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  “The Secretary and the High Representative also agreed to continue strong US-EU cooperation on issues related to China,” the statement said. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell discussed ways to further US-EU bilateral ties and agreed to continue ‘strong cooperation’ on issues related to China. “Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell today to discuss ways to repair, revitalize, and raise the level of ambition in the US-EU relationship,” the State Department said in a statement. “The Secretary and the High Representative also agreed to continue strong US-EU cooperation on issues related to China,” the statement said. Blinken thanked Borrel for the European Union’s leadership in various areas in recent years and emphasized the United States’ desire to work with the bloc a...

  The Republican former Indiana governor and his wife Karen are expected to attend Biden”s inauguration and will then fly into the Columbus Municipal Airport Vice President Mike Pence will be returning to his southern Indiana hometown Wednesday afternoon following the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. The Republican former Indiana governor and his wife Karen are expected to attend  joe Biden ‘s inauguration and will then fly into the Columbus Municipal Airport, where they will be greeted by some supporters, the Indiana Republican Party said Tuesday. That group of about 50 people is expected to include Pence’s brother, U.S. Rep. Greg Pence, and some state lawmakers, said Barbara Hackman, the Bartholomew County Republican chairwoman. Pence grew up in Columbus and some family members still live there. But Pence hasn’t owned an Indiana home for at least the past eight years, during which time he lived in the Indiana governor’s residence in Indianapolis and then at the vic...

  Dozens of people on a terrorist watch list were found to have been in Washington on Jan. 6 for pro-Trump events that ultimately devolved into the assault on the Capitol International News:  Thousands of armed National Guard troops were on their way to Washington to bolster security for next week’s inaugural celebration as federal investigators turned their attention to the difficult question of how many military and police personnel took part in the violent attack on the Capitol, a law enforcement official said on Thursday. Adding to the tensions, dozens of people on a terrorist watch list were found to have been in Washington on Jan. 6 for pro-Trump events that ultimately devolved into the assault on the Capitol, according to two government officials briefed on the Justice Department investigation into the riot. Most were suspected white supremacists, according to The Washington Post, which earlier reported on their status on the list. It was not clear how many people on th...

  This was the first interaction between the two leaders after Democrat Biden defeated incumbent president Donald Trump in the US presidential election Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday, with the two leaders discussing the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific Region, while reiterating their firm commitment to the strategic bilateral partnership. This was the first interaction between the two leaders after Democrat  Joe Biden  defeated incumbent president Donald Trump in the US presidential election. “Spoke to US President-elect Joe Biden on phone to congratulate him. We reiterated our firm commitment to the Indo-US strategic partnership and discussed our shared priorities and concerns — Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific Region,” Modi said in a tweet. The prime minister also conveyed his congratulations to US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. “Her success is ...

  As President Trump and his administration insist he didn’t lose, the rest of the world has increasingly moved to accept Joe Biden’s victory President Trump, facing the prospect of leaving the White House in defeat in just 70 days, is harnessing the power of the federal government to resist the results of an election that he lost, something that no sitting president has done in American history. In the latest sign of defiance, the president’s senior cabinet secretary fueled concerns on Tuesday that Mr. Trump would resist handing over power to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. after legal challenges to the vote. “There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. Mr. Trump’s attorney general has at the same time authorised investigations into supposed vote fraud, his general services administrator has refused to give  Joe Biden ’s team access to transition offices and resources guaranteed under law and the White House is...

  With three new calls – Michigan and Wisconsin for Joseph R. Biden Jr., and Maine’s Second Congressional District for President Trump – Mr. Biden has 253 confirmed electoral votes US Elections 2020:  As of 4:50 p.m. Wednesday, six states that will decide the next president remained uncalled, as did a handful of Senate races that will determine who controls the chamber. Here’s where things stand, when you can expect final results, and how to follow along today as this extraordinary election unfolds. What are we waiting for? In the presidential race, as of 4:50 p.m. Eastern time, we did not yet know who won Alaska (3 electoral votes), Arizona (11), Georgia (16), Nevada (6), North Carolina (15) or Pennsylvania (20). With three new calls — Michigan and Wisconsin for Joseph R. Biden Jr., and Maine’s Second Congressional District for President Trump — Mr. Biden has 253 confirmed electoral votes and would need 17 more to win. President Trump has 214 confirmed electoral votes and wou...

  The second and final presidential debate shaped the way for November 3 election in the US President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden faced off for the last time before the Nov. 3 election. Bloomberg News is checking the facts behind their claims in Thursday’s debate: Trump claims Biden supports the Green New Deal Biden has never offered a full-throated endorsement of the far-reaching progressive climate plan known as the Green New Deal, but he has released a climate plan that aligns with many of its environmental goals. The $2 trillion clean energy plan offered by Biden in July calls for achieving a carbon-free power sector by 2035, as well as spending to build renewable energy infrastructure, get cleaner cars on the road and create zero-emission mass transit systems. Other investments would boost sustainable home building, clean energy innovation and conservation. By contrast, the sweeping Green New Deal, proposed by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democr...

  Trump’s campaign committee raised $83.1 million in September while spending $139.3 million, the filings showed President Donald Trump’s campaign burned through almost half of its cash in September, as his re-election effort cut back on advertising in some key battleground states and he lags in the polls behind his much better-funded Democratic adversary, Joe Biden. The latest filing with the Federal Election Commission showed that Trump entered the final 34 days of the presidential election with $63.1 million in the bank, down from $121.1 million at the end of August, when his campaign began to scale back some television spending and even abandoned advertising in the key states of Pennsylvania and Michigan for a period. Trump’s campaign committee raised $83.1 million in September while spending $139.3 million, the filings showed. The campaign announced Thursday that his broader re-election effort, which includes the Republican National Committee and two joint fundraising committe...

  With the US Presidential election just 15 days away, First Lady Melania Trump will be joining President Donald Trump at his Erie, Pennsylvania, rally on Tuesday evening, CNN reported With the US Presidential election just 15 days away, First Lady Melania Trump will be joining President Donald Trump at his Erie, Pennsylvania, rally on Tuesday evening, CNN reported. A White House official has been reported that this will be Melania’s first in- person appearance at a campaign event outside of the Republican National Convention speech at the White House that was held in August. Citing a source familiar with Trump’s schedule, CNN said that the First Lady is not expected to give solo remarks at Tuesday’s Pennsylvania event nor does she have any upcoming appearances or travel related to the campaign on her calendar for the foreseeable future. This comes weeks after  Melania Trump  and Donald Trump were tested positive for coronavirus…   aaliyag