Politics this week

Nov 12th 2020

Donald Trump refused to concede defeat in America’s election, despite Joe Biden’s passing the required 270 electoral-college votes. The president is pursuing several legal challenges to states’ results. None is expected to succeed. Mr Biden’s transition team is considering suing to obtain federal funds and information usually granted to incoming administrations. See article.

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