2020 us elections
Trump mulling pardons on last full day in power
On Wednesday at noon, Joe Biden will be sworn in and the Trump presidency will end, turning the page on some of the most disruptive, divisive years the United...
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Biden facing 'competing crises' as he takes office
Perhaps the biggest is the coronavirus pandemic, which has left some 400,000 Americans dead.
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In farewell video, Melania Trump says be passionate, but not violent
The Trumps' departure has been fractious, with the president refusing for months to accept the election result due to false allegations of fraud, and declining to congratulate his successor Joe Biden.
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Trump condemns violence, ignores impeachment in new message
Outgoing US President Donald Trump delivered a message condemning previous and upcoming protests at the Capitol - but completely disregarded his impeachment process. #DonaldTrump #USElections TrumpImpeachment
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YONELA DIKO: After selling hate, the Republican Party needs to find redemption
Donald Trump and his new Republican Party presented more than policy differences among Republicans and Democrats, they presented a fight between America First and those who didn't love America enough, it was a test between god and the devil, writes Yonela Diko.
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As Trump finally promises transition, calls mount to remove him
Donald Trump's turnaround came as aides including one cabinet member resigned and the two top Democrats in Congress urged his immediate removal, fearing the damage he can still inflict in his less than two weeks left in the world's most powerful job.
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Was it a coup? No, but siege in the US was the violence of a fragile democracy
Media organisations, social media and other commentators are debating if the siege on the US Capitol was indeed a coup d’etat.
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Cabinet members discuss Trump's removal after supporters storm Capitol: US media
The discussions focused on the 25th amendment to the US Constitution, which allows for a president's removal by the vice president and cabinet if he is judged "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office".
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US democrats win first two Georgia runoffs, control of Senate in reach
Donald Trump is expected to suffer another bitter blow when Congress affirms Joe Biden's Electoral College victory.
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Trump request to 'find' votes for him sparks political uproar
A taped conversation between US President Donal Trump and fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger includes vague threats by Trump that Raffensperger and another official could face "a big risk" if they failed to take moves toward overturning Joe Biden's victory.
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Top Republican congratulates 'President-elect' Biden
Biden is riding high after members of the Electoral College gathered in all 50 states and the capital Washington to put the official stamp on the will of the people.
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US Electoral College to formalise Biden win
Electors in all 50 states were meeting to cast their votes in a tradition that has long been considered mostly a formality for confirming the will of the people expressed at the polls.
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Trump shows no surrender in first post-election rally
In a speech remarkable for its twisting of reality more than a month after the 3 November election, the outgoing president launched into another litany of allegations that the polls won handily by Democrat Joe Biden were rigged.
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Race against the clock to build Trump's US-Mexican border wall
So far 668 kilometres of the new wall has been completed along the more than 3,000-kilometre border, according to an update from the US Customs and Border Protection agency on 30 November.
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Trump openly floats idea of 2024 White House run
Nearly a month after the 3 November election, the 74-year-old still refuses to acknowledge that he lost and has not conceded to his Democratic rival Joe Biden, who is busy building his incoming administration.
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Biden nominates Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary
The 74-year-old previously broke barriers as the first female Fed chief and will be tasked with revitalising the coronavirus-stricken US economy if confirmed by the Senate.
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Biden names all-female senior communications team
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have sought to emphasize diversity in their appointments and nominations so far ahead of their January 20 swearing-in.
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Trump loses another election court challenge
A Republican lawsuit had sought to invalidate mail-in ballots in the battleground state of Pennsylvania that President-elect Joe Biden won by about 81,000 votes - or to throw out all votes and allow the state's legislature to decide the winner.
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Court tells Trump: 'Calling vote unfair doesn't make it so'
In a scathing review of the Trump campaign's arguments that the president was cheated in his re-election bid, three appeals court judges unanimously said that allegations of unfairness were not supported by evidence.
