After days of ballot tallying, the former vice president's lead in the 2020 White House race has solidified as he narrows in on the 270 electoral votes needed to secure the presidency.
The U.S. has reached a new, worrisome high: it's surpassed a daily count of nearly 120 thousand new confirmed coronavirus cases, a 20 percent jump in just one week.
Senate Democrats gained one new seat so far, but they would need two more plus the White House to take the majority. Two runoffs races in Georgia give them a very narrow path.
What would a national popular vote mean? Instead of watching days of livestreams of swing state poll workers, the result would have been settled on Tuesday night.
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with David Brooks of The New York Times and Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Post about the presidential election, election security and the state of the U.S. democracy.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms about a tight presidential race in Georgia and the state heading to a ballot recount.