President Trump lauded progress being made on coronavirus vaccine candidates on Friday, and ignored surging virus rates across the country. At the same event, Vice President Mike Pence acknowledged the increase.

Officials said two men were killed in an explosion at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut Friday morning while performing routine maintenance on a leaking steam pipe. Three others were injured.

Top congressional Democrats renewed calls for a sweeping coronavirus relief package on Thursday, citing record-breaking coronavirus infections and the presidential election results, to justify a larger relief package.

President Trump participated in a brief, silent Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

China ousted four Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers from the Legislature Wednesday, prompting the 15 others remaining in the opposition to vow to resign en masse in solidarity.

The strengthening storm brought heavy rain and high winds as it neared the Florida Keys, where it was expected to make landfall, possibly as a hurricane, by late Sunday.

President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Sunday attended Mass and visited the cemetery where his son Beau Biden and other family members are buried at St. Joseph on the Brandywine in Wilmington, Del.

Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic presidential nominee, expressed confidence that he would win the presidential election and that his lead had given him 'a mandate for action' on national issues.

Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic presidential nominee, delivered an address.

At a news briefing on Friday, the mayor of Philadelphia urged President Trump to concede the election and defended the ballot counting process across Pennsylvania.