G20 summit Saturday in a first for an Arab nation, with the virtual forum dominated by efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and the worst global recession in decades.The two-day meeting of the world's wealthiest nations comes as President Donald Trump refuses to concede a bitter election and campaigners criticise what they call the G20's inadequate response to the crippling economic crisis.World leaders will huddle virtually as international efforts intensify for a large-scale roll out of coronavirus vaccines after a breakthrough in trials, and as calls grow for G20 nations to plug a $4.5 billion funding shortfall.Amid a raging pandemic, the summit -- usually an opportunity for one-on-one engagements between world leaders -- is.

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Biden set to receive daily presidential briefings after Trump signs off

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has belatedly signed off on giving his successor access to the nation’s most secure secrets.An administration official said Tuesday that Trump will allow President-elect Joe Biden to receive the presidential daily brief, the highly classified briefing prepared by the nation’s intelligence community for the government’s most senior leaders.The official said the logistics of when and where Biden will first receive the briefing were still being worked out.The determination comes a day after the General Services Administration cleared the way for beginning formal transition planning to the Biden administration ahead of his Jan. 20 inauguration.

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Trump pardons national Thanksgiving turkey at the White House

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered reprieve to a turkey as part of an annual Thanksgiving tradition.The National Turkey Federation presented the two birds, named Corn and Cob in honor of their home state of Iowa. Corn was declared the national Thanksgiving turkey, though both will retire to a new home on the campus of Iowa State University.The practice of sending a turkey to a farm became the norm under President Ronald Reagan.

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Turkey pardons on the menu at White House ceremony

WASHINGTON – In an annual Thanksgiving tradition, President Donald Trump will offer a reprieve to a pair of meaty turkeys as he makes a public appearance Tuesday following the Nov. 3 elections.The National Turkey Federation is presenting the two birds.

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Pennsylvania certifies Biden as winner of presidential vote

US President-elect Joe Biden speaks after a meeting with governors in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 19, 2020. - Biden said today he would not order a nationwide shutdown to fight the Covid-19 pandemic despite a surge in cases.

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Asian shares mostly rise on virus vaccine, Yellen hopes

TOKYO – Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday, encouraged by news on the development of coronavirus vaccines and more assurance for a transition of power in the U.S. to President-elect Joe Biden.

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States certifying results ahead of Electoral College meeting

States have begun certifying their results from the Nov. 3 presidential election in the run-up to the Electoral College meeting in mid-December.Among the states certifying on Monday was Michigan, where President Donald Trump and his allies tried and failed to delay the process.

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Cubans receive last of remittances via Western Union

HAVANA – Western Union closed its 407 locations across Cuba on Monday, a sanctions-driven move that will leave thousands bereft of remittances on an island that depends heavily on them — or force them to use less reliable ways to bring in money.The closure of offices that have operated for more than 20 years in Cuba resulted from a barrage of sanctions that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump imposed while courting conservative Cuban-American voters in Florida ahead of the Nov.

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White House still party planning amid coronavirus, ignoring advice from health officials

coronavirus cases.But that isn’t stopping the White House from planning a host of festivities, including holiday parties, which kicked off Monday with the arrival of the White House Christmas tree.“Attending the parties will be a very personal choice,” said Stephanie Grisham, First Lady Melania Trump’s spokeswoman and chief of staff.

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PHOTOS: Presidential turkeys arrive in DC ahead of annual pardon

Corn and Cob, a pair of turkeys that will be pardoned by US President Donald Trump, walk inside their hotel room at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, DC on November 23, 2020, while awaiting the White House pardoning ceremony later thi WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The Willard Hotel in D.C.

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Trump supporter charged after breathing forcefully on protesters

Trump innertube has been charged with assault, after a heated encounter outside the president’s Virginia golf course on Saturday.Raymond Deskins, 61, of Sterling, Va., faces one count of misdemeanour assault after a citizen obtained a warrant through a county magistrate, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. Trump lawyers mix up Michigan and Minnesota in bungled voter fraud claim The charge stems from an encounter captured partially on video outside the Trump National Golf Club, where Deskins and two anti-Trump protesters engaged in a shouting match over the weekend.

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Despite Trump's prod, Mich. to consider certifying Biden win

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan election officials on Monday planned to consider certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s 154,000-vote victory in the state as President Donald Trump’s brazen attempts to subvert the results of the election faced increasingly stiff resistance from the courts and fellow Republicans. Trump's delay tactics, meant to sow doubt about the vote in order to soften the sting of defeat, were only forestalling the inevitable, with just three weeks until the Electoral College meets to formalize Biden's ascendency to the White House on Jan 20.

