United States presidential election

President-elect Joe Biden sought to dispel any questions about the legitimacy of his victory and called on the American people to accept the outcome hours after the Electoral College sealed his win.

The Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden on Dec. 14 as the nation's next president, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump's refusal to concede he had lost.

Electors in Arizona confirmed that 11 votes went to Biden, Pennsylvania gave 20, Nevada 6, Vermont 3, while Tennessee gave Trump 11.
Electors from the federal state of Washington cast their 12 votes to Biden.
Electors from Rhode Island and Virginia cast the votes to Trump.

US President Donald Trump announced that "the most important case in history" will take place before the US Supreme Court.
"If the Supreme Court shows great Wisdom and Courage, the American People will win perhaps the most important case in history, and our Electoral Process will be respected again!", Trump wrote.

US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been chosen as Time magazine's 2020 "Person of the Year," the publication announced Thursday.

The Democratic pair were chosen ahead of three other finalists: frontline health care workers and Anthony Fauci, the racial justice movement, and President Donald Trump who Biden defeated in November's election. 

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were named Time magazine's 2020 "Person of the Year" on Dec. 10 for their election victory over Donald Trump.

"For changing the American story, for showing that the forces of empathy are greater than the furies of division, for sharing a vision of healing in a grieving world," Time said, explaining its choice.

President-elect Joe Biden on Dec. 8 made his case for retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be secretary of defense, urging Congress to waive a legal prohibition against a recently serving military officer running the Pentagon.

Bilal Göregen, a visually-impaired Turkish musician who took social media by the storm after a video of him playing the Turkish darbuka while a cat "vibes" to the Finnish song "Ievan Polka" went viral, has said he wants to play for U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and congratulate him on his win.

The world passed the grim milestone of 1.5 million coronavirus deaths on Dec. 3, as several nations planned to deliver much hoped-for vaccines early next year to break the cycle of lockdowns and restrictions.

The US election results brought great relief to the friends of American democracy (and liberal democracy in general) around the world. The election of an experienced, moderate, dignified, "institutional" new president, a decent man to boot, raises hopes in Europe.