<p>Despite Donald Trump’s repeated expressions of doubt on the US election's voting system, International observers from the Organisation of American States say they saw no instances of fraud or voting irregularities in the US presidential election.<br />
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<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/united-states-of-america-is-back-in-the-game-joe-biden-tells-world-leaders-342283"><strong>Also read | United States of America is ‘back in the game’: Joe Biden tells World leaders&nbsp;</strong></a><br />
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Election experts say it would be nearly impossible for foreign actors to disrupt a US election.</p>

<p>It started months before Election Day with false claims on Facebook and Twitter that mail-in ballots cast for President Donald Trump had been chucked in dumpsters or rivers.<br />
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Trump’s supporters have readily echoed the president’s cries of an unfair election on Facebook and Twitter.</p>

<p>Tweets and retweets with terms such as “steal,” “fraud,” “rigged” and “dead” referring to the election spiked more than 2,800% from Nov. 2 to Nov. 6, according to an analysis by VineSight, a tech company that tracks misinformation. The company found more than 1.6 million retweets containing some of those words on Nov. 6 alone.</p>

<p>The OAS says the Election Day was peaceful, although there were efforts to intimidate poll workers as the votes were counted, and says the country’s mail-in ballots were a secure system.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, a week after the final polls closed, falsehoods about dead people voting and ballots being thrown out by poll workers are still thriving on social media, reaching an audience of millions.&nbsp;</p>

<p>False or misleading claims of electoral fraud are going viral on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.</p>

<p>Yesterday, asked for his view on President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the result of the election, Joe Biden said: “I just think it’s an embarrassment, quite frankly. I think it will not help the president’s legacy.</p>

<p>“I think that the whole Republican Party has been put in a position – with a few notable exceptions – of being mildly intimidated by the sitting president.”</p>

<p>He continued: “I understand the sense of loss. I get that. But I think the majority of the people who voted for the president…I think they understand that we have to come together.”</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


Despite Donald Trump’s repeated expressions of doubt on the US election's voting system, International observers from the Organisation of American States say they saw no instances of fraud or voting irregularities in the US presidential election.

Despite Donald Trump’s repeated expressions of doubt on the US election's voting system, International observers from the Organisation of American States say they saw no instances of fraud or voting irregularities in the US presidential election. Also read | United States of America is ‘back in the game’: Joe Biden tells World leaders Election experts say it would be nearly impossible for foreign actors to disrupt a US election. It started months before Election Day with false claims on Facebook and Twitter that mail-in ballots cast for President Donald Trump had been chucked in dumpsters or rivers. Trump’s supporters have readily echoed the president’s cries of an unfair election on Facebook and Twitter. Tweets and retweets with terms such as “steal,” “fraud,” “rigged” and “dead” referring to the election spiked more than 2,800% from Nov. 2 to Nov. 6, according to an analysis by VineSight, a tech company that tracks misinformation. The company found more than 1.6 million retweets containing some of those words on Nov. 6 alone. The OAS says the Election Day was peaceful, although there were efforts to intimidate poll workers as the votes were counted, and says the country’s mail-in ballots were a secure system. Meanwhile, a week after the final polls closed, falsehoods about dead people voting and ballots being thrown out by poll workers are still thriving on social media, reaching an audience of millions. False or misleading claims of electoral fraud are going viral on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Yesterday, asked for his view on President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the result of the election, Joe Biden said: “I just think it’s an embarrassment, quite frankly. I think it will not help the president’s legacy. “I think that the whole Republican Party has been put in a position – with a few notable exceptions – of being mildly intimidated by the sitting president.” He continued: “I understand the sense of loss. I get that. But I think the majority of the people who voted for the president…I think they understand that we have to come together.” (With inputs from agencies)

International observers see 'no fraud in 'historic' US vote

Donald Trump has refused to concede defeat but according to a survey 80% of Americans have accepted Joe Biden as next president. WION brings you a report.

Survey: 80% of Americans have accepted Joe Biden as their President

<p>On a snowy evening in December 2016, a month after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada held a rare farewell state dinner for the departing vice president, Joe Biden. It was like a tearful goodbye between two old friends.</p>

<p>“We are more like family. That’s the way the vast majority of Americans feel about Canada and Canadians,” Biden said to a hall packed with politicians in Ottawa. “The friendship between us is absolutely critical to the United States.”</p>

<p>He ended with a toast: “Vive le Canada. Because we need you very, very badly.”</p>

<p>After four years of surprise tariffs, stinging insults and threats from Trump, a giddy jubilation and sense of deep relief spread across Canada on Saturday with the news that Biden had won the presidency. Many Canadians hope to return to the status of cherished sibling to the United States, and that the president-elect’s personal connection to Canada, and that of his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, will help heal the wounds.</p>

<p>“With Biden, we see the United States as having a centrist conciliator, a friend to Canada, and somebody we can be relaxed with and have genuine disagreements with without being disagreeable,” said Frank McKenna, a former Canadian ambassador to the United States.</p>

<p>He added that people in his yoga class Monday said “Namaste for Joe Biden.”</p>

<p>“People have been walking on eggshells for four years for fear of annoying the president or his sycophants,” he said.</p>

<p>Over the weekend, Trudeau made a congratulatory call to Biden. “We’ve worked with each other before, and we’re ready to pick up on that work and tackle the challenges and opportunities facing our two countries — including climate change and COVID-19,” the prime minister wrote on Twitter, citing two issues where he has deep disagreements with Trump.</p>

<p>(BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM.)</p>

<p>For those who have watched Trudeau maintain a disciplined silence in the face of Trump’s attacks, it was easy to read quiet celebration in Trudeau’s message. He said he and Biden had “agreed to keep in touch and work closely together.”</p>

<p>Bruce Heyman, a former U.S. ambassador to Canada, noted that many of Biden’s positions mirror those of the Trudeau government, including the advancement of women’s rights and the importance of fighting climate change.</p>

<p>“This is a man who is more aligned with the Canadian value set, regardless of party,” said Heyman, who was sworn in as ambassador by Biden in 2014, and ran a campaign to get overseas Democrats to vote this year.</p>

<p>Both Biden and Harris have personal connections to Canada. At that state dinner four years ago, Biden noted that his first wife, Neilia, had Canadian family roots, and said that both his sons dreamed of becoming “Mounties,” members of Canada’s national police force.</p>

<p>He recalled that when Neilia and their baby daughter Naomi were killed in a car accident in 1972, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Justin’s father, reached out to him personally “and commiserated with me.”</p>

<p>Harris spent her formative teenage years in Montreal, after her mother Shyamala Gopalan Harris, a breast cancer specialist, got a job working at McGill University and the Jewish General Hospital. Students and teachers gathered on the steps of her alma mater, Westmount High School, on Monday with “Congratulations Kamala” signs. Quebec’s premier, François Legault, noted on Twitter that she had “spent part of her youth in Montreal.”</p>

<p>“We hope to see you soon. You will always be welcome in Quebec,” he wrote.</p>

<p>Few countries had as much at stake in the U.S. elections as Canada. The two countries share the world’s longest border, and two-thirds of Canada’s population lives within 60 miles of it. Roughly three-quarters of Canada’s exports head to the United States, and before the pandemic, many Canadians crossed over regularly to shop, vacation or visit.</p>

<p>As Trudeau says frequently, sometimes with obvious restraint, the relationship with the United States is Canada’s most important, but it is also one that has suffered serious damage in the past four years.</p>

<p>The previous five presidents made a point of traveling to Canada for a state visit within a few months of taking office, and each visited multiple times. Trump went only once as president, for the 2018 Group of 7 meeting, and lashed out at Trudeau as he left, calling the prime minister “very dishonest and weak.”</p>

<p>By then, he had slapped tariffs on the country’s steel and aluminum, claiming national security concerns, which most Canadians found deeply unfair and insulting. Trudeau relied on quiet diplomacy and a team of surrogates who built alliances with people around Trump, and eventually Canada reached a critical new trade deal with the United States and Mexico.</p>

<p>But Canadian feelings toward Trump continued to sour, plummeting to the lowest view of any president over the past 20 years. Recent polls show that as many as 4 in 5 Canadians hoped Biden would be elected president. In an editorial, The Globe and Mail, a leading newspaper, said, “Our downstairs neighbors have gone long enough without an adult in the White House.”</p>

<p>Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada’s left-leaning New Democratic Party, said at a news conference last week, “It would be better for the world if Trump loses.”</p>

<p>The 5,525-mile border between the United States and Canada has been closed since March, when the number of daily new coronavirus infections took off in both countries. Despite the huge economic and personal implications, the vast majority of Canadians support keeping it shut until the United States reduces its infection rate, which is now triple Canada’s.</p>

<p>“The single biggest thing that matters to Canada is whether Biden will be able to bring the virus under control,” said Janice Stein, founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Given how polarized the United States remains, that seems unlikely, she said.</p>

<p>“The politicization of the pandemic is not going to go away,” Stein said.</p>


On a snowy evening in December 2016, a month after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada held a rare farewell state dinner for the departing vice president, Joe Biden.

