Independent

Will a state full of calm, circumspect people ever be spared the exhausting election year frenzy?

The short sharp shock of the first lockdown makes way for one last night of freedom in the capital’s entertainment district before the secon...

Voter advocates say Hawaii should set up more voter service centers after a last-minute surge of interest led to hours-long lines for in-per...

The head of the National Institutes of Health said wearing masks this winter could save around 130,000 lives 

Messy election — but a 269-269 Electoral College split is no longer mathematically possible.

The heir to the throne added that he prefers to get shoes ‘or any item of clothing’ repaired when faulty or worn, rather than throwing it aw...

Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Muslims and people of other faiths have come together to pray and sing in post-election solidarity in New York

It’s one of many suits the Trump campaign is lodging to challenge the election results before votes have finished being counted

Earl Spencer’s dossier demanding an inquiry into the fake documents that secured an interview with his sister will shine a fresh and long ov...

Philadelphia’s district attorney has vowed to make his own decision about whether to charge two young officers in the shooting death of Walt...

Hostile crowds turn violent towards police

The previous record holder was Barack Obama

San Francisco voters have approved several tax measures targeting landlords and big businesses whose CEOs earn far higher than their average...

In what has come to be known as #Sharpiegate, social media posts circulated Wednesday claiming election officials in Arizona’s Maricopa Coun...

Americans were watching anxiously as results poured in from around the US but election officials warn that it could take days, or even weeks...

Rust belt state was one of Donald Trump’s most important victories in 2016

Lawsuits, unsubstantiated tweets – and binoculars. The first post-election day was a poetic summary of president’s entire term

Rapper hinted that he would run again in 2024

Voters have ousted a Georgia prosecutor who was criticized for her office's response to the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery

Giuliani claimed at the Philadelphia press conference, ‘We’re going to win this election. We’ve actually won it.'

Mr Bloomberg spent an additional $15m on doomed efforts in Ohio and Texas. 

Troubled Mexican airline Interjet has resumed flights and is pledging to pay back wages owed its employees, after the carrier suspended flig...

Anxious Americans woke up to an election aftermath that has yet to deliver any clear answer

'Yesterday proved democracy is the heartbeat of nation’

The 2020 presidential candidate’s son joins his father in criticising the Democratic party