Politics

Biden on Brink of Defeating Trump With Few States Left to Report

  • GOP opens legal fights to halt counting in battleground states
  • Biden likely needs six more Electoral College votes to win
Joe Biden speaking in Delaware: “We believe we will be the winners.”Source: Bloomberg
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Joe Biden stood on the brink of claiming the presidency from Donald Trump on Thursday, with a handful of states expecting to complete their vote counts despite Republicans opening legal fights to stop counting in at least two states.

Biden held 264 Electoral College votes out of the 270 needed to win the White House, according to the Associated Press. Trump has 214.

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