Washington

Paul Wells: The crises are stacked up outside the Oval Office. Biden’s advantage will be knowing that nothing will be given to him simply because he’s a fresh face.

Biden has won in Pennsylvania, says the wire service, giving him enough electoral votes to defeat Donald Trump

The vice-president and his running mate will be addressing the nation as votes continue to be counted in the 2020 U.S. presidential election

As votes were counted in battleground states, Biden addressed the nation: ’Once this election is finalized and behind us, it’ll be time for us to do what we’ve always done as Americans...to see each other again, to listen to one another.’

Paul Wells: Wednesday’s market rallies amount to a bet that a Democrat president and a Republican Senate will guarantee nothing changes in America

Democrat dreams of wielding triple-threat power in Washington are all but dashed

Scott Gilmore: While votes are still being counted it is already clear that America’s dangerous politics and its declining place in the world are the new normal

Trump’s greatest achievement has been to dismantle reality as we know it, replacing it with a universe where sense is dismissed as nonsense

On U.S. Election Day 2, some big questions loom: Is a tie possible? Which candidate has more paths to victory? And where will the legal battles happen?

Image of the Week: What everyone thought would happen is happening. That’s concerning—but surely not cause for shock and panic.