President says in areas where he had been leading, tallies were being "whittled down".

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10:12 AM
Two Senate allies of Donald Trump have reportedly warned that Republicans may reject the legitimacy of vote results if they turn against the embattled president
10:09 AM
Georgia would conduct an audit of the election result beofre certifying the winner of the presidential election. The audit will check for any errors in the counting machine.
10:06 AM
Mondaire Jones won the race for New York’s 17th District congressional seat, making him the first openly gay, Black man elected to Congress
09:40 AM
Nevada update: Clark County Registrar of Voters says 63K ballots processed. Counting a bit slow because "mail ballots on this scale is new to the state of Nevada."
09:38 AM
Georgia could be on track to vote for its first Democratic presidential candidate since 1992
Georgia could be on track to vote for its first Democratic presidential candidate since 1992
09:28 AM
Meanwhile, Donald Trump is losing it
According to the Post, Trump’s senior advisers had to intervene after he got angry, advising the president that he needed to be more precise about just which vote counts he wanted stopped. Stopping all counting would mean a Biden victory.
09:26 AM
Current margins and trends as outstanding ballots are being counted. Looks like Biden is cruising towards the White House
Georgia Trump + 1,775 (trending D)
Nevada Biden +11,438 (trending D)
Pennsylvania Trump +26,319 (trending D)
Arizona Biden +46,667 (trending R)
09:16 AM
It keeps going down: New vote count in Pennsylvania drops Trump's lead in the state to 26,319 votes
09:08 AM
Biden clearly has the edge

08:59 AM
Just in: Trump’s lead in Georgia erodes further to just 1,797 votes. Remaining 4,000 votes are expected from Clayton County, a Democratic stronghold. There will still be thousands of military & provisional ballets to be counted.
08:55 AM
There will be at least 131 women in the next Congress-including the four Congresswomen known as 'The Squad. The squad includes Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley
08:47 AM
Pennsylvania lead is looking a lot Blue now. Biden's been gaining by roughly 10,000 votes an hour all day. That should trouble Trump
08:40 AM
The status so far shows Team Biden is cruising. Georgia, Nevada and Arizona is slowly tilting towards the Blue.
Georgia: Trump now up 1,797
Nevada: Biden ahead 11,438
Pa: Trump up 42,142 votes
Arizona: Biden up 46,257
08:34 AM
Donald Trump’s lead in Georgia has shrunk to 1,902 votes, with 99% of votes counted. This one could be the final nail Team Biden needs
08:24 AM
We may get an announcement from Georgia in few hours from now. Trump’s lead in Georgia is under 2,000 votes, says NBC News. About 1,000 ballots were counted from Rockdale County, outside of Atlanta.
08:22 AM
Play by the rules! Germany which had been pretty quiet this week on the US polls, broke its silence, with its foreign minister calling on Trump to play by the rules and accept the results of the election when they come.
08:19 AM
New results from Clayton County show Biden is cutting into Trump's narrow lead in Georgia. The county still has 5,726 uncounted ballots, which may be released in a few hours
08:14 AM
Trump's chances thin, president's lead in Pennsylvania falls to below 43,000 votes
08:13 AM
Georgia going the Biden way?
Trump’s edge in the US state of Georgia has shrunk further to 2,497 votes.
07:52 AM
Is Trump comfortably placed in Arizona ?
Biden has 50.1% of the vote in the state compared to Trump's 48.5%.
The former vice president leads Trump in the state by approximately 46,257 votes.
Joe Biden's lead against President Trump is narrowing in Arizona.
07:33 AM
Are the numbers conclusive enough to declare Georgia ?
There are more than 18,000 outstanding ballots in Georgia.
Almost all of the outstanding ballots in Georgia —18,636 — are absentee ballots, said Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
07:15 AM
Republicans break with Trump over baseless vote-fraud claims
Some Republicans are breaking with Trump's attempts to falsely declare victory in the election.
The President did not back up his claims with any details or evidence, and state and federal officials have not reported any instances of widespread voter fraud.
07:06 AM
Pennsylvania has less than 10 per cent of absentee ballots left to count
There are 250,666 ballots left out of the 2,618,565 ballots cast. Philadelphia has just 72,470 left to count, 20% of total absentee ballots cast in the city.
