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by Paul HANDLEY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democrats and Republicans girded Wednesday for a legal showdown to decide the winner of the tight presidential race between Republican Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden. After Trump declared overnight he was ready to go to the US Supreme Court to dispute the counting of votes, his campaign announced a demand for a recount in Wisconsin and lawsuits in Michigan and Pennsylvania, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls closed across the United States — and the American people waiting for results in key battlegrounds still up for grabs. As it stands, there are seven states still left uncalled, including major prizes such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — meaning both Trump and Biden still have a path to victory. US […]
By Thomas I. Likness Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — A defiant US President Donald Trump has declared he has won the election and said the vote counting process is a fraud. Trump is upset because several states have not completed vote counting and it may take several days because of the large number of mail-in ballots and early voting. More than 150 million ballots were cast, two thirds of them early voting or […]
By Thomas I. Likness Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — American voters will have to wait, perhaps to the end of the week, to find out who won Tuesday’s presidential election. More than 150 million people cast ballots in the election, two-thirds of them either in advance or by mail. Incumbent Republican, President Donald Trump and Democrat rival Joe Biden seesawed back-and-forth in key swing states. A few states will accept mail-in ballots for […]
by Andrew MARSZAL Agence France Presse PORTLAND, United States (AFP) — The FBI has warned of the potential for armed clashes linked to Tuesday’s US election in Portland, as the northwestern city that has become symbolic of the country’s stark divisions braces for unrest. The liberal enclave in the state of Oregon is still reeling from a summer that saw mass anti-racism rallies inflamed by the arrival of federal officers and right-wing militias, including the […]
by Brendan SMIALOWSKI, with Brian KNOWLTON in Washington Agence France Presse WATERFORD, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump vowed to again defy the polls as he sprinted through five swing states Sunday in a blitz of campaigning against Joe Biden, with just two days left before a US presidential election that has already mobilized a record number of early voters. The last-minute scramble came as polls showed Biden maintaining his overall lead […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — One of America’s top government scientists, Anthony Fauci, has issued an urgent plea for a change in US policy on the coronavirus, drawing a sharp rebuke from the Trump administration in the final days of a hard-fought election campaign. Fauci, in an interview in the Washington Post on Sunday, warned that the United States is headed for “a whole lot of hurt” unless it makes an “abrupt change” in […]
by Prakash Singh and Archana Thiyagarajan Agence France Presse PATNA, India (AFP) — Millions of Indians turned out to cast ballots in a state election Wednesday in the world’s biggest vote since the coronavirus emerged, with booths packed out and many ignoring government advice on wearing masks and social distancing. Some 70 million people are eligible to vote in Bihar, an impoverished eastern state governed by an alliance that includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
WEST SALEM, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump was barnstorming in a last-ditch effort to keep Midwest states, while challenger Joe Biden was aiming to flip a Republican bastion as rage over police violence erupted anew. Here is a look at what’s happening in America’s campaign on Tuesday, one week before November 3 Election Day: – Three states in a day – Trump is down in the polls and has been hitting the […]
by Eric BARADAT, with Jerome CARTILLIER in Washington Agence France Presse NASHVILLE, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump squares off against Democratic challenger Joe Biden on Thursday in what promises to be a bruising final debate with less than two weeks left in their turbulent fight for the White House. The pair’s last televised showdown spiraled into an ugly confrontation marred by interruptions and name calling, prompting organizers to introduce mic-muting this time […]
by Chris Lefkow Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Deprived of his beloved campaign trail for 10 days by Covid-19, President Donald Trump took center stage again Monday in Florida, vowing that he is in “great shape” with 22 days to go until he faces Joe Biden in the election. “I went through it and now they say I’m immune,” Trump told a cheering crowd in Sanford, near Orlando, few of whom […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump is no longer contagious, nine days after being stopped in his tracks by Covid-19, his physician said in a statement released late Saturday. “I am happy to report that in addition to the President meeting CDC criteria for the safe discontinuation of isolation, this morning’s COVID PCR sample demonstrates, by currently recognized standards, he is no longer considered a transmission risk to others,” Sean Conley said in […]
