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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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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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Trump’s election night party becomes latest White House coronavirus cluster

election night watch party in the White House East Room has become another symbol of President Donald Trump’s cavalier attitude toward the coronavirus, which is ripping across the nation and infecting more than 100,000 people a day.Polls suggest that attitude was a serious drag on the president’s reelection bid as voters chose to deny Trump a second term in favor of his Democratic rival, now President-Elect Joe Biden. And the party — with few masks and no social distancing — is now under additional scrutiny after the president’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, became the latest top White House official to contract the virus, which has now killed more than 237,000 people in the U.S.

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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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Fresh off election victory, Biden turns to virus response

BOSTON – As he begins his transition to the presidency, Joe Biden is pivoting from a bitter campaign battle to another, more pressing fight: reining in the pandemic that has hit the world’s most powerful nation harder than any other.The U.S. is now averaging more than 100,000 new infections a day, frequently breaking records for daily cases.

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U.S. election: Trump’s legal fights over results aimed at appeasing supporters

Donald Trump has promised legal action in the coming days as he refused to concede his loss to Democrat Joe Biden, making an aggressive pitch for donors to help finance any court fight.Trump and his campaign have levelled accusations of large-scale voter fraud in Pennsylvania and other states that broke for Biden, so far without proof.But senior officials, campaign aides and allies told The Associated Press that overwhelming evidence of fraud isn’t really the point.The strategy to wage a legal fight against the votes tallied for Biden in Pennsylvania and other places is more to provide Trump with an off-ramp for a loss he can’t quite grasp and less about changing the election’s outcome, the officials said.

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Asian shares, US futures surge on relief US election decided

TOKYO – Asian shares and U.S. futures rose Monday on relief the U.S. presidential election results were finally decided, with Joe Biden the president-elect.

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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's election night party adds to virus scrutiny

WASHINGTON – It was supposed to be a scene of celebration. Instead, the Trump campaign's election night watch party in the White House East Room has become another symbol of President Donald Trump's cavalier attitude toward a virus that is ripping across the nation and infecting more than 100,000 people a day.Polls suggest that attitude was a serious drag on the president's reelection bid as voters chose to deny Trump a second term in favor of his Democratic rival, now President-Elect Joe Biden.

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DC mayor tells everyone who voted to get tested for COVID, but mum on Biden celebrations

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser on Sunday encouraged those who voted in the 2020 presidential election to get tested for COVID-19, yet she has been noticeably quiet on the thousands of Americans who – at the risk of spreading the coronavirus – participated in public celebrations of Joe Biden’s projected victory. “Clearly you made a plan to vote in last week’s election so what’s your plan to get tested this week? Lines a bit longer this week so plan ahead but we’ll work hard to get you results faster than a national election result,” the D.C.

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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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‘Loser’: SNL cold open spoofs Biden’s U.S. election victory, Trump’s loss

Saturday Night Live (SNL) wasted no time spoofing U.S. president-elect Joe Biden’s and vice president-elect Kamala Harris‘ victory speeches.The latest episode aired just hours after the real-life politicians delivered their remarks, and its cold open featured Jim Carrey as Biden, while Maya Rudolph reprised her role as Harris.

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Joe Biden to announce coronavirus task force as U.S. cases soar

Joe Biden on Monday will announce a 12-member task force to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.Biden spent much of his election campaign criticizing President Donald Trump’s handling of the pandemic, which has now caused the deaths of 237,000 people in America. The United States saw a record number of new infections last week, with the total number of cases nearing 10 million.

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2020 election: Clyburn says Trump, GOP should accept Biden win

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) speaks during a news conference with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other members of House Democratic Leadership on Capitol Hill on January 3, 2019 in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON - The highest-ranking Black member of Congress says President Donald Trump should concede the presidency to President-elect Joe Biden, although he says it’s more crucial what the rest of the Republican Party does in the wake of the 2020 election.RELATED: After President Donald Trump’s 2020 loss, can he run again in 2024?U.S.

