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Audacious Texas election lawsuit keeps Trump hopes alive
AFP, Published on 10/12/2020
» WASHINGTON: A longshot Supreme Court lawsuit from Texas against four states key in the November 3 election gave President Donald Trump fresh hope of stalling if not overturning Democrat Joe Biden's victory.
Trump floats idea of 2024 White House run
AFP, Published on 03/12/2020
» WASHINGTON - Still irate and bitter one month after his election defeat to Joe Biden, Donald Trump is openly musing about a second run at the US presidency in 2024.
US attorney general says no evidence of decisive election fraud
AFP, Published on 02/12/2020
» WASHINGTON - The US attorney general rejected Republican claims of significant voter fraud in the presidential election on Tuesday, adding to the pressure on President Donald Trump to give up his quixotic effort to overturn Joe Biden's clear victory.
Trump loses another election court challenge
AFP, Published on 29/11/2020
» WASHINGTON: The US state of Pennsylvania's supreme court dismissed another legal challenge to the election by supporters of President Donald Trump on Saturday, further reducing his already near-impossible odds of overturning the results.
Court tells Trump: 'Calling vote unfair doesn't make it so'
AFP, Published on 28/11/2020
» WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court on Friday flatly dismissed President Donald Trump's claim that the election was unfair and refused to freeze Joe Biden's win in the key state of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania certifies Biden election win
AFP, Published on 25/11/2020
» NEW YORK - Pennsylvania officially certified Democrat Joe Biden's election victory in the state over Donald Trump on Tuesday, a day after the president agreed to a transition but stopped short of conceding.
Biden to introduce nominees as White House transition begins
AFP, Published on 25/11/2020
» WASHINGTON - US President-elect Joe Biden is to formally introduce his nominees for top national security and foreign policy posts on Tuesday as the White House transition finally gets underway with Donald Trump effectively -- if not explicitly -- admitting defeat.
Firings, recount calls: Trump's desperate push to invalidate vote
AFP, Published on 19/11/2020
» WASHINGTON - Firing the US election security chief and pressuring local officials to throw out valid votes, President Donald Trump and his Republicans are making desperate -- though likely futile -- attempts to invalidate Democrat Joe Biden's election win.
US regulators clear Boeing 737 MAX to fly again: FAA
AFP, Published on 18/11/2020
» WASHINGTON - US regulators on Wednesday cleared the Boeing 737 MAX to return to the skies, ending its 20-month grounding after two fatal crashes that plunged the company into crisis.
UN recruits 40 airlines to deliver vaccine to poorest states
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/11/2020
» United Nations humanitarian relief agency Unicef is looking to recruit some of the airline industry’s biggest operators to help distribute a coronavirus vaccine to the world’s poorest nations.