Trump supporters gather in Washington as president refuses to concede – live

Trump comes close to admitting defeat but stops short of concessionIs Biden walking into a Republican trap?Georgia Senate runoffs battle is already onUS sees record 184,000 new daily Covid casesSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 10.11pm GMT As is increasingly common, Donald Trump has taken a shot at his erstwhile friends at Fox News who, he says, like “the Fake News Networks aren’t showing these massive gatherings” in Washington DC. “Instead they have their reporters standing in almost empty streets. We now have SUPPRESSION BY THE PRESS. MAGA!” Related: 'Can we have America back?' Fox News video echoes Trump election claims 9.51pm GMT Agence France Presse has an interesting report about Christopher Miller, Donald Trump’s new acting defense secretary, indicating that he could accelerate the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and the Middle East.All wars must end,” Miller said in his first message to the US armed services. He said the US is committed to defeating al-Qaida, 19 years after the 9/11 attacks, and is “on the verge” of doing so.“Many are weary of war – I’m one of them,” Miller wrote in the message, dated Friday but posted early Saturday on the defense department website. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/nov/14/donald-trump-supporters-rally-washington-joe-biden-covid-us-politics-live #us_elections_2020 #us_politics #us_news #donald_trump #trump_administration #joe_biden #democrats #republicans #world_news #coronavirus