Comments likely to infuriate president, who is desperately attempting to overturn election

Vice-president claims the US is ‘rounding the corner’ on Covid despite rising infection rates

Electors meeting in state capitals on Monday set to confirm Joe Biden as next US president

Republicans concerned attacks on election system will discourage voting in Senate run-off

Trump repeated attacks on Republicans who refuse to back him including Georgia’s governor Brian Kemp

America Letter: Most Republicans in Congress will still not refer to Joe Biden as president-elect

Gabriel Sterling says president is ‘inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence’

Trump’s efforts to overturn results continue to fail as officials sign documents with no fanfare

New focus by administration on states’ role in officially announcing the election results

Rhetoric from both sides points to potential constitutional crisis if result is close

Broken machines, long lines in many states prompt concern over presidential election

Deaf to advice from all but his family, US president has mishandled every step of the crisis

Task force chief warns of risks as state governors under pressure to lift restrictions

Several US states took steps to reopening businesses despite government disapproval

Governors slam Senate leader McConnell over ‘irresponsible’ state bankruptcy comments

President vows to halt all immigration into US as death toll from Covid-19 passes 43,000

Figures expose toll of pandemic on US economy, as key electoral states badly hit

Residents of eastern coastal US states prepare for slow-moving storm’s approach

More than a million people ordered evacuated on east coast of US

America Letter: Vote-tampering and fraud claims to trigger fresh poll in North Carolina

Wind chill bringing temperatures to as low as minus 46 degrees in Chicago area

State’s recounts extended the drama of this month’s midterm elections

US judge includes mail ballots previously rejected in close governor’s race

President wades into an increasingly bitter voting controversy in the southern state

I have watched this week’s events from afar in a state of numb exhaustion

Experts warn of ‘rise of minority rule’ as discrepancy between votes cast and seats won leaves Democrats frustrated

Democrats seek to make gains in House and Senate with governorships also up for grabs

Trump repeats 2016 claims of mass voter fraud, but they’re not borne out by research

State of play, when to watch, and key battles for Tuesday’s crucial Congress vote

African-American woman is Democrat’s key candidate in red-orientated Georgia

Siding with Putin astonished establishment Republicans. But Trump’s base is holding