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.

Biden vowed to restore standards. Democrats saying Trump was worse isn’t the way forward

Ramesh Ponnuru - December 6, 2020

Biden administration has to decide whether to use 'but what about Trump?' as an all-purpose excuse when it gets criticized, even for future controversies that are sure to arise.

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

Bill Allison - December 5, 2020

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 - December 2, 2020

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 - November 30, 2020

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 - November 30, 2020

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 - November 28, 2020

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 - November 26, 2020

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 - November 24, 2020

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 - November 24, 2020

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 - November 23, 2020

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.

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