Pennsylvania, the state that could take Joe Biden over the 270-vote threshold needed to win the presidency, could complete most of its outstanding counts.
06:50 AM
Joe Biden says 'no one' will take U.S. democracy away
In a tweet, Biden says, "America has come too far, fought too many battles, and endured too much to let that happen."
His comment came after President Donald Trump's unfounded claims that Democrats were trying to "steal" the presidential election from him.
06:30 AM
Will we witness more legal fights ?
Judges in Georgia and Michigan quickly dismissed Trump campaign lawsuits, undercutting a campaign legal strategy to attack the integrity of the voting process.
06:27 AM
Judge nixes Trump bid to stop Philadelphia vote count
A federal judge has denied a bid by Trump's campaign to stop the vote count in Philadelphia over observer access, urging the two sides to instead forge an agreement.
06:12 AM
A look at where vote counting stands in two key states
Pennsylvania: The former vice president is only behind Trump by a little more than 78,000 votes in the Keystone State after having trailed at one point by more than half a million ballots in the hours after polls closed.
Georgia: The state is one Trump cannot afford to lose with its 16 electoral votes, Biden's mail-in ballot advantage has pulled him to less than 4,000 votes of the President.
05:36 AM
A possible hint towards judicial intervention to decide the next American President
The entire electoral process and outcomes will undergo legal scrutiny, hinted Donald Trump
American Democracy cannot be held to ransom. We need to act and save our libertarian values, stated the incumbent
05:30 AM
The continuation of "Trump advocacy"
Trump said he was advocating for a halt in counting of "votes that came in late," and went on to tout races that had already been called for him.
05:22 AM
President Donald Trump questions American Democracy once again
"If the legal votes are taken into account, I have won the elections. But according to the illegal votes, i am trailing,'' said Trump.
Despite the combined influence of money and power, our numbers are here for the world to see, stated the incumbent President.
Trump currently has 213 electoral votes, and Joe Biden, who has taken the lead in the race, has 253 electoral votes.
05:07 AM
As results appear contrary to Trump's expectations, there is another invocation of ''Act of God'' from his advisor
A Trump adviser described the bleak state of the president's reelection chances as the campaign awaits the final returns from Pennsylvania and Georgia.
05:01 AM
Environmental Activist, Greta Thunberg's take on Trump's appeal to stop the counting of votes

04:37 AM
President Donald Trump to address the media in a while
04:21 AM
Is the world's oldest democracy also the safest ?
Every voting method in Pennsylvania "is incredibly safe and secure," says Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar. She said that all the ballots will be counted by Friday.
03:58 AM
Ominous signs for Donald Trump
President Trump's lead in Georgia has dropped to less than 10,000 votes as ballots continue to be counted.
03:42 AM
Trump campaign files new lawsuit against Philadelphia election officials
The complaint was filed against elections officials for allegedly violating their due process rights by blocking the observation of ballots in the city.
The complaint doesn't seem to include any details about how and why canvassing might have been blocked.
03:33 AM
We'll have a more clear picture of where the state stands Friday: Arizona Secretary of State
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs said there's roughly between 400,000 to 450,000 outstanding ballots statewide and just under 300,000 of those ballots are in Maricopa County — the biggest county in the state.
03:30 AM
Biden feels 'very good' about election outcome
Joe Biden says he felt "very good'' about the outcome of the election and is telling his supporters to "stay calm'' as votes continue to be counted.
Biden's running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, stood next to him as he spoke.
03:19 AM
White House within Biden's reach unless Donald can trump all odds
After being projected winner in Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday, Biden is poised at 253 electoral votes, needing 270 to win, with possible victories in Arizona (11) and Nevada (6), two states where he is leading. He is also rapidly closing the gap in Pennsylvania (20) and Georgia (16), either of which would shut the door on Trump.
"There will be no blue states and red states when we win, just the United States of America," he added, pledging to be president of all Americans without regard to party affiliation.
02:55 AM
Joe Biden while addressing the press
The power of American democracy should prevail, says Biden
"I believe that once the official process is over, we ( Biden & Harris) will be declared the winner," stated Biden
"I urge everyone to remain calm and respect the democratic process, " reiterated Biden.
