After a night of gripping results in which each candidate ran neck-and-neck in tight races, the final result of the US election is unlikely to be known for many hours or even days. As voters await the results of the presidential race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, questions have been raised about the possibility
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All eyes are on the battle for the White House but it’s not the only contest being fought in the US right now. The arguably almost equal prize of control of the Senate is also up for grabs. The Senate is the upper chamber of Congress, which has the power to ratify treaties, confirm senior
Donald Trump has accused his opponents of “fraud on the American public” and claimed victory in the US election before all results have been announced. Speaking from the White House, the president vowed to take his fight to the Supreme Court because he wants “the law to be used in a proper manner”. “We will
The race for the White House is proving to be very close, so how could each candidate make it over the line? A candidate needs 270 electoral college votes to win the presidential election. Each state has a different number of electoral college votes depending on the size of its electorate. US election 2020 live:
President Donald Trump has vowed to go to the US Supreme Court as the election result hangs in the balance. Challenger Joe Biden and his team have said they have lawyers “standing by” to fight any challenge. But what would the president’s case be likely to centre on? Postal voting is the key issue –
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Iconic Fashion Designer Sue Wong has just launched her new venture, SUE WONG DESIGNER SIGNATURE HOMES. Sue Wong is a Chinese-born American fashion designer best known worldwide for her gown designs with a contemporary twist based on old Hollywood glamour style. Next up on the designer’s immediate agenda is the restoration work on the new
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday urged the Senate to take up legislation previously passed by the Democratic-led House in support of so-called “Dreamers” now that the Supreme Court has blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to end their protections. In an interview on MSNBC, Pelosi said she hoped the top court’s
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Several U.S. states including Oklahoma reported a surge in new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, just days before a planned campaign rally for President Donald Trump in Tulsa that will rank as the nation’s largest social gathering by far in three months. An uptick in coronavirus cases in many states over the past
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Facebook is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 20, 2020. Picture taken January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (Reuters) – Several U.S. civil rights groups have called upon some of the world’s largest companies to pause advertising on Facebook Inc, saying the social network is not doing enough to stop hate speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Officials are considering other venues in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for President Donald Trump’s first campaign rally since the coronavirus shutdown, Vice President Mike Pence said on Tuesday, as virus cases climb in Oklahoma and other states. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to Vice President Mike Pence speak during a roundtable discussion
(Reuters) – Many of the Central Intelligence Agency’s most sensitive hacking tools were so poorly secured that it was only when WikiLeaks published them online in 2017 that the agency realized they had been compromised, according to a report released Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: People are silhouetted as they pose with laptops in front of a
(Reuters) – A man was shot and wounded on Monday during a protest near a museum in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, police said, where demonstrators were reported to be trying to tear down a sculpture of a 16th-century Spanish conquistador. A police spokesman in Albuquerque, the state’s largest city, said the man was taken to
(Reuters) – The family of Rayshard Brooks, a black man whose death reignited protests in Atlanta over the weekend, on Monday said they were “heartbroken” and “tired” of the racial injustice that they said led to Brooks’ death at the hands of Atlanta police. FILE PHOTO: A Wendy’s burns following a rally against racial inequality
(Reuters) – Protesters shut down a major highway in Atlanta on Saturday and burned down a Wendy’s restaurant where a black man was shot dead by police as he tried to escape arrest, an incident likely to fuel more nationwide tensions over race and police tactics. The restaurant was in flames for more than 45
FILE PHOTO: Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan speaks at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, U.S., October 11, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Systemic racism and high unemployment levels among black and Hispanic Americans create a drag on the U.S. economy, Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan said on Sunday. “A more