WASHINGTON – Four days after the election, the U.S. presidential race hovered in suspended animation Saturday as the long, exacting work of counting votes brought Democrat Joe Biden ever closer to a victory over President Donald Trump.

The verdict delay can be attributed to high turnout, a massive number of mail-in ballots and slim margins between the two candidates.

But Biden held leads in Pennsylvania, Nevada and Georgia, putting him in an ever-stronger position to capture the 270 Electoral College votes needed to take the White House.There was intense focus on Pennsylvania, where Biden led Trump by more than 27,000 votes, and Nevada, where the Democrat led by about 22,000.

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AP source: Biden chooses Ron Klain as chief of staff

WASHINGTON – Joe Biden has chosen his longtime adviser Ron Klain to reprise his role as his chief of staff, installing an aide with decades of experience across Democratic presidential administrations in the top role in his White House.That's according to a person familiar with the decision who spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on condition of anonymity to avoid preempting an official announcement.Klain served as chief of staff for Biden during Barack Obama’s first term, was chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore in the mid-1990s and was a key adviser on the Biden campaign, guiding Biden’s debate preparations and coronavirus response.

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President-elect Joe Biden’s first 100 days: COVID-19, economy, climate among likely priorities

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden will enter the White House facing a deeply polarized country amid a global pandemic and its economic fallout. Biden has made a lengthy list of priorities for the first 100 days of his presidency, though the coronavirus will likely rank highest. Days after he was projected as the winner of the presidential race, he and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced a COVID-19 advisory board to help spearhead the incoming administration’s pandemic response.The U.S.

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Biden's plea for cooperation confronts a polarized Congress

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden feels at home on Capitol Hill, but the place sure has changed since he left. The clubby atmosphere that Biden knew so well during his 36-year Senate career is gone, probably forever.

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The Latest: Biden marks Veterans Day at Korean War Memorial

WASHINGTON – The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):11:25 a.m.Joe Biden is marking Veterans Day with a visit to the Korean War Memorial in Philadelphia.The president-elect is making a brief foray out with his wife, Jill, to the memorial, where he is laying a wreath.Biden’s son Beau was a major in the Delaware Army National Guard and died in 2015 of brain cancer.

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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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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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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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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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Biden coronavirus adviser warns US facing ‘darkest’ days of entire pandemic

FILE - (L) Dr. Michael Osterholm, Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and Minnesota Gov.

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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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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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Turkey's President Erdogan congratulates Biden on his win

ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulated President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday, expressing Turkey’s determination to work closely with the new administration.“I believe that the strong cooperation and alliance between our countries will continue to contribute to world peace in the future, as it has done so far,” Erdogan said in his congratulatory message, made available by his office.Turkey was one of a handful of countries, along with Russia, that had not commented on Biden’s victory, which was announced Saturday. A senior Turkish official said Monday that Ankara would wait until legal challenges to 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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What Joe Biden’s election means for the U.S. coronavirus crisis

Joe Biden says the coronavirus pandemic is his top priority as he prepares to enter the White House against the backdrop of an unprecedented health crisis that has rattled the nation.Two days after The Associated Press projected Biden had clinched victory in a divisive election, Biden unveiled a 13-member coronavirus task force, including prominent doctors, academics and former government health officials, signalling his intent to take a science-based approach to fight the pandemic.“Folks, our work begins with getting COVID under control.

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AP Interview: Germany seeks ‘new deal’ with US under Biden

BERLIN – Germany's foreign minister says the election of Joe Biden as the next U.S.

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President-elect Biden names COVID-19 advisors

With the coronavirus spreading widely throughout the country and hospitalizations and deaths climbing, President-elect Joe Biden today announced a new COVID-19 advisory board to guide his administration during the transition period.

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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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Country stars call out 'hypocrisy' of crowded Biden celebrations amid ongoing coronavirus pandemic

Country music stars are having a hard time grappling with the crowded celebrations following Joe Biden's projected victory in the 2020 presidential election. Since March, the music industry has been in a tough spot as concerts have been all but canceled due to social distancing guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

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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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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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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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Business run by Jewish single mom cited for COVID violation, while Biden supporters celebrate across city

A struggling Brooklyn, N.Y. pottery shop employee was confronted by authorities over the weekend when they visited the business over supposed violations of government-mandated coronavirus restriction measures while local leaders have mostly ignored large crowds gathering at the same time to celebrate Joe Biden's win over President Trump in a contentious presidential contest. Ilana Cagan runs Pottery and Glass Land in Midwood, where customers can paint their own glass, pottery, canvas and wood projects in a studio setting.

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DC mayor disregarded own COVID restrictions to attend Biden victory speech, defends 'essential travel'

Despite Delaware being on District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser’s list of high-risk states, the mayor and her staff attended President-elect Joe Biden’s victory speech in Delaware Saturday, reportedly defending the trip as “essential travel.” Bowser’s justification for her travel was first reported by Mark Segraves of WRC, the NBC-owned station in Washington D.C., who quoted one of her staff members as saying the trip was “essential travel” and “excepted under Mayor’s order.” Delaware was among the states deemed “high-risk” in a list released by Mayor Bowser’s office just last week.

