PHILADELPHIA - Democrat Joe Biden stood on the cusp of winning the presidency Friday night, three days after Election Day, as the long, exacting work of counting votes widened his lead over President Donald Trump in critical battleground states.“I think what the President needs to do frankly is put his big boy pants on and acknowledge he lost and congratulate the winner.

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Desperate three-mile queues for foodbanks as demand spikes amid Covid-19 job losses

Desperate Americans are forming queues of up to three miles long for foodbanks amid record job losses in the US due to the coronavirus crisis.

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Army secretary says wreath-laying event at Arlington back on

WASHINGTON – Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy has reversed the COVID-related cancellation of an annual wreath-laying event at Arlington National Cemetery next month, following criticism on social media and pleas to the White House.President Donald Trump said later Tuesday it was he who had reversed “the ridiculous decision” to cancel the event. “It will now go on!” he tweeted.Each year, volunteers around the country place wreaths on the tombstones and markers of veterans as part of Wreaths Across America.

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Biden selects campaign veterans to fill top White House positions

WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden announced a raft of top White House staff positions on Tuesday, drawing from the senior ranks of his campaign and some of his closest confidants to fill out an increasingly diverse White House leadership team.Biden confirmed that former campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon will serve as a deputy chief of staff, while campaign co-chair Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond and campaign adviser Steve Ricchetti will play senior roles in the new administration.

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Discussed concerns like Covid, climate change: PM Modi on call with Biden

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to US President-elect Joe Biden and reiterated India’s commitment to the strategic partnership between the two countries. Climate change, Covid-19 pandemic and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific were the other issues that came up during the conversation.“Spoke to US President-elect Joe Biden on phone to congratulate him.

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'That looks like me:' Mixed-race girl notes while looking at video of Kamala Harris

DUBLIN, Ohio - The effect of Kamala Harris as the first mixed-race, female vice president-elect is already reverberating with little girls around the country.Sonja Leela Parcell of Dublin, Ohio was watching a video of Harris and Joe Biden just ahead of the pair being declared the Democratic winners of the 2020 election. If they win, Parcell tells her 4-year-old daughter on the video, Harris will be the first "woman vice president. She'll be the boss." But the girl cuts off her mom mid-sentence."She looks like me," she says proudly. Parcell rushed to document the historic moment. "Kamala Haris, a woman in power, a woman of color.

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Trump campaign lawsuit over Pennsylvania vote heads to court

A hearing on the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Pennsylvania officials from certifying the vote results remains on track for Tuesday after a judge quickly denied the campaign's new lawyer's request for a delay.U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew Brann told lawyers for Donald J.

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'More people may die': Biden urges Trump to aid transition

WILMINGTON, Del. – President-elect Joe Biden warned of dire consequences if President Donald Trump and his administration continue to refuse to coordinate with his transition team on the coronavirus pandemic and block briefings on national security, policy issues and vaccine plans.The remarks marked Biden's toughest to date on Trump's failure to acknowledge his election loss and cooperate with the incoming administration for a peaceful transfer of power.“More people may die if we don’t coordinate,” Biden told reporters during a news conference Monday in Wilmington, Delaware.Biden and his aides — and a small but growing group of Republicans — have emphasized the importance of being briefed on White House efforts to control the pandemic and

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Biden filling out top White House team with campaign vets

ATLANTA – President-elect Joe Biden is drawing from the senior ranks of his campaign to fill out an increasingly diverse White House leadership team.People familiar with Biden's initial decisions confirmed Monday that former campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon will serve as a deputy chief of staff, while campaign co-chair Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond and campaign adviser Steve Ricchetti will play senior roles in the new administration.

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Georgia elections chief fights fellow Republicans, Trump

ATLANTA – Georgia's secretary of state is a man on an island, and the political flood is rising fast, as President Donald Trump and his allies vent their outrage at the fellow Republican over unsupported claims that mismanagement and fraud tainted the state's presidential election.Trump spent the weekend attacking Brad Raffensperger on social media, at one point calling him “a so-called Republican (RINO),” an acronym for “Republican in name only.” Raffensperger punched back, disputing Trump's claims that he made it easier for Democrats to cheat using mail-in ballots. The secretary also called U.S.

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Pandemic politics leave DC in gridlock as virus surges

WASHINGTON – With the nation gripped by a resurgent coronavirus and looking to Washington for help, President Donald Trump and lawmakers in Congress have a message for struggling Americans: Just keep waiting. The urgency of the nationwide surge in virus cases, spiking hospitalizations and increasing death tolls has hardly resonated in the nation’s capital as its leaders are vexed by transition politics and trying to capitalize on the promise of a coming vaccine.

