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Donald Trump is the "most incompetent president in the history of the United States of America", president-elect Joe Biden has said. Responding to the US president's announcement that he would not be going to the inauguration, Mr Biden said it was a "good thing". He said it was one of…

Gary Player hits a shot during the PNC Championship at the Ritz Carlton Golf Club on Dec. 20, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images South African golfer Gary Player is facing a growing backlash for his decision to accept a medal from President Donald Trump less than a day…

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — After months of tacitly or directly supporting President Donald Trump’s denial of the results of the 2020 election, top Montana Republicans denounced the violence that took over the nation’s Capitol and delayed Congress’ certification of the presidential election for Joe Biden. But one of them doubled…

In a step many thought would never come, Facebook and Twitter have suspended President Donald Trump from posting to their platforms following the storming of the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. While some cheered the platforms’ actions, experts noted that the companies’ actions follow years of hemming and hawing on…

Protesters, refusing to accept President Donald Trump's defeat at the ballot box, pushed past police and stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Videos showed protesters, few wearing masks and many waving flags in support of Trump, running roughshod over Capitol steps. The Senate and House hastily recessed as police chased…

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President Donald Trump's last-minute legal bid to overturn the 2020 election result in Georgia was denied by a federal judge on Tuesday. Ruling from the bench, U.S. District Judge Mark Cohen rejected the president's request for an emergency injunction to order the state legislature to choose a new slate of…

‘The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors,’ Trump tweets Pence is expected to preside over a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, when lawmakers will count Electoral College votes affirming Joe Biden’s win Published: 2:23am, 6 Jan, 2021 Updated: 3:49am, 6 Jan, 2021 Read More

Five new countries -- India, Mexico, Norway, Ireland and Kenya -- formally joined the UN Security Council on Monday at a time of growing polarization in the body charged with keeping world peace and security. They took part in a first meeting aimed at approving an agenda proposed by the…

Dr. Anthony Fauci and Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said on Sunday that America’s COVID-19 deaths are real, in response to a tweet from President Trump that questioned CDC reports. ”The deaths are real deaths,” Fauci said on ABC News. “I mean, all you need to do is to go…