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Florida reports nearly 4,000 new infections as vaccine trials offer glimmer of hope

ORLANDO, Fla. – With promising news from coronavirus vaccine trials, Florida continued to report thousands of new cases of the virus on Monday as the country surpassed more than 10 million coronavirus cases since March.U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer said Monday that early data on its coronavirus vaccine suggests the shots may be a surprisingly robust 90% effective at preventing COVID-19, putting the company on track to apply later this month for emergency-use approval from the U.S.

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President-elect Biden names COVID-19 advisory board

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Biden supporters in Delaware hope for positive changes

WILMINGTON, Del. - Residents in the First State are hoping President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris bring positive changes to the nation.In the parking lot of Wilmington’s Chase Center, an equipment rental crew loaded a truck Monday. Nearby, multi-colored confetti was scattered on the pavement. The stage, lights and signs from Saturday’s celebration are gone, but the excitement is not. “We’re all hyped up now.

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De Blasio dismisses coronavirus risks during Biden victory celebrations, contrary to CDC guidelines

New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio on Monday appeared to brush off concerns that weekend celebrations over Joe Biden’s presidential victory could contribute to the further spread of the coronavirus. At the mayor’s daily press briefing, a New York Post reporter noted that although many attendees of these celebrations wore masks, many did not abide by social distancing rules – guidelines that De Blasio has previously urged New Yorkers to follow.

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'This is proof': Biden's win reveals power of Black voters

DETROIT – Power. Respect.

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With inauguration 10 weeks away, Biden’s pandemic plans face agonizing wait

Meredith WadmanScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is wasting little time in moving to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, but many observers fear the crisis could get much worse before he is sworn in 10 weeks from now and is able to begin to execute his plans.Today, Biden named 13 scientists and public health specialists to a COVID-19 advisory board.

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Coronavirus: Biden implores Americans to wear face masks

“We could save tens of thousands of lives if everyone would just wear a mask for the next few months,” said president-elect Joe Biden during a press conference on Monday where he announced the COVID-19 Transition Advisory Board as U.S.

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California sees spike in COVID cases days after Biden celebrations as US hits the 10M mark

California public health officials have seen a spike in coronavirus cases as infections continue to rise nationally and gatherings like the spontaneous street celebrations after Joe Biden was named president-elect this weekend threaten to worsen the pandemic. On Sunday, Los Angeles County saw 2,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases for the fourth consecutive day, figures not seen since August. Hospitalizations topped 800 on Wednesday and every day since, which hadn't been seen since September. On Nov.

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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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President-Elect Joe Biden Announces COVID-19 Advisory Board & Urges Americans To Wear Masks In Fight Against Coronavirus

Joe Biden addresses the nation with a briefing about the newly formed COVID-19 Advisory Board on Monday morning (November 9) from Wilmington, Del.

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Biden has a bold agenda, but a divided Congress could constrain him

–elect Kamala Harris By Jeffrey MervisMost U.S. researchers and environmental activists were ecstatic when Joe Biden emerged as the winner of 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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Amid Covid vaccine good news, Joe Biden says it won't be widely available for months

Joe Biden today said nation 'still facing a very dark winter' from COVID-19, despite positive news on vaccines.He added that vaccine approval process must be guided by science so public can have confidence it is safe and effective."With cases rising once more, it's imperative that we ramp up our production of personal protective equipment, to make sure our brave health care workers have what they need to battle safely against this virus," Biden said in a press conference today.“I implore you, wear a mask. Do it for yourself.

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Biden implores Americans to wear masks while unveiling new coronavirus task force

Joe Biden on Monday implored Americans to wear masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus, even as he cheered news about the promising development of a vaccine being developed by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.Biden in remarks after meeting with his newly formed coronavirus advisory board cautioned that Americans still face “a dark winter” and need to be aggressive about mask-wearing and social distancing as infections continue to surge around the country.

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Coronavirus: Biden announces COVID-19 Transition Advisory Board as U.S. cases continue rising

In order to “translate the Biden-Harris COVID-19 plan into action” as COVID-19 cases continue to sharply rise in the United States, president-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced the formation of the COVID-19 Transition Advisory Board.

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U.S. election: WHO director general welcomes Biden election win

The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Monday congratulated president-elect Joe Biden on his victory in the 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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Two Indian Americans in Biden's Covid-19 task force

Washington: Indian-American physician Dr Vivek Murthy on Monday was named one of the three co-chairs of the COVID-19 task-force that will guide President-elect Joe Biden on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed over 236,000 lives in the country.Dr Murthy, 43, a former US Surgeon General, along with two other co-chairs -- Dr David Kessler and Dr Marcella Nunez-Smith -- would lead a team of leading public health experts who will advise Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on the deadly virus.The US is currently the world's worst-hit nation from the pandemic.“Dealing with the coronavirus pandemic is one of the most important battles our administration will face, and I will be informed by science and by experts," Biden

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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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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

Suspended animation: Count drags on as Biden nears victory

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