NOVEMBER 5, 2020
In total, there have been more than 9.5 million cases in the US and almost 227,000 deaths. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
The US surpassed 116,000 daily new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, again breaking the record for highest single-day count of new infections since the pandemic began, according to The COVID Tracking Project.
The daily death...
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
We're two days past Election Day and USA TODAY'S coverage of the 2020 election continues as states work to finish counting the ballots.
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC on November 5, 2020. - Brendan Smialowski, AFP via Getty Images
All eyes on are the battleground...
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
Election workers reviewing scanned ballots at the Fulton County election preparation center in Atlanta on Wednesday. - Audra Melton / NY Times
As of 5 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, six states that will decide the next president remained uncalled, as did a handful of Senate races that will determine who controls the chamber.
Here’s where things stand on...
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 04: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on election night in the East Room of the White House in the early morning hours of November 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump spoke shortly after 2am with the presidential race against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden still too close to call. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty...
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
Votes continue to be counted at the TCF Center the day after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Detroit, Michigan. - Reuters/SHANNON STAPLETON
(Reuters) - A judge in Michigan on Thursday tossed out a lawsuit brought by U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign in hopes of halting vote-counting in the battleground state.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is the...
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
People march at a protest to demand every vote be counted in Portland on Wednesday. - Marcio Jose Sanchez/ AP
PORTLAND, OREGAN — Calling on election officials to “count every vote,” protesters marched through the streets of several American cities on Wednesday in response to President Trump’s aggressive effort to challenge the vote count in Tuesday’s presidential...
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
International election observers in the U.S. offered a sharp rebuke of President Trump on Wednesday, criticizing his attacks on the vote counting process and his premature claims that he has won the 2020 election.
"Nobody, no politician, no elected official, nobody, should limit people's rights to votes coming after such a highly dynamic campaign," said Michael Georg Link,...
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich is issuing an executive order restricting indoor activities in the county due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases over the past few weeks.
"Gathering size will be limited to 25 people," Elrich said. "Capacity will be reduced to 25 percent for the following types of establishments: fitness centers, food service establishments, museums and...
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Demonstrators protest in Philadelphia on Wednesday. - Photograph: Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters
With millions of votes waiting to be counted in the US presidential election, Donald Trump has effectively threatened to sue his way to re-election.
As of Wednesday evening, the president and his campaign had promised to bring the election to the supreme court, sued to halt vote-counting in two...
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Senator Susan Collins, at a rally in Bangor, Maine, on Tuesday, was re-elected to a fifth term even as President Trump lost badly in the state. - Hilary Swift / NY Times
Republicans, buoyed by an unexpectedly strong performance by President Trump in key battlegrounds, grew increasingly confident on Wednesday that they could maintain narrow control of...
