Live Updates: Biden wins race to White House after securing victory in Pennsylvania

Michigan Republican House Speaker Lee Chatfield announced Friday that the legislature’s oversight committees will meet Saturday “to begin an inquiry into the election and counting procedures in our state for this election and future ones.”

US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates: Status right now: Vote count has slowed to a crawl across the states most likely to decide the presidency, without a clear sense of when Biden might make it to the White House.

US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Counting status in states that have not been called:

> Nevada: 7 percent remaining

> Arizona: 3 percent remaining

> Georgia: <2 percent remaining

> North Carolina: 2 percent remaining

> Pennsylvania: 4 percent remaining

Most of the pending votes are in the form of early mail ballots, which according to political experts, are likely to go to Biden in a significant manner due to the Democratic Party’s aggressive push for early voting. Some counting is remaining in other states too. (Data from The New York Times, as of 11.05 am IST)

Arizona has an estimated 250,000 to 270,000 unaccounted ballots left to count, according to Secretary of State Katie Hobbs.

Mayor of Philadelphia Jim Kenney just said Trump needs to "put his big boy pants on, he needs to acknowledge the fact that he lost, and he needs to congratulate the winner."

Biden campaign turns up the heat

Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates: "As we said on July 19th, the American people will decide this election. And the United States government is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the White House.”

Philadelphia election officials say that upwards of 40,000 ballots are left to be counted, and that could take "several days."

The officials clarified that number does not include U.S. military & overseas ballots, which are not due until November 10. 

NOW: #Philadelphia election officials say they have about 40,000 ballots left to count, which could take "several days" #Election2020

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Twitter permanently suspended an account belonging to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon after he suggested Thursday morning that Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded. His comments were made in a video posted to his Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter accounts.

Georgia secretary of state says there will be a recount

Based on how close the count is, Georgia's secretary of state said Friday there will be a recount in the Peach State. "There will be a recount in Georgia," said Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. 

Biden has inched ahead in Georgia, taking just a 1,098-votes lead over Mr. Trump as of Friday morning. "The final tally in Georgia at this point has huge implications for the entire country," Raffensperger said. 

The U.S. Postal Service found over 1,700 ballots in facilities in Pennsylvania on Thursday. The ballots were discovered during sweeps for election mail ordered by a federal judge.