Trump falsely claims victory and fraud in speech as Biden votes roll in November 6, 2020 Donald Trump has falsely claimed victory and claimed his opponent Joe Biden has committed widespread voter fraud in an historic speech. Trump made a series of baseless claims during the speech and falsely claimed he had won the election, despite being on the cusp of losing to Biden. “You count the illegal votes they try [...]
US election: What are the recount rules in key states? November 5, 2020 Joe Biden is in touching distance of winning the US election, however several close races are still yet to record a final result and the Trump campaign is already requesting recounts in some states. CNN has given the former Vice President 253 Electoral College votes to Donald Trump’s 213, with 270 the number needed to [...]
US election: Biden in touching distance of White House as Trump calls in the lawyers November 4, 2020 Joe Biden is closing in on the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency as Michigan has now been widely called for the Democrat candidate. The former Vice President is on at least 253 Electoral College votes, with some US broadcasters also calling Arizona for Biden, giving him 264 votes. All he needs [...]
Evening update: What we know about the US election race November 4, 2020 After an action packed day of ballot counting in the Midwest, we now have a much clearer picture of the final results of the 2020 US presidential election. As this reporter went to bed early this morning in D.C., Trump held solid leads in the three election-deciding states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan. However, things [...]
US election day as it happened: In Pictures November 4, 2020 Pictures captured of people across the US at polling stations at the end of a bitter and unusual campaign. Almost 100m people already voted by mail-in and absentee ballot, which is 70 per cent of the total vote in 2016. Below we bring to you the best pictures on US election day from across the [...]
US election: America heads to the polls with 100m votes already cast November 3, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Polls have now opened across the US on election day, with almost 100m votes already cast through mail-in and absentee ballots. The first polls will close at 11pm London time in parts of Indiana and Kentucky, with a stream of states closing their polls every hour from this point onward. Crucially, not [...]
‘Trumpism is here to stay’: The future of the Republican Party November 3, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Factional infighting is the political battleground that is most commonly associated with parties of the left. Labour’s intermittent factional psychodramas are a constant fixture of the UK’s political landscape, often to the detriment of its electoral success. America’s Democrats are also well versed in intra-party warfare, with the last four years providing [...]
US election: Almost 100m early votes cast as record turnout looms November 2, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nearly 100m Americans have cast votes for tomorrow’s election already, with turnout expected to be at its highest in decades. The total amount of ballots cast now sits at 97m, which is around 70 per cent of the 139m people who voted in the 2016 election – a record for total number [...]
Donald Trump and Joe Biden blitz battleground states in final day of US election campaign November 2, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. -Donald Trump and Joe Biden will make one final push in key battleground states today just 24 hours out from US election day. Biden will be concentrating most of his efforts on the state of Pennsylvania, starting in Beaver County in the state’s west and ending with the former Vice President holding a [...]
Racing against time: The UK-US trade deal and the 2020 election November 2, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – International trade secretary Liz Truss recently made it clear that the UK needed to close a US trade deal by mid-2021 if it was going to happen any time soon. In July, the US government’s Trade Promotion Authority -which allows trade deals to be passed through Congress without being amended – will [...]