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Coronavirus crisis to dominate Saudi-hosted G20 summit

Saudi Arabia opened the G20 summit in a first for an Arab nation, with the virtual forum dominated by efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and the worst global recession in decades.

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How Democrats came up short in bid to expand House majority

MONROE, Iowa – This swath of southeast Iowa isn't supposed to be a nailbiter for Democrats.For more than a decade, voters in the college town of Iowa City powered Democratic candidates to Congress. But that changed this month when conservatives who dominate the more rural parts of the district turned out in droves, eager to support President Donald Trump and other Republicans on the ballot.Nearly three weeks after Election Day, a winner hasn't been declared in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District.

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Trump aims to box in Biden abroad, but it may not work

WASHINGTON – On its way out the door, the Trump administration is enacting new rules, regulations and orders that it hopes will box in President-elect Joe Biden's administration on numerous foreign policy matters and cement President Donald Trump’s “America First” legacy in international affairs.Yet, the push may not work, as many of these decisions can be withdrawn or significantly amended by the incoming president when he takes office on Jan. 20.In recent weeks, the White House, State Department and other agencies have been working overtime to produce new policy pronouncements on Iran, Israel, China and elsewhere that aim to lock in Trump's vision for the world.

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‘Frankenstein’s monster’: Where we’re at in Trump’s fight to challenge U.S. election results

Donald Trump and his legal team to challenge the results of the U.S. election, and many of his lawsuits alleging voter fraud and widespread irregularities are falling short.So far, Trump’s campaign has pursued legal action against six states that voted in favour of president-elect Joe Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris.

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President Trump appeals rejection of effort to block Pennsylvania vote

HARRISBURG - President Donald Trump is appealing a federal judge’s dismissal of his campaign’s effort to block the certification of votes in Pennsylvania.The president and other plaintiffs filed notice of appeal to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sunday, a day after the judge issued a scathing order shooting down claims of widespread irregularities with mail-in ballots.MORE: Judge throws out Trump bid to stop Pennsylvania vote certificationThe case was always a long shot to stop President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, but given Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes at stake, it was the campaign’s best hope to affect the election results through the courts.

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Biden inauguration will be scaled down amid COVID, aide says

Joe Biden will be a scaled-down version of the usual traditions that will not endanger Americans health amid the coronavirus pandemic, a top aide said on Sunday."I think it's going to definitely have to be changed," incoming White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said.

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Trump slams Paris climate agreement, claiming it cripples the US economy

FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg (not seen) at the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, on Jan.

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Trump slams global climate agreement Biden intends to rejoin

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump railed against the Paris climate accord on Sunday, telling world leaders at a virtual summit that the agreement was designed to cripple the U.S. economy, not save the planet.“To protect American workers, I withdrew the United States from the unfair and one-sided Paris climate accord, a very unfair act for the United States,” Trump said in a video statement from the White House to the Group of 20 summit hosted by Saudi Arabia.

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Coronavirus: Trump Jr. tests positive for virus as president continues claims of election fraud

As U.S. President Donald Trump continued to push ongoing claims about widespread election fraud on Saturday, despite presenting no evidence, the coronavirus has continued to hit his closest allies, this time his son Donald Trump Jr.

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Trump's legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none

PHILADELPHIA – As they frantically searched for ways to salvage President Donald Trump's failed reelection bid, his campaign pursued a dizzying game of legal hopscotch across six states that centered on the biggest prize of all: Pennsylvania.The strategy may have played well in front of television cameras and on talk radio. But it has proved a disaster in court, where judges uniformly rejected their claims of vote fraud and found the campaign's legal work amateurish.

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U.S. election: Georgia governor says state law requires governor’s office to formalize certification of election

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said on Friday that state law requires him to formalize the certification of election results, after the state’s top election official approved results earlier Friday showing president-elect Joe Biden beat President Donald Trump in the state in the Nov.

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U.S. judge throws out Trump’s bid to stop Pennsylvania’s election certification

Trump campaign’s futile effort to block the certification of votes in Pennsylvania, shooting down claims of widespread irregularities with mail-in ballots.The case was always a long shot to stop President-elect Joe Biden‘s inauguration, but it was U.S. President Donald Trump’s best hope to affect the election results through the courts, mostly because of the number of electoral votes, 20, at stake in Pennsylvania.

