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The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Thursday afternoon, Nov. 5, 2020. (AP)

Trump faces tough road in getting Supreme Court to intervene

In 2000, the court settled the contested election for President Bush in a 5-4 decision that split the court's liberals...

7 Nov 2020 1:40 PM IST

Supporters of President Donald Trump rally outside the Maricopa County Recorders Office, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP)

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US Elections: Trump supporters brings guns to vote-counting centers

Elections officials in states where Biden was ahead said the anger outside their doors made them fear for the safety of...

7 Nov 2020 1:13 PM IST

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives with his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris. (AP)

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Confident of victory, Biden appeals for national unity

Biden delivered a late-night address with the tone of a president-elect and vowed to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic

7 Nov 2020 11:54 AM IST

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden joined by Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at the The Queen theater Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP)

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Biden eases ahead in Georgia; Trump attacks election process

Americans enter their third full day after the election without knowing who would serve as president for the next four...

6 Nov 2020 6:36 PM IST

US President Donald Trump arrives to speak 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 Democrats campaign asserting they believe he has enough votes to win in key battleground states that remain undecided, like Pennsylvania. (AFP)

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Trump erupts as Biden closes in on US presidency

'They are trying to steal the election,' an increasingly isolated Trump said in an extraordinary appearance at the White...

6 Nov 2020 1:19 PM IST

$Reverend Bianca Davis-Lovelace of the Washington State Poor Peoples Campaign speaks at a rally and march to \Count Every Vote, Protect Every Person\ a day after the US Presidential Election in Seattle, Washington on November 4, 2020. - Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden on November 4 neared the magic number of 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House with several battleground states still in play, as incumbent President Donald Trump challenged the vote count. (AFP)$ World

No winner yet; vote counting continues in tense US presidential race

Biden's chances were better as he had 253 Electoral College votes compared to 213 won by President Trump, according to...

5 Nov 2020 2:56 PM IST

This combination of pictures created on November 4, 2020 shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden gestures after speaking during election night at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, and US President Donald Trump speaks during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early on November 4, 2020. - President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls closed across the United States Tuesday -- and a long night of waiting for results in key battlegrounds on the cards. (AFP)

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Biden wins more votes than any other presidential candidate in US...

As of November 4, Biden had got over 70.7 million votes, more than anyone who has ever run for president, the National...

5 Nov 2020 11:55 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early on November 4, 2020. (AFP)

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A nervous Trump declares win, vows court action in knife-edge election

The Republican tycoon said he would go to the Supreme Court because 'we want all voting to stop'

4 Nov 2020 4:54 PM IST

$A woman shows a Donald Trump boxing figurine at an election night watch party organized by group \Villagers for Trump\ in The Villages, Florida. (AFP)$ World