Obama says fraud claims undermining democracy Published3 hours ago
Former President Barack Obama has said senior US Republicans are undermining democracy by going along with President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. In an interview with CBS News, due to air on Sunday, Mr Obama said President-elect Joe Biden had “clearly won” this...
‘Everybody is freaking out’: Here’s what’s at stake if Trump lawsuits drag on
The legal barrage by President Donald Trump’s campaign against election results in battleground states is highly unlikely to succeed. But it still has the potential to test American democracy as Trump tries to cling to power despite losing the election. Lawsuits filed in Pennsylvania, Michigan...
Republicans Back Trump’s Refusal to Concede, Declining to Recognize Biden
Leading Republicans rallied on Monday around President Trump’s refusal to concede the election, declining to challenge the false narrative that it was stolen from him or to recognize President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory even as party divisions burst into public view. Senator Mitch McConnell...
Trump’s latest election lawsuit is dead on arrival, say legal experts
President Donald Trump’s campaign launched its broadest challenge yet to the results of the election that appears destined to push him from office, accusing Pennsylvania officials of running a “two-tiered” voting system — in-person and mail — that violates the U.S. Constitution. Legal experts said...
COVID Latest Updates: Biden Implores Americans To Wear Masks
The coronavirus continues to disrupt daily life around the globe, with more than 50.5 million people confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 since Chinese officials implemented the first coronavirus lockdown in the city of Wuhan in January. But Monday brought some potentially good news: Pfizer released...
Biden team steps up rhetoric
Some national security experts are worried that the President could take steps such as ordering all US troops out of Afghanistan or seek to radically change the US footprint in Asia — moves that might be difficult for Biden to reverse. And if a President...
Trump shows transition will be as turbulent as his presidency
The question is not whether President Donald Trump is leaving. It’s how much destruction, revenge and chaos he will wreak on the way out the door. Trump’s refusal to concede the election, delusional tweets about states tipping his way and failure to so far grant...
Sons attack Republicans for ‘weak’ backing of Trump
President Donald Trump’s two sons have rebuked Republicans for failing to back the president as he struggles to win re-election. Mr Trump’s eldest son Don Jr accused the party of being “weak”. His brother Eric warned: “Our voters will never forget you if your [sic]...
Fast virus tests at French nursing homes as deaths rise anew
“I cry every day,” said Patricia Deliry, 81, whose daughter usually provides daily assistance at her Paris care home but has been kept away for the past two weeks as part of the home’s virus protection efforts. Deliry hasn’t been able to see fellow residents...
A National Fight Over Who Is Counted In Voting Districts May Arise From Missouri
Voters in Missouri approved amending their state constitution this week with a subtle change that could spark a national legal fight over who is counted in voting districts. In general, political mapmakers around the country have long drawn state legislative districts once a decade based...
Joe Biden grabs small lead over Trump overnight as ballots counted in Georgia
Democratic challenger Joe Biden grabbed a slender lead early Friday in Georgia in his crucial race against President Trump, surging ahead by just over 1,000 votes. With 99% of the Georgia vote now counted, Biden appeared poised to flip the state where a Democrat last...
Biden takes the lead over Trump in crucial state
Joe Biden took the lead over President Trump in the crucial state of Georgia early Friday morning as votes continued to be counted for the presidential election. Biden led Trump by 917 votes in the Peach State as the former vice president gained ground in...
Biden Takes Very Narrow Lead in Georgia
margins between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden grew even tighter in key states as votes continued to be counted in the early hours of Friday morning. Biden took a tiny lead of fewer than 1,000 votes about 4:30 a.m. in Georgia, a state that...
Trump falsely declares Pennsylvania victory, so Seth Meyers declares himself ruler of Westeros
The U.S. presidential election is still dragging on, as votes continue to be counted and key states remain too close to call. Of course, this hasn’t stopped President Donald Trump from calling them anyway, prematurely declaring victory in several states despite having nothing to back...
The Note: Delayed results bring biggest stress test yet
Margins have narrowed in all the remaining battlegrounds — those where Trump is leading the vote count, as well as those where former Vice President Joe Biden holds an edge. Biden still has a clearer path to victory, with the possibility that he wins narrowly...
