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America Votes 2020: Trump keeps making baseless election fraud claims

As U.S. President Donald Trump persists in trying to overturn the election, what do legal experts think of his claims of voter fraud? Jackson Proskow reports.

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Biden moves forward without help from Trump's intel team

WASHINGTON – The presidential race was hovering in limbo in 2000 when outgoing President Bill Clinton decided to let then-Gov. George W.

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Money to support Trump court fight could flow to president, RNC

OPA LOCKA, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 01: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during his campaign event at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport on November 1, 2020 in Opa Locka, Florida.

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Incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan wins Alaska, giving Republicans half of US Senate seats

ANCHORAGE, A.K. - Incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan will keep his seat on the U.S.

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President Trump emerges from White House to mark Veterans Day

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump attends a "National Day of Observance" wreath laying ceremony on November 11, 2020 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

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2020 election breathes new life into false 'dead voter' claims

WASHINGTON (AP) - As President Donald Trump continued to assert without evidence Tuesday that the presidential election was undermined by voter fraud, social media users falsely claimed that people had cast extra votes using the identities of dead people in Pennsylvania and Michigan.There’s no evidence that this happened.The false claim that deceased voters cast votes “comes up every election,” said Jason Roberts, a professor of political science at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Experts told The Associated Press that it is common for state voter rolls to include voters with birthdates that make them appear impossibly old, but these are usually explained by human error, software quirks or voter confidentiality issues.Here’s

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Boris Johnson calls Trump 'previous president'

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a press conference in 10 Downing Street on October 31, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali-Pool/Getty Images) LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called Donald Trump the “previous president” of the United States and said it was “refreshing” to talk to President-elect Joe Biden.Johnson has had a warm relationship with Trump.

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Trump to emerge from White House to mark Veterans Day 2020 at Arlington National Cemetery

WASHINGTON - As Americans across the country honor the men and women who have served in the U.S. military, President Donald Trump on Wednesday was scheduled to participate in the Veterans Day observance at Arlington National Ceremony.It will be Trump’s first public appearance since President-elect Joe Biden surpassed the 270 electoral votes on Saturday needed to win the presidency.

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Immigration an early target for Biden administration

WASHINGTON (AP) - Some dramatic moves on immigration are expected in the early days of the Biden administration. Joe Biden will likely use executive orders to reverse some of President Donald Trump's most controversial actions, rolling back moves that were a central feature of his administration and important to his base.The Biden administration plans to restore protection for people brought to the U.S.

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Trump team still not working with Biden for transition of power

U.S. President Donald Trump still refuses to admit defeat, and it appears the transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden could be turbulent.

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Analysis: GOP lets doubts about Biden's legitimacy flourish

WASHINGTON – In backing President Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud, Republicans risk leaving millions of Americans with the false impression that the results of the 2020 race are illegitimate.And that may be the point.None of Trump's legal challenges and assertions of voting irregularities has revealed any substantive issues with the election that would overturn the results. And some GOP lawmakers and party officials privately acknowledge that Trump has no choice but to step aside by Jan.

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Some big, early shifts on immigration expected under Biden

WASHINGTON – Some dramatic moves on immigration are expected in the early days of the Biden administration. Joe Biden will likely use executive orders to reverse some of President Donald Trump's most controversial actions, rolling back moves that were a central feature of his administration and important to his base.The Biden administration plans to restore protection for people brought to the U.S.

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Biden vows to 'get right to work' despite Trump resistance

WILMINGTON, Del. – Vowing “to get right to work,” President-elect Joe Biden shrugged off President Donald Trump's fierce refusal to accept the election outcome as “inconsequential,” even as Democrats elsewhere warned that the Republican president's actions were dangerous.Raising unsupported claims of voter fraud, Trump has blocked the incoming president from receiving intelligence briefings and withheld federal funding intended to help facilitate the transfer of power.

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Transition delay could impede Biden’s ability to address issues like coronavirus: experts

Joe Biden was projected to be U.S. president-elect by all major news outlets, the Trump administration has refused to concede and has reportedly stalled the transition process.

