President Trump’s recent purge has fueled speculation in Washington: What is Trump up to in the waning days of his presidency?
Category: November 2020
Hurricane Iota has caused destruction and flooding across Central America, leaving thousands of people homeless. The hurricane arrived only two weeks after another devastating storm, Eta, hit the same region. Iota is the strongest Atlantic hurricane of the year and only the second November hurricane to reach category five – the last was in 1932.
US President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia has been confirmed by a recount, as legal efforts by Donald Trump’s allies to challenge his defeat were dismissed in three states.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday, while urging Canadians to reduce their contacts as COVID-19 cases spike across the country, said Christmas depends on what we do right now, but “a normal Christmas is quite frankly right out of the question.”
Members of the Michigan state legislature’s Republican leadership who met with President Donald Trump at the White House Friday afternoon said they “have not yet been made aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election in Michigan.” The Michigan lawmakers — who visited the White House at the invitation of the President — didn’t say anything to suggest they were going along with Trump’s long-shot effort to overturn the results of the election he lost to President-elect Joe Biden. “As legislative leaders, we will follow the law and follow the normal process regarding Michigan’s electors, just as we have said throughout this election,” Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield said in a joint statement after the meeting. A person familiar with Friday’s meeting said the session was cordial as the group explained to the President the process for certifying the election and assigning electors in their state. “Michigan’s certification process should be a deliberate process free from threats and intimidation,” the lawmakers said in their statement. “Allegations of fraudulent behavior should be taken seriously, thoroughly investigated, and if proven, prosecuted to the full extent of the law. And the candidates who win the most votes win elections and Michigan’s electoral votes. These are simple truths that should provide confidence in our elections.” Trump did not apply any overt pressure on the lawmakers to try and shift electors from Biden to himself, or to prevent the vote from being certified, the person familiar with the meeting said, but the President did appear interested in the explanation the lawmakers offered.
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The Trudeau government is proposing a new law that promises Canada will be more aggressive in curbing greenhouse gas emissions and reach net-zero by 2050.
President-elect Joe Biden said he would not shut down the economy as the US continues to struggle under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic.