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US election 2020
On 3 Nov, America chooses its president for the next 4 years
Biden signs executive orders reversing Trump decisions on COVID, climate change
- Fresh off his inauguration Wednesday, President Biden began his term with executive orders on measures ranging from curbing the coronavirus pandemic to addressing racial inequality, many of which roll back measures enacted by former President Donald Trump’s administration.
- Associated Press
Reversing Trump, Biden acts to deploy US troops to Somalia
President Joe Biden signed an order Monday to redeploy hundreds of U.S. troops to Somalia to counter the Islamic extremist rebel group al-Shabab, an effort that American military leaders said had been hampered by President Donald Trump's late-term decision to withdraw forces from the country. U.S. troops will be repositioned from elsewhere in Africa to train and provide other support to Somali forces in their fight against al-Shabab, which is considered the largest and wealthiest affiliate of t
- The Independent
Elon Musk says Biden beat Trump as the country ‘just wanted less drama’
Tesla boss says current president mistakenly thinks he ‘was elected to transform the country’
- The Independent
Trump news - live: Biden mocks former president as ‘the great MAGA king’
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- The Independent
Biden calls Trump 'MAGA king,' vows to push GOP contrasts
President Joe Biden is calling his predecessor, Donald Trump, “the great MAGA king” and continuing sharp criticism against Republicans ahead of midterm elections that could be bruising for Democrats
- The Independent
Biden roasts Trump ‘plague’ at first White House Correspondents Dinner since 2019
‘We had a horrible plague followed by two years of Covid’
- The Independent
Biden plans ‘aggressive application of immigration law’ to blunt migrant surge without Trump-era Covid order
Republicans argue that lifting public health orders which barred most migrants from entering the US is akin to opening the border
- The Independent
Nearly 60 per cent of US voters would back independent candidate over Biden or Trump, poll finds
Mr Trump holds a slight edge over Mr Biden in a hypothetical 2024 rematch
- The Independent
Trump tells Piers Morgan that Hunter Biden laptop story should have given him an extra 17 points in election
Laptop had no direct proof of misdeeds
- The Independent
Biden admin won’t enforce mask mandate on planes and trains after Trump-appointed judge’s ruling
US District Judge Kathryn Mizelle is one of the only federal judges to have been confirmed after the president who nominated her lost re-election
- Reuters
Biden lets U.S. Capitol riot panel have more Trump White House records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden has authorized the release of a new tranche of records from Donald Trump's presidency to the congressional committee probing last year's attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a government letter released on Wednesday. In the letter, U.S. National Archivist David Ferriero said Biden had declined to use a presidential power known as executive privilege to keep the Trump records confidential. The letter is consistent with Biden's earlier statement
