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Electoral College elector Mark Miller wears a Joe Biden and Kamala Harris button after electors cast their votes for President of the United States at the state Capitol, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 in Lansing, Mich.

22:29 GMT 14 December 2020 / updated: 03:23 GMT US election 2020

Biden Receives Over 270 Electoral Votes Required to Become US President

US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton makes a speech on Cuban relations at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, 31 July 2015

Hillary Clinton Reiterates Call to Abolish Electoral College, 'Select President by Popular Vote'

U.S. President Donald Trump walks as he arrives from travel to West Point, New York, on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 12, 2020.

COVID-19, Border Wall & Economic Stall: How Have Trump's Domestic Politics Fared in His Four Years?

HMS Argyll. Handout released by the Royal Navy on 26 March 2020.

UK Defence Secretary Lauds Use of Navy Vessels to 'Protect Our Fishermen' if Brexit Talks Fail

Military vehicles and equipment, parts of the S-400 air defence systems, are unloaded from a Russian transport aircraft, at Murted military airport in Ankara, Turkey, 12 July 2019

Zarif Blasts US Sanctions Against Turkey Over S-400 Purchase as 'Contempt for International Law'

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