Markets will welcome the certainty after the presidential race was called for Joe Biden. Whether his cabinet appointments will be seen as market-friendly is unclear reut.rs/3mVICeC
Here's how a Biden presidency could be a fresh start for U.S. relations with Mexico, which has had to navigate abrupt demands from Trump ranging from migration to trade reut.rs/3p8tSLd
WATCH: Biden and Trump supporters take to the streets across the U.S. pscp.tv/w/cnV-nDF4a2pE…
Joe Biden's winning strategy? Flip Rust Belt states that Trump snatched in 2016, and hold on tight reut.rs/2I6j67X
For those still counting: Here is where the ballot tallies stand in Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada after the race was called for Biden. Live updates: reut.rs/3k1UXfy
On climate change, Biden could erase much of Trump's legacy of environmental deregulation with the stroke of his pen. But building a lasting plan may prove trickier reut.rs/3lmfcGp
Trump's brash brand of populist politics will outlast the president reut.rs/3p1kZTX
Citizen Trump's legal woes are likely to deepen when he loses the protections afforded to a sitting president. Here are some of the lawsuits and criminal probes that may haunt him come January reut.rs/38yU0JJ
Biden projected as the winner of battleground state Nevada, according to Edison Research reut.rs/3eAF4vr
Celebrations erupt as supporters of Biden and Harris bang pots, honk their car horns and set off fireworks across the U.S. reut.rs/3l41QOG#Election2020results
Twitter users searching for the word 'loser' on Saturday were greeted with an unusual first result: U.S. President Donald Trump’s account reut.rs/2Ie8eoo
U.S. law maps out clear instructions for an orderly transfer of power from one president to the next, but Joe Biden’s path is expected to be rockier than most of his modern-day predecessors reut.rs/3p9BvkT
Trump’s treatment of traditional U.S. allies, on a personal and policy level, has left presumed President-elect Biden with shell-shocked American friends likely wary of Washington’s credibility - no matter who resides in the White House, some diplomats say reut.rs/3mZDiHa
Some of the United States’ biggest and closest allies quickly congratulated Joe Biden on Saturday, recognizing his presidential election victory even though Donald Trump, with whom several have had rocky relations, had yet to concede reut.rs/3eFMMV1
'I am thinking about the generations of Black women, Asian, white, Latina, Native American women who throughout our history have paved the way for this moment,' said Kamala Harris. More from @reuterspictures 👇
‘The people of this nation have spoken. They have delivered us a clear victory, a convincing victory’: Biden delivered a victory speech to a parking lot of supporters in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware reuters.com/article/us-usa…
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The U.S. has a long history of peaceful transfers of power that is likely to continue despite Donald Trump’s attacks on the legitimacy of the #Election2020 result, national security experts say. Here is what to expect in the weeks and months to come: reut.rs/3peuM9l 1/7
Does Trump face a deadline to leave office?
Yes. The presidential election is not formally over. Electors - party loyalists who typically pledge to support the candidate who gets the most votes in their state - will convene on December 14 to formally cast their votes 2/7
The newly seated Congress accepts the results from the Electoral College on Jan. 6. If Biden wins the Electoral College vote as expected, he will be sworn in at noon on January 20 — a date set in the Constitution 3/7
Joe Biden emerged the victor over Donald Trump in a tight election that was not decided until days after the polls closed on Tuesday. Here are🔟numbers that help explain a historic U.S. election reut.rs/2JFGI3o 👇 1/11
The coronavirus crisis made voting by mail the go-to option for some 65 million Americans, close to half of those who voted. The mail-in ballot surge, tracked by the U.S. Elections Project, also overwhelmed election workers in many states, keeping the world on edge for days 2/11
From the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt, Biden won more votes than Trump in suburbs and other areas that skew toward affluence. Turnout in suburban counties was on track to rise about 18% as college-educated voters repudiated Trump. Turnout rose less in largely rural counties 3/11
Pfizer and BioNTech say their COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective reut.rs/3eDWrvv
Futures tracking the S&P 500 hit a record high after Pfizer said its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on initial data from a large study reut.rs/38rzA4X
Expert Views: Pfizer and BioNTech are the first drugmakers to show successful data from a large-scale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine. Here are reactions to the news reut.rs/3pfu3Vs
Joe Biden has been a fixture in U.S. politics for a half century as a senator and vice president. He has now completed a long climb to the political summit by defeating President Donald Trump reut.rs/2U2poHI 1/6
Some of the United States’ biggest and closest allies quickly congratulated Joe Biden on Saturday, recognizing his presidential election victory even though Donald Trump, with whom several have had rocky relations, had yet to concede reut.rs/2IfY1Yr 2/6
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he looked forward to tackling 'the world’s greatest challenges' with the new administration, including climate change, an issue with which many nations have argued over with Trump
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Kamala Harris makes history. As the next vice president, Harris will become the first woman, first Black American and first Asian American to win the second highest U.S. office reut.rs/3eBsRqd#Election2020results 1/4
A U.S. senator from California, Harris has a track record of shattering glass ceilings. She served as San Francisco’s first female district attorney and was California’s first woman of color to be elected attorney general 2/4
Her background in criminal justice could help a Biden administration tackle the issues of racial equality and policing after the country was swept by protests this year. She is expected to be a top adviser on judicial nominations 3/4
Biden has a lead of 0.2 percentage points as of 4 p.m. ET, with 96% of the estimated vote counted.
Ballots are still being counted from Philadelphia and Allegheny county. Today is the last day that Pennsylvania can accept mail-in ballots postmarked on or before #ElectionDay
Biden is leading by 4,263 votes as of 5 p.m. ET, with 99% of votes counted, according to Edison Research. Trump needs both Pennsylvania and Georgia to win.
Brad Raffensperger said he expects the margin to be just a few thousand votes, which would trigger an automatic recount.