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Donald Trump's decision to skip swearing-in on 20 Jan is 'a good thing', says Joe Biden
• 5 years agoTrump, who has not appeared in public since the violent attack on the Capitol, will be the first incumbent president since Andrew Johnson not to attend his successor's inauguration
US Capitol violence: Facebook, Twitter block Donald Trump from posting over policy breach, appearing to exhort Washington rioters
Fp Staff • 5 years agoDonald Trump supporters swarmed the US Capitol, putting it on lockdown, as Vice-President Mike Pence rebuffed the president's demand to overturn his loss to Joe Biden
US election: ‘Pivot counties’ that stuck with Donald Trump may be a warning sign for Democrats
• 5 years agoDespite expectations that Joe Biden, with his everyday Joe persona, would win back many blue-collar voters, he appears to have done worse with them than Hillary Clinton or Obama in both of his elections
US attorney-general William Barr to step down by Christmas as Electoral Colleges affirms Trump defeat
• 5 years agoBarr, who had angered Trump by not supporting his claims that the 3 November election result had been tainted by widespread fraud, said he would leave office on 23 December
Donald Trump hints at 2024 presidential run, says 'will see you in another four years'
• 5 years agoSpeaking at the holiday reception in White House, the US president again claimed that he was robbed of victory in a 'rigged' election
Rejecting Donald Trump's claims, US attorney-general says no sign of voter fraud in presidential polls
• 5 years agoWilliam Barr said both the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security called the 2020 election the 'most secure in American history'
Joe Biden names Neera Tanden as White House budget chief; 20 other Indian-Americans in transition team
Fp Staff • 5 years agoTanden, 50, if confirmed by the Senate, would be the first woman of colour and first Indian-American to lead the Office of Management and Budget
Milwaukee County vote recount ends with Joe Biden adding 132 votes to his margin
• 5 years agoThe US president-elect won Wisconsin by nearly 20,600 votes, and his margin in Milwaukee and Dane counties was about 2-to-1
Federal court rejects Donald Trump's election lawsuit in Pennsylvania, says 'calling vote unfair doesn't make it so'
• 5 years agoThe US president's lawyers have vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court despite the federal appeals court's assessment that the 'campaign's claims have no merit'
Donald Trump says he will leave White House if electoral college votes for president-elect Joe Biden
• 5 years agoTrump has so far defied tradition by refusing to concede defeat, instead launching legal attempts to challenge the outcomes in several states such Pennsylvania and Michigan