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Joe Biden will not inherit Donald Trump’s millions of followers on the official president of the United States and White House Twitter accounts when he assumes the presidency, marking a departure from past social media practice, the Democratic president-elect’s team said on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected a $900 billion bipartisan Covid stimulus package, calling it "a disgrace" and demanding that lawmakers more than triple relief payments to Americans.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will leave the White House if the Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden, the closest he has come to conceding the Nov. 3 election, even as he repeated unfounded claims of massive voter fraud.

Washington, November 9 (Reuters) - The United States has a long history of peaceful transfers of power that is likely to continue despite President Donald Trump’s attacks on the legitimacy of the election result, national security experts said. Here is what to expect in the weeks and months to come. DOES TRUMP FACE A DEADLINE TO LEAVE OFFICE? Yes. The US ...

Washington, November 7 (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden said Friday that he was going to win the U.S. presidency as his lead grew over President Donald Trump in battleground states, although television networks held off from declaring him the victor as officials continued to count votes. “The numbers tell us ... it’s a clear and convincing story: We’re going to ...

November 6 (Vox) - Joe Biden — a former two-term vice president under Barack Obama and 36-year Senate veteran — will be the 46th president of the United States. His running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, will become the first woman, first African American, and first Indian American to serve as vice president. The Democratic nominee is the projected winner in enough ...

Washington, November 6 (Reuters) - With his re-election chances fading as more votes are counted in a handful of battleground states, U.S. President Donald Trump launched an extraordinary assault on the country’s democratic process from the White House on Thursday, falsely claiming the election was being “stolen” from him. Offering no evidence, Trump lambasted election workers and alleged fraud in ...

November 4 (Reuters) - Donald Trump’s pre-emptive declaration of victory at the White House was condemned by some U.S. political commentators and civil rights groups, who warned about the trampling of long-standing democratic norms. Most world leaders and foreign ministers sat on their hands, trying not to add any fuel to the electoral fire. “Let’s wait and see what the ...

November 2 - President Donald Trump told a campaign rally in Florida that Joe Biden is the person he would "most like to fight" as he made a late-night last gasp bid for votes in the critical battleground state ahead of Tuesday's election. During a speech in which he repeatedly attempted to woo the Sunshine State's large Latino and Hispanic ...

October 23, Nashville, Tenn. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden offered sharply contrasting views on the still-raging coronavirus pandemic at Thursday’s final presidential debate, seeking to persuade the few remaining undecided voters 12 days before their Nov. 3 contest. Trump, a Republican, adopted a more restrained tone than he did during a chaotic first debate ...