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FILE - This combination of Sept. 29, 2020, file photos shows President Donald Trump, left, and former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Race for the White House narrows as votes are counted in key battlegrounds

(CNN) -- Vote counters worked all night in the crucial states that will decide the cliffhanger election with margins narrowing in Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania as former Vice President Joe Biden...

President Trump and former Vice President Biden speak to their supporters ahead of the 2020 election.

Biden moves closer to the presidency as Trump launches legal challenges

(CNN) -- Former Vice President Joe Biden moved to within 17 electoral votes of claiming the presidency by winning the state of Michigan, CNN projects, in the latest twist of a dramatic election clash...

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - OCTOBER 29: Members of the Wisconsin National Guard operate a mobile COVID-19 test center on the grounds of Miller Park on October 29, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Wisconsin recently reported a seven-day average positivity rate of 27.2%, the highest infection rate to date for the state. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The US reported its second-highest number of new Covid-19 cases on Election Day, with more than 91,000 infections

By Christina Maxouris, CNN November 4, 2020

  (CNN) -- The US recorded 91,530 new Covid-19 infections on the day many Americans cast their ballots, adding to a series of staggering case numbers reported within just the past week.The country's...

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early on November 4, 2020.

Trump seeks to delegitimize vote even as his campaign says math will turn his way

By Kevin Liptak, CNN November 4, 2020

(CNN) -- The morning after he declared from the White House East Room that "all voting must stop," President Donald Trump's strategy of undermining the Democratic process was coming into sharper focus,...

11/4/20, Wilmington, Delaware Vice President Joe Biden with his wife Dr. Jill Biden, speaks to supporters on election night at the Chase Center in Wilmington, DE, on Nov. 3, 2020. Gabriella Demczuk / CNN

Biden campaign manager says he is ‘on track to win this election’

    (CNN) -- Joe Biden's campaign projected confidence Wednesday that he will maintain his narrow leads in several key states -- which are enough to hand him the presidency -- and could also overtake...

LANSING, MICHIGAN - NOVEMBER 03: An election worker carries absentee ballots for counting at the Lansing city clerk's office on election night on November 03, 2020 in Lansing, Michigan. President Trump narrowly won Michigan in 2016, and both he and Joe Biden campaigned heavily in the battleground state in 2020. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

5 things to know for November 4: presidential race, hill & state races, Covid-19, Hurricane Eta

AJ Willingham CNN November 4, 2020

(CNN) -- Who won the U.S. election: Incumbent President Donald Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden? As of this morning, it still isn't clear.Here's what you need to know to get up to speed and on...

Using "I" statements to express how you feel may foster communication with someone with opposing political views.

How to talk politics with angry loved ones who disagree with you

Sandee LaMotte CNN November 4, 2020

(CNN) -- Election Day may be over soon, but the anger and frustration that divide America politically continue to simmer.For many, that animosity has boiled over in personal relationships, as friends,...

Votes are counted at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Election Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski

Crush of mail-in ballots slows count in key states; some battlegrounds to resume counting Wednesday

(CNN) -- Four key battleground states -- Pennsylvania, Nevada, Michigan and Georgia -- began Wednesday with tens of thousands of absentee ballots uncounted, leaving the White House race between President...

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 8: A lone bicyclist rides under the circle of flags surrounding the Washington Monument, the United States Capitol is prominent in the background. 

Republicans narrow Democrats’ path to Senate majority by keeping key GOP seats

Alex Rogers, CNN November 4, 2020

(CNN) -- After six years of Republican rule, the Senate could very well flip. But the party in power is not giving up without a fight.Republicans have already narrowed the Democrats' path, beating back...

FILE - This combination of Sept. 29, 2020, file photos shows President Donald Trump, left, and former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Trump and Biden locked in a nail-biter as race for the White House comes down to key states

(CNN) -- President Donald and Joe Biden are slugging out a tight battle for the White House across the country with signs that a momentous election could come down to Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and...

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden visits with residents across the street from the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Aquatic Center in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden, Trump score wins, but battlegrounds too early to call

WASHINGTON (AP) — Polls closed across the country Tuesday night as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden concluded an epic campaign that will shape America's response to the surging...