US election 2020: Biden declared as President elect
Donald Trump and Joe Biden are locked in a tight race for presidency. Stay with us as we keep you up-to-date with the latest developments in the US Election.
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US election at a glance: State-by-state projections
The path to power for either Joe Biden or Donald Trump rests in achieving success in individual states and reaching the all-important 270 electoral college votes.
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Biden says it is his ‘expectation’ to run again for president
President Joe Biden has said he is likely to seek re-election in 2024, but the 78-year-old Democrat left open the possibility of stepping aside after one term.
Violent extremists pose elevated threat to US, officials say
Violent extremists motivated by a range of political grievances and racial biases pose an “elevated threat” to the United States, officials said.
Despite threats, foreign hackers did not disrupt US election, officials say
Russia and Iran sought to influence the outcome of last November’s presidential election, but US intelligence officials found no evidence that any foreign actor changed votes or otherwise disrupted the voting process, according to a government report.
Democratic congressman sues Trump over role in US Capitol riot
A Democratic congressman has accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit of inciting the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol and of conspiring with his lawyer and extremist groups to try to prevent Congress from certifying the results of the presidential election.
Speaker Pelosi says independent commission will examine Capitol riot
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Congress will establish an independent commission to look into the deadly insurrection that took place at the US Capitol.
Biden decree ends ’emergency’ that Trump used to build wall
President Joe Biden has officially ended the “national emergency” that Donald Trump declared in order to take money from the Pentagon to build a wall along the US-Mexico border.
Rioters acting on Trump’s orders, Democrats say at impeachment trial
Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump’s impeachment said the Capitol invaders believed they were are acting on “the president’s orders” to storm the building and stop the joint session of Congress that was certifying Joe Biden’s election.
Chilling video footage becomes key exhibit in Trump trial
Chilling security footage of last month’s deadly insurrection at the US Capitol has become a key exhibit in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial as politicians prosecuting the case wrap up their opening arguments for why Mr Trump should be convicted of inciting the siege.
Impeachment trial: Harrowing footage and Trump’s rhetoric take centre stage
Democrats opened their first day of arguments in former president Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with searing footage of the US Capitol riot.
‘Distressing and emotional’: Senators relive horror of riot at US Capitol
US senators have spoken of their emotion after spending 90 tense minutes during the impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump watching footage of the violence at the US Capitol.
Chilling new footage shown in Trump impeachment trial
Prosecutors unveiled chilling new security video in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Wednesday, showing the mob of rioters breaking into the Capitol and searching menacingly for Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Trump was ‘inciter in chief’ of Capitol attack, say Democrats
Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial said they would prove the former president was no “innocent bystander” but the “inciter in chief” of the deadly attack at the Capitol aimed at overturning his election loss to Joe Biden.
Georgia prosecutor opens election probe after Trump call
A Georgia prosecutor’s office has confirmed it has opened a criminal investigation into “attempts to influence” the outcome of last year’s US general election.
Democrats to argue Trump alone incited mob
House Democrats are set to begin two days of arguments in Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, trying to convince sceptical Republicans that the former president alone was responsible for inciting his mob of supporters who broke into the US Capitol on January 6.
Senators to hear opening arguments as Trump fumes over trial
Opening arguments will begin in Donald Tump’s impeachment trial after an emotional first day ended with the Senate voting to hear the case for convicting the former president of inciting the riot at the US Capitol even though he is no longer in office.
How will the Trump impeachment trial unfold?
Former US president Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial will force the Senate to decide whether to convict him of incitement of insurrection after a violent mob of his supporters laid siege to the US Capitol on January 6.
Stage set for Trump impeachment trial
The Senate will launch Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial on Tuesday, with lawyers for the former president insisting he is not guilty of inciting mob violence at the Capitol to overturn the election.
Trump lawyers brand impeachment trial as ‘political theatre’
Lawyers for Donald Trump have branded the impeachment case against him as an act of “political theatre” by Democrats.
US prepares for Trump impeachment trial
Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial will open this week with a sense of urgency, from Democrats who want to hold the former president accountable for the violent US Capitol siege and Republicans who want it over as fast as possible.
Republican Greene thrown off committees for spreading conspiracy theories
A fiercely divided House of Representatives has voted to remove Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene from both her committees after Democrats accused her of spreading hateful and violent conspiracy theories.
Greene regrets ‘words of the past’ but offers no specific apology
Embattled US politician Marjorie Taylor Greene has said that she regrets some “words of the past”, but she did not specifically apologise for racist and violent rhetoric.
Trump rejects request to testify at impeachment trial
House Democrats have asked former president Donald Trump to testify under oath for his Senate impeachment trial.
Republicans largely side against holding Trump impeachment trial
All but five Senate Republicans voted in favour of an effort to dismiss Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, making clear a conviction of the former US president for “incitement of insurrection” after the deadly Capitol siege is unlikely.
Special relationship forms part of discussion in call between Biden and Johnson
President Joe Biden spoke of the desire to “strengthen the special relationship” between the US and UK in his first call with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Boris Johnson has first call with new US president Joe Biden
Boris Johnson has had his first call with Joe Biden since the new US president entered the White House on Wednesday.
Biden orders review of domestic violent extremism threat
President Joe Biden has directed law enforcement and intelligence officials in his administration to study the threat of domestic violent extremism in the United States.
Dr Anthony Fauci describes ‘liberating feeling’ working in Biden administration
The US’s leading infectious-diseases expert has called it “liberating” to be backed by a science-friendly administration that has embraced his recommendations to battle Covid-19.
Woman accused over Pelosi laptop theft freed from jail ahead of court hearing
A woman facing charges that she helped steal a laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the attack on the US Capitol will be released from jail, a federal judge has decided.
New president Joe Biden brings slightly new look to Oval Office
US President Joe Biden has given the Oval Office at the White House a slight makeover.
Everything you need to know about Biden inauguration poet Amanda Gorman
Poet Amanda Gorman stole the show at Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony, as she referred to everything from Hamilton to the Bible with her powerful reading.
