WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Tuesday fired the US government’s top election security official, who had rejected the...

• On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell being faced with questions pertaining to the government's transition process towards a Biden Administration, stated that a transfer of power will happen on time.

• On Tuesday, the board of canvassers in Michigan's largest county voted to unanimously certify the election results after initially being deadlocked in a party-line vote.

• The Labor Department said on Tuesday import prices dipped 0.1% last month.
• In the 12 months through October, import prices fell 1.0% after declining 1.4% in September.

• The group of experts who led former President George W. Bush's legal efforts in the aftermath of the 2000 Presidential Election, state that President Trump has "no chance" of success in his own attempts to challenge the results of the election.

• Biden's senior campaign staff have been discussing their roles in the transition and the new administration.
• The Republican Trump has remained angry and defiant on social media even as some prominent Republicans have asserted that Biden should be considered the president-elect.

• On Monday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger stated that Republican leaders such as Senator Lindsey Graham have been pressurising him to exclude legal ballots in order for President Trump to be declared the winner from the state, and nab 16 electoral votes in the process.

• Biden to address economy in Wilmington at 1:45 pm EST/1845 GMT.
• Advisers to meet vaccine makers this week as transition advances.
• Trump promises "big cases" showing election was unconstitutional.
• Trump campaign drops major part of Pennsylvania vote lawsuit.

• Thousands of Trump supporters held a rally in Washington on Saturday, protesting the results of the Presidential Election; the aftermath of which was aggravated by false claims of voter fraud.

• In the midst of a heated Presidential Election, President Trump's interference and consistent disregard for the political process could be potentially damaging for U.S. national security, according to Trump's former Chief of Staff John Kelly.

• Trump has made little headway in the courts with his lawsuits and for the first time on Friday he began to sound doubtful about his prospects.
• The pro-Trump demonstrations in Washington and other cities are scheduled to feature a mix of the president's backers,

• President-elect Joe Biden, while being repeatedly held back from initiating a formal government transition, has been making efforts to fill essential cabinet positions - reportedly considering Angus King to serve as Director of National Intelligence in his new administration.

Edison Research, which made the Georgia call, also projected that North Carolina, the only other battleground state with an outstanding vote count, would go to Trump, finalizing the electoral vote tally at 306 for Biden to 232 for Trump.

BEIJING: China congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday nearly a week after he was declared winner of ...

WASHINGTON: There is no evidence of compromised ballots or corrupt voting systems in the US election, officials said...

• In the aftermath of a divisive Presidential Election, an unprecedented torrent of misinformation has flooded the internet, specifically based on unfounded allegations of electoral fraud - pushing the American democratic system to the brink.

• Biden was projected to win Arizona after more than a week of vote counting from the Nov. 3 election, Edison Research said.
• Biden had already cleared the 270 vote threshold to win the election, setting him on course to be sworn in on Jan. 20.

• According to experts, President Trump's unrepentant efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 Election could potentially damage the fabric of the nation's democracy and set a dangerous political precedent, even if the strategy is unlikely to succeed.

• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, amidst sweeping changes in the national security sphere by the Trump Administration, stated at an event on Wednesday that his allegiance does not lie with a President or a tyrant, but solely with the constitution.

• The U.S. State Department has been preventing President-elect Joe Biden from accessing messages from foreign leaders, highlighting the Trump Administration's blatant unwillingness to facilitate the transition process.

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden pressed ahead with his transition Wednesday despite Donald Trump’s ...

WASHINGTON: Pope Francis spoke with Joe Biden by telephone Thursday to offer “blessings and congratulations” to...

• Trump still has a 10% chance of remaining in the White House for a second term, according to Betfair.
• All major U.S news organizations have called the Nov. 3 election for Biden based on preliminary voting tallies.

• President Trump has reportedly revealed privately that he wants to start a digital media company to "clobber" Fox News, and undermine the country's largest conservative oriented media network.

• President-elect Joe Biden named his longtime adviser Ron Klain as the White House Chief of Staff, as his first major appointment in building his administration; regardless of whether President Trump formally concedes.

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden attended separate Veterans Day events Wednesday in ...

Biden - who needed 270 Electoral College votes to win - had 279 of those votes to 214 for Trump with results in three states not yet complete, according to Edison Research. In the popular vote, Biden got 76.3 million, or 50.7% of the total, to 71.6 million, or 47.6%, for Trump.

• With President-elect Joe Biden slated to formally take up office in the White House in the year ahead, the upcoming U.N. Summit on Climate Change may have been given a boost by this change of administration, as the United States could be expected to find themselves back in the fold of the Paris Agreement.

• According to sources familiar with President Trump, he is being "bombarded with book and TV deals" that could be worth a staggering $100 million, after his tumultuous term in office.