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AP sources: Richmond to join Biden West Wing, leave Congress

ATLANTA – Rep. Cedric Richmond will leave his Louisiana congressional seat to join President-elect Joe Biden's White House as a senior adviser with a wide-ranging policy and political portfolio, according to two Democrats with knowledge of the plans.The 47-year-old congressman will take on a public engagement role that will allow him to deal with Congress along with a focus on the Black community and other minority groups.

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Biden outlines plan to ease economic inequity in U.S amid coronavirus pandemic

Joe Biden on Monday outlined his plans to alleviate economic inequality and boost the U.S.

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‘More people may die’ if Trump keeps blocking transition, Biden says

Joe Biden said on Monday “more people may die” if outgoing President Donald Trump continues to block efforts to plan for a U.S. transition of power as the coronavirus pandemic worsens, and added that he would not hesitate to get vaccinated.Biden also said business and labor leaders had signalled willingness to cooperate to fix the pandemic-battered U.S.

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US appeals court weighs law on supervised injection sites

PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court became the latest panel to wrestle with the nation’s opioid epidemic as judges reviewed a long-debated plan Monday to open a medically supervised injection site in Philadelphia. U.S.

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Biden vows to strengthen economy despite exploding COVID-19 pandemic

WILMINGTON, Del. - Acknowledging that the nation is in a “dark” place, President-elect Joe Biden on Monday said his administration would strengthen the country's vulnerable economy despite the exploding pandemic as he pushed forward with the business of preparing to assume the presidency.Biden, who will take office on Jan. 20, offered an optimistic assessment of the next four years during a meeting with several business and labor leaders ahead of an afternoon economic address from his makeshift headquarters in Delaware.“To state the obvious, we seem to be turning a pretty dark corner now,” Biden told the group, their faces projected on video screens, as the meeting began.“I don't want to be falsely optimistic,” he continued.

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Biden set to address plans for economy as pandemic rages

WILMINGTON, Del. – President-elect Joe Biden is set to outline his plans to revive the nation's economy in the midst of a global health crisis on Monday as he pushes forward with his transition to the White House despite President Donald Trump's refusal to accept the election results.Biden, who will take office on Jan. 20, is scheduled to speak alongside Vice President-elect Kamala Harris from his makeshift headquarters in Delaware.

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Suburban Philadelphia voters surge with enthusiasm to oust Trump

The Montgomery County official drop-off ballot location MORRISVILLE, Pa. - Voters in Philadelphia’s suburbs hurled perhaps their biggest rebuke yet this month to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party overall.The four Pennsylvania counties hugging Philadelphia provided a decisive margin for former Vice President Joe Biden and lifted him to the presidency.Voters there overwhelmed Trump’s strong performances in many Republican counties.2020 ELECTION COVERAGE Turnout by Democrats in suburban Philadelphia was high, but Biden’s margins were impossible without help from Republicans.One of them was Janice Reed. The Bucks County resident voted for Trump in 2016.

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Trump aide promises 'very professional transition' to Biden

DUBAI – President Donald Trump's national security adviser promised a “very professional transition” to the administration of President-elect Joe Biden in an interview broadcast Monday, even as Trump continues to falsely claim he won the November election. Speaking to the Global Security Forum hosted in part by Qatar, Robert O’Brien several times mentioned the transition and referred to recent peace deals that Bahrain, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates struck with Israel as “a great legacy for the president to have as he leaves office.” While caveating that Trump did have outstanding court challenges, O'Brien's comments signaled some of the firmest statements yet from a senior administration official acknowledging Biden's win in the Nov.

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NATO, acting US Pentagon chief discuss Afghanistan

BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has spoken to the new acting U.S. defense secretary about the alliance’s commitment to stay in Afghanistan as long as necessary, his spokeswoman said Monday, amid speculation that President Donald Trump might order a rapid withdrawal of U.S.

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Trump tweets words 'he won;' says vote rigged, not conceding

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump worked Sunday to take back an apparent acknowledgement that Joe Biden won the White House and was making clear he would keep trying to overturn the election result. Trump's earlier comments had given some critics and supporters hope that the White House was ready to begin working on a transition with Biden's team.

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North Dakota nurses worry about working with colleagues diagnosed with COVID-19

FILE - A mask sits on the table as U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and Colorado Governor Jared Polis in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday May 13, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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Biden advisers to meet vaccine firms as presidential transition stalled

FILE - Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden waves as he leaves the Hotel Dupont after having internal campaign meetings on September 16, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)WASHINGTON - Joe Biden's scientific advisers will meet with vaccine makers in coming days as the presidential transition remains stalled because of President Donald Trump's refusal to acknowledge that he lost the election.

