US Presidential Election & covid-19 updates: Trump, Biden, transition, results, cases, latest news
News summary:
Electoral college votes (270 needed to win)
Joe Biden: 306
Donald Trump: 232
US covid-19 cases: 12.73 million
US covid-19 deaths: 261,636 (Source: JHU)
– Trump issues presidential pardon to Michael Flynn, who admitted to lying to the FBI over Russia links
– Biden gives Thanksgiving address, calls on America to write a “newer, bolder, more compassionate chapter”
– US reports highest daily death toll since May: 2,146 fatalities were recorded on Tuesday in the US
– John Barsa, acting administrator of the USAID, has informed senior staff that he has tested positive for the coronavirus
– Trump: GSA to “do what needs to be done” to facilitate presidential transition while Emily Murphy, administrator of GSA, will make transition funds available to Biden’s team
– Trump insists his legal team “will keep up the good fight” in the courts
– President-elect Biden announces a number of cabinet picks, revealing his national security and foreign policy team
– Michigan, Pennsylvania and Nevada lawmakers certify the states’ Electoral College votes for Joe Biden
– General Motors has dropped its support for Trump administration’s fuel economy lawsuit
– President’s legal team publicly distances itself from “Trump Campaign Lawyer” Sidney Powell
– Former House Democrat calls for stimulus checks to be reserved for those willing to be vaccinated against covid-19, to help the US reach herd immunity
– FDA could approve Pfizer coronavirus vaccine “within weeks”, Americans could start to receive it by mid-December
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