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US approves Regeneron antibody treatment given to Trump

A Covid-19 antibody therapy used to treat President Donald Trump has been approved by the US drug regulator for people who are not yet hospitalised by the disease but are at high risk.

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U.S. FDA authorizes emergency use of experimental antibody drug Trump took

COVID-19, an experimental medicine that U.S. President Donald Trump was given when he was sickened last month.The Food and Drug Administration authorized use of the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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FDA approves emergency use of Regeneron COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapy used to treat President Trump

FILE - View of Corporate and Research and Development Headquarters of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)The U.S.

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Judge throws out Trump bid to stop PA vote certification

Pennsylvania officials can certify election results that currently show Democrat Joe Biden winning the state by more than 80,000 votes, a federal judge ruled Saturday, dealing President Donald Trump’s campaign another blow in its effort to invalidate the election.U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, turned down the request for an injunction by President Donald Trump’s campaign, spoiling the incumbent’s hopes of somehow overturning the results of the presidential contest.In his ruling, Brann said the Trump campaign presented “strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations ...

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Judge throws out Trump bid to stop Pennsylvania vote certification

WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES - 2020/11/03: County employee opens mail-in ballots at the Luzerne County Bureau of Elections. As the polling stations in Pennsylvania state close, the ballots for the 2020 presidential election are being tra HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania officials can certify election results that currently show Democrat Joe Biden winning the state by more than 80,000 votes, a federal judge ruled Saturday, dealing President Donald Trump’s campaign another blow in its effort to invalidate the election.U.S.

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U.S. election: Michigan lawmakers say election laws will be followed after meeting with Trump

Lawmakers from Michigan said on Friday that the election laws would be followed and award the state’s electors to the winner of the popular vote, following a controversial meeting with President Donald Trump.

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Wisconsin officials: Trump observers obstructing recount

MILWAUKEE – Election officials in Wisconsin’s largest county accused observers for President Donald Trump on Saturday of seeking to obstruct a recount of the presidential results, in some instances by objecting to every ballot tabulators pulled to count. Trump requested the recount in Milwaukee and Dane counties, both heavily liberal, in hopes of undoing Democrat Joe Biden's victory by about 20,600 votes.

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Carson says he's 'out of the woods' after battling COVID-19

STERLING, Va. – Housing Secretary Ben Carson is crediting unapproved, experimental treatments with saving his life after he became “desperately ill” following his infection with the coronavirus.There is no medical evidence that the treatments Carson cited worked. A retired neurosurgeon, Carson said Friday that he believes he's “out of the woods." He disclosed that his wife, Candy, also had COVID-19, the disease the coronavirus causes.

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At G20 summit, PM Modi calls for global index for post-Covid world

NEW DELHI: India on Saturday called for multi-skilling and reskilling the work force of the world to help people cope with the aftermath of the covid-19 pandemic that has seen businesses close down leaving many without jobs in countries across the world.In his speech at the opening session of the G20 summit, Modi also called for greater transparency in governance systems, which he said will inspire citizens to deal with shared challenges and enhance their confidence.Saturday was the first day of the two-day summit, which was hosted by Saudi Arabia and centered around the theme "Realizing Opportunities of 21st Century for All." Modi joined the Saudi monarch King Salman, US President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and

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Week offers snapshot of how Trump, Biden approach presidency

WASHINGTON – One spent the week at his home in Delaware carefully trying to build a government and preparing to take on a pandemic.The other largely kept to himself behind closed doors at a mostly empty White House, angrily tweeting and using his office and allies to try to subvert the results of an American election in a dangerous breach of democracy.If the differences between President-elect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump were not already clear, the days since the Nov. 3 election was decided have demonstrated the dramatically divergent ways in which each approaches the job of commander in chief.Trump has largely abandoned governing, despite a pandemic that has now killed more than 250,000 people in the U.S.

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Attorney: My Pillow founder Mike Lindell paid part of bail for teen charged in Kenosha shooting

Mike Lindell, CEO of My Pillow, speaks during a campaign rally held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the Target Center on October 10, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Labour unions in Canada could play big role in averting Biden’s ‘Buy American’ rules

Joe Biden‘s proposed Buy American rules.The president-elect, a self-proclaimed “blue-collar Joe,” makes no secret of his affinity for organized labour, or of his plan to ensure U.S. workers and companies are first in line to reap the benefits of his economic recovery plan.

