Trump news live: Latest updates as Pence ‘to leave US after confirming Biden’

The so-called Kraken grew to become a working joke after on-again-off-again Trump lawyer Sidney Powell vowed its ominous launch, solely to fizzle out with no main authorized victories because of this. At the very least for now.

Whereas remaining as hilarious now because it did then, it’s no joke for Dominion Voting Techniques that was the central goal of her Kraken claims on the now-infamous hair-dye elevating press convention with Rudy Giuliani. 

In a letter dated 16 December, the corporate mentioned the “coordinated media circus and fundraising scheme” helmed by Ms Powell and others has put the corporate’s “staff’ lives in danger and brought on monumental hurt to the corporate.”

“Your outlandish accusations are demonstrably false,” the letter says, stating that Ms Powell’s allegations in regards to the firm haven’t been made in courtroom, “successfully denying Dominion the chance to disprove” her litigation’s “false accusations.”

The Unbiased’s Alex Woodward experiences.

If Joe Biden follows via on his declare that he’ll cease the development of the border wall between the US and Mexico, it would save the federal government roughly $2.6bn.  

The US Military Corps of Engineers reviewed the numbers with the Washington Put up.  

Earlier this 12 months, Mr Biden informed reporters that he wouldn’t construct “one other foot” of Donald Trump’s border wall, which grew to become one of the crucial costly federal infrastructure tasks within the nation’s historical past.  

If Mr Biden does halt the challenge, it’s unclear what prices could be related.  

President-elect Joe Biden has fathered 4 youngsters from two marriages — although tragically solely two are nonetheless alive right this moment.

Mr Biden had three youngsters together with his first spouse, Neilia Biden, whom he married in 1966.

So as of start, they had been Joseph Robinette III, generally known as Beau; Robert Hunter; and Naomi Christina, generally known as Amy.

The Unbiased’s Oliver O’Connell appears on the incoming first family-elect.

“We have now to take a seat down and pay attention to one another, and perhaps actually have a beer. So within the spirit of bi-partisanship and cooperation I elevate this glass to my colleagues each Democrats and Republicans” – Joe Cunningham

Stumping for the Georgia runoff elections on Thursday, Mike Pence appeared to acknowledge the lack of the White Home as he known as the Senate the “final line of defence” in opposition to a Democrat-run nation.

“A Republican Senate majority might be the final line of defence to protect all that we’ve completed for this nation,” Pence mentioned on the rally in Columbus.

He added: “As our election contest continues in courtroom homes throughout the land, we’re going to maintain combating till each authorized vote is counted, we’re going to maintain combating till each unlawful vote is thrown out.”

Though Joe Biden’s inauguration can be principally digital, the marketing campaign is promoting tickets for as a lot as $1m a chunk.

Prime-tier tickets for main donors launched by the inauguration committee have tickets going for $25,000 to $500,000, and $50,000 to $1 million for organizations wishing to help the occasion.

 That cool $1m nets a “most popular viewing for digital Inauguration”.

Higher hope there’s no buffering at that worth level.

The company’s Twitter account launched six very particular China-focused tweets over the previous 12 hours, beginning with a Donald Trump quote from Could 2017 on America’s sovereignty adopted by video and quote graphics from Mike Pompeo saying the Chinese language Communist Occasion endgame is to dominate the world.

Then this morning with hyperlinks to from last-week’s press launch titled “US Traders are Funding Malign PRC Firms on Main Indices” and previously couple of hours two tweets of Pompeo quotes  on the “China Problem”.

The timing of that flurry of tweets got here after Donald Trump’s head of the Nationwide Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, introduced on Wednesday night time that they received’t meet a Friday deadline to submit a categorised report back to Congress on international efforts to affect the presidential election.

Nameless officers have been reported as saying the delay is over arguments in amongst intelligence over whether or not China ought to or shouldn’t be cited extra within the report.

It mentioned the Director of Nationwide Intelligence, at the moment Mr Ratcliffe, ought to conduct an evaluation of international authorities interference along side intelligence businesses no later than 45 days after the election – that’s tomorrow.

The outcomes of that report, per the manager order, would give Trump the flexibility to impose wide-ranging sanctions in opposition to whoever is recognized, which embrace seizing property, proscribing entry to monetary establishments, and “some other measures’ beneath the legislation.

So whether or not China is or isn’t included in that report is of consequence to what occurs subsequent.

Whereas the report from DNI might not make tomorrow’s deadline, the State Division appears to not be ready to let its place identified.

French president Emmanuel Macron examined optimistic for the coronavirus on Thursday, prompting a track-and-trace effort throughout Europe following quite a few conferences between the French chief and EU heads of presidency in latest days.

Macron, 42, was working the nation remotely after going into quarantine within the Elysee Palace, the presidency mentioned.

Within the early night , he spoke to a convention on French international support coverage by way of video hyperlink. Wearing a roll-neck sweater and go well with jacket, the president sat behind a desk and wore a facemask.

His spouse Brigitte examined unfavorable however was additionally self-isolating.

“This analysis was made following a PCR check carried out on the onset of the primary signs,” Macron’s workplace mentioned, declining to provide additional particulars of his situation or the signs he had. – Reuters

What a coincidence, this major season assault advert from Joe Biden in opposition to Mayor Pete for missing expertise to be within the White Home was deleted simply earlier than he was introduced as having the expertise wanted to hitch the White Home as transportation secretary.

As Buttigieg mentioned yesterday, he spent Spring Break on a cargo ship and as mayor of South Bend there wasn’t a pothole that stood an opportunity beneath his watch (That declare is disputed… by this Domino’s Pizza grant of $5,000 to residents to repair potholes themselves.)

Again to the assault advert, which might now not be seen however will be relived via its highlights of, as a result of The Unbiased has it coated.

“Below risk of a nuclear Iran, Joe Biden helped to barter the Iran deal, and beneath the specter of disappearing pets, Buttigieg negotiated lighter licensing rules on pet chip scanners,” the narrator mentioned.

He’s “no Obama”. Harsh Joe.

“I’ve NOTHING to do with the potential prosecution of Hunter Biden, or the Biden household,” Trump says.

That will be the FBI investigation into Hunter Biden’s “tax affairs”, or the claims in regards to the Biden household stemming from the youthful’s laptop computer, both the “laptop computer type hell” or a “Russian disinformation marketing campaign” – relying on one’s media weight-reduction plan.

In the meantime, these “The place’s Hunter” t-shirts can nonetheless be discovered on Ebay.