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The president appeared to have little path through the courts to shift the outcome of the election, leaving him reliant on long shots like recounts or pressure on state legislatures.
Some in Philadelphia danced as Joseph R. Biden Jr. pulled ahead in their state. Trump supporters held out hope.
Joe Biden also pulled ahead in Georgia, and maintained leads in Nevada and Arizona. President Trump and his team weighed legal options, but lawsuits this week have had no meaningful effect on the tabulation of ballots.
Mr. Perdue, a first-term Republican, narrowly failed to clear 50 percent of the vote, sending the race to a January runoff that, along with another runoff contest, will probably determine which party controls the Senate.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 4, 2020, covering November 7, 2020.
Luke Combs
Bruce Springsteen
Pop Smoke
Ty Dolla $ign
Juice WRLD
2020Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth and member of the House of Lords (born 1948)[†]
Jonathan Henry Sacks, Baron Sacks was an English Orthodox rabbi, philosopher, theologian, and author. Sacks served as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1991 to 2013. As the spiritual head of the United Synagogue, the largest synagogue body in the United Kingdom, he was the Chief Rabbi of those Orthodox synagogues but was not recognized as the religious authority for the Haredi Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations or for the progressive movements such as Conservative, Reform, and Liberal Judaism. As Chief Rabbi, he formally carried the title of Av Beit Din (head) of the London Beth Din. At the time of his death, he was the Chief Rabbi Emeritus.
2020Joe Biden is confirmed elected as the 46th president of the United States, defeating incumbent Donald Trump.[†]
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2009 to 2017 as the 47th vice president of the United States and from 1973 to 2009 as a U.S. Senator from Delaware.
In 2020, the world population was approximately 7,887,001,292 people[†]