On a snowy evening in December 2016, a month after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada held a rare farewell state dinner for the departing vice president, Joe Biden. It was like a tearful goodbye between two old friends. “We are more like family. That’s the way the vast majority of Americans feel about Canada and Canadians,” Biden said to a hall packed with politicians in Ottawa. “The friendship between us is absolutely critical to the United States.” He ended with a toast: “Vive le Canada. Because we need you very, very badly.” After four years of surprise tariffs, stinging insults and threats from Trump, a giddy jubilation and sense of deep relief spread across Canada on Saturday with the news that Biden had won the presidency. Many Canadians hope to return to the status of cherished sibling to the United States, and that the president-elect’s personal connection to Canada, and that of his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, will help heal the wounds. “With Biden, we see the United States as having a centrist conciliator, a friend to Canada, and somebody we can be relaxed with and have genuine disagreements with without being disagreeable,” said Frank McKenna, a former Canadian ambassador to the United States. He added that people in his yoga class Monday said “Namaste for Joe Biden.” “People have been walking on eggshells for four years for fear of annoying the president or his sycophants,” he said. Over the weekend, Trudeau made a congratulatory call to Biden. “We’ve worked with each other before, and we’re ready to pick up on that work and tackle the challenges and opportunities facing our two countries — including climate change and COVID-19,” the prime minister wrote on Twitter, citing two issues where he has deep disagreements with Trump. (BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM.) For those who have watched Trudeau maintain a disciplined silence in the face of Trump’s attacks, it was easy to read quiet celebration in Trudeau’s message. He said he and Biden had “agreed to keep in touch and work closely together.” Bruce Heyman, a former U.S. ambassador to Canada, noted that many of Biden’s positions mirror those of the Trudeau government, including the advancement of women’s rights and the importance of fighting climate change. “This is a man who is more aligned with the Canadian value set, regardless of party,” said Heyman, who was sworn in as ambassador by Biden in 2014, and ran a campaign to get overseas Democrats to vote this year. Both Biden and Harris have personal connections to Canada. At that state dinner four years ago, Biden noted that his first wife, Neilia, had Canadian family roots, and said that both his sons dreamed of becoming “Mounties,” members of Canada’s national police force. He recalled that when Neilia and their baby daughter Naomi were killed in a car accident in 1972, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Justin’s father, reached out to him personally “and commiserated with me.” Harris spent her formative teenage years in Montreal, after her mother Shyamala Gopalan Harris, a breast cancer specialist, got a job working at McGill University and the Jewish General Hospital. Students and teachers gathered on the steps of her alma mater, Westmount High School, on Monday with “Congratulations Kamala” signs. Quebec’s premier, François Legault, noted on Twitter that she had “spent part of her youth in Montreal.” “We hope to see you soon. You will always be welcome in Quebec,” he wrote. Few countries had as much at stake in the U.S. elections as Canada. The two countries share the world’s longest border, and two-thirds of Canada’s population lives within 60 miles of it. Roughly three-quarters of Canada’s exports head to the United States, and before the pandemic, many Canadians crossed over regularly to shop, vacation or visit. As Trudeau says frequently, sometimes with obvious restraint, the relationship with the United States is Canada’s most important, but it is also one that has suffered serious damage in the past four years. The previous five presidents made a point of traveling to Canada for a state visit within a few months of taking office, and each visited multiple times. Trump went only once as president, for the 2018 Group of 7 meeting, and lashed out at Trudeau as he left, calling the prime minister “very dishonest and weak.” By then, he had slapped tariffs on the country’s steel and aluminum, claiming national security concerns, which most Canadians found deeply unfair and insulting. Trudeau relied on quiet diplomacy and a team of surrogates who built alliances with people around Trump, and eventually Canada reached a critical new trade deal with the United States and Mexico. But Canadian feelings toward Trump continued to sour, plummeting to the lowest view of any president over the past 20 years. Recent polls show that as many as 4 in 5 Canadians hoped Biden would be elected president. In an editorial, The Globe and Mail, a leading newspaper, said, “Our downstairs neighbors have gone long enough without an adult in the White House.” Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada’s left-leaning New Democratic Party, said at a news conference last week, “It would be better for the world if Trump loses.” The 5,525-mile border between the United States and Canada has been closed since March, when the number of daily new coronavirus infections took off in both countries. Despite the huge economic and personal implications, the vast majority of Canadians support keeping it shut until the United States reduces its infection rate, which is now triple Canada’s. “The single biggest thing that matters to Canada is whether Biden will be able to bring the virus under control,” said Janice Stein, founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Given how polarized the United States remains, that seems unlikely, she said. “The politicization of the pandemic is not going to go away,” Stein said.

After Trump’s tariffs and insults, Canada is relieved at Biden’s win

<p>Since he was elected, President Donald Trump’s relationships with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill have mostly fallen into one of two categories: the unbreakable bond with his most ardent followers who defend him at all costs, and the tenuous, strained alliance with the rest who share his agenda but often cringe privately at his language and tactics.</p>

<p>Neither group is particularly well suited for the chore of trying to persuade Trump, who refuses to concede the election, that it is time to step aside — or at the very least, to stop spreading claims about the integrity of the nation’s elections that are contrary to considerable evidence. And there is little chance that Trump, who has been perplexed and sometimes enraged by the Republican institutionalists who might normally be expected to play such a role, would listen if they did.</p>

<p>The dynamic helps explain why, days after President-elect Joe Biden was declared the winner of the election, even Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, was unwilling to recognize the result. Instead, senators have tiptoed around — or in some cases blindly run past — the reality of Trump’s loss, and the lack of evidence to suggest widespread election fraud or improprieties that could reverse that result.</p>

<p>“There is no bipartisanship to speak of, in terms of how many members are willing to speak up — and would it matter to him? Would he listen?” said William Cohen, a former senator and House member from Maine who was one of the first Republicans to break from his party and support the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon. “Trump doesn’t care a whit about the House or Senate, and he rules by fear. He still can inflame his supporters — there are 70 million out there. He still carries that fear factor.”</p>

<p>By Monday evening, a club of only a few Republican senators known for their distaste for Trump — Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — had acknowledged Biden’s victory.</p>

<p>McConnell, who is poised to be the top Republican in Washington during the coming Biden administration, threw his support behind Trump, declining to recognize Biden’s victory as he argued Trump was “100% within his rights” to challenge the outcome.</p>

<p>Far from attempting to influence the president’s thinking, most Republicans have gone out of their way to avoid seeming to dictate what he should do.</p>

<p>“I look forward to the president dealing with this however he needs to deal with it,” Sen. Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican on McConnell’s leadership team, said on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, even as he noted that it “seems unlikely” that the outcome would change based on Trump’s legal claims.</p>

<p>Some of the Trump’s acolytes, on the other hand, have rushed to advance his baseless theories of fraud. Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue of Georgia, both of whom are facing runoff elections in January, demanded the resignation of their state’s top election official, a fellow Republican, after he said there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the state’s elections.</p>

<p>Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, the Republican leader, also insisted that Trump was right to contest the results of the election.</p>

<p>“Every legal challenge must be heard,” McCarthy said. “Then and only then does America decide who won the race.”</p>

<p>In 1974, as Nixon faced the Watergate scandal and the strong likelihood of impeachment and conviction, a cadre of powerful Republican lawmakers marched to the White House and one by one, naming lawmakers in their own party who were prepared to vote to convict him, told him it was time for him to go. The message was clear, and Nixon announced his resignation the next day.</p>

<p>Expect no such reckoning for Trump, said Timothy Naftali, founding director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum and a professor at New York University.</p>

<p>“It’s very difficult for Republicans whose leader got 71 million votes, the most by any Republican standard-bearer ever, to simply just turn their backs on him,” Naftali said. “The issue is now not so much Trump as loyalty to Trumpism. And I think that’s why you see the contortions now. If you’re a Republican and you get this wrong, you’re going to be primaried out.”</p>

<p>There is a more immediate concern for the party, too. With Perdue and Loeffler facing elections whose outcomes are likely to determine control of the Senate, Republicans are reluctant to do anything to dampen the enthusiasm of their conservative base. Any hint that leaders were prodding Trump to exit the stage could provoke a Twitter rampage from the president that could turn his supporters against the party at a critical time.</p>

<p>“The Republican Party hemorrhaged seats in 1974 after Watergate, after the near-impeachment of a Republican president,” Naftali said, while they appear on track to gain House seats this year after Democrats’ impeachment of Trump. “So what is the lesson for politicos? The lesson is not to run away from Trump.”</p>

<p>Still, some Republicans have argued in recent days that it is crucial for members of their party to push back in a measured way against the president’s unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud.</p>

<p>On Monday, 31 former Republican members of Congress — many of them outspoken critics of the president — denounced Trump’s allegations in an open letter that called on him to accept the election results.</p>

<p>“We believe the statements by President Trump alleging fraud in the election are efforts to undermine the legitimacy of the election and are unacceptable,” wrote the group, led by former Rep. Tom Coleman of Missouri. “Every vote should be counted and the final outcome accepted by the participants because public confidence in the outcome of our elections is a bedrock of our democracy.”</p>


Since he was elected, President Donald Trump’s relationships with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill have mostly fallen into one of two categories: the unbreakable bond with his most ardent followers who defend him at all costs, and the tenuous, strained alliance with the rest who share his agenda but often cringe privately at his language and tactics.

