2020 US Presidential election updates
08:17, Nov 04, 2020
Biden pulls ahead of Trump in Georgia, votes still to count: US media
Democrat Joe Biden pulled ahead Friday in the crucial battleground state of Georgia, US media said, with votes still left to count. The former vice president ate away at President Donald Trump's initial lead in the southern state and is now ahead by 917 votes, CNN and Fox News reported. Trump won...
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Trump campaign's Nevada legal effort is over
A legal effort in Nevada by US President Donald Trump's campaign and state Republicans to try to stop the count of mail ballots in Las Vegas is over. A document submitted in an appeal pending before the state Supreme Court says the campaign, state GOP, Democrats and attorneys for the state have...
07:40
Trump set to make remarks from White House
US President Donald Trump is set to make his first public appearance since the early morning hours after Election Day. The White House says Trump will deliver remarks at 6:30 p.m. Thursday from the press briefing room. It was unclear if he would take questions. Trump last appeared in public early...
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Trump tweets his outrage in all caps as votes are counted
US President Donald Trump spent a second day in the White House on Thursday stewing over election results that suggested a path to victory was slipping from his grasp, even as his campaign projected confidence. Trump has not been seen in public since his premature declaration of victory in the...
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Trump sues in 3 states, laying ground for contesting outcome
US President Donald Trump's campaign filed lawsuits Wednesday in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden in the hunt for the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. The new filings,...
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Biden campaign willing to fight Trump in court
Democrat Joe Biden’s campaign says it will fight any efforts by President Donald Trump’s campaign to go to the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent ballots from being tabulated. In a statement sent before 4 a.m. Wednesday, Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon called Trump’s statement that he will...
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Biden expresses confidence in winning, urges patience
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said early Wednesday he is confident about winning the election, while calling for patience from his supporters as well as the Republican side. "We believe we're on track to win this election," Biden told his supporters...
16:47
Trump says getting ready to celebrate victory with millions of votes still uncounted
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President and Republican nominee Donald Trump said early Wednesday his reelection campaign has produced "phenomenal" results and is "winning everything," as vote counting continues in multiple "battleground states." "We did win this election," Trump said from...
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NYC sees no major demonstrations being planned on Election Day: mayor
AvoterchecksinatapollingstationinNewYork,theUnitedStates,Nov.3,2020.。NewYorkCitywasnotseeinganymajordemonstrationsbeingplannedatthismomentonElectionDay,saidMayorBilldeBlasioonTuesdaywhileappearingliveon1010WINS,aradiostationlicensedtothecity.。ThemayoralsoemphasizedthattheNewYorkPoliceDepartment(NYPD
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One-third of voters cite economy the most critical issue: early CNN exit poll
AstaffmemberdisinfectsavotingboothatapollingstationinBrooklynboroughofNewYork,theUnitedStates,onNov.3,2020.(PhotobyMichaelNagle/Xinhua)。Roughlyone-thirdofthevoterscalledtheeconomytheirmostcriticalissue,accordingtothepreliminaryresultsofanationwideCNNexitpollreleasedTuesdayafternoon.。Thepollshowsthat
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Election Day voting starts across US amid worsening pandemic, deepening divide
ARLINGTON, the United States, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Voting on Election Day is underway across the United States, as the COVID-19 pandemic is raging on and political divide running deeper. Dozens of voters, maintaining social distancing and wearing masks, lined up in freezing wind before dawn on...
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Tokyo's Nikkei opens more than 2% up as US votes for president
Tokyo's key Nikkei 225 index opened more than two percent higher on Wednesday, tracking rises on US markets a day earlier, as polls began closing in the US presidential vote. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 2.01 percent or 468.27 points at 23,763.75 in early trade, while the broader Topix...
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Voting on Election Day underway across US
People line up to vote at a polling station in Arlington, Virginia, the United States, Nov. Voters in major cities along the east coast of the United States started to cast their ballots early Tuesday, as polls continue to open across the country to decide the presidency. Voting on Election Day is u
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Trump, Biden cede stage to voters for Election Day verdict
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a campaign marked by rancor and fear, Americans on Tuesday decide between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, selecting a leader to steer a nation battered by a surging pandemic that has killed more than 230,000 people, cost millions their jobs and reshaped...
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US votes on Trump's fate under threat of election turmoil
Americans vote Tuesday in an election amounting to a referendum on Donald Trump and his uniquely brash, bruising presidency that Democratic opponent and frontrunner Joe Biden urged supporters to end, restoring our democracy.Americans finally vote to choose between President Donald Trump or his challenger, Democrat Joe Biden, four years later. (Photo: AFP)The United States is more divided and angry than at any time since the Vietnam War era of the 1970s -- and fears that Trump could dispute the result of the election are only fueling those tensions.Despite an often startlingly laid-back campaign, Biden, 77, leads in almost every opinion poll, buoyed by his consistent message that America needs to restore its soul and get new leadership in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 231,000 people.I have a feeling we're coming together for a big win tomorrow, Biden said in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a vital electoral battleground where he was joined by pop superstar Lady Gaga. It's time to stand up and take back our democracy.But Trump was characteristically defiant to the end, campaigning at a frenetic pace with crowded rallies in four states on Monday, and repeating his dark, unprecedented claims for a US president that the polls risk being rigged against him.After almost non-stop speeches in a final three-day sprint, he ended up in the early hours of Tuesday in Grand Rapids, Michigan -- the same place where he concluded his epic against-the-odds campaign in 2016 where he defeated apparent frontrunner Hillary Clinton.Despite the bad poll numbers, the 74-year-old Republican real estate tycoon counted on pulling off another upset.We're going to have another beautiful victory tomorrow, he told the Michigan crowd, which chanted back: We love you, we love you!We're going to make history once again, he said.Packing Trump's bagsWhile Tuesday is formally Election Day, in reality Americans have been voting for weeks.With a huge expansion ...
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Election Day voting begins in US with first ballots cast in New Hampshire
A voter (C) casts his ballot in the U.S. presidential election in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, the United States, on Nov. 3, 2020. Election Day voting kicked off in the United States early Tuesday morning with first ballots cast in the northeastern state of New Hampshire. (Photos: Xinhua)
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Over 97m Americans cast early votes: website
More than 97 million Americans have cast ballots in the United States ahead of Election Day, according to the US Elections Project. The total early votes stand at 97,867,186 as of 6:30pm Eastern Time (11:30pm GMT) on Monday, according to the nonpartisan website run by Michael McDonald, a...
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Biden defends Fauci after Trump threatens his dismissal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden defended Anthony Fauci on Monday after President Donald Trump suggested he may fire the nation's top infectious disease expert after Election Day. "Last night, Trump said he was going to fire Dr. Fauci. Isn't that...
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