Iran’s daily death toll hits new record amid ‘third wave’
Iran has reported its highest daily death toll from Covid-19, as the country grapples with what officials have called a “third wave” of its outbreak. Health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said 337 people had died in the past 24 hours, exceeding the previous daily...
Coronavirus: Argentina’s confirmed cases surpass one million
Argentina has become the fifth country in the world to record one million confirmed coronavirus cases. In the past 24 hours, there were 12,982 new infections, pushing the overall number to 1,002,662, the country’s health ministry said. It reported 451 new deaths, bringing the nation’s...
Tokyo Olympics: Russian hackers targeted Games, UK says
Russian hackers targeted this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo with the aim of disrupting them, UK officials said. The Foreign Office said Russia’s GRU military intelligence carried out “cyber reconnaissance” against officials and organisations involved. The alleged attacks took place before the Games were postponed...
Trump set to remove Sudan from state sponsors of terrorism list
US President Donald Trump has said Sudan will come off a list of state sponsors of terror if it pays compensation of $335m (£259m). Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok responded by saying the funds had been transferred but there was no immediate US confirmation. Sudan...
Covid-19: Protests as Argentina’s cases pass 900,000
Thousands have joined anti-government protests in Argentina as confirmed coronavirus infections continue to rise, passing 900,000 on Monday. Many Argentines are angry at the government’s handling of the crisis and the economic effect of lockdowns, as well as issues such as corruption. A strict lockdown...
Belarus protests: Police authorised to use lethal weapons
Police in Belarus have been authorised to use lethal force if necessary against anti-government protesters, a senior government official says. The move was in response to increasingly radicalised, violent anti-Lukashenko groups, he said. Separately, EU foreign ministers have said they are ready to impose sanctions...
Signs Saudis are edging towards historic Israel peace
Will they or won’t they? It’s a question on a lot of people’s minds in the Middle East right now. Are Saudi Arabia’s rulers, historically critics of Israel and its treatment of the Palestinians, finally edging closer to normalising relations with the country often dismissively...
Amy Coney Barrett: Trump Supreme Court nominee faces questions
US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faces a grilling by Democrats opposing her nomination, in day two of her Senate confirmation hearing. They are likely to cast her as a threat to healthcare reforms passed under former President Barack Obama. The conservative judge said...
NYC schools in COVID hotspots to shut down Tuesday: Cuomo
Gov. Cuomo gave the green light Monday for the city to shut down schools in nine Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods that have seen a troubling surge in COVID-19 infections, though bars, restaurants and other nonessential businesses will remain open for now. Mayor de Blasio asked...
Melania Trump says she will stay in White House
First lady Melania Trump, while isolating due to testing positive for COVID-19, hasn’t left and won’t leave the White House to visit the president in the hospital. On Monday, she tweeted a new status report, saying, “I am feeling good and will continue to rest...
PRESS SEC TESTS POSITIVE — MET REPORTERS MASKLESS YESTERDAY!
Early Friday morning, the White House announced that Trump and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive, shortly after top Trump aide Hope Hicks tested positive. Hicks had been part of the team that traveled with Trump to the presidential debate in Cleveland last week....
Pence and Harris prep for a debate with suddenly higher stakes
WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris are expected to take the debate stage Wednesday night against an extraordinary backdrop that has raised the stakes of an event that for decades has been a routine, inconsequential fixture of presidential elections. No vice...
Trump’s allies defend drive-by as doctors consider hospital discharge
President Donald Trump was up and tweeting Monday morning as his doctors prepare to evaluate him and weigh whether he should be discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The president’s allies, meanwhile, defended his drive-by outside the hospital late Sunday afternoon. Trump briefly...
He may have survived Covid-19 twice. His symptoms were different
Covid-19 first struck Jordan Josey around St. Patrick’s Day, right as social distancing guidelines were rolling out across the country. The 29-year-old lawyer from Macon, Georgia, was sick through Easter, before eventually clearing the coronavirus, developing antibodies and gradually building up his stamina again by...
White House press secretary tests positive for coronavirus
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has tested positive for Covid-19, she tweeted in a statement Monday morning. McEnany emphasized that she had previously tested negatively “consistently” and is experiencing no symptoms. McEnany is the latest White House staffer to test positive for the virus,...