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Election results update: Biden on the verge of winning presidency with leads in battlegrounds. Georgia will have a recount.
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
We're on the fourth day past Election Day and USA TODAY'S coverage of the 2020 election continues as states work to finish counting the ballots.
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the final presidential debate at the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. - Andrew Nelles, The Tennessean-USA TODAY NETWORK
All eyes on...
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With votes still being counted across the nation, President Donald Trump on Thursday sought to undermine confidence in the nation's election, making unsupported accusations from the White House about the integrity of the results in his race against...
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Fact check: Trump delivers most dishonest speech of his presidency as Biden closes in on victory
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC on November 5, 2020. - Democrat Joe Biden is leading President Donald Trump in the race for the 270 electoral votes that will put one of them over the top, with the Democrat's campaign asserting they believe he has enough...
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The US surpassed 116,000 daily new COVID-19 cases, again breaking the record for highest single-day count
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
In total, there have been more than 9.5 million cases in the US and almost 227,000 deaths. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
The US surpassed 116,000 daily new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, again breaking the record for highest single-day count of new infections since the pandemic began, according to The COVID Tracking Project.
The daily death...
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Election results updates: Trump calls election fraudulent with zero evidence, still trails Biden in electoral votes
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
We're two days past Election Day and USA TODAY'S coverage of the 2020 election continues as states work to finish counting the ballots.
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC on November 5, 2020. - Brendan Smialowski, AFP via Getty Images
All eyes on are the battleground...
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
Election workers reviewing scanned ballots at the Fulton County election preparation center in Atlanta on Wednesday. - Audra Melton / NY Times
As of 5 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, six states that will decide the next president remained uncalled, as did a handful of Senate races that will determine who controls the chamber.
Here’s where things stand on...
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 04: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on election night in the East Room of the White House in the early morning hours of November 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump spoke shortly after 2am with the presidential race against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden still too close to call. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty...
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
Votes continue to be counted at the TCF Center the day after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Detroit, Michigan. - Reuters/SHANNON STAPLETON
(Reuters) - A judge in Michigan on Thursday tossed out a lawsuit brought by U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign in hopes of halting vote-counting in the battleground state.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is the...
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US Elections: Protests Over Vote Count Sweep Through Minneapolis, Portland and Other Cities
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
People march at a protest to demand every vote be counted in Portland on Wednesday. - Marcio Jose Sanchez/ AP
PORTLAND, OREGAN — Calling on election officials to “count every vote,” protesters marched through the streets of several American cities on Wednesday in response to President Trump’s aggressive effort to challenge the vote count in Tuesday’s presidential...
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International election observers rebuke Trump’s ‘unprecedented attempts to undermine public trust’
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
International election observers in the U.S. offered a sharp rebuke of President Trump on Wednesday, criticizing his attacks on the vote counting process and his premature claims that he has won the 2020 election.
"Nobody, no politician, no elected official, nobody, should limit people's rights to votes coming after such a highly dynamic campaign," said Michael Georg Link,...






































































