Since he was elected, President Donald Trump’s relationships with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill have mostly fallen into one of two categories: the unbreakable bond with his most ardent followers who defend him at all costs, and the tenuous, strained alliance with the rest who share his agenda but often cringe privately at his language and tactics. Neither group is particularly well suited for the chore of trying to persuade Trump, who refuses to concede the election, that it is time to step aside — or at the very least, to stop spreading claims about the integrity of the nation’s elections that are contrary to considerable evidence. And there is little chance that Trump, who has been perplexed and sometimes enraged by the Republican institutionalists who might normally be expected to play such a role, would listen if they did. The dynamic helps explain why, days after President-elect Joe Biden was declared the winner of the election, even Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, was unwilling to recognize the result. Instead, senators have tiptoed around — or in some cases blindly run past — the reality of Trump’s loss, and the lack of evidence to suggest widespread election fraud or improprieties that could reverse that result. “There is no bipartisanship to speak of, in terms of how many members are willing to speak up — and would it matter to him? Would he listen?” said William Cohen, a former senator and House member from Maine who was one of the first Republicans to break from his party and support the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon. “Trump doesn’t care a whit about the House or Senate, and he rules by fear. He still can inflame his supporters — there are 70 million out there. He still carries that fear factor.” By Monday evening, a club of only a few Republican senators known for their distaste for Trump — Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — had acknowledged Biden’s victory. McConnell, who is poised to be the top Republican in Washington during the coming Biden administration, threw his support behind Trump, declining to recognize Biden’s victory as he argued Trump was “100% within his rights” to challenge the outcome. Far from attempting to influence the president’s thinking, most Republicans have gone out of their way to avoid seeming to dictate what he should do. “I look forward to the president dealing with this however he needs to deal with it,” Sen. Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican on McConnell’s leadership team, said on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, even as he noted that it “seems unlikely” that the outcome would change based on Trump’s legal claims. Some of the Trump’s acolytes, on the other hand, have rushed to advance his baseless theories of fraud. Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue of Georgia, both of whom are facing runoff elections in January, demanded the resignation of their state’s top election official, a fellow Republican, after he said there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the state’s elections. Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, the Republican leader, also insisted that Trump was right to contest the results of the election. “Every legal challenge must be heard,” McCarthy said. “Then and only then does America decide who won the race.” In 1974, as Nixon faced the Watergate scandal and the strong likelihood of impeachment and conviction, a cadre of powerful Republican lawmakers marched to the White House and one by one, naming lawmakers in their own party who were prepared to vote to convict him, told him it was time for him to go. The message was clear, and Nixon announced his resignation the next day. Expect no such reckoning for Trump, said Timothy Naftali, founding director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum and a professor at New York University. “It’s very difficult for Republicans whose leader got 71 million votes, the most by any Republican standard-bearer ever, to simply just turn their backs on him,” Naftali said. “The issue is now not so much Trump as loyalty to Trumpism. And I think that’s why you see the contortions now. If you’re a Republican and you get this wrong, you’re going to be primaried out.” There is a more immediate concern for the party, too. With Perdue and Loeffler facing elections whose outcomes are likely to determine control of the Senate, Republicans are reluctant to do anything to dampen the enthusiasm of their conservative base. Any hint that leaders were prodding Trump to exit the stage could provoke a Twitter rampage from the president that could turn his supporters against the party at a critical time. “The Republican Party hemorrhaged seats in 1974 after Watergate, after the near-impeachment of a Republican president,” Naftali said, while they appear on track to gain House seats this year after Democrats’ impeachment of Trump. “So what is the lesson for politicos? The lesson is not to run away from Trump.” Still, some Republicans have argued in recent days that it is crucial for members of their party to push back in a measured way against the president’s unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud. On Monday, 31 former Republican members of Congress — many of them outspoken critics of the president — denounced Trump’s allegations in an open letter that called on him to accept the election results. “We believe the statements by President Trump alleging fraud in the election are efforts to undermine the legitimacy of the election and are unacceptable,” wrote the group, led by former Rep. Tom Coleman of Missouri. “Every vote should be counted and the final outcome accepted by the participants because public confidence in the outcome of our elections is a bedrock of our democracy.”

Who’s going to tell him? Republicans shy from asking Trump to concede

Despite Donald Trump's attempts to stonewall a transition, Joe Biden is planning his move to the White House. The President-elect wants to build the 'most diverse cabinet in history'.

Gravitas: Despite Trump's threat, Biden plans move to White House

Donald Trump is not ready to concede. What are his options? What powers does he have as a lame-duck President? Is Melania Trump divorcing him?

Gravitas: The Story of Donald Trump

<p>Joe Biden won the US presidential election, defeating incumbent Donald Trump, who has refused to concede and is planning to contest the election results.</p>

<p><strong>Where does that leave Biden and the rest of America?</strong> Will they wait for the courts to decide? Or start preparing for the transition? Biden will be using the next couple of months to build his inner circle, and to announce his core team. It seems Biden will be dealing with Donald Trump in courts, as the president is set on not letting Biden inherit the White House peacefully.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/siri-refers-to-kamala-harris-as-the-us-president-setting-off-a-new-conspiracy-theory-341997" hreflang="en">Siri refers to Kamala Harris as the US President, setting off a new conspiracy theory</a></p>

<p>Report say that team Trump has refused to sign a letter, which would allow team Biden to formally begin work this week. When a new president is about to take office, the outgoing government must enable the transition.</p>

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<p>The US also has a law to ensure this, called the Pre-election Presidential Transition Act, which says Biden's transition team is entitled to use government office spaces and equipment, with access to government officials.</p>

<p>Biden’s camp is also entitled to money, as part of which the government must pay the expenses of the transition team. According to reports, more than four thousand positions have to be filled when a new president takes charge. And the transition team has to identify and vet all these candidates.</p>

<p>They also have to arrange for the occupancy of executive residences. Biden has already begun planning his transition. And he's looking at assembling one of the most diverse cabinets in history.</p>

<p>The first appointments will be of the White House staff. The cabinet appointments won't be made public until around thanksgiving, and Biden has even raised money for the team. In May, at least seven million dollars were raised for the transition. Reports say Biden is planning a slew of executive actions, including the immediate reversals of some of Trump's decisions. This could include cancelling America's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord. Last week, the secret service has stepped up the protection of both Biden and Harris.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/meet-the-biden-familys-major-the-first-rescue-dog-to-grace-the-white-house-341949" hreflang="en">Meet the Biden family's 'Major': The first rescue dog to grace the White House</a></strong></p>

<p>As president-elect, Biden will now receive several briefings. This includes the president's daily briefing, and background briefings on covert actions.</p>

<p>The American security establishment is now supposed to brief Biden and his team on global dynamics. President Trump and President-elect Joe Biden will meet soon. Biden and his wife Dr Jill Biden will receive a tour of the White House.</p>

<p>During the tour, they're also asked about the White House decor, and if would they like to change it. The Biden camp has also created a Twitter page to keep everyone informed about the transition.</p>

<p>There is also a website called “Build back better”. Here, Biden and Harris list the&nbsp;coronavirus, economic recovery, racial equity and climate change as their first four priorities. In fact, Biden wants to focus on the virus from day one, and a task force is being created, which will be led by an Indian American - Dr Vivek Murthy - the former US Surgeon General.</p>


Joe Biden won the US presidential election, defeating incumbent Donald Trump, who has refused to concede and is planning to contest the election results. Where does that leave Biden and the rest of America?

Joe Biden won the US presidential election, defeating incumbent Donald Trump, who has refused to concede and is planning to contest the election results. Where does that leave Biden and the rest of America? Will they wait for the courts to decide? Or start preparing for the transition? Biden will be using the next couple of months to build his inner circle, and to announce his core team. It seems Biden will be dealing with Donald Trump in courts, as the president is set on not letting Biden inherit the White House peacefully. Also read: Siri refers to Kamala Harris as the US President, setting off a new conspiracy theory Report say that team Trump has refused to sign a letter, which would allow team Biden to formally begin work this week. When a new president is about to take office, the outgoing government must enable the transition. The US also has a law to ensure this, called the Pre-election Presidential Transition Act, which says Biden's transition team is entitled to use government office spaces and equipment, with access to government officials. Biden’s camp is also entitled to money, as part of which the government must pay the expenses of the transition team. According to reports, more than four thousand positions have to be filled when a new president takes charge. And the transition team has to identify and vet all these candidates. They also have to arrange for the occupancy of executive residences. Biden has already begun planning his transition. And he's looking at assembling one of the most diverse cabinets in history. The first appointments will be of the White House staff. The cabinet appointments won't be made public until around thanksgiving, and Biden has even raised money for the team. In May, at least seven million dollars were raised for the transition. Reports say Biden is planning a slew of executive actions, including the immediate reversals of some of Trump's decisions. This could include cancelling America's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord. Last week, the secret service has stepped up the protection of both Biden and Harris. Also read: Meet the Biden family's 'Major': The first rescue dog to grace the White House As president-elect, Biden will now receive several briefings. This includes the president's daily briefing, and background briefings on covert actions. The American security establishment is now supposed to brief Biden and his team on global dynamics. President Trump and President-elect Joe Biden will meet soon. Biden and his wife Dr Jill Biden will receive a tour of the White House. During the tour, they're also asked about the White House decor, and if would they like to change it. The Biden camp has also created a Twitter page to keep everyone informed about the transition. There is also a website called “Build back better”. Here, Biden and Harris list the coronavirus, economic recovery, racial equity and climate change as their first four priorities. In fact, Biden wants to focus on the virus from day one, and a task force is being created, which will be led by an Indian American - Dr Vivek Murthy - the former US Surgeon General.

US election 2020: Trump refuses to concede. Where does that leave Biden?

Donald Trump may be on his way out, but Trumpism is here to stay. Trump has divided America along social and geographical lines. But, 70 Million Americans still support him. What does this mean for Biden?

Gravitas: Why America is more divided than ever

<p>Donald Trump is still technically the President of the United States. But numerically, Trump has lost his next term in office.</p>

<p>With 214 votes, he's far away from winning the majority of votes in the electoral college. With an empty official calendar, and no plans to concede, over the last two days, Trump has been busy playing golf, and denying the results. His deputy, Mike Pence is chairing a coronavirus task force meeting. Instead, the president's campaign is trying to see if it's possible for Trump to hold rallies, to bolster his claims that the election has been stolen.</p>

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<p>Here’s the story of Donald Trump in five questions and answers.</p>

<p><strong>1. What are Trump's options?&nbsp;</strong></p>

<p>Conceding is Trump’s most practical option, gracefully beginning the procedure of transfer of power. He can start by making the traditional call to the president-elect.</p>

<p>But Donald Trump says he's won the election, and that his second term has been stolen.</p>

<p>So Trump is challenging the result. He will go to court, and will file lawsuits. Over the weekend, Trump released a statement which read:&nbsp; “The simple fact is this election is far from over. Beginning Monday, our campaign will start prosecuting our case in court to ensure election laws are fully upheld and the rightful winner is seated”.</p>

<p><em>Option number 1:&nbsp;Trump can ask for a recount.</em></p>

<p>The rules are different for each state. In Wisconsin, for example, a candidate can ask for recount if the margin is less than 1 percentage point.</p>

<p>In Georgia, the margin must be in less than 0.5% of the votes cast. In Pennsylvania, there is an automatic statewide recount if the margin between the candidates is less than 0.5%.</p>

<p>Are recounts normal? Between 2000 and 2019, there were 5,778 statewide elections. The number of recounts - 31. Only 3 of those recounts resulted in a reversal of results.</p>

