US Election 2020: Trump wins WV, IN, KY and Biden takes VT

Polls have closed in Georgia and in most of Florida – two major battleground states – as an election year unlike any other draws to a close. Five states – Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia – had their polls close at 7pm ET along with most of Florida, where the panhandle portion … Read more

Polls close in battleground Florida and Georgia as Biden takes Vermont and Trump takes Kentucky

Polls have closed in Georgia and in most of Florida – two major battleground states – as an election year unlike any other draws to a close. Five states – Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia – had their polls close at 7pm ET along with most of Florida, where the panhandle portion … Read more

Shares surge as investors bet on Biden but did markets jump the gun? 

Shares surge around the world as investors bet on Biden… but did markets jump the gun? By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 23:15 GMT, 3 November 2020 | Updated: 23:15 GMT, 3 November 2020 Shares around the world rallied yesterday as American voters headed to the polls in one of the most divisive … Read more

Joe Biden starts election day at mass and visits son Beau’s grave

Joe Biden visited his childhood home in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Tuesday morning where he left a poignant message on the wall, before being mobbed by fans in the battleground state, after starting election day attending mass and visiting his son Beau’s grave in Delaware.   The Democratic candidate scrawled the message ‘from this house to the White … Read more

What could a Biden or Trump victory mean for a UK/US trade deal?

Sellers of Scotch Whisky, West Country cheddar and Stoke-on-Trent ceramics are those who potentially have a surprising vested interest in who wins the US presidential election. While who runs the world’s largest economy, one looking to rebound after the coronavirus pandemic, obviously has repercussions for everybody, Britain might have more of a stake than most. … Read more

Joe Biden holds narrow lead over Donald Trump in six swing states according to new poll

Joe Biden holds a narrow lead over Donald Trump in six vital states, according to a poll released on Monday by CNBC/Change Research. In Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – all of which Trump won in 2016 – Biden has the edge. However, it shows the race as still being hotly contested, with the … Read more

Biden secures first Election Day victory while Trump takes second in two New Hampshire towns

Joe Biden secured the first Election Day victory while Trump took the second as two tiny New Hampshire towns with a combined population of 26 announced the first US results just after midnight.  Dixville Notch posted its final tally – with all five votes going to Biden – on a handwritten poster board at 12.03am … Read more

Winston Churchill’s granddaughter slams Trump and voted for Biden

Winston Churchill’s granddaughter says she has voted for Joe Biden as she slams Donald Trump for comparing himself to the wartime leader and calls him ‘a spoiled child’ Churchill’s granddaughter Edwina Sandys blasted Donald Trump for ‘inaction and lies about the COVID-19 crisis’ She took on Trump’s repeated comparisons to her grandfather Said Churchill never … Read more

Biden predicts a ‘big win’ at his election eve appearance with Lady Gaga

Democratic nominee Joe Biden predicted victory as he stood yards away from pop star Lady Gaga in Pittsburgh Monday night, his final campaign appearance before Election Day.  ‘Folks, I have a feeling we’re coming together for a big win tomorrow,’ Biden said, after joking that Western and Eastern Pennsylvanians had reason to be happy because … Read more

US Election 2020: Melania Trump blasts Biden at North Carolina rally 

Melanie Trump tore into Joe Biden in a speech at her final solo rally in North Carolina, calling the former Vice-President a ‘career politician’ who ‘apologizes for American greatness’ and is a proponent of the radical left’s agenda.   The 50-year-old First Lady stood out in a $5,990 tan leather peplum jacket by Ralph Lauren as … Read more