Trump says he won presidential election in Pennsylvania
MOSCOW: Incumbent United States President Donald Trump said that he had won the presidential election in Pennsylvania as some 700,000 ballots had not been counted in this battleground state. On Friday, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has rejected a Republican Party lawsuit seeking to invalidate nearly 10,000 late-arriving ballots in Pennsylvania, […]
Biden projected to widen lead in Electoral College by margin of 306 to 232
WASHINGTON: Democrat Joe Biden has won southern United States’ Georgia and its 16 Electoral College votes, widening his lead in the Electoral College by a margin of 306 to 232, multiple US media outlets projected on Friday, reported Xinhua news agency. Sitting President Donald Trump was projected on Friday to have picked 15 electoral votes […]
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Biden wins White House, ending Trump presidency Washington: Democrat Joe Biden has won the White House, US media said Saturday, defeating Donald Trump and ending a presidency that convulsed American politics, shocked the world and left the United States more divided than at any time in decades. CNN, NBC News and CBS News called the […]
Why is US vote count taking so long?
WASHINGTON: Three days after polls closed, the United States and the world still do not have final results from the presidential election, although Democrat Joe Biden was on the brink of unseating Donald Trump. The wait has fuelled tension across the polarised nation, with Trump alleging without evidence that Democrats are engineering fraud. But the […]
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 […]
US beefs up security as election day nears
WASHINGTON: With Election Day two days away, enhanced security measures can be seen across the United States, a country that is bracing for possible violence related to the high-stakes presidential election, Xinhua news agency reported. In Washington, D.C., shopfronts are boarding up their windows with plywood or putting up other makeshift barriers, some of them […]