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Donald Trump Ignores Son Don Jr's COVID-19 Diagnosis, Wishes Others Well

It was revealed earlier today (November 20) that Donald Trump Jr had tested positive for coronavirus.

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Trump lawyers mix up Michigan and Minnesota in bungled voter fraud claim

Donald Trump‘s lawyers mixed up two states while trying to claim he should’ve won a third this week, in an unforced bungling of an affidavit filed in court.The error played out in the middle of the outgoing president’s increasingly desperate attempts to overturn the results of the election he lost to president-elect Joe Biden. Trump’s team has claimed widespread voter fraud in various battleground states, without evidence, and has been fighting an uphill battle against Biden’s upcoming inauguration in January.

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Trump tries to leverage power of office to subvert Biden win

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump sought to leverage the power of the Oval Office on Friday in an extraordinary attempt to block President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, but his pleas to Michigan lawmakers to overturn the will of their constituents appeared to have left them unswayed.Trump summoned a delegation of the battleground state’s Republican leadership, including the Senate majority leader and House speaker, in an apparent extension of his efforts to persuade judges and election officials to set aside Biden's 154,000-vote margin of victory and grant Trump the state's electors.

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Analysis: With silence, GOP enables Trump's risky endgame

WASHINGTON – Republicans in Congress are engaged in a risky but calculated bet that once President Donald Trump has exhausted his legal challenges to the election, he will come to grips with his loss to President-elect Joe Biden. But the opposite is happening.

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Detroit asks judge to sanction Trump campaign over disinformation in election lawsuit

Detroit have asked a judge to reprimand U.S.

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Michigan Republicans say election laws will be followed after extraordinary Trump meeting

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WATCH LIVE: President Trump speaks on lowering prescription drug prices

MADISON, Wis. – The recount of the presidential election in Wisconsin’s two most heavily Democratic counties began Friday with President Donald Trump’s campaign seeking to discard tens of thousands of absentee ballots that it alleged should not have been counted.Trump’s three objections attempting to discard the ballots were denied by the three-member Dane County Board of Canvassers, twice on bipartisan votes. Trump was expected to make the same objections in Milwaukee County ahead of a court challenge once the recount concludes, perhaps as soon as Wednesday.Joe Biden won Wisconsin by 20,600 votes and carried Dane and Milwaukee counties by a 2-to-1 margin.

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Mich. leaders head to DC as Trump bids to subvert election

WASHINGTON – Two Michigan state legislators headed to the White House on Friday as President Donald Trump made an extraordinary and sure-to-be futile attempt to block Joe Biden’s victory in the battleground state and subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election.The state has yet to certify its results for Biden, who won Michigan by more than 154,000 votes, according to unofficial results.

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Iran's allies on high alert in Trump's final weeks in office

BAGHDAD – Iran has instructed allies across the Middle East to be on high alert and avoid provoking tensions with the U.S. that could give an outgoing Trump administration cause to launch attacks in the U.S.

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Georgia Secretary of State to certify election for Biden

ATLANTA – Georgia’s top elections official said he will certify that Joe Biden won the state’s presidential election after a hand tally stemming from a mandatory audit affirmed the Democrat’s lead over Republican President Donald Trump.“Working as an engineer throughout my life, I live by the motto that numbers don’t lie," Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said during a news conference at the state Capitol. “As secretary of state, I believe that the numbers that we have presented today are correct.

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Sen. Romney slams President Trump's post-election efforts as 'undemocratic'

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two Republican senators are criticizing President Donald Trump and his team for their efforts to pressure state and local election officials to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victories in several closely contested states.Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, one of Trump’s most vocal GOP critics, tweeted Thursday, “It is difficult to imagine a worse, more undemocratic action by a sitting American President.”Romney accused Trump on resorting to “overt pressure on state and local officials to subvert the will of the people and overturn the election.”RELATED: Trump campaign retreats from key claim in Pennsylvania lawsuitSen.

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Psychic 'who predicted Covid' explains when pandemic will end and what 2021 will hold

A psychic who claims he predicted the coronavirus pandemic almost two years before the first case of Covid has revealed what he believes 2021 has in store.

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Joe Biden wins Georgia, flipping the state for Democrats

WASHINGTON – Joe Biden has won Georgia and its 16 electoral votes, an extraordinary victory for Democrats who pushed to expand their electoral map through the Sun Belt.The win by Biden pads his Electoral College margin of victory over President Donald Trump. Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election on Nov.

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