Electoral College

Senator Ted Cruz is supporting a group of Republicans who have joined President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to overturn the US election result (Brynn Anderson/AP)

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More Republicans join Trump’s effort to overturn Biden’s election win

January 2, 2021

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Rod Lamkey/Pool/AP)

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Republican leader seeks to unite party and avoid fight over US election results

December 16, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden speaks after the Electoral College formally elected him as president (Patrick Semansky/AP)

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Joe Biden congratulated as president-elect by Republican leader

December 15, 2020

Russian president Vladimir Putin (Matt Cardy/PA)

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Russian president Vladimir Putin congratulates Joe Biden on winning US election

December 15, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at a news conference following a weekly Senate Republican caucus meeting. A growing number of observers is calling on the GOP to do more to bring on an acceptance of Joe Biden’s election victory (Sarah Silbiger/Pool/AP)

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Republican Party may wait for January to say Biden won

December 9, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden passed the 270 threshold (Andrew Harnik/AP)

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California certifies election results to clear Joe Biden’s path to White House

December 5, 2020

Supporters of President Donald Trump wait for election results Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Stanton, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

UK

Could there be a tie for the Presidency?

November 4, 2020

Scottish politics

US Election 2020: Everything you need to know ahead of our live coverage

November 3, 2020

Donald Trump’s most likely route to re-election hinges on winning two crucial battleground states – Florida and Pennsylvania (Alex Brandon/AP)

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Trump needs big swing in battleground states to win US election, say experts

October 22, 2020