John Hopkins University says 1,149 more deaths also recorded over past 24 hours, amid surge in new infections across country

Official last appeared in public, without a mask, as Trump falsely declared victory in the vote count; several other staffers also said to test positive

Iranian president says he hopes the past 3 years have shown Washington that the 'maximum pressure' policy imposed by Trump after he withdrew from the nuclear deal has failed

Petition seeks injunction ordering local election officials to take no action on votes that arrived after Election Day, which the state Republican Party says should be disqualified

With Democratic challenger set to address nation, Trump tweets that he should 'not wrongfully claim the office of president. I could make that claim also'

Tweets referring to the Democratic nominee with the victor's title are tagged with message explaining presidential race has yet to be called

Austrian minister faults Erich Zwettler for 'obvious and intolerable' failures, reveals jihadist gunman Kujtim Fejzulai was in contact with people on radar of German intelligence

Eyes of the world on election workers, as they work to tally remaining ballots in yet to be decided US presidential race