Tag: US elections

Donald Trump concedes defeat, says there will be ‘orderly transition’ on January 20

'While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it's only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again,' he said.

January 7, 2021

‘Now it is time to turn the page, to unite, to heal’: Joe Biden as electors confirm victory

As Biden appealed to Americans to "turn the page" on the divisive contest, electors met across all US states to seal his win, with California pushing Biden over the majority of 270 votes.

December 15, 2020

‘Won’t change my mind’: Donald Trump doubles down on election fraud claim

"This election was rigged. This election was a total fraud," he claimed, again without backing this up. "We won the election easily."

November 30, 2020

Georgia recount complete, affirms Joe Biden win: Officials

The confirmation makes Biden the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the southern US state.

November 20, 2020

White House is planning for President Donald Trump to serve a second term: Official

Trump has yet to concede nearly a week after US media announced that his Democratic challenger Joe Biden had defeated him in the November 3 presidential election.

November 14, 2020

Is Donald Trump mounting a coup, or just putting on a circus?

Ostensibly, Trump is exercising his right to complain that the count showing Democrat Joe Biden with a solid if a close win was wrong. "Rigged Election!" he tweeted in his latest broadside Thursday.

November 13, 2020

‘A good man, who won his opportunity to lead’: Former US president Bush to Joe Biden

Former President Bush agreed that Trump had 'the right to request recounts and pursue legal challenges.'

November 9, 2020

Joe Biden begins taking over White House, Trump refuses to concede

Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris launched a transition website, BuildBackBetter.com, and a Twitter feed, @Transition46.

November 9, 2020

Joe Biden’s new plan for H-1B visas, green cards likely to benefit tens of thousands

Biden is expected to reverse the move of the outgoing Trump administration to revoke work permits to the spouses of H-1B visas, which had adversely impacted a large number of Indian families in the US.

November 8, 2020

As US media declares victory for Joe Biden, Donald Trump goes ‘golfing’

Already trailing Democrat Joe Biden in the all-important, state-by-state Electoral College vote tally -- the handwriting on the wall was becoming impossible to ignore.

November 8, 2020

‘I may be first woman in this office, will not be last’: Kamala Harris

'Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities,' she said.

November 8, 2020

‘My responsibility as president will be to represent whole nation’: Joe Biden as he sees clear victory

As trickling returns from Pennsylvania and three other states made Trump's path to a second term increasingly unlikely, Biden repeated that he believed he would win but said he would wait for the process to complete.

November 7, 2020

‘US govt is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of White House’: Biden campaign warns Trump

Democratic challenger Biden is edging towards the presidency after pulling ahead in the key states of Pennsylvania and Georgia.

November 7, 2020

‘Joe Biden should not wrongfully claim office of the President’: Donald Trump

Three days after the US election in which there was a record turnout of 160 million voters, a winner had yet to be declared.

November 7, 2020

‘Lie after lie after lie about election being stolen’: US TV networks pull plug on live coverage of Trump

The president spoke as late vote-counting in battleground states showed Democrat Joe Biden steadily closing in on victory. 

November 6, 2020

Indian-origin millionaire businessman elected to Michigan state legislature with 93% votes

Mr Thanedar, 65, also a scientist, raised a record-breaking USD 438,620, primarily from his own wealth, in the state House primary against six other opponents of the Democratic Party.

November 5, 2020

Thousands of Biden, Trump’s supporters protest at New York, Detroit demanding every vote be counted

In New York's Democratic stronghold demonstrators were hopeful but wary of calling it for their candidate Biden just yet.

November 5, 2020