Trump expresses doubt on whether Supreme Court will hear election cases
Trump said in a telephone interview with Fox News,“The problem is it’s hard to get it to the Supreme Court.”
By Reuters | Posted by Mallika Soni | Washington
UPDATED ON NOV 29, 2020 10:32 PM IST
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that it might be difficult to get his election fraud allegations heard before the US Supreme Court, expressing doubt about his legal strategy as his hopes of overturning the November 3 election dwindle.
“The problem is it’s hard to get it to the Supreme Court,” Trump said in a telephone interview with Fox News.
Trump said he would still continue to fight the results of election, which was won by Democratic President-elect Joe Biden.
“My mind will not change in six months,” Trump told Fox News.
Congress runs for cover in Assam after new ally AIUDF chief sparks a row
UPDATED ON JAN 22, 2021 12:06 AM IST
- The Assam Congress will speak to its alliance partners to ensure that "such utterances are not made by any of our partners in future, the state unit chief said after AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal's controversial statement
BJP’s Dilip Ghosh alleges names of Rohingyas included in electoral rolls
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shankhyaneel Sarkar, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2021 02:39 PM IST
- Ghosh said that he told the officials to ensure that polling is conducted in a peaceful manner.
TMC alleges BSF threatening voters in border areas, lodges complaint with CEC
PTI, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 01:43 PM IST
The Border Security Force (BSF) is yet to issue a reaction to the TMC's allegation.
Biden-Harris era begins: Some key ‘firsts’ of the new US administration
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2021 01:08 PM IST
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn-in on Wednesday as the new President and Vice President of the US, respectively.
BJP provoking hatred in Bengal by communal speeches: TMC
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Susmita Pakrasi, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2021 01:19 PM IST
Three BJP activists including its Hooghly district youth wing chief Suresh Sahu have been arrested for allegedly raising a controversial slogan at a roadshow of party leader Suvendu Adhikari, police said.
From immigration to health: Biden moves swiftly to unwind Trump policies
Bloomberg
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2021 08:26 AM IST
Joe Biden’s aides say he’ll sign more Day One executive actions than any of his predecessors, to be followed by additional regulatory and policy changes over the coming weeks.
On Day 1, Biden sets the ball rolling on immigration, climate change, Covid-19
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kanishka Sarkar
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2021 08:28 AM IST
“There’s no time to start like today," Joe Biden said in his first comments to reporters as president.
Ancestral village in Tamil Nadu celebrates Kamala Harris' feat
By Divya Chandrababu
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2021 07:41 AM IST
Villagers have been lighting fireworks and distributing sweets, while posters of Harris were pasted on the walls of the village, and children flashed placards featuring the first person of South Asian descent and the first woman to rise to the office of the US vice-president.
'Day of history, hope': US President Joe Biden
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2021 07:38 AM IST
With his hand on a five-inch thick heirloom Bible that has been in his family for more than a century, Biden took the oath of office administered by US Chief Justice John Roberts that binds the president to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States”.
'We will be back in some form,' Trump vows at end of tumultuous presidency
Reuters
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 07:32 AM IST
The Republican president departed the White House with his wife, Melania, saying it had been a great honor to serve and giving a final wave as he boarded the Marine One helicopter for Joint Base Andrews, where he delivered farewell remarks.
Joe Biden takes the helm, appeals for unity to take on crises
AP, Washington
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2021 06:32 AM IST
Joe Biden was eager to go big early, with an ambitious first 100 days including a push to speed up the distribution of Covid-19 vaccinations
'Going home': Joe Biden's surreal walk to the White House
AFP
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 06:26 AM IST
Joe Biden popped the surreality of the moment with a quip as he made the short walk to the White House with Jill, followed closely by Vice President Kamala Harris and her family.
Prez Joe Biden looks to galvanize Covid fight, vaccinations as he takes office
Reuters, Washington
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 05:51 AM IST
Joe Biden's first moves are intended to mark a sharp change from the Trump administration's Covid-19 pandemic response.
Kamala Harris' ancestral village rejoices with fervour as 'she scripts history'
ANI, Thulasendrapuram
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 05:41 AM IST
People in Thulasendrapuram village, the native village of Harris' mother, were seen applauding and hooting while Harris was taking an oath to the office.
US Prez Joe Biden says Donald Trump wrote him 'very generous letter'
AFP
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2021 03:57 AM IST
It was unclear until Wednesday whether Trump would maintain the tradition of outgoing presidents leaving notes for their successors, after he opted to skip Biden's inauguration.