseless theory […]
Trump call for slice of TikTok deal draws fire
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his demand for the US government to get a piece of the action to let Microsoft or any other company here buy popular China-based social media app TikTok. Trump’s stance was slammed by critics who said it appears unconstitutional and akin to extortion. “We have all the cards, […]
Trump says US ‘terminating’ relationship with WHO
WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump said on Friday that his country is “terminating” its relationship with the World Health Organisation (WHO), Xinhua news agency reported. “We will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organisation and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs,” Trump said during a […]
