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Trump pledges ‘orderly transition’ after Congress affirms Biden win

Shawdesh desk: Outgoing US President Donald Trump on Thursday offered the clearest signal yet that he will voluntarily leave office on January 20, saying there will be an “orderly transition”

Biden blasts Trump supporters’ ‘siege’ of Capitol

Shawdesh Desk: US President-elect Joe Biden has blasted the “insurrection” of pro-Trump supporters who stormed the US Congress in a riot that saw a woman shot dead. The Democrat demanded

Top UN officials saddened by violent scenes at US Capitol building

Shawdesh desk: Top UN officials, including the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly have expressed sadness over the violence that erupted on Wednesday (Jan 6) when supporters of

US Congress formally certifies Joe Biden’s election win

Shawdesh desk: Congress has formally validated Joe Biden’s presidential election victory on a day that saw a time-honoured ceremony become a nightmare of unprecedented political terror. The House and Senate

Four dead after Trump supporters ransack Congress

Shawdesh dEsk: The US Capitol is once again secured but four people are dead — including one woman who was shot — after supporters of President Donald Trump breached one

Melania Trump’s chief of staff, White House deputy press secretary resign after US Capitol violence

Shawdesh Desk: Stephanie Grisham, first lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff, and White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews have resigned following violence at the US Capitol by supporters of

Democrat wins first of 2 runoffs in battle for US Senate: networks

Shawdesh desk: Democrat Raphael Warnock ousted an incumbent Republican Wednesday in the first of two critical runoff elections in Georgia that will decide control of the US Senate at the

Georgia Senate races on a knife-edge in vote count

Shawdesh Desk: Elections in the US state of Georgia that will decide control of the Senate are too close to call amid a nail-biting ballot count. Republicans Kelly Loeffler and