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CNN tops cable ratings for election week, Biden's speech

LOS ANGELES – CNN and Fox News Channel battled for viewers on the election day that turned into an election week and then some, each earning bragging rights.CNN edged Fox among total viewers for the week, averaging 5.9 million viewers to Fox's 5.7 million. The latter was dominant on Tuesday as President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off at the polls.Fox averaged 14.1 million viewers Tuesday to CNN's 9.4 million, with MSNBC drawing 7.6 million, according to Nielsen figures.

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State legislatures cannot override popular vote after Election Day, legal experts say

released a briefing to dispel this notion — which has been floated by some backers of President Donald Trump in the midst of his projected loss to President-elect Joe Biden.“GET READY TO DO YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY,” conservative radio host Mark Levin tweeted on Nov. 5, adding that Republican state legislatures have “the final say over the choosing of electors.” The post was flagged by Twitter as being disputed.Still, Levin’s post was reportedly retweeted by the president’s son, Donald Trump, Jr.

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Advance voting helped ensure a smooth election despite risks

ATLANTA – The 2020 presidential election had all the makings of a looming disaster: fears of Russian meddling, violence at the polls and voter intimidation, and poll workers fleeing their posts because of the coronavirus.But aside from the long lines and minor technical glitches that happen every four years, the election unfolded smoothly.

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Biden fights to confront crises, Trump resistance

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Promising “we’re going to get right to work,” President-elect Joe Biden fought to confront the nation's competing crises — and fierce Republican resistance — on Tuesday and downplayed concerns that President Donald Trump's refusal to acknowledge his victory could undermine national security.Raising unsupported claims of voter fraud, Trump has blocked his Democratic rival from receiving the intelligence briefings traditionally shared with incoming presidents, according to someone with knowledge of the situation but not authorized to disclose private conversations.

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President-elect Joe Biden defends health care law as Supreme Court mulls its fate

WILMINGTON, Del. – President-elect Joe Biden fought to confront the nation’s competing crises — and fierce Republican resistance — on Tuesday as concerns grew that President Donald Trump’s refusal to acknowledge his Democratic rival’s victory could undermine national security.Raising unsupported claims of voter fraud, Trump has blocked Biden from receiving the intelligence briefings traditionally shared with incoming presidents, according to someone with knowledge of the situation but not authorized to disclose private conversations.

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GOP presses ahead after election with Russia probe review

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump may have lost his bid for reelection, but that hasn’t stopped Senate Republicans from pressing forward with their politically charged probe of the FBI’s Russia investigation. The latest burst of activity came Tuesday when the GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee grilled former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe about an investigation that was begun even before the 2016 presidential election.

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Mitch McConnell says Electoral College will determine 2020 election

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday there’s “no reason for alarm” as President Donald Trump, backed by Republicans in Congress, pursues legal challenges to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory.Republicans are increasingly pointing to a December deadline as they give Trump time and space to exhaust his legal challenges. That's when the states face a deadline to certify results and a Dec.

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Trump campaign sues to block certification of Biden win in Pennsylvania

Donald Trump‘s campaign on Monday filed a lawsuit in a Pennsylvania federal court, seeking to block state officials from certifying President-elect Joe Biden‘s victory in the state.The lawsuit, brought by the campaign and two registered voters, alleged Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting system “lacked all of the hallmarks of transparency and verifiability that were present for in-person voters.” Trump faces long odds in lawsuits challenging ballot counts The lawsuit claims Pennsylvania officials violated the U.S.

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AP Interview: France wants Biden to calm trade disputes

PARIS – France’s trade minister hopes that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden acts soon to calm trade tensions fueled by Donald Trump, which have led to escalating trans-Atlantic tariffs hitting billions of dollars worth of wine, planes and other goods.In an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press, French Trade Minister Franck Riester accused the U.S.

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COVID-19 vaccine timeline: A look at what’s ahead for leading candidates

Pfizer's surprising news that its COVID-19 vaccine might offer more protection than anticipated — an announcement right after a fraught U.S. presidential election campaign — is raising questions about exactly how the different shots will make it to market.Pfizer Inc.

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U.S election: Biden team considers legal action as agency delays approving transition

Joe Biden’s transition team is considering legal action over a federal agency’s delay in recognizing the Democrat’s victory over President Donald Trump in last week’s election, a Biden official said on Monday.The General Services Administration (GSA) normally recognizes a presidential candidate when it becomes clear who has won an election so that a transition of power can begin. Biden is the projected winner of the U.S.