<p><em>Option number 2: Trump's campaign&nbsp;can convince the judges that some ballots have been cast illegally.</em></p>

<p>For that they would need evidence. Trump's team has already filed several lawsuits in battleground states, and some of them have been rejected.</p>

<p><strong>2. What are the lawsuits facing Trump?</strong></p>

<p>There is an ongoing criminal investigation into Trump and the Trump organisation. Additionally, there is the allegation of tax evasion, whereby Trump could face a criminal prosecution by the US Department of Justice.</p>

<p>New York's Attorney General, Letita James,&nbsp; has an ongoing tax fraud investigation into Trump and the Trump organisation. Trump is also facing a defamation case, whereby he was sued by former Elle magazine writer - E Jean Carroll, who has also accused Trump of rape.</p>

<p>Trump is also facing a lawsuit by reality show contestant Summer Zervos, who has also also accused Trump of kissing her against her will.</p>

<p>As President, Trump was immune from prosecution for criminal offences, but this cloak of immunity will disappear on January 20.</p>

<p><strong>3. What are the powers of a lame duck president. In other words, a president who is on his way out. What can he do?</strong></p>

<p>Trump can use the next two months to create serious trouble for the Biden administration. He can declassify sensitive information, and he could order missile strikes or withdraw troops. He can also issue pre-emptive pardons for himself and his family. Bill Clinton issued scores of pardons on his last day in office. The list included his brother, and the husband of one of his fundraisers.</p>

<p><strong>4. What are Trump's aides saying?</strong></p>

<p>Reports say there is a clear divide in Trump's inner circle. One side is asking him to concede defeat, and the other is asking Trump to fight on.</p>

<p>The First Lady Melania Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner have reportedly advised the president to accept defeat. But his sons Donald Trump Jr., and Eric Trump want him to fight on.</p>

<p>Then there are also prominent Republicans like senator Lindsay Graham and house representative Kevin Mccarthy who want Trump to not give up.</p>

<p><strong>5. What about the rumours of First Lady - Melania Trump seeking a divorce?</strong></p>

<p>According to Daily Mail, Melania is “counting the minutes until divorce” Reports also say that Melania burst into tears when Trump won the race to the White House in 2016.</p>

<p>A recent book claimed that she waited 5 months before relocating to the White House. She apparently was negotiating a post-nuptial agreement to give her son Barron an equal share of the Trump fortune. Donald Trump and Melania have been married for 15 years.</p>


Donald Trump is still technically the President of the United States. But numerically, Trump has lost his next term in office. With 214 votes, he's far away from winning the majority of votes in the electoral college.

Donald Trump is still technically the President of the United States. But numerically, Trump has lost his next term in office. With 214 votes, he's far away from winning the majority of votes in the electoral college. With an empty official calendar, and no plans to concede, over the last two days, Trump has been busy playing golf, and denying the results. His deputy, Mike Pence is chairing a coronavirus task force meeting. Instead, the president's campaign is trying to see if it's possible for Trump to hold rallies, to bolster his claims that the election has been stolen. Here’s the story of Donald Trump in five questions and answers. 1. What are Trump's options? Conceding is Trump’s most practical option, gracefully beginning the procedure of transfer of power. He can start by making the traditional call to the president-elect. But Donald Trump says he's won the election, and that his second term has been stolen. So Trump is challenging the result. He will go to court, and will file lawsuits. Over the weekend, Trump released a statement which read: “The simple fact is this election is far from over. Beginning Monday, our campaign will start prosecuting our case in court to ensure election laws are fully upheld and the rightful winner is seated”. Option number 1: Trump can ask for a recount. The rules are different for each state. In Wisconsin, for example, a candidate can ask for recount if the margin is less than 1 percentage point. In Georgia, the margin must be in less than 0.5% of the votes cast. In Pennsylvania, there is an automatic statewide recount if the margin between the candidates is less than 0.5%. Are recounts normal? Between 2000 and 2019, there were 5,778 statewide elections. The number of recounts - 31. Only 3 of those recounts resulted in a reversal of results. Option number 2: Trump's campaign can convince the judges that some ballots have been cast illegally. For that they would need evidence. Trump's team has already filed several lawsuits in battleground states, and some of them have been rejected. 2. What are the lawsuits facing Trump? There is an ongoing criminal investigation into Trump and the Trump organisation. Additionally, there is the allegation of tax evasion, whereby Trump could face a criminal prosecution by the US Department of Justice. New York's Attorney General, Letita James, has an ongoing tax fraud investigation into Trump and the Trump organisation. Trump is also facing a defamation case, whereby he was sued by former Elle magazine writer - E Jean Carroll, who has also accused Trump of rape. Trump is also facing a lawsuit by reality show contestant Summer Zervos, who has also also accused Trump of kissing her against her will. As President, Trump was immune from prosecution for criminal offences, but this cloak of immunity will disappear on January 20. 3. What are the powers of a lame duck president. In other words, a president who is on his way out. What can he do? Trump can use the next two months to create serious trouble for the Biden administration. He can declassify sensitive information, and he could order missile strikes or withdraw troops. He can also issue pre-emptive pardons for himself and his family. Bill Clinton issued scores of pardons on his last day in office. The list included his brother, and the husband of one of his fundraisers. 4. What are Trump's aides saying? Reports say there is a clear divide in Trump's inner circle. One side is asking him to concede defeat, and the other is asking Trump to fight on. The First Lady Melania Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner have reportedly advised the president to accept defeat. But his sons Donald Trump Jr., and Eric Trump want him to fight on. Then there are also prominent Republicans like senator Lindsay Graham and house representative Kevin Mccarthy who want Trump to not give up. 5. What about the rumours of First Lady - Melania Trump seeking a divorce? According to Daily Mail, Melania is “counting the minutes until divorce” Reports also say that Melania burst into tears when Trump won the race to the White House in 2016. A recent book claimed that she waited 5 months before relocating to the White House. She apparently was negotiating a post-nuptial agreement to give her son Barron an equal share of the Trump fortune. Donald Trump and Melania have been married for 15 years.

What's next for Donald Trump? Here's his story in five Q&As

A French opera singer belted out the American national anthem on Monday (November 9) night to celebrate U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's victory. Tenor Stephane Senechal entertained his neighbours with nightly concerts when the country first went into coronavirus lockdown in the spring and people across the country were forced to stay home for all but essential trips.

French opera singer belts out American anthem to celebrate US election

<p>The US election 2020 has divided the country: With Trump supporters calling for a recount and alleging election fraud, and Biden camp preparing to take over the presidential duties.</p>

<p>While team Trump has put forward the idea of “stolen” elections, they have offered no evidence so far to back their claims. Additionally, it is common for counting in US elections to take days after election night.</p>

<p>In the middle of this all, a group positing voter fraud and attempts by Democrats to “steal” the election on Facebook garnered over 325,000 members in just a day on Thursday. However, a couple of days later, it was taken down.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="http://13.235.153.162/technology/us-election-2020-how-facebook-twitter-differ-on-labelling-trumps-election-posts-340642" hreflang="en">US election 2020: How Facebook, Twitter differ on labelling Trump's election posts</a></p>

<p>Called “Stop the Steal”, it claimed to have been started by the conservative non-profit Women for America First, asked “boots on the ground to protect the integrity of the vote.”</p>

<p>On Wednesday, about 200 supporters of President Trump were seen in Phoenix, Arizona with guns, rifles, and handguns.</p>

<p>A similar event happened in Detroit, after which election officials had to block 30 people, most of whom were Republicans, who attempted to enter a vote-counting facility. They showed up after claims of votes not being counted gained steam of social media. But none of these claims came with any proof.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="http://13.235.153.162/world/facebook-suspends-groups-spreading-misinformation-on-us-election-results-day-as-stopthesteal-trends-340444" hreflang="en">Facebook suspends groups spreading misinformation on US Election results day as #StopTheSteal trends</a></p>

<p>According to election experts, election fraud is very are in the United States, and it is common for states to take time with counting votes. #StopTheSteal had gained traction on social media, with Republicans mobilising to end election fraud.</p>

<p>The Stop the Steal group’s description said the following: “Democrats are scheming to disenfranchise and nullify Republican votes. It’s up to us, the American People, to fight and to put a stop to it.”</p>


The US election 2020 has divided the country: With Trump supporters calling for a recount and alleging election fraud, and Biden camp preparing to take over the presidential duties.

The US election 2020 has divided the country: With Trump supporters calling for a recount and alleging election fraud, and Biden camp preparing to take over the presidential duties. While team Trump has put forward the idea of “stolen” elections, they have offered no evidence so far to back their claims. Additionally, it is common for counting in US elections to take days after election night. In the middle of this all, a group positing voter fraud and attempts by Democrats to “steal” the election on Facebook garnered over 325,000 members in just a day on Thursday. However, a couple of days later, it was taken down. Also read: US election 2020: How Facebook, Twitter differ on labelling Trump's election posts Called “Stop the Steal”, it claimed to have been started by the conservative non-profit Women for America First, asked “boots on the ground to protect the integrity of the vote.” On Wednesday, about 200 supporters of President Trump were seen in Phoenix, Arizona with guns, rifles, and handguns. A similar event happened in Detroit, after which election officials had to block 30 people, most of whom were Republicans, who attempted to enter a vote-counting facility. They showed up after claims of votes not being counted gained steam of social media. But none of these claims came with any proof. Also read: Facebook suspends groups spreading misinformation on US Election results day as #StopTheSteal trends According to election experts, election fraud is very are in the United States, and it is common for states to take time with counting votes. #StopTheSteal had gained traction on social media, with Republicans mobilising to end election fraud. The Stop the Steal group’s description said the following: “Democrats are scheming to disenfranchise and nullify Republican votes. It’s up to us, the American People, to fight and to put a stop to it.”

