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Topic2020 US election

Topic: 2020 US election

The 2020 election sees US President Donald Trump make a re-election bid while Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate and former vice president, challenges him in the White House race. This year has been tumultuous, with issues of racism, police brutality, the coronavirus pandemic and the impact on economy, and ties with China dominating US politics. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death has also catapulted the justice system into the limelight.

Donald Trump campaign spent $8.8 million in effort to overturn vote

Bill Allison -
The largest outlay was a $3 million payment to the Wisconsin Elections Commission for a partial recount in two populous counties. The recounts did not change the result.

Trump nears ‘checkmate’ stage in last-gasp bid to reverse Biden’s win

Mark Niquette -
Donald Trump continues to hurl unsubstantiated accusations of voter fraud on Twitter, but he is now left with only a few extremely improbable options to derail Biden’s inauguration.

Kamala Harris scoffs at the idea of a rematch against Trump in 2024

Emma Kinery -
Trump recently has begun shifting focus away from his long-shot efforts to overturn the 2020 election results & toward a bid for the Republican nomination in the next election.

Indian American Neera Tanden to be named Biden’s budget chief, but Republicans could oppose

Jennifer Epstein -
Neera Tanden, who currently leads the think tank Center for American Progress, worked on the Obama administration’s healthcare reform & was a close adviser to Hillary Clinton.

US appeals court dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania challenging election result

Lalit K Jha -
In his order, Judge Stephanos Bibas has said that calling an election unfair does not make it so and charges and allegations require proof.

Lawyer dropped from Trump legal team had filed election suits in ‘DISTRCOICT’ court

Anthony Aarons -
Sidney Powell, who filed typo-strewn lawsuits in Michigan and Georgia, was kicked off Trump’s legal team after her claims about a Democratic conspiracy against the president.

Trump lost. Republican leaders need to say so.

Michael Bloomberg -
Leadership is about facing reality and dealing with it. And if Republican leaders don't face up to it, they will do lasting damage to the fabric of US democracy.

Trump all but concedes to Biden, agrees to cooperate on transition

Jennifer Dlouhy -
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris may now begin receiving classified intelligence briefings, and Biden’s team can dig into work essential to running the federal government.

Biden to name longtime aide Antony Blinken as Secretary of State

Tyler Pager -
Blinken has been regarded as one of the leading candidates to run the State Department. He was the deputy secretary of state under President Barack Obama.

Not ready to recognise Biden’s victory, says Putin, will wait for ‘results to be confirmed’

Natasha Doff -
Russia, accused by US intelligence agencies of intervening in 2016 to help get Trump elected, has been wary of Biden.
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As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Ritesh Malik -
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Countdown to 2027 has begun. India must pick strategic alliance with US, balance with old friendships

AI can fix India’s reputation as a TB hub

Economy

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

ThePrint Team -
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Defence

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

National Interest

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

Shekhar Gupta -
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.

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