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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.
Mike Pomepo: ‘All the votes haven’t been counted’
Asked whether he was being “serious” when he said the US government would ensure a “smooth transition for a second Trump administration" on Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared to double down on his remarks in an interview with Fox News.
“We’ll have a smooth transition, and we’ll see what the people ultimately decided when all the votes have been cast,” he told Fox News host Brett Baier.
Mr Trump, of course, has yet to accept his defeat to Joe Biden is impossible to turn around - with the president-elect’s lead in the closest-fought states substantially higher than any likely discrepancy found in typical recounts.
Alex Woodward reports:
Pompeo doubles down on Biden transition comments
Trump’s secretary of state tells Fox News that ‘we’ll see what the people ultimately decided when all the votes have been cast’
Georgia to recount ballots by hand
Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday that the state will conduct a hand recount of ballots cast in the 2020 US election.
Tuesday, the Trump campaign and the state's Republican Party sent a letter to Mr Raffensperger requesting a manual hand recount before the state certifies its results.
Donald Trump and the state GOP allege - without evidence - that there were voting discrepancies and electoral errors throughout the state.
A hand count will likely prevent Georgia from certifying its results for weeks as each ballot is opened and hand-examined by ballot counters.
Georgia to recount election votes by hand in boost for Trump
Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday that the state will conduct a hand recount of ballots cast in the 2020 US election.
Democrat compares Trump refusing to concede to rise of Hitler
A top Democrat on Capitol Hill has compared President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede to “what Hitler did in Germany” during a new interview as criticism grows over the president’s anti-Democratic attacks on the electoral process.
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D—SC) said on Tuesday night he was concerned the president was attempting to take on an authoritarian role despite losing to President-elect Joe Biden in the 2020 US elections and urged Americans to defend the results of the election.
Speaking to CNN’s Chris Cuomo, the House majority whip said: “I’m beginning to see what happened in Germany back in the 1930s. I never thought that could happen in this country.”
Chris Riotta reports:
Democrat compares Trump refusing to concede to rise of Hitler
‘How do you elect a person president, then all of a sudden you’re going to give him the authority to be dictator? That’s what Hitler did in Germany.’
BREAKING: Trump emerges from White House in first public appearance since losing to Biden to lay wreath on Veterans Day
Donald Trump emerged from the White House on Wednesday in his first public appearance since networks called the US presidential election for his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden.
The president appeared alongside Vice President Mike Pence at a memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia for Veterans Day, a federal holiday in the US, writes Griffin Connolly.
Trump makes a quiet first appearance since losing to Biden for a Veterans Day service
Donald Trump emerged from the White House on Wednesday in his first public appearance since networks called the US presidential election for his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden.
Melania Trump ‘not cooperating with incoming first lady Jill Biden on transition’
Outgoing first lady Melania Trump is reportedly refusing to cooperate with her replacement, Jill Biden.
A source says Ms Trump has yet to contact the incoming first lady about transition planning following Joe Biden's election victory.
It comes as president Trump refuses to accept defeat in a race that he has so far lost by some 5 million ballots and 76 electoral college votes.
Matt Mathers reports:
Melania Trump not cooperating with incoming first lady Jill Biden on transition - report
FLOTUS is yet to reach out to Jill Biden, a source told CNN
Biden visits Philadelphia Korean War Memorial
While President Donald Trump emerged from the White House to visit a memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, President-elect Joe Biden attended a Philadelphia Korean War Memorial.
He was pictured with his wife, Dr Jill Biden, wearing a mask as they honoured the fallen soldiers from the Korean War.
“The women and men who have fought and sacrificed for our country are heroes, and the rest of us owe them an unpayable debt. They have earned our thanks and, above all, our respect," Mr Biden said in a released statement said.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders to be frozen out of Biden cabinet, report says
Left-wing politicians Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are reportedly set to be frozen out of president-elect Joe Biden's cabinet amid concerns the party could lose more seats in upcoming elections, writes Matt Mathers.
Democrats clung onto their House majority but lost five seats while Republicans picked up six and secured their majority in the Senate, barring a major upset in Georgia's runoff election.
Each side of the party is blaming the other for the poor results, which came after four years of White House chaos under Donald Trump. Left-wing Democrats say the party's offer on progressive causes was not strong enough.
Meanwhile, centrist Democrats say the left's 'socialist' messaging puts off Americans living outside big cities and urban areas.
Warren and Sanders to be frozen out of Biden cabinet, report says
‘We cannot afford to put any seats in jeopardy,’ says Democrat Gerry Connolly
Alaska election result: Trump declared winner
Donald Trump has been declared the winner in Alaska, more than a week after the 2020 US presidential election took place.
On Wednesday, the Associated Press declared Mr Trump the winner in Alaska, taking him to 217 electoral college votes.
The race was called after 75 per cent of the votes were tallied, as Mr Trump led President-elect Joe Biden by 57 to 39 per cent in the state, writes James Crump.
Why did it take so long to call Alaska, which has gone red in every presidential election except for 1964? We have the answer here:
Georgia to recount election votes by hand after Trump campaign plea
Georgia's secretary of state Brad Raffensperger announced on Wednesday that the state will conduct a hand recount of ballots cast in the 2020 US election.
His announcement came after the Trump campaign and the state's Republican Party sent a letter to Mr Raffensperger on Tuesday requesting a manual hand recount before the state certifies its results.
Donald Trump and the state GOP allege, without evidence, that there were voting discrepancies and electoral errors throughout the state.
More details into the developing election results in Georgia here:
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