Facebook takes down group 'Stop The Steal' alleging voter fraud by Democrats

<p>After facing backlash over her recent comments where she glorified the role of Latina women in bringing in votes for the Democrats in Georgia, actress Eva Longoria has now apologised to the black community.&nbsp;<br />
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The actress, who had been campaigning for President-elect Joe Biden during the US elections had recently appeared on MSNBC to discuss Biden's projected victories in the elections.&nbsp;<br />
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During the interview, Longoria spoke on the election results in the state of Georgia- which has not been officially been called for any one candidate in particular but has been leaning slightly in Biden's favour.<br />
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"The women of colour showed up in big ways," said the actress. "Of course, you saw in Georgia, what Black women have done, but Latina women were the real heroines here, beating men in turnout in every state and voting for Biden-Harris at an average rate close to three-to-one."<br />
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Longoria's comments drew criticism from the Black community as many felt it glossed over the achievement of Black women in Georgia. The women, in fact, played a major role in turning the state in favour of Democrats especially after the work done by Stacey Abrams and other Black woman activists in Georgia who registered non-white voters.&nbsp;<br />
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On Sunday, Longoria took to Twitter to give a clarification.&nbsp;<br />
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"About my MSNBC interview, Black women have long been the backbone of the Democratic party, something we have seen played out in this election as well as previous ones. Black women should be applauded and lifted up! They brought this victory home in a BIG way!" she tweeted.&nbsp;</p>

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"I was comparing Latinas to their male counterparts, but my wording was not clear and I deeply regret that," she wrote. "... Black women deserve a standing ovation for the work they have done year after year!! Over 90% of black women showed up for Biden."</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">comparing Latinas to Latino men. Not black women. I meant Latinas were the ones who showed up for our LatinX community. Finally, Black women don’t have to do it alone. Latina women and other women of color are standing with them and growing their voice and power. Together we are</p>
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<p>"Finally, Black women shouldn’t have to do it alone. Latinas, many who identify as Afro Latina, and other women of color are standing with them so we can grow our collective voice and power. Together we are unstoppable! Again, so sorry for the confusion and lack of context on my part!" she further added.&nbsp;</p>

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After facing backlash over her recent comments where she glorified the role of Latina women in bringing in votes for the Democrats in Georgia, actress Eva Longoria has now apologised to the black community.

After facing backlash over her recent comments where she glorified the role of Latina women in bringing in votes for the Democrats in Georgia, actress Eva Longoria has now apologised to the black community. The actress, who had been campaigning for President-elect Joe Biden during the US elections had recently appeared on MSNBC to discuss Biden's projected victories in the elections. During the interview, Longoria spoke on the election results in the state of Georgia- which has not been officially been called for any one candidate in particular but has been leaning slightly in Biden's favour. "The women of colour showed up in big ways," said the actress. "Of course, you saw in Georgia, what Black women have done, but Latina women were the real heroines here, beating men in turnout in every state and voting for Biden-Harris at an average rate close to three-to-one." Longoria's comments drew criticism from the Black community as many felt it glossed over the achievement of Black women in Georgia. The women, in fact, played a major role in turning the state in favour of Democrats especially after the work done by Stacey Abrams and other Black woman activists in Georgia who registered non-white voters. On Sunday, Longoria took to Twitter to give a clarification. "About my MSNBC interview, Black women have long been the backbone of the Democratic party, something we have seen played out in this election as well as previous ones. Black women should be applauded and lifted up! They brought this victory home in a BIG way!" she tweeted. About my MSNBC interview, Black women have long been the backbone of the Democratic Party, something we have seen played out in this election as well as previous ones. Black women absolutely should be applauded and lifted up! They brought this victory home in a BIG way! I was com — Eva Longoria Baston (@EvaLongoria) November 9, 2020 × The actress stressed that she had spoken about Latino women in comparison to the role the Latino men played in the elections. "I was comparing Latinas to their male counterparts, but my wording was not clear and I deeply regret that," she wrote. "... Black women deserve a standing ovation for the work they have done year after year!! Over 90% of black women showed up for Biden." comparing Latinas to Latino men. Not black women. I meant Latinas were the ones who showed up for our LatinX community. Finally, Black women don’t have to do it alone. Latina women and other women of color are standing with them and growing their voice and power. Together we are — Eva Longoria Baston (@EvaLongoria) November 9, 2020 × "Finally, Black women shouldn’t have to do it alone. Latinas, many who identify as Afro Latina, and other women of color are standing with them so we can grow our collective voice and power. Together we are unstoppable! Again, so sorry for the confusion and lack of context on my part!" she further added.

Eva Longoria faces backlash for glazing over the role Black women played in US election, issues a clarification later

The Trump campaign, on Monday (November 9) pressed ahead to challenge the results of the election won by Democratic President-elect Joe Biden. During a news conference at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and Trump campaign counsel Matthew Morgan urged transparency and suggested that there outstanding legal votes that had yet to be counted.

Trump campaign files lawsuit in a Pennsylvania Federal Court

<p>A new conspiracy theory is in town, and this one involves the United States Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris recently defeated Donald Trump and Mike Pence as President and Vice President respectively.</p>

<p>Numerous videos made rounds on Twitter whereby people who asked Siri who the US president was, got Kamala Harris as the answer.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="http://13.235.153.162/world/us-vice-president-elect-kamala-harris-gets-her-own-version-of-powerpuff-girls-341891" hreflang="en">US vice president-elect Kamala Harris gets her own version of 'Powerpuff Girls'</a></p>

<p>This has fooled many people into believing that there is a bigger conspiracy at play to hand over the White House to Harris, the first female American Vice President-elect.</p>

<p>When asked by many users - “How old is the president?”, the Apple assistant responded with “Kamala Harris was born 56 years ago, on Tuesday, October, 1964”, as can be heard in a clip shared by Malachi O'Brien, a senior pastor of The Church at Pleasant Ridge in Harrisonville, Missouri.</p>

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<p>In response to O'Brien, many users shared similar experiences faced by them.</p>

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<p>Another user shared a similar experience.</p>

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<p>Even though most such tweets emerged from accounts that lean towards the right, a journalist also shared his similar experience. Take a look:</p>

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<p>US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris had earlier declared that her victory was just a beginning for women as she was elected to be the top-ranking female leader in US history.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="http://13.235.153.162/india-news/very-happy-and-thrilled-that-she-has-scripted-history-kamala-harris-aunt-tells-wion-341664" hreflang="en">'Very happy and thrilled that she has scripted history': Kamala Harris' aunt tells WION</a></p>

<p>Harris said voters had brought a "new day for America" as she opened a victory speech on Saturday with President-elect Joe Biden.</p>


A new conspiracy theory is in town, and this one involves the United States Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris recently defeated Donald Trump and Mike Pence as President and Vice President respectively.

A new conspiracy theory is in town, and this one involves the United States Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris recently defeated Donald Trump and Mike Pence as President and Vice President respectively. Numerous videos made rounds on Twitter whereby people who asked Siri who the US president was, got Kamala Harris as the answer. Also read: US vice president-elect Kamala Harris gets her own version of 'Powerpuff Girls' This has fooled many people into believing that there is a bigger conspiracy at play to hand over the White House to Harris, the first female American Vice President-elect. When asked by many users - “How old is the president?”, the Apple assistant responded with “Kamala Harris was born 56 years ago, on Tuesday, October, 1964”, as can be heard in a clip shared by Malachi O'Brien, a senior pastor of The Church at Pleasant Ridge in Harrisonville, Missouri. WATCH THIS VIDEO NOW Hey Siri...how old is the President? Siri- @KamalaHarris is 56 yrs old What!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/LMpYldE7rW — Malachi (@malachiobrien) November 9, 2020 × In response to O'Brien, many users shared similar experiences faced by them. Here’s mine. It’s real pic.twitter.com/cOZCsY0xC6 — C-low (@CharlieFCastle) November 9, 2020 × Another user shared a similar experience. More proof, with this very thread in the background. pic.twitter.com/YSoSPb5ttO — Scott (@scottonjesus) November 9, 2020 × Even though most such tweets emerged from accounts that lean towards the right, a journalist also shared his similar experience. Take a look: Ask Siri, “How old is the president?” And she answers, “Kamala is 56.” How’d that happen?! pic.twitter.com/b6fvWyUp4s — Dan Noyes (@dannoyes) November 9, 2020 × US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris had earlier declared that her victory was just a beginning for women as she was elected to be the top-ranking female leader in US history. Also read: 'Very happy and thrilled that she has scripted history': Kamala Harris' aunt tells WION Harris said voters had brought a "new day for America" as she opened a victory speech on Saturday with President-elect Joe Biden.

Siri refers to Kamala Harris as the US President, setting off a new conspiracy theory

Although the final count was still being tallied over the weekend in several battleground states, Biden’s win in Pennsylvania with its 20 electoral college votes ensured he would prevail.

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<p>United States President-elect Joe Biden is expected to set up a coronavirus task force today in a bid to counter the ongoing virus crisis in the country, whereby the highest number of fatalities across the world have been inducted.</p>

<p>Set to take over the White House in January, Biden will meet an advisory board co-chaired by Vivek Murthy, the former Surgeon General, along with Marcella Nunez-Smith - Yale University Associate Professor, and David Kessler - the former commissioner for Food and Drug Administration.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>As of now, more than 237,000 Americans have lost their lives to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>

<p>Biden is also set to provide his remarks on the potential plan for fighting COVID-19 in Wilmington, Delaware. He will also discuss ways in which he intends to rebuild the US economy.</p>

<p>"Dealing with the coronavirus pandemic is one of the most important battles our administration will face, and I will be informed by science and by experts,"&nbsp;Biden said on Monday.</p>

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<p>In addition, scientists and coronavirus experts will analyse how and when to reopen schools, and also ways to tackle racial inequalities.</p>

<p>Rick Bright, who was removed from the top position at Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will be reinstated under Biden’s plans. Biden will also induct Luciana Borio, a specialist in complex public health emergencies.</p>

<p>Donald Trump has often sidelined scientists on ways to deal with the pandemic, and has himself recovered from COVID-19.</p>

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<p>For the first time since October 20, Vice President Mike Pence will meet the White House coronavirus task force.</p>

<p>On Saturday, Biden surpassed the threshold of 270 Electoral College votes, which are intrinsic to winning the US election.</p>

<p>As of now, Biden has beaten Trump by more than 4 million votes, making Trump the first US president to lose re-election since 1992.</p>


United States President-elect Joe Biden is expected to set up a coronavirus task force today in a bid to counter the ongoing virus crisis in the country, whereby the highest number of fatalities across the world have been inducted.

