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Biden pledges 'new chapter' but Trump impeachment trial looms
Joe Biden promised 'a new chapter' for the nation on the day after Trump became the first US president to ever be impeached twice, as the incoming Democrat...
The Senate will not hold a trial before 20 January, when Democrat Joe Biden assumes the presidency, meaning the real estate tycoon will escape the ignominy of being forced to leave early.
With Trump under fire, Pence has shown his loyalty.
Top Congressional doctor Brian Monahan warned lawmakers over the weekend that they could have been exposed to the virus after taking shelter in an isolation room last Wednesday.
Biden, 78, announced on Wednesday that he would travel to the Georgia capital Atlanta to campaign for Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.
Trump also slammed Republican leaders for failing to support his baseless claims that he won the 3 November election against Democrat Joe Biden.
Donald Trump, after caving to pressure and signing a $900 billion coronavirus relief and stimulus package, faces another potential embarrassment this week in the waning days of his presidency with Congress poised to override his veto of a defence bill.
In his address, Trump said he would refuse to accept the bill as it is and demanded changes, notably a big increase in the proposed $600 direct payments to less well-off Americans.
The deal will spare millions of jobless workers who were days away from seeing their unemployment benefits expire, and provide a new round of cash payouts.
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.
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.
With Trump refusing to acknowledge the election outcome, Biden and his top aides have been denied briefings on sensitive domestic and foreign policy issues - most urgently the coronavirus pandemic battering the country.
Kelly Loeffler had campaigned with Vice President Mike Pence on Friday as well as David Perdue, another Republican Georgia senator up for re-election in the 5 January runoff vote.
Insisting against all odds that a path to victory remains viable, US President Donald Trump was meeting Friday with Michigan lawmakers in a bid to pressure districts in key states to overturn the voters' will.
Trump has refused to accept his loss on 3 November, despite his opponent getting over six million more votes.
Their messages came hours after President Donald Trump once again cried foul, retweeting a baseless claim that an election equipment maker "deleted" 2.7 million votes for him nationwide.
Though US media projected Biden as the winner in key states like Pennsylvania, final votes were still being tallied.
'There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration,' US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday.
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