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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2020
News media waits … and waits … to make historic call
News organizations were preparing Friday for a possibly decisive call in the 2020 presidential race, even as President Donald Trump and his allies continued to lie about the integrity of the election and make baseless claims about voter fraud.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2020
Libertarian spoiler in U.S. presidential election? Not a chance, experts say.
The thin margins that separated U.S. President Donald Trump from Democratic rival Joe Biden in several swing states raised the question: Was the Republican incumbent hurt by the third-party run of Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2020
How claims of dead Michigan voters spread faster than the facts
Run-of-the-mill clerical errors have been used as false evidence of voter fraud in Michigan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2020
Trump allies coin ‘legal vote’ media mantra to question election
U.S. President Donald Trump’s allies including some of his children are amplifying the president’s attacks on the election system’s integrity with online claims that test the rules set by social media companies against disinformation about the vote.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2020
Thousands of Facebook Groups buzzed with calls for violence ahead of U.S. election
Before Facebook Inc. shut down a rapidly growing "Stop the Steal" Facebook Group on Thursday, the forum featured calls for members to ready their weapons should President Donald Trump lose his bid to remain in the White House.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2020
Republicans seeking to raise at least $60 million to fund Trump legal challenges
Republicans are asking donors for at least $60 million to fund legal challenges brought by President Donald Trump over the U.S. presidential election's results, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2020
Biden may be winning, but America’s future isn’t
Places where politics were all consuming and all important are invariably places with big problems. America is now such a place.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2020
U.S. election disinformation is coming from inside the White House
The president and his allies have united right-wing media and internet trolls with false messaging that legitimate vote counting should stop.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2020
In a year of U.S. protest cries, now it’s ‘Count every vote!’ and ‘Stop the steal!’
Protests broke out in hotly contested areas, where demonstrators said they were convinced the election was being stolen, a baseless claim made by President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2020
Flashbacks to Florida in 2000 as Trump heads to court to save his presidency
The White House hoped to find a "James Baker-like” figure to lead its postelection battle to somehow find a way to win a second term. But the original James Baker said the White House should stop trying to stop the votes from being counted.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2020
Trump team pursues contradictory strategy as U.S. continues to count votes
Donald Trump's chances of winning now rest on an attempt to stop vote counting where he thinks he's ahead, while demanding the tallies continue where he's losing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2020
Biden edges closer to White House win as Trump mounts legal challenge
With tensions rising, about 200 of Trump's supporters, some armed with rifles and handguns, gathered outside an election office in Phoenix.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Nov 5, 2020
A test of faith in the United States
In the absence of a clear victory in the U.S. election, the winner inherits a deeply divided country, one in which neither side believes in the legitimacy of the other.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 5, 2020
2016 was Hillary Clinton's to lose. Who lost in 2020?
Can American voters really stop the degradation of U.S. politics? Probably not. Did they make the right decision on Nov. 3? Maybe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2020
International disorder: Post-election realities for Japan and allies of the U.S.
Japan has little choice but to continue to strengthen its alliance with the United States to deal with its security challenges in the region. There is no Plan B.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2020
Win or lose, Trump will remain a powerful and disruptive force in U.S. politics
If he is forced to vacate the White House on Jan. 20, Trump is likely to prove to be more resilient than expected when it comes to his influence on American life.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2020
Social media companies survived U.S. Election Day. More tests loom.
For months, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube prepared to clamp down on misinformation on Election Day in the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2020
A transfixed world waits to see what’s next in America
All over the world, the results trickling in from across the American electoral map made for confounding, fascinating must-watch drama.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 5, 2020
U.S. formally exits global climate pact amid election uncertainty
Trump's Democratic rival, Joe Biden, has promised to rejoin the agreement if elected.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2020
What we know about the vote in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania
The three states could again prove decisive as President Donald Trump tries to hold on to the White House.

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