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Man stabbed, at least 21 arrested after 'Million MAGA March' in DC

Several hundred thousand white supremacists, q-anon conspiracy theorists, neonazis, and Trump supporters held a march in Washington, DC demanding the overturn of the 2020 election of Joe Biden to the presidency, on Saturday, 14 November 2020. (Photo WASHINGTON - A man is suffering from multiple stab wounds and at least 21 other people face criminal charges in the nation's capital after Saturday's "Million MAGA March" in support of President Donald Trump. D.C.

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U.S. election: Trump supporters clash with counter-protesters in DC

Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump clashed with protesters near Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC, Saturday. Earlier in the day, Trump supporters had gathered in Washington to protest the election results.

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Health department shuts down pro-Trump rally in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE - For the second weekend in a row, supporters of President Donald Trump gathered in Milwaukee to call for an audit of the 2020 presidential election.The second time around, though, things ended abruptly. When the Milwaukee Health Department showed up to the large gathering at Serb Hall, things quickly escalated."I don’t want to lose graciously, I tell you what.

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Biden's beach hideaway has political sun shining on Rehoboth

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. – This resort town known for Atlantic waves that are sometimes surfable, fresh-cut French fries and a 1-mile wooden boardwalk that dates to the 1870s has long prided itself on being the “Nation's Summer Capital.”It may soon sport a beach White House. President-elect Joe Biden owns a $2.7 million, Delaware North Shores home with a swimming pool that overlooks Cape Henlopen State Park, is blocks from the ocean and a short drive from downtown Rehoboth Beach.

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U.S. election: Donald Trump waves at supporters attending ‘Million MAGA March’ in Washington, D.C.

U.S. President Donald Trump waved to supporters as his motorcade drove through Washington, D.C. on Saturday where a “Million MAGA March” was taking place.

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Trump falsely maintains election was ‘rigged’ as supporters gather in Washington

Washington, D.C. for a rally in support of U.S.

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Trump supporters morning protests turn into violent clashes

WASHINGTON – Several thousand supporters of President Donald Trump in Washington protested election results and then hailed Trump's passing motorcade before nighttime clashes with counterdemonstrators sparked fistfights, at least one stabbing and at least 20 arrests.Several other cities on Saturday also saw gatherings of Trump supporters unwilling to accept Democrat Joe Biden's Electoral College and popular vote victory as legitimate. Cries of “Stop the Steal” and “Count Every Vote” continued in spite of a lack of evidence of voter fraud or other problems that could reverse the result.After night fell, the relatively peaceful demonstrations in Washington turned from tense to violent.

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Trump thrills protesting supporters with motorcade drive-by

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump delighted supporters gathered near the White House on Saturday with a slow motorcade drive-by through downtown Washington on the way to his Virginia golf club. A week after the presidential race was called for Democrat Joe Biden, hundreds of Trump loyalists converged on the nation’s capital to protest the election results and falsely assert the vote was stolen.

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President Trump waves to supporters at 'Million MAGA March' in DC

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump drove past and waved at protesters as they gathered for the so-called “Million MAGA March” in Washington DC on November 14, footage shows.Hundreds of Trump supporters had reportedly gathered in Freedom Plaza to back the president’s claims that he had won the presidential election.On Friday, the president gave a shout out to his supporters around the country who are gathering for rallies to voice their dissent over the recent presidential election outcome.

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US top diplomat arrives in France on touchy 7-nation tour

PARIS – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Paris on Saturday at the start of a seven-country tour of Europe and the Middle East, a trip that is certain to be awkward since all the nations on his schedule have congratulated Joe Biden for his victory in the U.S.

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Trump projected to win NC after days-long delay in ballot tally

RALEIGH, N.C. - President Donald Trump was projected as the winner of the battleground state of North Carolina by the Associated Press and FOX News Friday after a days-long delay in ballot tabulation. The projected win adds 15 electoral votes to Trump’s total, but will not affect the outcome of the election overall, since President-elect Joe Biden was projected days ago to exceed the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.Trump’s victory in North Carolina brings him to 232 electoral votes. Biden, who was projected as the winner of the election on Nov.

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Progressives look to make early mark on Biden White House

WILMINGTON, Del. – Leading progressives are pressuring President-elect Joe Biden to embrace their policy agenda even as more centrist Democrats argue such proposals prevented the party from retaking full control of Congress. For now, much of the lobbying centers on who Biden should — or should not — appoint to key posts as he builds out the administration that will take office in January.

