US President-elect Joe Biden has said outreach from the White House over the transition has been "sincere".
US President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled officials for six important posts, as he prepares to take office.
Donald Trump has accepted a formal US transition should begin for President-elect Joe Biden to take office.
A prominent ally of Donald Trump has urged him to drop his efforts to overturn his loss to Joe Biden in the US presidential election.
The coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford is highly effective at stopping people developing Covid-19 symptoms, a large trial shows.
The first Americans to receive a Covid-19 vaccine could get it as soon as 11 December, according to the head of the US coronavirus vaccine programme.
US President-elect Joe Biden's victory in Georgia has been confirmed by a recount, as legal efforts by Donald Trump's allies to challenge his defeat were dismissed in three states.
The US has recorded more than 250,000 deaths from Covid-19, a bleak marker as cases soar once again across the country.
(Reuters) - About half of all Republicans believe President Donald Trump “rightfully won” the U.S. election but that it was stolen from him by widespread voter fraud that favored Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll.
Donald Trump says he has fired a top election official who contradicted the US president's claims of voter fraud.
Russia's unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.
Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not take part in Republican presidential debates with his rivals in the race for the White House.