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As he struggles to come to terms with losing the election, US president Donald Trump has lashed out at a journalist in a bitter tirade at the White House. On Thursday (local time) Trump took questions from the media for the first time since election day, but didn’t like being confronted with the reality of his loss. The president renewed baseless claims that “massive fraud” and crooked officials in battleground states cost him the election. He angrily denounced officials in Georgia and… Source link

CANTON, Ga. — In the high stakes runoff election for two U.S. Senate seats that will decide which party controls the chamber under President-elect Joe Biden, incumbent Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are looking to bring in big GOP names to stump alongside them, while Democrats are choosing to keep things local. On Friday, Loeffler and Perdue were joined by Vice President Mike Pence in Canton, Ga., to a raucous outdoor crowd of more than 1,000 supporters. While Pence… Source link

The Justice Department’s top election crimes prosecutor resigned Monday, just hours after Attorney General William Barr instructed federal prosecutors to probe allegations of voting irregularities before states certify results. In a memo on Monday, Barr authorized “specific instances” of investigative steps, such as interviewing witnesses during a time that would normally require permission from the elections crimes section, and said prosecutors had the power to investigate, but… Source link

Monday, November 9, 2020 Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe While uncertainty persists, there have been no market-shaking surprises Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, the AP projected Saturday. And so we can now refer to the former Vice President as President-elect. For investors, this removes some uncertainty. However, two important questions remain unanswered: 1) what will the outcome of President Trump’s contesting… Source link

By Tom Hals and Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign said on Saturday it had filed a lawsuit in Arizona, its latest legal challenge over the results of the presidential election. The campaign suffered losses in Michigan and Georgia courts this week, but Trump pledged on Saturday to go forward with a legal strategy that he hopes will overturn state results that gave Democrat Joe Biden the win in Tuesday’s vote. Legal experts said the cases the Trump campaign is bringing… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Sen. Lee calls out for Google for potential election manipulation  KUTV 2News Source link

TipRanks These 3 5G Stocks Are Must-Watch Names, Say Top Analysts Let’s take a short break from the election drama, and look at 5G. The new wave in networking technology, 5G has sparked an ongoing revolution in the way wireless connections are made. The new network systems offer far higher speeds, much lower latency, and greater data capacity than existing 4G networks, and the implications for high-tech are enormous. Internet of Things, autonomous cars, teledoctor facilities, streaming on… Source link

Democrats gathered on a Thursday call to discuss the results of the 2020 election, and at least one lawmaker reportedly bluntly made her disappointment known. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) on a Democratic caucus call on Thursday afternoon reportedly went off on what she described as House Democrats’ “failure” in this year’s election, ABC News’ Ben Siegel reports. Democrats are expected to maintain their House majority, but after the election, the party will “likely have fewer seats in… Source link

Protests erupted across the U.S. on Wednesday evening as ballots for the election continued to be counted. Trump supporters in Nevada chanted “Count every vote,” meanwhile in Michigan, demonstrators shouted “Stop the count.” Video Transcript [INTERPOSING VOICES] [MUSIC PLAYING] [INTERPOSING VOICES] [APPLAUSE] [HONKING] [INTERPOSING VOICES] – Count every vote! – Count every vote. Count every vote. Count every vote. – Count every vote. Count every vote. – Stop the count. Stop the count. Stop the count…. Source link

The Associated Press is not calling the presidential race yet because neither candidate has secured the 270 electoral votes — a majority of the 538 that are up for grabs — needed to claim victory. Millions of ballots are being counted in key states that remain too early to call, including Georgia and Pennsylvania. That didn’t stop Trump from falsely and prematurely declaring victory while making baseless claims of fraud over ballots that were legally cast. While speaking alongside running… Source link