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Economic Times | 21 Nov, 2020 | 08.36AM IST

US Elections 2020 Latest Live News: Walls close in on defiant Trump

A defiant Donald Trump again falsely insisted he "won" reelection in his first public appearance for a week Friday, as the US president appeared increasingly isolated over his long-shot bid to stay in power.

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08:35 AM

Trump summoned a delegation of the battleground state's Republican leadership, including the Senate majority leader and House speaker, in an apparent extension of his efforts to persuade judges and election officials

07:26 AM

Michigan's elections agency on Friday recommended that the Nov. 3 results be certified next week by state canvassers, a decision that would bless Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump but likely not cool partisan strife over the vote.

06:37 AM

President-elect Joe Biden is pushing Congress to approve billions of dollars in emergency COVID-19 assistance before he takes office, saying in a meeting Friday with the top Democrats in the House and Senate that such a package should be approved during the lame-duck session.

06:37 AM

Georgia's governor and top elections official on Friday certified results showing Joe Biden won the presidential race over Republican President Donald Trump, bringing the state one step closer to wrapping up an election fraught with unfounded accusations of fraud

06:36 AM

On Friday the president's son Donald Trump Jr announced that he tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week, but was not experiencing symptoms.

06:36 AM

In the latest in a series of presidential interventions not seen in modern US politics, he had earlier insisted on Twitter that if Georgia let him "expose hundreds of thousands of illegal ballots," it would give him "a BIG VICTORY" in the state.

06:35 AM

Claiming against all odds that a path to victory remains viable, and facing pushback from fellow Republicans alarmed by his effort to overturn results, Trump invited Michigan lawmakers to the White House Friday as part of a bid to subvert the will of voters in key states.

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