2020 United States elections

Trump spy nominee Jay Clayton faces tense hearing after refusing to say Joe Biden won in 2020

Clayton said only that Biden had been "certified" as president, while also insisting, "I am not an election denier."

Jay Clayton, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The Iranian delegation led by Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Speaker of the Parliament of Iran (center) arrives to meet with the Pakistani delegation led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (not pictured) on June 21, 2026 in Obbuergen, Switzerland.

US officials say attacks halted, Qatar talks to be held this week

AFGHAN CHILDREN sit on a concrete bench at a hilltop, amid telecom shutdown across the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 30, 2025.

Millions of Afghan children facing severe risks from changing climate, UNICEF says

A view of a residential building damaged by a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 23, 2026.

US strikes on Iran may constitute war crimes, international law experts announce


Trump takes fighting stance as election swings toward Biden

"He's in a fighting mood right now. He's not melancholy or dejected. But the path is getting harder and harder," said one Trump confidante, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

US presidential nominee Joe Biden and US President Donald Trump

Federal watchdog probing Trump campaign's use of White House - lawmaker

President Donald Trump monitored election returns in the living room of the White House residence on Tuesday, later addressing some 200 supporters gathered in the East Room.

US AMBASSADOR to Israel David Friedman and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner stand behind US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in August.

Americans bipartisanly reject Trump's victory declaration - poll

84%, including 93% of Democrats and 70% of Republicans, said that “candidates should not be declaring victory until all of the votes are counted.”

US President Donald Trump speaks about early results from the 2020 US presidential election in the East Room of the White House in Washington, US, November 4, 2020.

Judge orders USPS to do 2 daily sweeps in states still receiving ballots

US District Judge Emmet Sullivan said the processing centers must perform morning sweeps and then afternoon sweeps "to ensure that any identified local ballots can be delivered that day."

U.S. postal service trucks sit parked at the post office in Del Mar, California

No matter who wins the election, American Jews fear bigotry and division

“We are an incredibly divided country, and that was something we knew before yesterday, and something we know today.”

Antisemitism in the United States: Antisemitic graffiti on The Rock landmark at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, blaming Jews for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, September, 2019

As election uncertainty continues, rabbis help their congregants cope

“Certainly the people who came to that service were coming for comfort and solidarity,” Folberg said.

Baruch Hashem Messianic Synagogue in Dallas, Texas

Pennsylvania’s Jewish A-G who’s making sure the state’s votes are counted

Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s Democratic and Jewish attorney general, is the man charged with ensuring the legality of the state’s electoral processes this year.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro appears on CNN on Nov. 4 to discuss vote counting in Pennsylvania

Israeli minister warns of war if Biden returns to Iran Deal

“If Biden stays with that policy, there will, in the end, be a violent confrontation between Israel and Iran.”

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during a speech delivered for the largely virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., August 20, 2020

Iran’s unveiled new ballistic missile facility with ‘missile train’

This is Iran’s message: We can threaten the US in Iraq, we have inroads south of the US border, and we have new missiles that can be hidden and can strike at Israel, the US and Saudi Arabia.

Hossein Salami, deputy head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard

Kathy Manning, former Jewish Federations head, wins NC congressional race

Manning, 63, was the first woman to chair the Jewish Federations of North America from 2009-2012.

Kathy Manning 311