Donald Trump made a series of unsubstantiated claims about US presidential election results from Georgia during an hour-long call with its secretary of state and other officials, rejecting the legitimacy of the vote a little more than two weeks before he is due to leave the White House.
Trump in winter: eight days of golf, tweets and rage
President Donald Trump wound up his vacation at his Florida resort on Thursday, isolated, angry and with his power slipping away.
Trump pasimuno! Twitter says flagged 300,000 ‘misleading’ election tweets
Twitter labeled 300,000 tweets related to the US presidential election as “potentially misleading” in the two weeks surrounding the vote, making up 0.2 percent of election-related posts, the company said Thursday.
World’s media welcome Trump defeat, warn of Biden challenges
Media outlets worldwide hailed Joe Biden’s defeat of Donald Trump in the US presidential election, but attention quickly turned to the consequences for US policy.
Asa pa more: Mexican president says too soon to congratulate Biden
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Saturday that it was too soon to congratulate Joe Biden and he would wait for “all legal issues” in the US presidential election to be resolved.
‘Historic’: Congratulations, reactions across US after Biden win
Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election, bringing an end to Donald Trump’s turbulent four years in office, set off a flood of congratulations and reactions.
Fact Check: Trump claims election rigged
As the tortuous US presidential election appeared headed to a conclusion, Donald Trump addressed the nation Thursday and claimed without evidence that he was being robbed of a second term.
US vote: how the virus upturned the campaign
Covid-19 has not only wreaked havoc on the US presidential election schedule — it has dominated the campaign.
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.
Kamala Harris brings energy to Biden’s restrained campaign
As she speaks to cheering crowds, drops in to neighborhood coffee shops or pays “surprise” visits to college students, 56-year-old Kamala Harris has brought a jolt of youthful energy to the low-key presidential campaign of her 77-year-old running mate, Democrat Joe Biden.
Obama to hold ‘drive-in’ rally for Biden in Philadelphia
Former US president Barack Obama’s first appearance on the campaign trail for Democratic nominee Joe Biden will be a “drive-in car rally” in Philadelphia on Wednesday, the Biden campaign said.
Q&A: Biden leads Trump, but can polls be trusted this year?
Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election four years ago brought into question as never before the reliability of opinion polls. Can they be believed this time around?
Greta Thunberg urges US voters to pick Biden
Swedish environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg on Saturday asked US voters to choose Joe Biden, saying the outcome of the US presidential election was crucial for fighting climate change.
Inconceivable! Princess Bride and Converse star on US campaign trail
With less than two months until US presidential election, virtually no element of American life is escaping the campaigns’ gravitational pull, which this week dragged everything from “The Princess Bride” to Converse sneakers into the mix.
Odds on favorite: Trump may be down in the polls, but he’s tops for bettors
For the time being, all the polls seem to be going Joe Biden’s way ahead of the November 3 presidential election. But gamblers see a different reality and are putting their money on Donald Trump.
Microsoft unveils ‘deepfake’ detector ahead of US vote
Microsoft has unveiled software that can help spot “deepfake” photos or videos, adding to the list of programs designed to fight the hard-to-detect images ahead of the US presidential election.
China wants ‘unpredictable’ Trump to lose election: US intelligence
China has boosted its efforts to influence the US presidential election in November and wants President Donald Trump to lose because it sees him as “unpredictable,” a top US intelligence official said Friday.
Why the novel coronavirus became a social media nightmare
The biggest reputational risk Facebook and other social media companies had expected in 2020 was fake news surrounding the US presidential election. Be it foreign or domestic in origin, the misinformation threat seemed familiar, perhaps even manageable.
Kremlin denies ‘paranoid’ claims of meddling in 2020 US vote
The Kremlin on Friday dismissed claims that Russia is interfering in the 2020 US presidential election as a paranoid falsehood.
Smartphone voting stirs interest — and security fears
West Virginia’s disabled residents and overseas military personnel will be able to vote by smartphone in the US presidential election this year, the latest development in a push to make balloting more accessible despite persistent security fears.
Washing Trump’s hair and Bloomberg’s meatballs: offbeat moments in US election campaign
Donald Trump’s fixation on water pressure, the bizarre tweets of Michael Bloomberg, a candidate who does push-ups at campaign gatherings, and another who can recite state capitals at lightning speed: AFP is starting its weekly list of the offbeat highlights from the run-up to the US presidential election.
Twitter adds way to report voter-tricking tweets
Twitter on Wednesday began making it easier to report tweets aimed at interfering with people voting, starting first in Europe and India.
Facebook ‘digital gangsters’ who spread fake news: British MPs
A scathing British parliamentary report on Monday branded Facebook “digital gangsters” who failed to fight the spread of fake news and violated data privacy.
I gave up ‘nothing’ in Russia summit: Trump
US President Donald Trump said Monday he had given up “nothing” during his summit with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, following a week of withering, bipartisan criticism over his handling of the meeting.