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Kamala Harris books surge in popularity after election

Harris made history as the first Black woman to become vice president. The California senator, who is also the first person of South Asian descent elected to the vice presidency, will become the highest-ranking woman ever to serve in government.

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Ballina, the Irish home of Biden's ancestors, celebrates his election win

BALLINA, Ireland (AP) - Joe Biden is somewhat removed from the Irish town his great-great-great-grandfather left almost 200 years ago, but that is not stopping Ballina from celebrating his presidential victory.The town in County Mayo, about 145 miles (235 kilometers) northwest of Dublin, has for days been draped in the Stars and Stripes and Biden/Harris banners in anticipation, even though many businesses have had to close due to lockdown restrictions.Joe Blewitt, a heating and plumbing engineer and a cousin of Biden’s, said the town of about 10,000 is ecstatic at the prospect of a President Joe Biden.“Now he’ll be the President of the United States, they’re delighted, they’re absolutely delighted,” Blewitt said.

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Chanting 'Stop the steal,' Trump supporters hold rallies claiming voter fraud

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - NOVEMBER 07: Supporters of President Donald Trump listen to the national anthem at a ‘Stop the Steal’ rally in front of the State Capitol on November 7, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona.

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America Votes 2020: Joe Biden wins U.S. presidency, prompting jubilant celebrations

Joe Biden has been elected the 46th president of the United States, after beating Donald Trump in an historic race to the White House. Jubilant celebrations have erupted in right across America.

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Election 2020: Lawsuits filed, recount requested by Trump campaign — here’s where they stand

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's campaign has filed lawsuits in a number of states where the result could mean his defeat in the race against Democratic challenger Joe Biden — though three of them were quickly dismissed by judges.On Friday afternoon, GOP lawyers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to order election boards in Pennsylvania to set aside ballots that arrived after Election Day but before Nov.

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U.S. election: Biden pledges to be a president who ‘seeks not to divide, but unify’

During his victory speech on Saturday evening, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden told supporters he pledges to be a president who “seeks not to divide, but unify.”

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U.S. election: Former DNC head believes Canada-U.S. relationship ‘will be put back in place’ following Biden win

Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean discussed Joe Biden as the projected winner of the U.S.

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America Votes 2020: Trump refuses to accept Biden victory, doubles down on legal challenges

President Donald Trump has refused to accept the results of the U.S. presidential election, after Joe Biden was declared the winner. As Mike Armstrong reports, once Trump concedes, Biden will inherit America’s COVID-19 crisis.

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Message of Election 2020: Trump lost, but Trumpism did not

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump lost. But Trumpism did not.It won in the parts of the country and with the voters whom Trump catered to over four years, constantly jabbing the hard edges of almost every contentious cultural issue into Red America, on the bet that fear and anger were a winning hand.

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Here are some of the lawsuits, criminal probes that await Trump as he leaves office

Donald Trump has been besieged by civil lawsuits and criminal investigations of his inner circle.With Democrat Joe Biden capturing the presidency on Saturday, according to all major U.S. television networks, Trump’s legal woes are likely to deepen because in January he will lose the protections the U.S.

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President-elect Joe Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris deliver remarks after 2020 election win

WILMINGTON, Del. - Vice President-elect Kamala Harris delivered remarks ahead of President-elect Joe Biden Saturday night during a prime-time address to the nation.Biden and his wife, Jill, and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, appeared at a drive-in rally outside the convention center in Wilmington, Delaware.Harris was first on stage, opening her remarks by remembering the late Congressman John Lewis, and she thanked voters.“Protecting our democracy takes struggle and takes sacrifice, but there is joy in it, and there is progress, because we the people have the power to build a better future," she said.

