Getty ImagesOhio Republican Bernie Moreno unseated the three-term incumbent DemocratRepublicans are projected to have won the majority in the US Senate, after flipping Senate seats in West Virginia and...

Inside early ballot counting centre in critical battleground stateRazor wire. Thick black iron fencing. Metal detectors. Armed security guards. Bomb sweeps.The security at this centre where workers count ballots...

The plight of an Instagram-famous pet squirrel that was euthanised by New York wildlife officials has become a campaign talking point two days before the US presidential election.Donald Trump's...

A new poll of voters in Iowa suggests that Kamala Harris is leading with 47% over Donald Trump's 44%.The survey was released by the highly regarded pollster Ann Selzer,...

BBCLola Nordlinger (left) and Keely Ganong (right) say that student voices could deliver Michigan for HarrisIn battleground states like Arizona and Michigan, young women are lining up to vote...

It is Halloween once again and two things are inevitable - running out of sweets before young crowds of trick or treaters have knocked on your door, and social...

BBCBill Donovan knows that every vote matters in the swing state of Pennsylvania.That’s why the 78-year-old Democrat travelled from university to university throughout Pittsburgh to approach students in coffee...

The man who broke into the home of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacked her husband with a hammer has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility...

In the North Philadelphia neighbourhood of Fairhill, signs of Puerto Rico are never far off. The US island territory's red, white and blue flag adorns homes and businesses, and...

McDonald's is resuming sales of its Quarter Pounder burgers in all of its US restaurants after ruling out its beef patties as the source of an E. coli outbreak...

BBCDonald Trump enjoys a huge lead among men, while women tell pollsters they prefer Kamala Harris by a similarly large margin. The political gender gap reflects a decade of...

For decades, Canada has cast itself as a country open to newcomers, with immigration policies tailored to boost its population, fill labour gaps and settle refugees fleeing conflict from...