United States President-elect Joe Biden is expected to set up a coronavirus task force today in a bid to counter the ongoing virus crisis in the country, whereby the highest number of fatalities across the world have been inducted. Set to take over the White House in January, Biden will meet an advisory board co-chaired by Vivek Murthy, the former Surgeon General, along with Marcella Nunez-Smith - Yale University Associate Professor, and David Kessler - the former commissioner for Food and Drug Administration. Also read: Russian President Putin is waiting for official results before congratulating Joe Biden As of now, more than 237,000 Americans have lost their lives to the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden is also set to provide his remarks on the potential plan for fighting COVID-19 in Wilmington, Delaware. He will also discuss ways in which he intends to rebuild the US economy. "Dealing with the coronavirus pandemic is one of the most important battles our administration will face, and I will be informed by science and by experts," Biden said on Monday. Also read: In a changing world, what should a Biden foreign policy look like? In addition, scientists and coronavirus experts will analyse how and when to reopen schools, and also ways to tackle racial inequalities. Rick Bright, who was removed from the top position at Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will be reinstated under Biden’s plans. Biden will also induct Luciana Borio, a specialist in complex public health emergencies. Donald Trump has often sidelined scientists on ways to deal with the pandemic, and has himself recovered from COVID-19. Also read: Nine things the Biden administration could do quickly on the environment For the first time since October 20, Vice President Mike Pence will meet the White House coronavirus task force. On Saturday, Biden surpassed the threshold of 270 Electoral College votes, which are intrinsic to winning the US election. As of now, Biden has beaten Trump by more than 4 million votes, making Trump the first US president to lose re-election since 1992.

As US President-elect, Joe Biden set to convene COVID-19 task force

China on Monday refused to congratulate Joe Biden for winning the presidential election, saying the outcome still needs to be decided.

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<p>Indian-American physician Dr Vivek Murthy today named co-chair of the COVID-19 Advisory Board that will guide US President on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed over 236,000 lives in the country.<br />
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Biden has set up this coronavirus task force in a bid to counter the ongoing virus crisis in the country, whereby the highest number of fatalities across the world have been inducted.</p>

<p>Dr Vivek Murthy along with two other co-chairs would lead a team of leading public health experts.</p>

<p>Vivek Hallegere Murthy is a physician and former vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who served as the nineteenth Surgeon General of the United States.</p>

<p>The appointment of Murthy comes at a time when the United States is witnessing a record number of Covid-19 infections.</p>

<p>Murthy, 43, who originally hails from Karnataka, was appointed America’s 19th Surgeon General by then-president Barack Obama in 2014.</p>

<p>Born in the UK, he was the youngest ever to hold the office at the age of 37. He was later asked to step down by the Trump administration.</p>

<p>Biden, in his victory speech in Wilmington, Delaware on Saturday night, said: “On Monday, I will name a group of leading scientists and experts as Transition Advisors to help take the Biden-Harris COVID plan and convert it into an action blueprint that starts on January 20th, 2021”.</p>

<p>The President-elect, however, did not announce who would lead that task force.</p>

<p>The Washington Post said that the task force would be co-chaired by Dr Murthy, the former Surgeon General, and David Kessler, a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


Indian-American physician Dr Vivek Murthy today named co-chair of the COVID-19 Advisory Board that will guide US President on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed over 236,000 lives in the country.

Indian-American physician Dr Vivek Murthy today named co-chair of the COVID-19 Advisory Board that will guide US President on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed over 236,000 lives in the country. Also read | As US President-elect, Joe Biden set to convene COVID-19 task force Biden has set up this coronavirus task force in a bid to counter the ongoing virus crisis in the country, whereby the highest number of fatalities across the world have been inducted. Dr Vivek Murthy along with two other co-chairs would lead a team of leading public health experts. Vivek Hallegere Murthy is a physician and former vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who served as the nineteenth Surgeon General of the United States. The appointment of Murthy comes at a time when the United States is witnessing a record number of Covid-19 infections. Murthy, 43, who originally hails from Karnataka, was appointed America’s 19th Surgeon General by then-president Barack Obama in 2014. Born in the UK, he was the youngest ever to hold the office at the age of 37. He was later asked to step down by the Trump administration. Biden, in his victory speech in Wilmington, Delaware on Saturday night, said: “On Monday, I will name a group of leading scientists and experts as Transition Advisors to help take the Biden-Harris COVID plan and convert it into an action blueprint that starts on January 20th, 2021”. The President-elect, however, did not announce who would lead that task force. The Washington Post said that the task force would be co-chaired by Dr Murthy, the former Surgeon General, and David Kessler, a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner. (With inputs from agencies)

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<p>Madame Tussauds wax museum in London has taken its Donald Trump waxwork out of his usual presidential-looking attire and put him in some golf clothes</p>

<p>Donald Trump was playing a round of golf on one of his courses in Sterling, Virginia when Joe Biden was being announced the winner of the 2020 US Presidential election.</p>

<p>In its posts on social media platforms, Madame Tussauds London shared an image of Trump’s wax statue’s new attire and wrote that Trump’s campaign may not have been a hole in one, but he will be on course to dedicate more of his time to his favourite sports golf.</p>

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<p>Biden cleared the threshold of 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House on Saturday, four days after the November&nbsp;3 election. He beat Trump by more than 4 million votes nationwide, making Trump the first president since 1992 to lose re-election.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Biden, 77, will be the oldest president-elect in US history and the first to oust a sitting commander-in-chief after one term since Bill Clinton defeated George H.W. Bush in 1992.</p>

<p>Biden's running mate, California Senator Kamala Harris, is the first Black and Indian-American woman to serve as vice president.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


Madame Tussauds wax museum in London has taken its Donald Trump waxwork out of his usual presidential-looking attire and put him in some golf clothes Donald Trump was playing a round of golf on one of his courses in Sterling, Virginia when Joe Biden was being announced the winner of the 2020 US Presidential election.

Madame Tussauds wax museum in London has taken its Donald Trump waxwork out of his usual presidential-looking attire and put him in some golf clothes Donald Trump was playing a round of golf on one of his courses in Sterling, Virginia when Joe Biden was being announced the winner of the 2020 US Presidential election. In its posts on social media platforms, Madame Tussauds London shared an image of Trump’s wax statue’s new attire and wrote that Trump’s campaign may not have been a hole in one, but he will be on course to dedicate more of his time to his favourite sports golf. His campaign may not have been a hole in one, but @realDonaldTrump is now on course to dedicate more of his time to his favourite sport as #MadameTussaudsLondon re-dresses his figure in golfing attire to reflect his potential 2021 wardrobe 📷 @PA pic.twitter.com/pGUs8jKOnW — Madame Tussauds London (@MadameTussauds) November 7, 2020 × Biden cleared the threshold of 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House on Saturday, four days after the November 3 election. He beat Trump by more than 4 million votes nationwide, making Trump the first president since 1992 to lose re-election. Biden, 77, will be the oldest president-elect in US history and the first to oust a sitting commander-in-chief after one term since Bill Clinton defeated George H.W. Bush in 1992. Biden's running mate, California Senator Kamala Harris, is the first Black and Indian-American woman to serve as vice president. (With inputs from agencies)

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<p>Joe Biden may have won the United States presidential elections, but his family dog - Major has won the hearts of the whole world.</p>

<p>The President-elect’s dog - Major will make history when the new First Family moves into the White House in late January.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>This will mark the first time ever that a rescue dog would be in the White House. Under the incumbent President Donald Trump, White House was a pet-free zone.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>US presidents have a long history of bringing their pets into the White House, but Major will be peculiar, for he’d the first rescue animal to ever live under the White House’s roof.</p>

<p>WHDH-TV reported that Major, belonging to the German Shepherd breed, was adopted by Joe Biden in 2018.</p>

<p>The Biden family’s other dog - Champ is not unfamiliar with the White House, where he spent a lot of time when Biden served as Obama’s Vice President.</p>

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<p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CF-ntuXB2ym/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">No ruff days on the trail when I have some Major motivation.</a></p>

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<p>On the course of campaigning for the elections, Biden had made it clear that animals would be let back into the White House once he assumes office.&nbsp; “Put dogs back in the White House”, the former VP had said on Instagram.</p>

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<p>Earlier, Sky News had reported that Major was adopted by the Biden family after being fostered by them for a while.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">🐾 We’re so proud of our dad <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a>, the first ever presidential candidate to receive 75 million votes. But Major will be setting a record of his own as he's the first ever rescue pupper to live in the WH. We’re gonna play all day &amp; receive countless treats! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DOTUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DOTUS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FirstDogs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FirstDogs</a> <a href="https://t.co/o1Hsr7nZ8e">pic.twitter.com/o1Hsr7nZ8e</a></p>
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<p>They had discovered Major after Biden’s daughter Ashley witnessed a Facebook post showing a litter of puppies that required a home at the Delaware Humane Association animal shelter.</p>

<p>Champ has been with the Biden since 2008. 30 American presidents have brought their dogs to the White House.</p>


Joe Biden may have won the United States presidential elections, but his family dog - Major has won the hearts of the whole world. The President-elect’s dog - Major will make history when the new First Family moves into the White House in late January.

