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Chanting “This isn’t over!” and “Stop the steal,” supporters of President Donald Trump protested at state capitols across the country Saturday, refusing to accept defeat and echoing Trump’s unsubstantiated allegations that the Democrats won by fraud. …
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The American public has had its say and for the first time in a generation denied a sitting president a second term.President’s Trump’s tenure lasted just four years, but in that time he dragged policy on an array of key issues in a dramatic new direct…
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Days before he left the White House in 2017, President Barack Obama surprised Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, declaring his septuagenarian, white-haired lieutenant “the best vice president America’s ever had,” a “lion of American hist…
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Kamala Harris made history Saturday as the first Black woman elected as vice president of the United States, shattering barriers that have kept men — almost all of them white — entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two cen…
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Four years ago, President Donald Trump breached the Democrats’ “blue wall,” narrowly winning Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — a trio of Great Lakes states that had long served as a bulwark against Republican presidential candidates. On Saturday,…
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The Electoral Commission is appealing for a new chairman who will “build public trust” in the body following sustained criticism of the watchdog’s leadership and questions over its impartiality. In a nod to the reputational damage suffered by the commission in recent years, a job advertisement for the next head of its board states that a focus of the next chairman will be “building and maintaining trust”. The move comes after The Telegraph revealed that Sir John Holmes, the current chairman was told by MPs that he could not continue in the role after seeking to extend his four-year term beyond December. Brexiteers have repeatedly accused the commission of bias against pro-Leave campaigners, although the body has insisted it carries out its work independently and “to the highest standards”. Sir John, who has chaired the body since 2017, faced criticism when The Telegraph revealed in 2018 that, months after being nominated as chairman, he said in a speech that he “regret[ted] the result” of the 2016 Brexit referendum and complained about “the panoply of Eurosceptic nonsense about the EU” heard during the campaign. The commission recently decided to “pause” controversial plans to acquire powers to prosecute scores of criminal offences itself, rather than referring suspected breaches to the police and Crown Prosecution Service, following opposition from the Conservatives. Senior Tories are now touting Timothy Straker, a QC who accused the watchdog of “gross” legal errors in a case relating to the 2016 campaign, as a replacement for Sir John. The formal job advertisement says Sir John’s successor will “play a critical role in leading the regulator through the challenges and opportunities ahead, while building and maintaining trust”. The phrase was echoed by Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Commons Speaker, who chairs the committee that will oversee the appointments process. In a foreword to the formal “information pack” provided to candidates, Sir Lindsay says: “The importance of rigorous and independent oversight of our elections and referendums is greater than ever. The Electoral Commission has a vital part to play in maintaining public confidence in our democratic processes. “The role of chair will be critical in leading the organisation through the challenges and opportunities ahead, while building and maintaining trust.” The new chairman will earn £71,805, plus “reasonable expenses”, for the equivalent of two days work per week. A shortlist will be drawn up by a selection panel chaired by Philippa Helme, a former senior parliamentary official, with a committee of MPs chaired by Sir Lindsay signing off the final appointment. Under electoral law, the chairman of the commission cannot be a member of a political party or anyone who has recently served as an MP. Senior figures in Downing Street and the Cabinet Office are understood to have held discussions about the possibility of Mr Straker taking over from Sir John. The candidate information pack says the job will involve “taking responsibility for our role as champion of the voter, recognising and balancing the tensions that inevitably arise from our main functions, and behaving with integrity to build public trust and confidence in the way elections and the political finance system work in Northern Ireland and across the rest of the UK”. The successful candidate will demonstrate “an absolute commitment to openness, ethical behaviour, and clarity, in order to build understanding about what we do, and trust and confidence in how we do it”.
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The waterfront is just steps from the outdoor stage that Democrat Joe Biden erected on Election Day to celebrate victory. Biden’s campaign had not yet scheduled a victory celebration, but he was expected to take the stage for a drive-in rally after da…
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European car and food manufacturers have warned Michel Barnier that his proposals for policing trade between the EU and the UK could damage companies on both sides of the Channel. Major trade bodies are urging the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator to soften demands that would see tariffs placed on many vehicles and food items because the proportion of parts or ingredients obtained from abroad exceeds certain thresholds. The move came as a Government source warned that ongoing intensive talks had failed to yield “as much as we’d hoped” so far, warning that the EU “can’t expect us to agree to a treaty under which we can’t move away from EU norms in important areas”. On Saturday, Boris Johnson held a telephone conversation with Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, to “take stock” of the talks on a post-Brexit trade deal. Mr Barnier is travelling to London on Sunday to resume talks with Lord Frost, his British counterpart, on Monday after Mr Johnson and Mrs von der Leyen agreed to “redouble efforts”.
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At age 86, agriculture teacher Gerald Bonds, of Farmington, New Mexico, has seen plenty of crises during his career. Bonds is in his 58th year of teaching at Farmington High School and, like most teachers in his state, has been instructing his student…
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"The light at the end of the tunnel is still quite a long way off," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Biden plans to push through aid stimulus amid the pandemic, undo Trump’s corporate tax cuts, and crack down on big techWhen Joe Biden enters the White House on 20 January, he will face arguably the biggest set of challenges a president has had to tackl…
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