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Biden is the projected winner of the U.S. election. What if Trump refuses to concede?

Donald Trump has made it clear that he has no plans to concede to Democratic president-elect Joe Biden anytime soon, having already launched lawsuits against several states citing unproven allegations of voter fraud.Shortly after the Associated Press and various other organization declared Biden the projected winner on Saturday, Trump began floating baseless allegations of voter fraud on Twitter, adding that ballot observers in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state, were not allowed to watch the counting process.“The American People are entitled to an honest election: that means counting all legal ballots, and not counting any illegal ballots,” Trump said in an online statement.

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U.S. election: Here’s what happens until Joe Biden, Kamala Harris are inaugurated

Joe Biden has been projected the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, defeating Donald Trump.The Associated Press has projected Biden will win at least 290 electoral college votes, with a few states still counting ballots.However, Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris won’t take over the country’s highest office until Jan.

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Testing timeline: What is ahead for COVID-19 vaccines

Pfizer Inc. and the maker of the other leading US vaccine candidate, Moderna Inc., have been cautioning for weeks that the earliest they could seek regulatory approval for wider use of their shots would be late November.In Britain, AstraZeneca recently said it hoped to prove its own vaccine was effective by year's end.Late on Monday in a series of tweets President Donald Trump accused the US Food and Drug Administration and Pfizer of waiting until after the election to announce its positive vaccine news.

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Biden moves ahead with transition of power plans

Joe Biden is unveiling his plans on what will happen once he officially is the 46th president of the United States.

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Attorney General Barr OKs election probes despite little evidence of fraud

WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr has authorized federal prosecutors across the U.S. to pursue “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities before the 2020 presidential election is certified, despite little evidence of fraud.READ MORE: Lawsuits filed, recount requested by Trump campaign — here’s where they standBarr’s action comes days after Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump and raises the prospect that Trump will use the Justice Department to try to challenge the outcome.

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Biden likely to fill cabinet roles with experienced picks

(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden is looking to build out his nascent White House staff with more traditional Washington insiders, a notable departure from four years in which President Donald Trump filled his team with outsiders and government antagonists.Ron Klain is an early favorite to become Biden's chief of staff, according to multiple people familiar with planning who spoke on condition of anonymity to speak freely about private discussions.

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Safe harbor deadline: Here’s why Dec. 8 matters in the 2020 election

WASHINGTON - There are many dates to be aware of following the projected win of President-elect Joe Biden and before Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, 2021 — one of them being the “safe harbor” deadline on Dec.

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Mitch McConnell says Trump '100% within his rights' to question election results

WASHINGTON - Despite President-elect Joe Biden's victory, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday President Donald Trump is “100% within his rights” to question election results and consider legal options.The Republican leader's remarks, his first public comments since Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election, come as Trump's allies on Capitol Hill have been reluctant to congratulate Biden or push the president to accept the outcome.McConnell said the process will play out and “reach its conclusion.”RELATED: Election 2020: Lawsuits filed, recount requested by Trump campaign — here’s where they standTrump has declined to concede the presidential race and is mounting legal fights, but there has been no indication

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Stacey Abrams raises millions for Democrats in Georgia Senate runoff

Stacey Abrams poses for a picture, after her speech at the National Press Club Headliners Luncheon in Washington, D.C. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)ATLANTA - Stacey Abrams says she and her organization Fair Fight have raised millions since Friday to help Democrats in their attempt to win Georgia's two Senate runoff elections.The one-time candidate for Georgia governor tweeted Monday morning that her group has raised $6 million so far for the campaigns of Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and the Rev.

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Russian President Putin won't immediately congratulate President-elect Joe Biden

Russian President Vladimir Putin speeches during his press conference at the G20 Osaka Summit 2019, on June 29, 2019 in Osaka, Japan. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t congratulate President-elect Joe Biden until legal challenges to the U.S.

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Donald Trump won't concede, Joe Biden gets working on coronavirus

Joe Biden plowed ahead anyway with the first meeting of a parallel coronavirus task force, initiating an awkward and potentially volatile transition period.Traditionally, Trump would by now not only have accepted the results of Tuesday's election but started assisting the incoming administration before the January 20 handover. Construction has already begun along Pennsylvania Avenue for the ceremonies.However, the next weeks threaten to push the United States into unprecedented new tension after the already bitter election.Trump is loudly claiming the election was stolen, despite all-but completed vote counts across the 50 states showing Biden with an insurmountable lead.

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Trump fires Defense Secretary Mark Esper

FILE - U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper attends a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda and U.S.

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Trump faces pressure to work with Biden on U.S. presidential transition plan

Donald Trump is facing pressure to co-operate with President-elect Joe Biden’s team to ensure a smooth transfer of power when the new administration takes office in January.The General Services Administration is tasked with formally recognizing Biden as president-elect, which begins the transition.

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America Votes 2020: World reacts to Joe Biden being elected U.S. president

Joe Biden’s historic win over President Donald Trump in the U.S. election could mark a significant shift in geo-politics, after four tumultuous years of international relations under the Trump administration.

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Putin won't congratulate Biden until legal action resolved

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t congratulate President-elect Joe Biden until legal challenges to the U.S. election are resolved and the result is official, the Kremlin announced Monday.

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America Votes 2020: President Trump claims election was ‘stolen’

Despite officially losing the U.S. election, President Donald Trump still won’t concede, continuing baseless claims that the election was illegally “stolen”. Jennifer Johnson reports on Trump’s latest legal attacks to overturn the results.

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Trump faces calls to work with Biden team on transition

WILMINGTON, Del. – President Donald Trump is facing pressure to cooperate with President-elect Joe Biden's team to ensure a smooth transfer of power when the new administration takes office in January.The General Services Administration is tasked with formally recognizing Biden as president-elect, which begins the transition. But the agency's Trump-appointed administrator, Emily Murphy, has not started the process and has given no guidance on when she will do so.That lack of clarity is fueling questions about whether Trump, who has not publicly recognized Biden's victory and has falsely claimed the election was stolen, will impede Democrats as they try to establish a government.

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Chatham County judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit

CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. - A Georgia judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the state Republican Party and President Donald Trump's campaign that asked him to ensure a coastal county was following state laws on processing absentee ballots.Chatham County Superior Court Judge James Bass did not provide an explanation for his decision Thursday at the close of a roughly one-hour hearing. Chatham County includes the heavily Democratic city of Savannah.The suit had raised concerns about 53 absentee ballots that poll observers said were not part of an original batch of ballots.

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Mexico, Brazil leaders silent as world congratulates president-elect Joe Biden

FILE - Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro arrives to attend the National Flag Raising ceremony in front of Alvorada Palace amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in Brasilia, Brazil, on Tuesday, October 27, 2020. (Andre Borges/NurPhoto via Getty Images)MEXICO CITY - There were two notable holdouts among the world leaders who rushed to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S.

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America Votes 2020: U.S. President-Elect Biden aims to end era of divisive rhetoric

U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden vowed to take swift action to slow the surge of COVID-19 during his victory speech, but also called to end four years of division fuelled by Donald Trump.

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Trump campaign to give remarks in Las Vegas Sunday

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks on election night in the East Room of the White House in the early morning hours of November 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)President Donald Trump’s campaign is holding a press conference in Las Vegas Sunday afternoon, according to FOX News.In an emailed correspondence, Nevada’s former attorney general, Adam Laxalt and American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp are expected to host the event scheduled for 5 p.m.

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Mexico, Brazil leaders silent as world congratulates Biden

MEXICO CITY – There were two notable holdouts among the world leaders who rushed to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. elections: the leaders of Latin America’s two largest countries, both of whom have been seen as friendly to President Donald Trump.

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2020 election: Transition challenges await Biden

Wilmington, Del. - Joe Biden just won the presidency. That may turn out to be the easy part.Now, he has to build a government while contending with a Senate that could stay in GOP hands, a House sure to feature fewer Democratic allies and a public that includes more than 70 million people who would prefer that President Donald Trump keep the job.There also is the looming question of whether Trump, who has claimed the election was being stolen from him, will cooperate.

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America Votes 2020: How Biden was able to get ahead by flipping key states

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