Joe Biden may have won the United States presidential elections, but his family dog - Major has won the hearts of the whole world. The President-elect’s dog - Major will make history when the new First Family moves into the White House in late January. Also read: Forget Biden and Trump, this American town just elected a dog as mayor This will mark the first time ever that a rescue dog would be in the White House. Under the incumbent President Donald Trump, White House was a pet-free zone. View this post on Instagram No ruff days on the trail when I have some Major motivation. A post shared by Joe Biden (@joebiden) on Oct 5, 2020 at 3:22pm PDT US presidents have a long history of bringing their pets into the White House, but Major will be peculiar, for he’d the first rescue animal to ever live under the White House’s roof. WHDH-TV reported that Major, belonging to the German Shepherd breed, was adopted by Joe Biden in 2018. The Biden family’s other dog - Champ is not unfamiliar with the White House, where he spent a lot of time when Biden served as Obama’s Vice President. View this post on Instagram No ruff days on the trail when I have some Major motivation. A post shared by Joe Biden (@joebiden) on Oct 5, 2020 at 3:22pm PDT On the course of campaigning for the elections, Biden had made it clear that animals would be let back into the White House once he assumes office. “Put dogs back in the White House”, the former VP had said on Instagram. Also read: Jill Biden - America's next FLOTUS - intends to break this 231-year old tradition Earlier, Sky News had reported that Major was adopted by the Biden family after being fostered by them for a while. 🐾 We’re so proud of our dad @JoeBiden, the first ever presidential candidate to receive 75 million votes. But Major will be setting a record of his own as he's the first ever rescue pupper to live in the WH. We’re gonna play all day & receive countless treats! #DOTUS #FirstDogs pic.twitter.com/o1Hsr7nZ8e — Champ & Major Biden 🇺🇸 (@First_Dogs_USA) November 9, 2020 × They had discovered Major after Biden’s daughter Ashley witnessed a Facebook post showing a litter of puppies that required a home at the Delaware Humane Association animal shelter. Champ has been with the Biden since 2008. 30 American presidents have brought their dogs to the White House.

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<p>America’s next first lady is going to make history in her own way.</p>

<p>President-elect Joe Biden’s wife Professor Jill Biden intends to be the first FLOTUS in the role's 231-year history to pursue her career and keep a paying job while living in the White House and serving as the first lady.</p>

<p>"She will really be bringing the role of the first lady into the 21st century,"first-lady historian Katherine Jellison, a professor at Ohio University, said in an interview to USA Today, noting no previous FLOTUS has been "allowed" to be like most modern American women, with both work life and family life.<br />
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Because of her professional life, education is expected to be the top of Biden's first-lady agenda, along with advocating for military families and cancer awareness (son Beau Biden died of brain cancer in 2015), all of which she pursued as the second lady.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In an interview given to Vogue in 2019, Jill had said, “The beauty of (being FLOTUS) is that you can define it however you want. And that’s what I did as&nbsp;the second lady – I defined that role the way I wanted it to be. I would still work on all the same issues. Education would be right up there, and military families. I’d travel all over this country trying to get a free community college.”&nbsp;</p>

<p>"I would love to. If we get to the White House, I'm going to continue to teach," she said in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning in August 2019. "I want people to value teachers and know their contributions and to lift up the profession."</p>

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Jill held the title of the second lady while her husband served as Vice-President from 2009 To 2017. She was the first Vice-President's wife to continue with her paid job after her husband was elected alongside Barack Obama. The 69-year-old has been a strong force behind her husband of more than 40 years.<br />
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Before marrying Biden, she was married to former college football player Bill Stevenson. Stevenson and Jill divorced In 1975 - two years later, she married Biden. It was a second marriage for Biden too – his first wife and young daughter were killed in a car accident. Jill became stepmother to Joe’s two young sons from his first marriage, Beau and Hunter, and went on to have a daughter named Ashley, born In 1981.</p>

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But her identity was never just about being the spouse of Biden. She steadily built a career as a teacher and has always described herself as a "lifelong educator".<br />
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<p>She has a bachelor's degree and two master's degrees, and a doctorate of education from the University of Delaware, which she earned in 2007 under her original name, Jill Jacobs.<br />
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When she moved into the vice-presidential residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington in 2009, Biden continued to teach while playing a low-key and supportive role to the Obamas.</p>

<p>She and Michelle Obama launched Joining Forces to help military families with educational, health and job resources, and made frequent joint appearances to promote their initiative. In 2010, Biden hosted the first-ever White House Summit on Community Colleges with President Obama.</p>

<p>Michelle Obama has long been a big fan of Jill Biden.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“I’m lucky enough to call Dr. Jill Biden a dear friend, and I’ve seen up close the kindness, empathy, and humour she brings to even the most difficult of situations," Obama said in an emailed statement to USA TODAY. "Through our work together in the White House, I’ve seen Jill’s passion, hard work and dedication. As a military mom and an educator, Jill has always led by example, treating everybody she meets with the sort of genuine warmth and care that sticks with you. She is going to be a terrific First Lady.”</p>

<p>In their joint exit interview with People magazine in 2016, Obama commented admiringly that Biden often pulled out student papers to peruse on the plane as they travelled together.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“Jill is always grading papers,” Obama said. “Which is funny because I’d forget, ‘Oh yeah, you have a day job!’ And then she pulls out her papers and she’s so diligent and I’m like, ‘Look at you! You have a job! Tell me! Tell me what it’s like!’"</p>

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America’s next first lady is going to make history in her own way. President-elect Joe Biden’s wife Professor Jill Biden intends to be the first FLOTUS in the role's 231-year history to pursue her career and keep a paying job while living in the White House and serving as the first lady.

America’s next first lady is going to make history in her own way. President-elect Joe Biden’s wife Professor Jill Biden intends to be the first FLOTUS in the role's 231-year history to pursue her career and keep a paying job while living in the White House and serving as the first lady. "She will really be bringing the role of the first lady into the 21st century,"first-lady historian Katherine Jellison, a professor at Ohio University, said in an interview to USA Today, noting no previous FLOTUS has been "allowed" to be like most modern American women, with both work life and family life. Because of her professional life, education is expected to be the top of Biden's first-lady agenda, along with advocating for military families and cancer awareness (son Beau Biden died of brain cancer in 2015), all of which she pursued as the second lady. In an interview given to Vogue in 2019, Jill had said, “The beauty of (being FLOTUS) is that you can define it however you want. And that’s what I did as the second lady – I defined that role the way I wanted it to be. I would still work on all the same issues. Education would be right up there, and military families. I’d travel all over this country trying to get a free community college.” "I would love to. If we get to the White House, I'm going to continue to teach," she said in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning in August 2019. "I want people to value teachers and know their contributions and to lift up the profession." Jill held the title of the second lady while her husband served as Vice-President from 2009 To 2017. She was the first Vice-President's wife to continue with her paid job after her husband was elected alongside Barack Obama. The 69-year-old has been a strong force behind her husband of more than 40 years. He will be a President for all of our families. pic.twitter.com/iGPKLMMIcK — Dr. Jill Biden (@DrBiden) November 7, 2020 × Before marrying Biden, she was married to former college football player Bill Stevenson. Stevenson and Jill divorced In 1975 - two years later, she married Biden. It was a second marriage for Biden too – his first wife and young daughter were killed in a car accident. Jill became stepmother to Joe’s two young sons from his first marriage, Beau and Hunter, and went on to have a daughter named Ashley, born In 1981. But her identity was never just about being the spouse of Biden. She steadily built a career as a teacher and has always described herself as a "lifelong educator". "Teaching is not what I do. It's who I am," Teaching is not what I do. It's who I am. I'll be giving my convention speech tonight from my former classroom. Brandywine High School. Room 232. pic.twitter.com/NXx1EkqVGq — Dr. Jill Biden (@DrBiden) August 18, 2020 × She has a bachelor's degree and two master's degrees, and a doctorate of education from the University of Delaware, which she earned in 2007 under her original name, Jill Jacobs. I couldn’t let #WorldTeachersDay go by without celebrating the best teacher I know. Jilly, the way you’ve worked tirelessly and passionately for your students year after year continues to inspire me. pic.twitter.com/rvCJHZLFvm — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 6, 2020 × When she moved into the vice-presidential residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington in 2009, Biden continued to teach while playing a low-key and supportive role to the Obamas. She and Michelle Obama launched Joining Forces to help military families with educational, health and job resources, and made frequent joint appearances to promote their initiative. In 2010, Biden hosted the first-ever White House Summit on Community Colleges with President Obama. Michelle Obama has long been a big fan of Jill Biden. “I’m lucky enough to call Dr. Jill Biden a dear friend, and I’ve seen up close the kindness, empathy, and humour she brings to even the most difficult of situations," Obama said in an emailed statement to USA TODAY. "Through our work together in the White House, I’ve seen Jill’s passion, hard work and dedication. As a military mom and an educator, Jill has always led by example, treating everybody she meets with the sort of genuine warmth and care that sticks with you. She is going to be a terrific First Lady.” In their joint exit interview with People magazine in 2016, Obama commented admiringly that Biden often pulled out student papers to peruse on the plane as they travelled together. “Jill is always grading papers,” Obama said. “Which is funny because I’d forget, ‘Oh yeah, you have a day job!’ And then she pulls out her papers and she’s so diligent and I’m like, ‘Look at you! You have a job! Tell me! Tell me what it’s like!’"