Biden urged for patience and reiterated that "every vote must be counted."
02:50 AM
Why some ballots are undergoing additional scrutiny ?
The process by which ballots receive additional scrutiny is known as ballot adjudication.
The adjudication process is underway in a number of the battleground states, including Georgia and North Carolina — where President Trump and Joe Biden are locked in a close race.
The process could also be used in the counting of provisional ballots.
02:24 AM
The importance of getting it spot on
As the remaining votes are being tabulated in Georgia, a state election official says the priority is getting every legal vote counted.
In a race this tight, and in a state with ever-increasing importance, Sterling stressed the need for patience, and above all, accuracy.
As a result of the pandemic, Georgia was forced to alter its voting operation, a pivot that sacrificed speed in favour of safety.

02:19 AM
A true democracy?
Trump, Biden supporters stage protests across U.S., as vote tally trickles in.
Both factions appeared outside a vote-counting center in Philadelphia, where election staff steadily worked through a mountain of still-uncounted mail-in ballots.
02:11 AM
The centrality of Pennsylvania in this closely-contested race
Late-arriving Pennsylvania ballots could only change outcome if race is "super close," top official says.
02:03 AM
How the counting is unfolding in Georgia
About 47,000 ballots are outstanding in Georgia and an additional 8,900 requested overseas and military ballots may arrive by tomorrow’s deadline.
Trump’s lead in the vote count in Georgia slipped below 13,000 votes.
01:46 AM
How the numbers add up: The battle for Senate
Republicans, pulled off a series of high-profile wins in Maine, South Carolina and Iowa that have put them in a good position to retain control of the Senate -- though Democrats still have a narrow pathway to regain power.
Democrats, who had just two incumbents in jeopardy, are on track to have a net gain of one seat in the Senate. They flipped seats in Colorado and Arizona but lost Democratic incumbent Sen. Doug Jones in Alabama.
The races called so far put the balance of power at 48 for Democrats and 48 for Republicans.
01:26 AM
Joe Biden is being regularly briefed on current covid situation.
This comes a day after the US hit its highest number of new coronavirus infections in a single day.
Joe Biden is being regularly briefed on current covid situation.
01:15 AM
How far is it from the glory figure- 270 ( Biden currently has 253 electoral votes while Trump has 213)
Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes at stake)
Georgia (16 electoral votes at stake)
Arizona (11 electoral votes at stake)
Nevada (6 electoral votes at stake)
North Carolina (15 electoral votes at stake)
Alaska (3 electoral votes at stake)
01:03 AM
An official assurance
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar says that "we definitely could" know who wins Pennsylvania by the end of today.
01:00 AM
The Fight for Pennsylvania
Incumbent President Trump's lead is steadily shrinking.
A lead that was once as large as 500,000 votes, has dwindled to a figure slightly north of about 114,000.
12:57 AM
An unending election: Possible pair of Georgia runoffs could set U.S. Senate control
The U.S. Senate race betweenRepublican Senator David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia appeared to be heading for a January.
The Ossoff campaign also issued a statement predicting that "when a runoff is called and held in January, Georgians are going to send Jon to the Senate."
12:32 AM
No new numbers from Nevada
The Nevada Secretary of state’s office confirms there will be no more posting of numbers today. The next drop comes tomorrow morning.
12:29 AM
Michigan state Judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit about canvassing observation
12:12 AM
Some news from Nevada
The officials are still checking provisional ballots, have until November 12 to enter ballots in their system: Clark County, Nevada, Official
12:09 AM
A New Feat
Democrats have now won the popular vote in 7 of the last 8 elections, something no party has ever achieved.
12:07 AM
The state that matters- Georgia
There are approximately 50,401 ballots still outstanding across Georgia, according to a statement by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
12:06 AM
Biden camp remains confident, calls for patience as numbers trickle in
12:06 AM
Trump lawsuits unlikely to impact outcome of U.S. election, but might slow defeat
Trump called in his lawyers to shore up his dimming re-election prospects.
Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien said the lawsuits were aimed at ensuring legal votes were counted.
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