In race to 270, former vice president at 253 electoral votes while president, with 213, would need to win all four remaining swing states as yet undeclared

President's lawyers lay groundwork for contesting outcome in undecided battlegrounds; demand better access to vote count for observers

Democratic challenger stops short of declaring victory, but says he is well-positioned to take White House; Trump campaign attempts to stop count of mail-in votes in some states

A lack of certainty wears down on an American public exhausted by a seemingly endless election campaign

Two Jewish moderate Democrats narrowly held onto their congressional seats in Virginia and Michigan

Experts predict 100,000 more deaths before January inauguration as US cases surged 45% over the past two weeks; 7-day average tops 86,000

Wisconsin and Michigan wins restore Blue Wall, with Democrats also confidant of taking Pennsylvania; Trump launches series of legal challenges

Jerusalem's new ambassador to Turtle Bay, Gilad Erdan, promises not to 'allow business as usual anymore'; new Arab normalization partners vote with Europeans on annual resolutions