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Trump has made debunked allegations that the election was “rigged” and has refused to concede defeat to President-elect Joe Biden. His campaign has filed a flurry of lawsuits in battleground states, although election officials in both parties have said they see no evidence of serious irregularities…

Ossoff, who is running to unseat Republican Sen. David Perdue in a pair of Jan. 5 runoffs that will determine Senate control, expressed concern about Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s claim that Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham questioned the validity of legally cast absentee ballots in…

According to a court filing released by the campaign, the lawsuit requests a court order that Trump “be declared the winner of the Election in Nevada,” or, alternatively, that the results in the state are annulled and no winner is certified there. Biden won Nevada by a 33,596-vote margin, according…

Biden said business and labor leaders had signaled willingness to work together to bolster the pandemic-battered U.S. economy but stressed Covid-19 first must be brought under control. The Democratic president-elect delivered a speech and took questions from reporters in Wilmington, Delaware, after…

Trump made the request during an Oval Office meeting on Thursday with his top national security aides, including Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, new acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller and General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the official sa…

The lawyers — Linda Kerns, John Scott and Douglas Bryan Hughes — made the request in a court filing on Monday, adding that the campaign consented to their withdrawal. In a brief order on Monday night, the judge hearing the case allowed Scott and Hughes to withdraw but not Kerns. Harrisburg-based la…

Based on the monitoring report of OCTA Research dated Monday but released to the media on Tuesday, the following LGUs were classified as high-risk: Metro Manila Makati Rest of Luzon Baguio City, Benguet La Trinidad, Benguet Itogon, Benguet Batangas City, Batangas Lucena, Quezon Lopez, Quezon Mindan…

Starting Tuesday midnight, tighter curbs will ban public gatherings of 100 people or more, limit religious services and audiences at sporting events to 30% capacity, and require high-risk facilities including clubs and karaoke bars to broaden distance among guests. South Korea has been one of the w…

The submission for the ban on Facebook was brought to the cabinet by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and his Communication and Civil Aviation Minister Peter Shanel Agovaka. “Abusive languages against Ministers, Prime Minister, character assassination, and defamation of character, all these are iss…

 Kione Isechal and Minister of Public Infrastructure, Industries and Commerce Charles Obichang are the co-chairs while Landisang Kotaro is the secretariat coordinator. With the help of Obichang, the transition team is in direct communication with outgoing President Tommy Remengesau’s senior officia…