President Donald Trump appeared accidentally to admit his election defeat in a tweet on Sunday morning — before reversing course to claim he won, and once again push unsubstantiated claims of mass fraud in the vote.
#StopTheSteal, Trump supporters’ viral offensive to discredit the election
All it took was a Facebook page and a hashtag: As election tallies trickled in Donald Trump supporters were busy going viral, accelerating the unsubstantiated claim that Democrats were “stealing” the election under the rallying cry #StopTheSteal.
Social media on high alert, Trump post flagged as US votes tallied
Twitter labeled a Donald Trump post as potentially misleading while social media platforms kept on high alert against election misinformation early Wednesday, with the outcome of the US presidential vote yet to be called.
Trump v Biden: the bookmakers’ $1 billion election
The US presidential election is proving a boon for bookmakers, with estimates that more than $1 billion has already been bet on the winner around the world even before polling day.
Trumps says will pass ‘best stimulus’ after election
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Republicans will approve a pandemic rescue package for the US economy after the November 3 election, seeming to concede defeat on efforts to reach a deal this week.
Media ‘decision desks’ face challenges for US presidential race
It has been a long tradition for US television networks to call projected winners on election night as results trickle in — but the unique circumstances of 2020 are likely to create numerous challenges to that practice.
Goodbye VP dreams! SC to decide on Bongbong’s poll protest before June 2022
The Supreme Court (SC), sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), will hopefully issue a decision on the election protest of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. before the term of Vice President Leni Robredo ends, Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta said.
Biden calls Trump silence on white supremacists ‘stunning’
Joe Biden on Friday described President Donald Trump’s reluctance to denounce white supremacists as “stunning” in a hard-hitting speech in battleground Michigan with 18 days to go until the election.
Pampalubag loob! Abante willing to let Cayetano become minority leader but…
House minority leader Benny Abante is willing to let ousted House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano have his post, though he believes the Taguig lawmaker may not be keen on the idea.
WATCH | Romero out! Velasco ally stripped of Deputy Speaker post
1-Pacman partylist Rep. Mikee Romero was replaced by Capiz Rep. Fredenil Castro who gave a privilege speech hours before the election.
In bastion of democracy, worries over US election integrity
“The only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged.”
US on brink as vigilantes, guns and hate stoke fears ahead of election
Shootings that left three dead at protests against police brutality have stoked fears of rising violence as a deeply divided US heads into elections amid economic collapse, a deadly pandemic and the worst social upheaval since the 1960s.
Trump seeks campaign momentum as he headlines Republican convention
President Donald Trump will try to recover momentum in his uphill re-election struggle at this week’s Republican Party convention, telling Americans that he has answers to the coronavirus pandemic, economic turmoil and racial unrest.
Drilon warns vs potential ‘no election’ plot in 2022
Senate Minority Floor Leader Franklin Drilon has raised concern over the looming No-Election (No-El) scenario in 2022 following the revival of the proposed Charter Change by several local chief executives across the country.
Twitter’s bitcoin hack signals political danger too
The hack at Twitter raises serious questions about in-house security at Donald Trump’s favourite social media platform but, experts say, also threatens malign consequences for the integrity of November’s US presidential election.
Biden leads Trump by 14 points in NYT poll
Joe Biden has a 14-point lead over US President Donald Trump ahead of the November election as some Republican-leaning voters reproach Trump for his response to the coronavirus crisis, a poll showed Wednesday.
Obama helps raise $11M for Biden in online fundraiser
Barack Obama helped raise $11 million for White House hopeful Joe Biden during a Tuesday virtual fundraiser where the former president said a “great awakening” among Americans could help defeat Donald Trump in November’s election.
Trump asked China’s Xi for re-election help, claims Bolton
Donald Trump pleaded with China’s leader Xi Jinping for help to win re-election in 2020, the US president’s former national security advisor John Bolton writes in an explosive new behind-the-scenes book, according to excerpts published Wednesday.
Trump says he will delay G7 summit to Sept, invite Russia, other countries
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he will delay the G7 summit scheduled to take place in June and invite other countries — including Russia — to join the meeting.
Trump tells Biden to ‘fight’ sex assault allegation
President Donald Trump, himself a subject of multiple sex assault allegations, came out Friday on the side of his Democratic challenger Joe Biden, telling him to “fight” an accusation that he assaulted a woman three decades ago.
Trump says will resume travelling next week
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’ll resume flying around the country from next week and looks forward to holding “wild” campaign rallies as soon as he can.
Two-thirds of Americans believe virus will disrupt election: survey
Two-thirds of Americans believe the coronavirus pandemic is “very or somewhat likely” to disrupt the ability to vote in the November presidential election, according to a survey published on Tuesday.
Top Democrat Pelosi blasts Trump for putting name on stimulus checks
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed Donald Trump as “shameful” Wednesday after it emerged that the president’s name will be printed on stimulus checks, potentially delaying payments to Americans struggling during the coronavirus crisis.
Biden to Sanders: ‘Together we will beat Donald Trump’
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden reached out to rival Bernie Sanders Tuesday to say they could work together to beat President Donald Trump in the November election.
