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Washington, Dec 9 (PTI) US President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris have reaffirmed advancing racial equity and assembling a diverse White House and Cabinet that represents America as they met with a group of eminent civil right leaders, including Indian-American Vanita Gupta.

Biden, 78, and Harris, 56, are due to take over the reigns of the country on January 20.

Washington, Dec 6 (AP-PTI) President Donald Trump kicked off his Saturday night rally in Georgia for Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue by recycling the falsehood that he won the state.

You know we won Georgia, just so you understand, Trump told the large crowd gathered for the first post-election rally for the president.

In fact, President-elect Joe Biden won the state of Georgia by about 12,500 votes out of 5 million cast.

Washington, Dec 5 (AP-PTI) The Pentagon has said it is pulling most US troops out of Somalia on President Donald Trump's orders, continuing a post-election push by Trump to shrink US involvement in counterterrorism missions abroad.

04 Dec 2020; MEMO:  Republican Senator Ted Cruz presented a bill in the Senate that proposes adding the Muslim Brotherhood to the list of Foreign Terrorist Organisations (FTOs).

Juneau, Dec 4 (AP-PTI) The US Bureau of Land Management plans to hold an oil and gas lease sale in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge next month, weeks before President-elect Joe Biden, who has opposed drilling in the region, is set to take office.

Conservation groups criticized Thursday's announcement as rushed and based on environmental reviews that are being challenged in court as flawed.

Washington, Dec 3 (AP-PTI) President-elect Joe Biden is facing escalating pressure from competing factions within his own party as he finalises his choice for secretary of defense.

Black leaders have encouraged the incoming president to select an African-American to diversify what has so far been a largely white prospective Cabinet, while others are pushing him to appoint a woman to lead the Department of Defense for the first time.

Washington, Dec 2 (AP-PTI) President Donald Trump teased running again for president in 2024 as he hosted a holiday reception at the White House on Tuesday evening.

It's been an amazing four years, Trump told the crowd, which included many Republican National Committee members. We're trying to do another four years. Otherwise, I'll see you in four years.

29 Nov 2020; MEMO: White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his team are headed to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week for talks in a region simmering with tension after the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist, Reuters reports.

Washington, Nov 30 (PTI) US President-elect Joe Biden suffered "hairline fractures" in his right foot and will likely require a walking boot for several weeks, his physician has said, after the Democratic leader slipped and twisted his ankle while playing with his dog.

"Initial X-rays did not show any obvious fracture, but his clinical exam warranted more detailed imaging," Dr Kevin O'Connor said in a statement on Sunday.

Tehran, Nov 29, IRNA – US Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders said on Sunday that terrorist attack to assassinate Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the Iranian defense industry scientist was “reckless, provocative, and unlawful”.

As a new administration takes power, the assassination was clearly intended to undermine US-Iran diplomacy, Sanders said on his official Twitter account, adding, “we must not allow that to happen.”

Diplomacy, not murder, is the best path forward, he said.