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Standing alone at the base of the garland-wrapped Grand Staircase on Tuesday, President Donald Trump seemed miffed that people around him have given up on overturning the election.

• US vaccine may soon get green light, but Americans must be vigilant to avoid 'unthinkable death toll'• Analysis: US vaccine meeting offers hope for the future while outgoing Trump harps on past• Live updates: Germany struggles to contain surge in new infections

Americans could get the first real glimmer of hope that there will be an end to the pandemic that has upended their lives Thursday, when a key advisory panel takes a vote that could clear the way for the US Food and Drug Administration to greenlight a Covid-19 vaccine within days.

CNN's Don Lemon reacts to President Donald Trump falsely telling guests at a White House Hanukkah party that "we're going to win this election."

Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm are spending over 18 months in a tiny cabin on the Arctic island of Svalbard. They have endured months of total darkness, without electricity or running water, on their mission to inspire and educate the next generation to protect the Arctic.

The US Food and Drug Administration has granted an emergency use authorization for the first non-prescription, over-the-counter Covid-19 test kit for at-home use.

President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block millions of votes from four battleground states that voted for President-elect Joe Biden.

A growing number of Senate Republicans are ready to publicly acknowledge what's been widely known for weeks but what they've refused to say: Joe Biden won the presidency and will be sworn in on January 20.

CNN correspondent Randi Kaye looks into the legal probes President Donald Trump faces after he leaves the White House.

President-elect Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, said Wednesday in a statement that he learned his tax affairs are being investigated by the US Attorney's Office in Delaware.

When the Ghanaian government agreed to coordinate with Shenzen Energy Group, a Chinese energy company, to build a 7,000-megawatt coal power plant in the country's Ekumfi district, Chibeze Ezekiel was concerned.

A giant experimental rocket built by Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully soared eight miles above the company's testing facilities in South Texas on Wednesday and came back down as planned, before crashing into the ground in an enormous plume of flames and smoke.

President Donald Trump criticized Germany's handling of Covid-19 after the nation had a record number of deaths. However, the US had four times as many Covid-19 deaths per 100,000 residents.

Rep. Eric Swalwell told CNN Wednesday that he was "shocked" when the FBI informed him several years ago that he was targeted by a suspected Chinese intelligence operative as part of a broader effort to establish ties with US politicians, reiterating that he immediately cooperated with federal investigators who were looking into the individual in question.

Dozens of states and the federal government sued Facebook on Wednesday in twin antitrust lawsuits, alleging that the social media giant has abused its dominance in the digital marketplace and engaged in anticompetitive behavior.

All 50 states and the District of Columbia have now certified their presidential results, according to CNN's tally, as the Electoral College process moves forward with the meeting of electors on Monday.

In mid-November, as President Donald Trump railed against the election results, his wife, first lady Melania Trump publicly agreed with his sentiments. But privately, a handful of days after the final state tally, the first lady tasked an emissary with discreetly finding out what was available to her in terms of budget and staff allocation for post-White House life.

President-elect Joe Biden will begin trying to sell his choice for defense secretary, retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, to congressional Democrats who are balking at the prospect of waiving the requirement that the position be filled by someone who has been out of active-duty military service for at least seven years.

From roads and buildings to cars and plastic, human civilization is built on lots of stuff.

Germany was praised among European nations for its handling of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. But on Tuesday it suffered its deadliest day yet and infection rates are still rising. So what's gone wrong?

As President-elect Joe Biden formally introduces his defense secretary nominee Wednesday, the role of attorney general remains the biggest outstanding position in the Cabinet yet to be named.

Rich countries have bought enough Covid-19 vaccine doses to immunize their populations three times over, an international vaccine watchdog has said, but developing countries are being left behind in the global sprint to end the coronavirus pandemic.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar says he expects coronavirus vaccines to be accessible for the general population of Americans by the second quarter of 2021.

As Chinese officials tout their success in containing Covid-19, there is growing concern within China over imported cases of the virus. Officials have claimed the source of recent outbreaks is imported frozen foods. Both the WHO and the CDC insist there is no evidence that Covid-19 can be contracted from food or food packaging. CNN's David Culver reports from Shenzhen, China.

For two weeks, tens of thousands of farmers in northern India have been protesting against three new farm laws introduced by the government. Despite a meeting in Delhi between the Home Minister and farmers, there has been no breakthrough in talks. CNN's Vedika Sud reports.

"He was an animal. He raped me that night -- I thought I would just have to dance."

The former Florida state data scientist whose house was raided by police on Monday says she isn't just worried about the legal ramifications she's facing, but also for other state employees who leaked her damaging information on Florida's coronavirus response.

CNN's Don Lemon says Trump's enablers in the GOP have sunken to "a new low of cowardice," as high-profile Republican leaders till refuse to publicly acknowledge Joe Biden as the President-elect.

Want to see American over-policing in action? Watch Rebekah Jones' home being invaded by Florida cops: They burst in, shouting orders and pointing guns, like it's a military raid. It was a hyper-aggressive and totally unnecessary maneuver for carrying out a search warrant related to an alleged computer crime.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a sweeping defense bill with a veto-proof majority after a veto threat from President Donald Trump sharply divided Republican lawmakers, forcing them to choose between loyalty to him and legislation that sets defense policy for the country.

In a sad reflection of the divisive moment in which our country now finds itself, armed people descended on my home last Saturday, screaming falsehoods and obscenities into a bullhorn while my family was finishing hanging Christmas decorations and my four year old was settling in to watch "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."

CNN senior legal analyst Laura Coates says that the Supreme Court ruling denying a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to block certification of the commonwealth's 2020 election results leaves the Trump campaign with no more options to overturn the election.

President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday laid out his three-point plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic, an approach in dealing with the virus that continues to contrast with President Donald Trump.

• GOP leadership rejects resolution acknowledging Biden as President-elect