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Only five days to go until election day and the scenarios for what next week might look like are endless. A red mirage? A blue wave? Too close to call?  US correspondent Cordelia Lynch and Washington bureau chief Emily Purser Brown game the possible outcomes as campaigns draw to a close, with the help of

In the tightly contested state of Florida, emotions are running high. Outside a Joe Biden rally in Tampa, small but vocal groups of Democrats and Republicans are facing off. “Why are you so dumb?” a Biden supporter shouts out of his car window, with an equally furious Trump fan yelling back. Image: Outside a Joe

His supporters take him seriously but not literally, his opponents in reverse. So it was wisely said of Donald Trump before he took office. There is a limit to how seriously we take his promises. They all have an element of hyperbole. So that makes it harder judging if he’s achieved them or not. But

Politics and the pandemic have converged in America and Wisconsin is the eye of the storm. The state is now one of the world’s coronavirus hotspots. Around one in every four people being tested here is COVID-19 positive. That didn’t stop Donald Trump holding a packed rally here on Tuesday. His vice president then held

Joe Biden has criticised ongoing unrest and looting in Philadelphia after casting his vote in the US presidential election. The Democratic candidate made the comments on Wednesday at a polling station in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was accompanied by his wife Jill. He told reporters there was “no excuse whatsoever” for the chaos in Philadelphia,

President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis and hospitalisation, and refusal to participate in the second presidential debate due to the proposed virtual format, have been only the latest astonishing events in the race for the White House. While from day to day the campaign brings new surprises and controversies – most it needs to be said in

It’s a sobering thought when the eldest son of Atlanta’s most famous civil rights leader looks you in the eye and tells you American democracy is under threat and he’s worried about the possibility of another civil war. With just one full week of campaigning in the US elections to go, Martin Luther King III

Joe Biden heads to Georgia on Tuesday in a final push for votes in the deep south Peach State which – for the first time in decades – has emerged as an electoral battleground. If the Democrats win here, it’s likely to signal doom for Donald Trump’s re-election bid. The state has already broken all

Donald Trump has called out rival Joe Biden after the Democratic presidential hopeful appeared to confuse the president with George W Bush. The 77-year-old made the gaffe as he spoke to supporters during an I Will Vote Concert virtual event alongside his wife Jill. “What kind of country we’re gonna be? Four more years of

Eight days ahead of Americans going to the polls, early voting turnout has surpassed that of the 2016 election. Almost 60 million people have already cast their ballots, with the pace of early voting suggesting this election could lead to the highest voter turnout in more than a century. Most votes have been cast in

Jon Bon Jovi has told Americans that casting a vote in Tuesday’s presidential election is “about the future of these United States that I so believe in”. The rock star gave a small concert at a drive-in rally in Dallas, Pennsylvania, for the Democratic candidate on Saturday. He took off his black face mask to

The energy of American politics is extraordinary. At an intersection of two minor roads in a place called Dallas, Pennsylvania, hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters are gathering. It’s noisy, boisterous, but largely good-natured. Image: Trump supporters at a Biden rally in Pennsylvania “Four more years!” they chant. Horns honk from cars flying flags depicting

This is an anxious moment in America, in a year dominated by division. There are deep concerns there could be an outbreak of violence after the election amidst an electorate unlikely to be satisfied by either result. We’ve seen militia groups on the rise, a near constant presence at moments of tension. Image: The World

Donald Trump will vote in Florida later as he tries to secure a win in the crucial battleground state. Stoking the crowd at a series of rallies in the past 24 hours, the president preached to the converted. After his controlled performance at the final televised debate with Joe Biden on Thursday, he reverted to

Joe Biden has renewed his attack on President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic during the final debate ahead of the presidential election on 3 November. The Democratic candidate told the debate in Nashville, Tennessee: “Anyone who’s responsible for that many deaths should not remain president of the United States of America.” Mr Trump