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Donald Trump mulled replacing attorney general over election results: Report
Trump narrowly lost Georgia to Joe Biden in the November presidential election, in a vote he baselessly claimed was rigged.
Published on Jan 23, 2021 02:07 PM IST
AFP |
Joe Biden oath ceremony: Schedule, India timing, how to watch
Joe Biden oath ceremony: President-elect Joe Biden will be taking oath as the 46th President of the United States and Vice-President elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in as the 49th Vice-President of the country.
Updated on Jan 20, 2021 06:16 PM IST
Written by Prashasti Singh, New Delhi
Woman shot at US Capitol has died: Police
It remained unclear who shot the woman, but a witness said the shooting occurred after law enforcement authorities urged people to “get back.”
Updated on Jan 07, 2021 06:08 AM IST
Washington | Reuters | Posted by Prashasti Singh
Explained: What may happen on Jan 6 as Trump’s allies prepare to overturn electoral college results
Several Republican leaders, including senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, have been warning their GOP colleagues to not disrupt the certification process.
Updated on Jan 03, 2021 05:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav
Twitter reverts to old retweet function after US election
The microblogging site had in October made it difficult for users to retweet a tweet with misinformation and promoted the use of quote tweets, which included commentary from the user.
Published on Dec 17, 2020 12:59 PM IST
Reuters | Posted by Deepali Sharma
Electors meet to affirm Biden’s win; Georgia run-off voting starts
The electors will vote separately in their respective states either virtually or in person, in yet another election ritual propelled into public attention because of President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept his defeat, which has now been reaffirmed multiple times by courts, including twice by the Supreme Court.
Updated on Dec 14, 2020 11:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj , edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Donald Trump vows to press on in Wisconsin despite recount setback
“The Wisconsin recount is not about finding mistakes in the count, it is about finding people who have voted illegally, and that case will be brought after the recount is over, on Monday or Tuesday,” tweeted Trump on Saturday.
Updated on Nov 29, 2020 06:35 AM IST
Bloomberg | Posted by Prashasti Singh
Former head of US election security calls Trump team fraud allegations ‘farcical’
Chris Krebs, the former director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told the CBS 60 Minutes program that allegations of US voting machines being manipulated by foreign countries were baseless.
Updated on Nov 28, 2020 03:58 PM IST
Los Angeles | Reuters | Posted by Prashasti Singh
Trump, still defiant, says he’ll give up power if electoral college backs Biden
Trump said he’ll soon stage a rally in Georgia, where voters return to the polls in early January for a pair of runoff Senate races that will determine control of the chamber.
Updated on Nov 27, 2020 10:35 PM IST
Bloomberg | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
Kim Jong Un likely to let his missiles do the talking with Joe Biden
Kim Jong Un is one of the few world leaders who has yet to congratulate -- or even acknowledge -- the president-elect, particularly after Chinese President Xi Jinping did so on Wednesday.
Published on Nov 27, 2020 06:26 AM IST
Bloomberg | Posted by Arpan Rai
Trump wants courts to step in, maintain US ‘integrity’ as Biden set to form cabinet
Trump on Sunday said that his investigators had found ‘hundreds of thousands of fraudulent votes’ which would be enough to “flip” at least four States and added that he hopes the courts would maintain the integrity of elections by doing ‘what has to be done’.
Updated on Nov 22, 2020 09:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Prashasti Singh
Trump administration has done ‘everything required’ in event of transition, says White House
Incumbent President Donald Trump, a Republican, has refused to concede the November 3 election to former vice president Joe Biden, a Democrat. Instead, Trump has made allegations of widespread electoral fraud, without providing any evidence.
Updated on Nov 21, 2020 02:59 PM IST
Washington | Press Trust of India | Posted by Karan Manral
US Election 2020: Legal battles Trump may face after losing presidential privileges
The recent defeat in US elections has ensured that Trump will be stripped of his presidential privileges soon, leaving him vulnerable to civil and criminal proceedings.
Updated on Nov 17, 2020 06:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav
US Election 2020: Key health care measures likely to be reversed by Biden administration
Trump brought several changes to the health care plan through executive orders since the administration was unable to push the amendments through Democrats-controlled House.
