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Since early November, Mr McConnell has ignored pressure to acknowledge Mr Biden s victory, saying Mr Trump had the right to pursue legal challenges to the election outcome U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, on Tuesday congratulated Democratic President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their Nov. 3 election victories, ending his long silence on the outcome of the presidential race.
In a nearly 10-minute speech that mainly praised Republican President Donald Trump s tenure in office, Mr McConnell closed by saying: “Today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden,” adding that “he has devoted himself to public service for many years.”
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The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Tuesday it has formally joined an international group of central banks working to understand and reduce climate change risk, a signal that the Fed could move to incorporate the impacts of global warming into its regulatory writ.
The Fed’s membership in the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) comes after a yearlong collaboration, the Fed said. It had been the only major global central bank besides the Reserve Bank of India that is not a member of the NGFS.
Electoral College meets on Monday, with electors who want it abolished
“I would love to put the nail in the coffin of the Trump presidency,” said at-large elector Polly Baca of Denver. Author: Marianne Goodland (Colorado Politics) Published: 6:21 PM MST December 13, 2020 Updated: 6:21 PM MST December 13, 2020
DENVER At noon on Monday, in the governor’s office at the state Capitol, nine Colorado Democrats will cast their Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, sealing the decision by Colorado voters who gave the Biden/Harris ticket a 13-percentage point win over incumbent Republican President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
Connecticut electors cast all 7 votes for Biden and Harris
By SUSAN HAIGHDecember 14, 2020 GMT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) All seven of Connecticut’s electors cast their ballots Monday for Democratic President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in an unusual, socially distanced ceremony at the state Capitol that some electors called an honor of a lifetime, especially during these politically turbulent times.
“I am positively thrilled. I have to tell you that this is the most exciting day of my life,” said John Kalamarides, a former chairman of the Wilton Democratic Town Committee. He added it was “disturbing” to see Republican President Donald Trump and his supporters question the validity of the election.
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PHOENIX Conservative lawyer Sidney Powell has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decertify Democrat President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over Republican President Donald Trump in Arizona.
Powell, who filed the request with the court on Friday night, also asks the justices to bar Biden’s electors from casting Electoral College votes on Monday.
Her appeal marks the second petition for review filed with the nation’s highest court in challenges to Biden’s win in the state. Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward on Friday asked the Supreme Court to review her case seeking to overturn Arizona’s election results.