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It’s all over but the shouting. Melania Trump will soon be the ex-first lady, departing Washington. What’s next for her?

Unconventional and unpredictable, first lady Melania Trump now faces the task of vacating the White House and deciding what the next phase of her life will look like. The last few days of election week have been as tumultuous as the last near-four years in Washington – but pretty typical for her: She was seen only once – at the White House with the president in the early hours of Wednesday morning – and has not been seen or heard in public since. Meanwhile, it was all over but the shouting. Nail-biting waits for vote counts continued, and Joe Biden was declared president-elect Saturday morning. The president blasted out multiple ALL-CAP tweets, one demanded the vote counting stop and another claimed he won "by a lot" just ahead of many media networks calling the race in favor of Biden. T...

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Videos questioning the election results are racking up hundreds of thousands of views.

In the hours and days after polls closed in the United States, misleading and outright false content about the presidential election was easy to find on YouTube. A slew of videos claimed to be proof of voter fraud, while the right-wing channel One America News Network (OANN) racked up hundreds of thousands of views on videos incorrectly declaring that Donald Trump had already won the election. YouTube was even running ads on some videos amplifying claims of voter fraud. While YouTube has added a lightly worded label on some videos noting that election results were not yet final, most of these misinformation videos were still readily accessible by Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, a slew of content stirring doubt in the electoral process was drawing a growing number of views. Those include vide...

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The USA is likely heading towards European of daily COVID cases and if there is not stronger targeted mitigati

The USA is likely heading towards European of daily COVID cases and if there is not stronger targeted mitigation this could get quite bad in the December-January timeframe according to Dr. Scott Gottlieb. The antibody drugs will not be able to solve this problem. The vaccines that are near emergency use approval will need two shots per person to provide immunity. The antibody based drugs are potentially near term game changers. However, we still need social distancing, masks, tracking, tracing, hygiene solutions and using air filtration. The number of detected cases could exceed 300,000 per day in the USA. France is currently at 60,000 cases per day but France has about one fifth of the US population. The number of actual cases is about 5 times higher. Testing is still not finding all ...

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It’s early in the season, but Manchester City and Liverpool’s Sunday clash could have a huge impact on the course of the Premier League title race. The past two seasons have seen the clubs emerge as the dominant forces in English football – Pep Guardiola’s side pipping the Reds to the post in 2018/19 but Jurgen Klopp’s side romped to the championship last term. Who will come out on top this time? Liverpool lead the way in the division going into this weekend’s fixtures, while Manchester City are tenth, albeit having played a game less than the vast majority of the teams. But despite their contrasting league positions, most would agree that Man City and Liverpool are the best two teams in the land, so all eyes will be on the Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The two sides last met in...

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Joe Biden has won the presidency. Follow here for the latest.

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar said that President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will work on building a big coalition to unite Democratic and GOP lawmakers.  I was buoyed by people like Mitt Romney and some of the Republicans who are coming out and making very clear they believe in our democracy. And I think that's going to be really important when the celebrating ends, that the hard work begins. And that's going to be my point when I do talk to Joe and Kamala in person They're going to have to build a big coalition and I am ready to help, she said.  Biden has not reached out to her about a possible position in his Cabinet, the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate said. Klobuchar said Biden has told her that will reach across the aisle to bring Democrats and Re...

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Live presidential election results and updated vote count as Joe Biden leads President Trump in key swing states of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada.

Biden predicts win, calls for unity, as presidential race still undecided WILMINGTON, Del. Joe Biden on Friday night once again predicted victory in the 2020 race, calling for unity after the final results come in and claiming that the vote that had so far been counted proved that the nation had given him a mandate for action on issues like combatting the pandemic. We dont have a final declaration, a victory yet. But the numbers tell us a clear and convincing story, Biden said in a brief speech from his campaign headquarters. Were going to win this race. According to NBC News, Biden has received 253 Electoral College votes, compared to 214 for President Donald Trump. The battleground states of Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and North Carolina remain too close to call, according...

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The 2020 presidential election highlighted divides in the United States that have only grown deeper since 2016, with votes split along race, gender, age, education and economic lines.

Biden and Trump campaign signs sit near voters lining up to cast their ballots at the Alafaya Branch Library in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 30, 2020. RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP/Getty Images The presidential election of 2020, shaped by a deadly pandemic and an evolving conflict over race and policing, reproduced the divisions of 2016 but with subtle shifts in the electoral map that put the Democrats in a favourable position. Young people opted strongly for Joe Biden, as did minority groups, although Donald Trump made inroads among Black and Latino people. Male voters, who gave Mr. Trump his victory in 2016, turned slightly more often to the Democrats this time, as did voters in the suburbs. Women also voted slightly more often for Mr. Biden than they did for Hillary Clinton in 2016, and college-edu...

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The world is eagerly awaiting Nevada’s result.

The world eagerly awaits Nevadas results (Picture: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) The 2020 US election looks to be one of the closest in history, with no clear win for either Donald Trump or Joe Biden even days after election day as six states are yet to announce their results. All eyes are on Nevada, as the state holds the minimum number of electoral votes to see Democrat Joe Biden win the presidency. The majority of votes in Nevada have been counted, and Joe Biden is only leading by a very small margin so the state could swing either way. But why is Nevada taking so long to count its votes, and how many electoral college votes does it have? Why is Nevada taking so long to count its votes? Nevada is taking so long to count its votes because of the surge in the numb...

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The Los Angeles Lakers are NBA royalty. Maybe that was always destined to happen when they picked up LeBron James, crowned basketball’s king long before his hike to Hollywood, or when they doubled their superstar count with Anthony Davis…

AJ MAST/Associated Press Boston Celtics receive: Victor Oladipo, Myles Turner and T.J. Leaf Indiana Pacers receive: Gordon Hayward, Marcus Smart, Daniel Theis and No. 14 pick (via Memphis Grizzlies) The Celtics just made a conference finals run, so maybe they aren't super eager to rock the boat. Then again, this was Boston's third appearance there in four years, and none have ended with a Finals trip. This might be the perfect time to shake things up, especially with Hayward reportedly wanting out of Boston, per The Ringer's Ryen Russillo (h/t Mollie Walker of the New York Post). The Shamrocks might have to bite if this offer comes across the table. A healthy Oladipo is a more dynamic player than anyone the Celtics would be parting with in this deal. When he's right, he has no major w...

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