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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.
President-elect Joe Biden says he will be a ‘president who seeks not to divide, but unify’
During his acceptance speech, President-elect Joe Biden vowed to be a president for everyone who would “unify” the nation.
“We’ve won with the most votes ever cast on a presidential ticket. 74 million. What I must admit surprised me," Mr Biden said.
“Tonight we are seeing across this nation … an outpouring of joy, hope. I am humbled by the trust and confidence you placed in me. I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but unify. Who sees not red states and blue states, but the Untied States," he added.
Joe Biden’s son Hunter makes first campaign appearance after president-elect’s victory speech
The first person who went out on stage following President-elect Joe Biden’s speech was Dr Jill Biden, the future first lady of the United States.
Then, after Mr Biden greeted his wife, the rest of his family came out on stage to celebrate in the president-elect winning the 2020 election. Hunter Biden made his first appearance on the campaign by coming out on stage with his wife and child. Mr Biden’s daughter Ashley also was on stage.
Joe Biden reaches out to Trump supporters in victory speech: 'Lets give each other a chance'
Joe Biden has reached out directly to supporters of Donald Trump, asking that each side give the other a fresh start, in his first address to the nation as president elect.
Andrew Buncombe has more on the president-elect’s speech:
Joe Biden reaches out to Trump supporters in victory speech
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Biden made a touching victory speech while Trump threw away the last of his dignity
The Independent’s Holly Baxter with her analysis of the president-elect’s speech:
Opinion: Biden just made a touching victory speech while Trump threw away the last of his dignity
As Biden made a specific call to Trump voters to join his movement, Trump entered the ‘if I can’t have you, no one can’ phase of sore losership
Trump’s motorcade passed by Americans celebrating Biden’s victory
President Donald Trump was golfing at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia on Saturday when multiple news organisations called Pennsylvania for President-elect Joe Biden, thus putting him over the necessary 270 Electoral College votes to take the White House.
Upon leaving the golf course, Mr Trump and his motorcade then had to drive 26 miles back to the White House on roads lined with Americans celebrating Mr Biden’s victory.
There were also Trump supporters along the road, it was reported.
Mr Trump has not indicated yet if he will concede the race. He’s claimed voter fraud and vowed to pursue all legal options, but he has provided no proof to back up his claims.
'Kick him out': New Yorkers celebrate outside Trump Tower on 5th Avenue
Donald Trump’s hometown erupted in celebration following reports of Joe Biden’s victory against the president in the 2020 election, sending New York City residents into the streets to savour his defeat.
But in Manhattan, along the Fifth Avenue where the president once suggested he could shoot someone and get away with it, police barricades blocked the streets surrounding Trump Tower, and fresh plywood covered the windows on the street’s famous strip of luxury retailers for a protest and riot that never came.
Instead, while the president raged on Twitter after a round of golf, small crowds of New Yorkers stood against the barricades to breathe a sigh of relief on the streets surrounding the building where he began his 2016 presidential campaign launch — on the day it came to an end.
Alex Woodward reports:
'Kick him out': New Yorkers celebrate outside Trump Tower
With barricaded streets surrounding his headquarters, police block the building that kicked off the president’s campaign on the day it came to an end
From tragic loss to the White House: Can Joe Biden unite America?
By defeating Trump, he pledged to “heal” a fractured nation, framing faith and empathy from tragedy to repair a nation that has lost so much, writes Alex Woodward.
From tragic loss to the White House: Can Joe Biden bring America together?
By defeating Trump, he pledged to ‘heal’ a fractured nation, framing faith and empathy from tragedy to repair a nation that has lost so much, writes Alex Woodward
Jared Kushner tells Trump to concede election, report says
Donald Trump’s son-in-law and close White House ally Jared Kushner has told the president it’s time to concede the 2020 election, CNN reported.
According to two sources, Mr Kushner approached the president about conceding.
This news comes after Joe Biden was announced as the next president of the United States on Saturday morning after the Associate Press projected he won Pennsylvania, which put him over the necessary 270 electoral votes he needed to take the White House.
Mr Trump has claimed he would fight the election through any legal avenue available to him, but he’s lost support from some Republicans in Congress and his favourite cable news channel, Fox News, on this battle.
Russian media angry Trump failed to win presidency over Biden, report says
Pro-Kremlin news anchors, pundits, and experts reacted negatively to the news that Joe Biden has won the 2020 election over Donald Trump.
They reportedly called a win for Mr Biden as “the worst scenario for Russia," The Daily Beast reported.
“Nothing will ever be the same ... What are we witnessing? What is the world coming to? Not only this country, but the world?” Evgeny Popov, the host of Russian state media show 60 Minutes, asked a panel of experts, according to the news organisation.
Mr Popov was not alone in his disbelief that Mr Trump would not be president for another four years.
“Unfortunately, Trump lost,” Russian politician Leonid Kalashnikov said. “Understandably, I have nothing to be happy about… All of us should be thinking: ‘What is Russia supposed to do now?’ Get ready to be disconnected from SWIFT [international banking payment system]? That Europe will line up along with their sanctions?”
He added: “Trump lost, so it’s time to get ready … They will start fighting against us like they do in the Middle East.”
Joe Biden seemingly makes swipe at Donald Trump’s infamous MAGA slogan in victory speech
Joe Biden appeared to take President Donald Trump’s infamous MAGA slogan and make it into his own when giving his acceptance speech in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday evening.
When addressing Americans, the president-elect vowed to “restore the soul of America” through his presidency.
“I sought this office to restore the soul of America. To rebuild the backbone of the nation — the middle class,” he said.
Then he made a clever nod to Mr Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.
“To make America respected around the world again and to unite us here at home,” Mr Biden said.
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Biden seemingly makes swipe at Trump’s infamous MAGA slogan in victory
‘To make America respected around the world again and to unite us here at home,’ Mr Biden says
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