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World reacts to 2020 election result, global leaders congratulate President-elect Joe Biden

FILE - Harrisons bar owner Derek Leonard poses with a framed photograph of his meeting with Joe Biden during the former vice Presidents last visit on November 7, 2020 as locals celebrate in anticipation of Biden being elected as the next US President (Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)World leaders swiftly congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on his victory Saturday, cheering it as an opportunity to fortify global democracy and celebrating the significance of Americans having their first woman vice president.Although U.S.

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Trump campaign, RNC file lawsuit in Maricopa County for 'incorrectly rejected votes'

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 04: U.S. 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.

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U.S. election: Voter turnout contributing factor to Biden’s victory

Joe Biden has won the 2020 presidential election, but as Global’s Jeff Semple reports, not a lot of Republican voters flipped to Democratic votes; rather, voter turnout for the Democratic side played a larger role in Biden’s victory.

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Who won the election? Joe Biden projected as winner of 2020 presidential race after claiming Pennsylvania

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden has won the presidency, defeating President Donald Trump in the 2020 race for the White House, according to projections by the Associated Press and FOX News. Biden won the battleground state of Pennsylvania by a thin margin after a protracted vote count, according to projections by the news outlets, flipping another key state that voted for Trump in the 2016 election. The win netted Biden 20 more electoral votes, pushing his total to 284 — crossing the 270 Electoral Vote vote threshold needed to become the 46th president of the United States.FOX News also projected Biden as the winner of Nevada’s six electoral votes. RELATED: In their own words: Joe Biden, Donald Trump issue statements after race is calledThe

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Dance parties and champagne: celebrating election's end

As soon as the news buzzed on their phones, Americans gathered spontaneously on street corners and front lawns — honking their horns, banging pots and pans, starting impromptu dance parties — as an agonizingly vitriolic election and exhausting four-day wait for results came to an end Saturday morning. Just after The Associated Press and other news organizations declared that former Vice President Joe Biden beat President Donald Trump, fireworks erupted in Atlanta.

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EXPLAINER: Why AP called the 2020 election for Joe Biden

WASHINGTON – WHY AP CALLED THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FOR BIDEN:As Election Day ground on into “election week,” it became increasingly clear that Democrat Joe Biden would oust President Donald Trump from the White House. Late-counted ballots in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Georgia continued to keep Biden in the lead and offered him multiple paths to victory.

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Joe Biden projected winner of U.S. election

Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States after winning a stunningly narrow election victory over incumbent Donald J. Trump, according to a projection from the Associated Press.The divisive and bitterly contested campaign came to an end four days after election night as Biden secured critical victories over Trump in the battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.The Associated Press has projected Biden will win at least 284 electoral votes, with races in a few states still too close to call.

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Increasingly normal: Guns seen outside vote-counting centers

The most turbulent and norm-breaking presidential election of a lifetime has led to an extraordinary spectacle in the United States over the past three days: armed protesters gathering nightly outside offices where workers are counting the votes that will decide who wins the White House. As former Vice President Joe Biden secured enough electoral votes on Saturday to win the race, key battlegrounds were bracing for planned protests and counterprotests.Some carry shotguns.

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2020 Latest: Trump at Virginia club as vote counts continue

WASHINGTON – The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):10:45 a.m.States are still counting votes in the presidential election, Democrat Joe Biden is on the verge of victory and President Donald Trump is at his Virginia golf club for the first time since the end of September.Trump left the White House on Saturday morning and had on golf shoes, a windbreaker and a white hat.The White House isn't immediately responding to questions about the president's possible golfing partners.There were a few people with Biden flag banners outside the club entrance when Trump arrived.Trump also has spent the morning tweeting about his unsubstantiated allegations of election fraud and illegal voting.

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America Votes 2020: Third time’s likely lucky for Joe Biden

Third time may be the charm for Joe Biden’s White House bids. Two weeks ahead of his 78th birthday, the veteran politician is preparing to take over one of the toughest jobs in the world.

