World leaders on Sunday cheered Joe Biden's election as US president as a chance to enhance cooperation on climate change, the coronavirus and other problems after four years of President Donald Trump's rejection of international alliances. Trump had yet to concede defeat, but Western and Asian allies expressed hoped for a fresh start following Trump's "American First" trade policies, withdrawal...

Biden wins Electoral College while Trump demands recounts

Contrary to the claims of Trump supporters, there has been no evidence of any serious vote fraud. And some Republican elected officials around the country began to distance themselves from Trump and urge him to accept the outcome gracefully. The utter rejection of Biden as the legitimate president by Trump and his supporters appears to represent something new in American political history, said ...

In the meantime, it remains unclear whether Trump will accept the results of the election as he spends the next three months as a lame duck president. Those who know him well say there is little chance he will go quietly into the night. "When Donald Trump loses there will never be a peaceful transition to power," said Trump's longtime lawyer and fixer-turned-critic Michael Cohen. He predicted T...

When the nominating process started, Biden lost badly in both Iowa and New Hampshire, inviting talk about how he might make a graceful exit from the race. He found emphatic redemption, powered by Black voters so vital to any Democratic candidate, by winning the South Carolina primary and resetting the race in his favor. That victory sent a message to Democratic voters in key states that Biden co...

Vice president-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday paid tribute to the women, particularly Black women, whose shoulders she stands on as she shatters barriers that have kept mostly white men entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries. "Tonight I reflect on their struggle, their determination and the strength of their vision to see what can be unburdened by what...

Biden, 46th president of the US, positions himself to lead a nation gripped by a historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil.

Joe Biden said Friday as he closed in on winning the US presidency he would he waste no time in addressing the Covid pandemic upon taking office. "I want everyone, everyone to know on day one we're going to put our plan to control this virus into action," Biden said in a late night address from his hometown Wilmington, in Delaware. Biden expressed confidence that he would defeat President Donal...

Joe Biden says he is already preparing to assume the presidency even though he has not been declared the winner in his race against President Donald Trump. "I want people to know we're not waiting to get the work done," he said late Friday in remarks to the nation. Biden said he and his running mate, Kamala Harris, have held briefings on the coronavirus and the economy this week as the US recor...

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said there's one place he wants to determine the outcome of the presidential election: the US Supreme Court. But he may have a difficult time ever getting there. Over the last two days, Trump has leaned in to the idea that the high court should get involved in the election as it did in 2000. Then, the court effectively settled the contested election for Pres...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is testing how far he can go in using the trappings of presidential power to undermine confidence in this week's election against Joe Biden, as the Democrat gained ground in tight contests in key battleground states -- and then inched ahead in Georgia. With his pathway to reelection appearing to shrink, Trump on Thursday advanced unsupported accusations ...

Election officials in several states said Thursday they are worried about the safety of their staffs amid a stream of threats and gatherings of angry protesters outside their doors, drawn by President Donald Trump's baseless claims of widespread fraud in the race for the White House. "I can tell you that my wife and my mother are very concerned for me," said Joe Gloria, the registrar in Clark Co...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- For 40 hours, President Donald Trump fumed in private and tweeted his grievances in all caps. When he at last emerged, it was to stand behind the presidential seal in the White House and deliver a diatribe most notable for his litany of false statements about the election and his attempt to cast doubt on the integrity of the democratic process. As votes continued to be counte...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is testing how far he can go in using the trappings of presidential power to undermine confidence in this week's election against Joe Biden, as the Democrat gained ground in tight contests in some key battleground states. With his pathway to re-election appearing to shrink, Trump on Thursday advanced unsupported accusations of voter fraud to falsely argu...

WASHINGTON, -- The United States -- and the rest of the world -- continued to wait Thursday for the outcome of the presidential election as vote counting progressed at a snail's pace two days after the polls closed, with Democratic candidate Joe Biden holding razor-thin leads in key states. Both Biden and President Donald Trump still had a chance to win, but the former vice president was nearing...