Updated on Nov 16, 2020 05:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav
Donald Trump admits Joe Biden ‘won’, but insists US election was ‘rigged’
“He won because the Election was Rigged,” Trump tweeted, and went on to repeat his allegations of election fraud that have found no traction outside his support base, have failed to stand up in courts and have been debunked by top election security officials of his own administration
Updated on Nov 15, 2020 10:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington, DC | Yashwant Raj
US Election 2020: What are ‘faithless electors’ that Trump allies hyping to help him secure second term?
Trump’s allies are talking up a wild plan to ensure that the US President remains in power even after convincingly losing popular as well as projected electoral votes.
Updated on Nov 15, 2020 07:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav
Social Media Star of the Week: Mayur ‘Vivkamunand Mix’ Jumani
Meet the 28-year-old creator of the Donald Trup mash-up who has many more humorous songs to his credit
Updated on Nov 15, 2020 08:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karishma Kuenzang
US Election 2020: How was Florida recount during Bush candidacy different from Trump’s challenge?
Republican George W. Bush was pitted against Democratic Vice-President Al Gore when the controversy surrounding Florida election results erupted.
Updated on Nov 13, 2020 07:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav
US Election 2020: What is GSA ‘ascertainment’ and how does it impact Biden-Harris transition team?
For the formal commencement of presidential transition, the administrator of the federal GSA should ascertain the “apparent successful candidate” in the US elections.
Updated on Nov 13, 2020 07:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav
Top US officials refute Trump’s poll fraud allegations
There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised, said a statement from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Updated on Nov 13, 2020 05:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj , edited by Vinod Janardhanan
US Election 2020: What is ‘Dominion Voting Systems’ that Trump keeps blaming for ‘electoral fraud’?
US President Donald Trump tried to amplify the baseless claim that “Dominion deleted 2.7 million Trump votes nationwide.”
Updated on Nov 13, 2020 01:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav
Taliban asks Joe Biden to stick to US troop withdrawal deal
The United States has been pulling out troops under the deal which envisages the withdrawal to be complete by May, subject to certain security guarantees, while the Taliban holds peace talks with the Afghan government in Doha.
Updated on Nov 10, 2020 02:31 PM IST
Kabul | Reuters | Posted by Prashasti Singh
US Election 2020: ‘Referendum’ on Donald Trump shatters turnout records
Turnout in the 2020 presidential election has hit a 50-year high, exceeding the record set by the 2008 presidential election of Barack Obama. As of Sunday, the tallied votes accounted for 62% of the eligible voting-age population in the US, 0.4% higher than in 2008.
Updated on Nov 09, 2020 11:55 AM IST
Associated Press | Posted by Karan Manral
CNN anchor has emotional reaction to Joe Biden’s win, Michelle Obama tweets about it
The video shows Van Jones’ reaction to CNN projecting Joe Biden as the winner of the US Election 2020.
Updated on Nov 08, 2020 09:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sanya Budhiraja
From youngest senator in 1972 to oldest President: Joe Biden’s inspiring 50 years’ journey
Joe Biden first ran for President from Delaware in 1988 but withdrew his bid after he forgot to attribute British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock, he ran for President against Barrack Obama in 2008 but lost, and now in 2020 he’s all set to enter the White House as the oldest President in history
Updated on Nov 08, 2020 03:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com| Edited by Ayshee Bhaduri
US Election 2020: Kamala Harris gives America a Second Family full of firsts
Harris was jogging when the news broke, and tweeted a video of a call with her boss, Joe Biden, “We did it, we did it Joe! You’re going to be the next President of the United States!”
Published on Nov 08, 2020 01:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Agencies
US Election 2020: ‘History has been made,’ and other reactions from tweeple to Joe Biden’s win as 46th US president
Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the presidential election to become the 46th president of the United States on November 7.
Updated on Nov 08, 2020 12:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sanya Budhiraja
Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump in US presidential election
CNN, NBC News were among the television networks that called the race in his favour, minutes after projecting that he had won the key state of Pennsylvania.
Updated on Nov 07, 2020 11:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Prashasti Singh
US poll fever grips India; internet search, interest soar
Analysts believe search for Biden, Trump and US polls online will again soar once the results are finally declared and Americans get their 46th president.
Updated on Nov 07, 2020 04:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Saubhadra Chatterji
Kamala Harris on the verge of many, many firsts
Born of a mother from India and a father from Jamaica, Harris will become the first woman, first Indian American, first Black, first South Asian American and the first Asian ever elected as vice-president if Joe Biden wins the US presidential elections.
Updated on Nov 07, 2020 08:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj