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Counties with worst virus surges overwhelmingly voted Trump

By Carla K. Johnson, Hannah Fingerhut, Pia Deshpande, Associated Press

U.S. voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

WATCH: Pennsylvania secretary of state holds election update in Harrisburg

By Justin Stabley

As the U.S. waits for the full results of the presidential election, some protesters have demanded that ballot counting be stopped, while others have taken to the streets to urge that every vote be counted.

WATCH: Georgia official gives update as vote counting continues

By Associated Press

The Associated Press has not declared a winner in Georgia’s presidential contest because the race between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden is too early to call.

Michigan judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit over absentee ballots

By Associated Press

Judge Cynthia Stephens noted that the lawsuit was filed late Wednesday afternoon, just hours before the last ballots were counted. She also said the defendant, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, was the wrong person to sue.

With another Florida loss, Democrats begin second guessing

By Bobby Caina Calvan, Brendan Farrington, Associated Press

The presidential election postmortem underway in Florida is especially wrenching for Democrats. The soul searching and second-guessing has begun amid another high-profile loss at the ballot box.

Election observer says no evidence for Trump’s fraud claims

By Associated Press

The head of an international delegation monitoring the U.S. election says his team has no evidence to support President Donald Trump's claims about alleged fraud involving mail-in absentee ballots.

More than a dozen arrested as protesters demand vote count

By Martha Bellisle, Adam Geller, Associated Press

Police arrested more than a dozen people in Seattle and Portland, Oregon overnight during protests demanding a full tally of all votes in the US election. Dozens of supporters of President Donald Trump rallied at tabulation sites in closely contested…

WATCH: Clark County, Nevada, officials give election update as vote counting continues

By Associated Press

Early results showed Joe Biden with a slim lead over President Donald Trump in Nevada, but it was too early to declare a winner.

Election demonstrators arrested in Seattle and Portland

By Gillian Flaccus, Martha Bellisle, Associated Press

More than a dozen people have been arrested in Seattle and Portland, Oregon after hundreds took to the streets to demand a full count of all presidential election votes.

751,000 seek U.S. jobless benefits as virus hobbles economy

By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 751,000, a still-historically high level that shows that many employers keep cutting jobs in the face of the accelerating pandemic.