Biden set to impose restrictions on US travel from India amid Covid crisis – as it happened
- Most non-US citizens to be barred from entry, reports say
- Officials say nearly 40% of adults have protection from Covid-19
- Biden agrees with Republican senator that US not a racist country
- We no longer fear the tweet: Biden brings US back to world stage
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That's all from me tonight. Here are the highlights from what we covered:
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An astounding 70% of Republicans polled by CNN still question that Biden was legitimately elected, even though there's still no evidence of fraud. Half of Republicans surveyed also wrongly believe there is proof that the election was stolen.
70% of Republicans do not believe Biden won enough votes to become president, per new CNN poll. 50% of Republicans believe there's solid evidence (down from 58% at the start of the year). Overall, 3 in 10 Americans believe Biden wasn't legitimately elected https://t.co/yO4DqpWRfG pic.twitter.com/XB4crBWjDh
Democrats and Republicans are on opposite sides of nearly all of these measures. The only rule change that a majority in both parties say would make elections more fair is ensuring that in-person early voting is available outside of business hours and on weekends (79% of Democrats, 52% of Republicans say so). On others, there is a wide gap.
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