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Biden is projected 46th President of the United States, beats Trump
BY NICHOLAS ABE
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has defeated incumbent President Donald Trump, denying him a second term in the White House.
The mainstream media networks have projected former vice president Biden as winner, four days after the election and following a bitter campaign and dramatic, prolonged vote count in battleground states that have sparked lawsuits from the Trump campaign.
A year and a half after launching his White House bid, Biden secured enough states to put him over the threshold of 270 electoral votes and bring an end to the four game-changing years of the Trump presidency, according to a projection from the Fox News Decision Desk.
For Trump, the loss comes four years after a stunning upset – when he came from behind in 2016 and outperformed the polls in a historic White House victory against the Democrats’ nominee, Hillary Clinton.
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The president has launched a series of legal battles over ballot counting in battleground states, with his campaign filing suits in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Nevada as the states tallied votes sent by mail. Trump, his campaign and surrogates have spread allegations of fraud in the voting and ballot counting in various states, although solid proof of it has not emerged.
It’s unclear if the president may concede immediately. In addition, Georgia’s secretary of state signalled Friday the battleground state is headed toward a recount, given the razor-thin margin of votes there.