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Your support makes all the difference.As Donald Trump continues to refuse conceding the 2020 presidential race to Joe Biden, the president-elect was said to have spoken with Senate Republicans who have begun to admit he should at least receive intelligence briefings that have so far been denied.
On Friday afternoon most networks called Georgia for Mr Biden and North Carolina for Mr Trump bringing their respective electoral college vote totals to 306 to 232.
US federal and state cybersecurity officials, meanwhile, have delivered a direct rebuke to Donald Trump, who continues to allege irregularities and widespread fraud without evidence.
Chris Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said the 3 November vote was “the most secure in history" in a report published Thursday, and added that Americans should trust the result. His agency had not find any evidence of ballots being lost, deleted or altered, he said.
No public events scheduled for Trump on Monday
As Joe Biden begins work on the transition, Donald Trump appears to have a clear schedule.
CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang notes that this is uncharacteristic for the president who likes to tell his side of the story.
“We saw him more often when he was recovering from Covid-19,” she says.
Republican election commissioner says ‘counting votes is not a bad thing’
Speaking on 60 Minutes on Sunday night, Al Schmidt, one of three election commissioners for Philadelphia, and the lone Republican, was asked if “bad things were happening” in the city as the president has said.
“Counting votes is not a bad thing. Counting votes cast on or before election day by eligible voters is not corruption. It is not cheating. It is democracy.”
Trump may hit the campaign trail again
Despite the election being last Tuesday.
Chris Riotta reports.
Trump to reportedly take his false claims of voter fraud on the road
The president will deliver his message of misinformation to voters across the country while battling in the courts, according to a new report
Christian ‘prophets’ apologise or double-down on Trump election win
Christian "prophets" and ministers across the US are following up on their nearly unanimous prophecies proclaiming President Donald Trump would "without question" win re-election.
Church leaders are either apologising or doubling down and predicting a Trump comeback led by the Supreme Court and Baby Boomers as Jeremiah Johnson in North Carolina is, Newsweek reports.
Mr Johnson warned that his prophecy should not be mocked or called false by Christian supporters of Joe Biden at the risk of facing punishment for eternity.
California-based Bethel Church Pastor Kris Vallotton, apologised for "missing the prophecy" on Trump defeating Biden. He correctly predicted that the president would not be removed from office by impeachment.
Trump legal adviser: Every vote must be counted ‘regardless of the outcome’
Jenna Ellis, the constitutional law attorney and senior legal adviser to Donald Trump said on Twitter on Sunday night that she has spoken with the president and told him that “every legal vote must be counted fairly and accurately, regardless of the outcome”.
Mike Pence will lead a coronavirus task force meeting on Monday
NBC News White House correspondent Kelly O’Donnell notes that this will be the first such meeting in weeks.
The US hit the grim milestone of 10 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, with 239,000 officially recorded deaths.
Trump world divided as Rudy Giuliani and top advisers clash over concession
Reports have painted a picture of a White House in turmoil following President Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 US elections.
Advisers and the president’s private lawyer were clashing over whether he should concede — or hold more rallies while battling the electoral process — after President-elect Joe BIden delivered a major speech on Saturday for the first time since the results of the election were announced.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has served as Mr Trump’s personal attorney throughout his presidency, has led chaotic news conferences and conducted a series of interviews in recent days in which he delivered an endless array of misinformation surrounding the election.
Mr Giuliani has outright disputed the results of the election while vowing a slew of lawsuits in key states across the country and insisting the president continue fighting to stay in power.
No public events scheduled for Trump tomorrow
The president does not have any public events listed on his daily agenda for Monday.
Michael Cohen says Donald Trump will flee to Mar-a-Lago and never return to White House
Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen said the president would likely flee the White House for Mar-a-Lago at Christmas and not return for Joe Biden's inauguration in January, Justin Vallejo writes.
Speaking on MSNBC, Michael Cohen said the president would probably fight the election result until January and beyond from the comfort of his Florida escape.
Donald Trump to flee to Mar-a-Lago and never return to White House, says ex-lawyer
'He is just a loser and it is killing him'
George W Bush congratulates 'good man' Biden on beating Trump
George W Bush has given a statement extending his “warmest congratulations” to president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris.
A statement released on Sunday said the former Republican president had “just talked to the president-elect of the United States” and thanked him “for the patriotic message he delivered last night”.
"Though we have political differences, I know Joe Biden to be a good man, who has won his opportunity to lead and unify our country,” Mr Bush said.
George W Bush congratulates 'good man' Biden on beating Trump
‘No matter how you voted, your vote counted,' former Republican president says
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