With Trump threatening legal action, supreme court could end up playing role in deciding outcome of election

The 45th US president: 2017-2020 timeline

America Letter: Threats from Trump only add to country’s struggle to count votes

Polls suggest president trails Democratic rival Joe Biden in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin

US president has now nominated three conservative-leaning justices to the nine-member court

If Amy Coney Barrett is acceptable to Catholic bishops, Joe Biden should be too

Obama, Bon Jovi and Cher add some razzmatazz to the Biden campaign

Appointment of a supreme court judge so close to presidential election unprecedented

Head-to-head debate between the two presidential candidates a very different affair this time

Republican veteran Lindsey Graham faces an unexpectedly strong challenge for his seat

Democrats boycott vote and place posters on seats to protest potential healthcare changes

Trump and Biden prepare for final presidential debate face-off 12 days out

Debate commission announces moderator of Thursday night’s event may mute microphones

Joe Biden leads the election polls nationally, but in Florida the race is razor-tight

Polls suggest that Joe Biden is on track but many are wary after 2016’s shock result

America Letter: Reshaping judiciary one of few promises kept by incumbent president

Third wave fears grow as US case total passes eight million and Trump plans more rallies

US president and Joe Biden square off in separate town-hall TV events

President refuses to denounce far-right conspiracy movement QAnon during combative broadcast

Still unclear if final scheduled presidential debate will go ahead next week

President tells crowd he is not a Washington politician as election day looms

Questions on abortion, gun law and healthcare put to supreme court nominee

Anthony Fauci warns US president is ‘asking for trouble’ by holding large rallies

Confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee Amy Coney Barrett to begin in US Senate this afternoon

Judiciary committee will hold four days of hearings set to involve ethical clash

People of Praise, a Catholic covenant community, has an outsized influence on members

Steroid-pumped US president looks to public gatherings and more bogus Covid-19 claims

The US president, who told the public he had Covid-19 eight days ago, refused to take part in a virtual debate with Joe Biden

America Letter: As election day approaches, this president needs all the help he can get

White House has presided over the ‘greatest failure in history’, says Harris

US president doing ‘extremely well’, says doctor, after dramatic return to White House

Mitch McConnell to go ahead with Senate judiciary committee hearing despite Covid-19

US president had two episodes of drops in oxygen levels on Friday and a high fever

The presidential campaign has a lot of work to do without its star attraction

Doctor ‘extremely happy’, but source close to president strikes a more negative note

Joe Biden should win in his home town. But the state of Pennsylvania could go either way

If president’s Covid-19 worsens, campaign will weaken and succession may loom

Candidates struggle to make substantive points amid repeated interruptions

Supreme court nominee set for further round of meetings with Republican senators

Confirmation proceedings get under way as Republicans rush to fill seat before election