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Biden on the cusp of U.S. election victory as lead grows in Pennsylvania, Nevada

Donald Trump, or if Democratic candidate Joe Biden has won the presidential election as officials in key battleground states race to continue to count remaining ballots.Biden, who managed to hold on to historically Democratic regions and eke out wins in the key swing states of Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin is sitting on the cusp of victory with 264 electoral votes as of 10 a.m. ET, according to a tally from The Associated Press.

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U.S. election: Biden transition team begins work as ballot counting continues

Joe Biden’s transition team isn’t waiting for a verdict in the presidential race before getting to work.As officials continue to count ballots in several undecided states, longtime Biden aide Ted Kaufman is leading efforts to ensure the former vice president can begin building out a government in anticipation of a victory.“While we’re waiting for the final results, I want people to know we are not waiting to get the work done,” Biden said in a speech late Friday night, appearing with his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, at the convention center not far from his home in Wilmington, Delaware.

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America Votes 2020: What to expect from Trump before 2021 presidential inauguration

If Joe Biden wins the White House, the earliest day President Donald Trump could lose power is January 20, 2021: Inauguration Day. Jackson Proskow looks at what the next 75 days could hold.

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Texts sent to rally Trump supporters after U.S. election linked to Trump aide’s company

Donald Trump’s top campaign officials sent out thousands of targeted, anonymous text messages urging supporters to rally where votes were being counted in Philadelphia on Thursday, falsely claiming Democrats were trying to steal the presidential election.The messages directed Trump fans to converge at a downtown intersection where hundreds of protesters from the opposing candidates’ camps faced off Thursday afternoon.

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America Votes 2020: Trump supporters weigh in on Biden presidency potential

Passionate supporters of Donald Trump are echoing his baseless claims that the election has been rigged in Joe Biden’s favor. Jeff Semple spoke with some of them in Detroit about their feelings on Joe Biden.

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U.S. election: Senate control up in air as Georgia races head to January runoffs

Georgia headed to runoff elections.Republican Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff will face off in a Jan.

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

U.S. President Donald Trump could be forced to exit the White House after one term in office, a rarity for any incumbent president. Eric Sorensen looks at how Biden was able to get ahead by flipping key states.

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America Votes 2020: Biden poised to become U.S. president, leads in key states

Joe Biden is leading in the race against Donald Trump, as crucial battleground states continue counting outstanding ballots. As Jackson Proskow reports, that has Trump ramping up attacks on the electoral process.

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U.S. election: Here’s how close 5 battleground states are to finishing ballot counts

Joe Biden‘s margins over Republican President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania and Georgia continued to grow Friday night into Saturday, as the vote counts in five battleground states trickled in. Biden says ‘we’re going to win’ U.S.

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Trump, GOP test out rallying cry: Count the 'legal' votes

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and some of his Republican supporters are testing out a rallying cry for his uphill fight to reverse the lead that Joe Biden holds in key battleground states: count all “legal” votes.The language is freighted with a clear implication, namely that Democrats want illegal votes counted, a claim for which there is no evidence.But it underscores Trump's strategic imperatives as Biden closes in on securing the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency, tactics that are rooted more in political messaging than legal precedent.“It’s not the use of the word ‘legal’ vote, it's the constant insinuation that there are so many illegal or fraudulent votes out there," said Rick Hasen, a professor of law

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‘We’re not enemies, we’re Americans’: Biden speaks as US awaits 2020 election results

WILMINGTON, Del. - Presidential candidate Joe Biden addressed the country Friday night in a primetime speech. "While we're waiting for the final results, I want people to know we're not waiting to get work done," he said.He called for Americans to unite saying that the "vast majority" of Americans want to "get the vitriol out of politics." He added that his responsibility as president would be to "represent the whole nation.""We may not be opponents, but we're not enemies. We're Americans," he said. "I've never been more optimistic about the future of this nation.

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US election: No clear winner as votes still being counted in key battleground states

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