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Before Joe Biden inauguration, 70,000 more could die from covid-19 in the US

WASHINGTON : US President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to make controlling the coronavirus a top priority and is likely to push for mask wearing mandates and more fiscal stimulus to keep businesses and workers afloat.But in the two months until inauguration day on Jan. 20, skyrocketing infections could add more than 8 million more cases and 70,000 deaths, representing a potential 80% increase in infections and a 29% rise in deaths, according to Reuters calculations.The only ways to change the outcome, experts said, are for President Donald Trump's outgoing administration to alter its strategy or state governments to introduce stricter and more coordinated measures.

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Trump to deliver first public remarks in over a week on COVID-19 vaccine efforts

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver an update Friday on Operation Warp Speed, the White House effort to get a COVID-19 vaccine to market. The event will mark the president’s first address in more than a week, and his first since major news outlets, including AP News and FOX News, projected that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election.Trump was briefed by advisers in the Oval Office earlier Friday on the subject and will speak at 4 p.m. ET from the Rose Garden, according to the White House. President Donald Trump speaks in the briefing room at the White House on Nov.

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Biden gives boost to retiring senator's climate change plan

WASHINGTON – A plan championed by retiring Sen. Tom Udall to harness the nation’s lands and ocean waters to fight climate change is getting a boost from President-elect Joe Biden, who has made slowing global warming a priority for his incoming administration.A New Mexico Democrat, Udall is the last serving member of a political dynasty that has represented the West in Washington for nearly seven decades.

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Trump to ban Americans from investing in Chinese companies

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) holds a grand ceremony to welcome U.S. President Donald Trump at the square outside the east gate of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov.

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Court blocks small number of ballots in Pennsylvania over invalid ID

Pennsylvania voter sending in their ballot. Without following correct procedure, a ballot is known as a naked ballot and it won't be counted.

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China congratulates President-elect Joe Biden, one of last major countries to do so

BEIJING - China on Friday became one of the last major countries to congratulate U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, who is expected to make few changes to U.S.

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Georgia secretary of state to quarantine after wife tests positive for coronavirus as recount starts

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger plans to self-quarantine after finding out his wife tested positive for the coronavirus Thursday. Raffensperger a day earlier announced plans for a hand recount in the state’s presidential election, which saw President-elect Joe Biden and President Trump separated by a little more than 14,000 votes.

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China congratulates Biden on being elected US president

BEIJING – China on Friday became one of the last major countries to congratulate Joe Biden on being elected U.S. president.China, along with Russia, avoided joining the throng of governments that congratulated Biden last weekend after he was projected to have secured enough Electoral College votes in the Nov.

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A few cracks but no big GOP break with Trump on Biden's win

WASHINGTON – The most powerful Republicans in Washington are standing firmly behind President Donald Trump and his unsupported claims of voter fraud for now, but new cracks emerged among GOP leaders elsewhere who believe it's time to treat Democrat Joe Biden like the president-elect he is.New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, who endorsed Trump's reelection, became the latest Republican official to say what Trump and his allies refuse to accept.

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Trump making longshot bid to slow state vote certifications

WASHINGTON – With time and options running out, President Donald Trump's campaign is peppering states with a flurry of legal challenges aimed at slowing down the vote certification process — a longshot strategy that has almost no chance of reversing President-elect Joe Biden's victory. The campaign is seeking to halt the vote count in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona until they can have partisan poll watchers inspecting the voting process to ensure “illegal” ballots are not counted.

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EXPLAINER: Is Georgia's upcoming ballot 'audit' a recount?

ATLANTA – Georgia says it’s going to be tallying — by hand — nearly 5 million ballots that were cast in its very close presidential election on Nov. 3.

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Key role for Black policy leaders on Biden's transition team

DETROIT – Black policy leaders will play a pivotal role in President-elect Joe Biden’s transition, marking one of the most diverse agency review teams in history.Of the 500-plus team members announced this week, more than half are women, and Black men and women are leading more than one-quarter of the teams.The diversity is significant because the teams will be responsible for evaluating the operations of federal agencies that have a broad impact on Americans' lives. And it's especially important because Biden will take office at a time when the United States is confronting a historic pandemic, joblessness and police brutality -- crises that have disparately impacted Black Americans.

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Donald Trump aide leading legal bid to overturn election result catches Covid-19

One of Donald Trump's senior advisors leading his legal bid to overturn the election result has caught Covid-19.

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President Trump's Adviser Corey Lewandowski Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Yet another person connected to Donald Trump‘s election party is now testing positive for coronavirus.

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Philadelphia city commissioners predict vote counting will take several more days

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