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<p>Trump's son-in-law and a senior White House adviser Jared Kushner has reportedly advised him to concede the election after Trump's assertion in a statement from his campaign that Biden is “rushing to falsely pose as the winner” and that the race is “far from over."</p>

<p>After the declaration on Saturday that Democrat Joe Biden had won the race for the White House, Republican President Donald Trump and his allies made one thing clear: he does not plan to concede anytime soon.</p>

<p>Kushner has approached the President about conceding the election, CNN quoted two unidentified sources as saying.</p>

<p>Kushner has told others that he has urged the president to accept the outcome of the race — even if Trump won't come to terms with how it was reached.</p>

<p>"I will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve and that Democracy demands," Trump said in the statement, which states that the campaign’s legal battle will begin Monday.<br />
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Biden-Kamala Harris deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said that there has been no communication between Biden and Trump, or between any representatives from either campaign, since the race was called earlier in the day after the 77-year-old former US vice president crossed the 270 Electoral College votes required to win the race for the White House.<br />
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Trump, 74, who was at his golf course in Sterling, Virginia, on Saturday when the race was called, has not denied the outcome of the election, privately at least, CNN, quoted sources as saying.<br />
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But Trump was continuing to push his attorneys to pursue legal challenges that would delay formal certification of the results of the 2020 presidential polls.</p>

<p>White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who recently tested positive for coronavirus, discussed next steps with the legal team on Saturday, CNN added.</p>

<p>Biden, in his victory speech on Saturday night, did not mention Trump, a Republican, by name.<br />
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Biden said he was humbled by the trust America had placed in him and reached out to those Americans who did not vote for him.<br />
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"I understand the disappointment tonight. I've lost a couple of times myself. But now, let's give each other a chance," he said, adding later in his remarks, "This is the time to heal in America."<br />
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Biden claimed that he would be a president that would lead the entire nation, regardless of political party.</p>

<p>“I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify — who doesn’t see red states and blue states, only sees the United States,” Biden said.<br />
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The former vice president noted in his remarks that it is time both sides "listen to each other again."</p>

<p>"It's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again, and to make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. They are not our enemies. They are Americans," Biden said.</p>

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Trump's son-in-law and a senior White House adviser Jared Kushner has reportedly advised him to concede the election after Trump's assertion in a statement from his campaign that Biden is “rushing to falsely pose as the winner” and that the race is “far from over.

Trump's son-in-law and a senior White House adviser Jared Kushner has reportedly advised him to concede the election after Trump's assertion in a statement from his campaign that Biden is “rushing to falsely pose as the winner” and that the race is “far from over." After the declaration on Saturday that Democrat Joe Biden had won the race for the White House, Republican President Donald Trump and his allies made one thing clear: he does not plan to concede anytime soon. Kushner has approached the President about conceding the election, CNN quoted two unidentified sources as saying. Kushner has told others that he has urged the president to accept the outcome of the race — even if Trump won't come to terms with how it was reached. "I will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve and that Democracy demands," Trump said in the statement, which states that the campaign’s legal battle will begin Monday. Biden-Kamala Harris deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said that there has been no communication between Biden and Trump, or between any representatives from either campaign, since the race was called earlier in the day after the 77-year-old former US vice president crossed the 270 Electoral College votes required to win the race for the White House. Trump, 74, who was at his golf course in Sterling, Virginia, on Saturday when the race was called, has not denied the outcome of the election, privately at least, CNN, quoted sources as saying. But Trump was continuing to push his attorneys to pursue legal challenges that would delay formal certification of the results of the 2020 presidential polls. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who recently tested positive for coronavirus, discussed next steps with the legal team on Saturday, CNN added. Biden, in his victory speech on Saturday night, did not mention Trump, a Republican, by name. Biden said he was humbled by the trust America had placed in him and reached out to those Americans who did not vote for him. "I understand the disappointment tonight. I've lost a couple of times myself. But now, let's give each other a chance," he said, adding later in his remarks, "This is the time to heal in America." Biden claimed that he would be a president that would lead the entire nation, regardless of political party. “I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify — who doesn’t see red states and blue states, only sees the United States,” Biden said. The former vice president noted in his remarks that it is time both sides "listen to each other again." "It's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again, and to make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. They are not our enemies. They are Americans," Biden said. (With inputs from agencies)

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<p>Within minutes of news networks declaring&nbsp;Joe Biden victorious in US Presidential election 2020, Biden changed his Twitter bio to mention 'President-Elect'. On Saturday evening, Associated Press declared Joe Biden to be the victor in his race against incumbent President Donald Trump in US Presidential Election 2020.</p>

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<p>The counting of votes is still going on in many states in the US but as per projections by CNN, NBC News and CBS News and AP, Biden has crossed the finish line and has secured 270 electoral votes.</p>

<p>Soon after news networks declared Biden the winner, he took to Twitter to express his gratitude to fellow Americans.</p>

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<p>There were no signs in the immediate aftermath of Joe Biden's victory that Donald Trump&nbsp;was ready to concede. Earlier on Saturday evening (Indian Time) Donald Trump took to Twitter to claim again that there was widespread fraud in US Election 2020. He claimed that he had won without offering any evidence. Twitter immediately put a disclaimer on the tweet saying&nbsp;'official sources may not have called the race when this was tweeted'.</p>

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<p>Two hours before the tweet above, Trump fired a series of tweets suggesting there was a fraud in elections.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Twitter stuck a disclaimer to each and every one of these tweets</p>

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<p>'Some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process.' it read.</p>

<p>In these tweets, Trump has gone on to specifically mention the state of Pennsylvania (the undecided state with maximum number of electoral college votes) and claimed that 'tens of thousands' of votes were illegally brought in on election day. Apparently he suggested&nbsp;that these votes favoured Biden.</p>


Within minutes of news networks declaring Joe Biden victorious in US Presidential election 2020, Biden changed his Twitter bio to mention 'President-Elect'. On Saturday evening, Associated Press declared Joe Biden to be the victor in his race against incumbent President Donald Trump in US Presidential Election 2020.

Within minutes of news networks declaring Joe Biden victorious in US Presidential election 2020, Biden changed his Twitter bio to mention 'President-Elect'. On Saturday evening, Associated Press declared Joe Biden to be the victor in his race against incumbent President Donald Trump in US Presidential Election 2020. The counting of votes is still going on in many states in the US but as per projections by CNN, NBC News and CBS News and AP, Biden has crossed the finish line and has secured 270 electoral votes. Soon after news networks declared Biden the winner, he took to Twitter to express his gratitude to fellow Americans. America, I’m honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country. The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans — whether you voted for me or not. I will keep the faith that you have placed in me. pic.twitter.com/moA9qhmjn8 — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 7, 2020 × There were no signs in the immediate aftermath of Joe Biden's victory that Donald Trump was ready to concede. Earlier on Saturday evening (Indian Time) Donald Trump took to Twitter to claim again that there was widespread fraud in US Election 2020. He claimed that he had won without offering any evidence. Twitter immediately put a disclaimer on the tweet saying 'official sources may not have called the race when this was tweeted'. I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2020 × Two hours before the tweet above, Trump fired a series of tweets suggesting there was a fraud in elections. Twitter stuck a disclaimer to each and every one of these tweets Click here for latest on US Election 2020 'Some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process.' it read. In these tweets, Trump has gone on to specifically mention the state of Pennsylvania (the undecided state with maximum number of electoral college votes) and claimed that 'tens of thousands' of votes were illegally brought in on election day. Apparently he suggested that these votes favoured Biden.

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<p>Indian Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris after Biden was declared winner of US Presidential Election 2020 by news networks in the USA. The former Indian National Congress president expressed the pride he felt owing to USA's first woman vice-president having roots in India. Gandhi said that he was confident that Biden would 'unite America'.</p>

<p>"Congratulations to President-elect @JoeBiden. I’m confident that he will unite America and provide it with a strong sense of direction," tweeted Rahul Gandhi</p>

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<p>For Kamala Harris, Rahul Gandhi had these words.</p>

<p>"Congratulations, Vice-President-elect @KamalaHarris! It makes us proud that the first woman to serve as Vice President of the USA traces her roots to India,"</p>

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— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) <a href="https://twitter.com/RahulGandhi/status/1325128340693397506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p>Kamala Harris was born on October 20, 1964 in Oakland, California to a Jamaican father and Indian mother. Her mother Shyamala Gopalan carved out a career as a cancer researcher while her father Donald Harris taught Economics at Stanford University. Kamala Harris' younger sister Maya is a public policy advocate.</p>

<p>Kamala Harris has her family roots in Thulasethirapuram in Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The villagers have been proud of Kamala Harris ever since she was picked as a running mate of Joe Biden.</p>

<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/joe-biden-changes-twitter-bio-to-president-elect-within-minutes-of-declared-victory-341470">Joe Biden changes Twitter bio to President-Elect within minutes of declared victory</a></strong><br />
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A few days ago the villagers even prayed for Kamala Harriss' victory. Large posters were erected in the vicinity of the village with Kamala Harris on it.</p>

<p>Villagers gathered in Sri Dharmasastha temple in the village and prayed for her victory.</p>

<p>Kamala Harris is not just first woman to assume Vice-Presidential office but she is also first non-white woman to win Vice-Presidential ticket of a major political party in the USA.</p>


Indian Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris after Biden was declared winner of US Presidential Election 2020 by news networks in the USA.

Indian Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris after Biden was declared winner of US Presidential Election 2020 by news networks in the USA. The former Indian National Congress president expressed the pride he felt owing to USA's first woman vice-president having roots in India. Gandhi said that he was confident that Biden would 'unite America'. "Congratulations to President-elect @JoeBiden. I’m confident that he will unite America and provide it with a strong sense of direction," tweeted Rahul Gandhi Congratulations to President-elect @JoeBiden. I’m confident that he will unite America and provide it with a strong sense of direction. — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 7, 2020 × For Kamala Harris, Rahul Gandhi had these words. "Congratulations, Vice-President-elect @KamalaHarris! It makes us proud that the first woman to serve as Vice President of the USA traces her roots to India," Congratulations, Vice-President-elect @KamalaHarris! It makes us proud that the first woman to serve as Vice President of the USA traces her roots to India. — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 7, 2020 × Kamala Harris was born on October 20, 1964 in Oakland, California to a Jamaican father and Indian mother. Her mother Shyamala Gopalan carved out a career as a cancer researcher while her father Donald Harris taught Economics at Stanford University. Kamala Harris' younger sister Maya is a public policy advocate. Kamala Harris has her family roots in Thulasethirapuram in Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The villagers have been proud of Kamala Harris ever since she was picked as a running mate of Joe Biden. Also Read | Joe Biden changes Twitter bio to President-Elect within minutes of declared victory A few days ago the villagers even prayed for Kamala Harriss' victory. Large posters were erected in the vicinity of the village with Kamala Harris on it. Villagers gathered in Sri Dharmasastha temple in the village and prayed for her victory. Kamala Harris is not just first woman to assume Vice-Presidential office but she is also first non-white woman to win Vice-Presidential ticket of a major political party in the USA.

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