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Trump admitted publicly for the first time that Joe Biden has won the presidential election. The acknowledgement came on Twitter.

The wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria have cost U.S. taxpayers more than $1.57 trillion since Sept. 11, 2001.

Joe Biden's victory in Georgia secures a big lead in the Electoral College over President Donald Trump in the race for the White House.

The call for Trump came after NBC and other outlets already projected Joe Biden would win the presidential election overall.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said House Democrats' expected loss of seats will not diminish its leverage after Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election.

President Trump took no questions after touting his administration's efforts to have a coronavirus vaccine quickly developed and distributed.

Incumbent Republican David Perdue and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff will go to a runoff, along with Raphael Warnock and Kelly Loeffler.

Aides to President-elect Joe Biden said "each passing day" without access to classified intelligence briefings increases the risk to national security.

President Donald Trump has refused to concede to Joe Biden in the presidential race, despite a strong lead by Biden in popular and Electoral College results.

As young people proved their electoral influence in 2020, youth organizers are pushing the Democratic Party to embrace a more progressive platform.

The outbreak is thought to be partially related to President Donald Trump's campaign rallies, sources told the Washington Post

Biden could undo many of President Trump's environmental rollbacks. But replacing Trump's regulatory agenda could be difficult with a GOP-controlled Senate.

Liz Uihlein, who with her husband is a prominent backer of President Trump, has been critical of government restrictions issued in response to the pandemic.

Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of Presidents Trump and Clinton, got a no-prosecution deal from federal authorities in 2007 for alleged sex crimes.

Trump signed an executive order barring Americans from investing in certain Chinese companies.

The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn asked the Supreme Court to block New York's restrictions on houses of worship.

Joe Biden will become the second Catholic U.S. president, 60 years after Democrat John F. Kennedy became the first member of the faith to hold the office.

Trump has not conceded the race to Biden, whose transition efforts have been stymied by a key agency's refusal to formally acknowledge him as the winner.

Lewandowski, a top Trump campaign aide helping lead efforts against President-elect Joe Biden, told CNBC "I feel great" when asked about his Covid-19 diagnosis.

Biden campaign officials have been mounting their criticisms of Facebook's handling of the 2020 election, misinformation and its general impact on democracy.