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As Donald Trump refuses to concede, top Republicans remain silent on US election results
• 4 years agoSenate Majority leader Mitch McConnell declined to acknowledge Biden’s victory, with an aide instead pointing reporters to a generic “count all the votes” statement he released Friday before the results were known.
US Election 2020: From 'finally' to 'yes, he can too', how newspapers around world reacted to Biden's win
Fp Staff • 4 years agoNewspapers around the world dedicated significant real estate in their front pages to the political shift in Washington.
'Long time coming': As VP-elect Kamala Harris ascends, Black women express elation and relief
• 4 years agoKamala Harris’ pathbreaking course prompted explosions of joy within explosions — of pride, elation, relief and a sense of hard-fought accomplishment. The sentiment was shared by women generally, and Black women specifically
Jared Kushner has approached President Donald Trump about conceding the election: Reports
• 4 years agoJared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, has approached the President about conceding the closely-fought election to his Democratic rival Joe Biden, according to media reports on Sunday.
Shaped by tragedy and tradition, President-elect Joe Biden finds himself facing a changed Washington
• 4 years agoThe president-elect will take the helm of a nation devastated by a health crisis, reeling from an economic downturn and divided over virtually every major political matter of the day, from how and even whether to confront climate change and racial injustice, to baseless questions from some of Trump’s supporters about the very legitimacy of free and fair election results
Joe Biden elected as US president: From Narendra Modi to Boris Johnson, world leaders congratulate Democrat leader
Fp Staff • 4 years agoJoe Biden emerged as the 46th President of the United States on Saturday after Democrats grabbed 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House, defeating incumbent Trump in the race
US Election 2020: No candidate can declare results, everyone must respect sanctity of vote, says ex-CEC VS Sampath
Dowerah • 4 years agoIndia has to learn not only from its own experience but also from the experience of others like for example postal balloting and how we can liberalise it since there is an increasing demand for it for various reasons, says Sampath.
US Election: Liberals hoped for a decisive repudiation of Donald Trump that never came; what now?
• 4 years agoA Trump loss is still possible — perhaps even probable, since Biden holds a lead in states totaling 270 electoral votes — but there’s every reason to think Trumpism will survive as a viable strategy for winning national elections
US Election: Awaiting results, exhausted and anxious voters find country more divided than ever
• 4 years agoAs the two political camps geared up for litigation and spin battles in the coming days, many voters of both parties were left with the troubling realisation that perhaps they had misunderstood their country, their towns, perhaps even their neighbours
'OK, America, so what the hell happens now?': Riveted world waits to see what's next in presidential polls
• 4 years agoThe stakes are global, and so was the audience, illustrating the truism that presidential elections in the United States affect everyone, even those who are not eligible to vote in them