With 19 days to go before the election, about 18.4 million Americans had mailed in ballots or cast votes in person by the end of the day Thursday. If that pace continues, the U.S. will mark a first: More votes cast before election day than on it.

Rapper Ice Cube has responded to the sharp criticism he has faced for working with the White House.

Everything you need to know about how a gym that public health officials say did everything right became a superspreader

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia for a town hall meeting moderated by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. The town hall is being hosted in place of what would have been the second presidential debate following President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis. The discussion with the former vice president will last for 90 minutes. Follow along here for real-time news and updates on Thursday's town hall event.

A series of emails obtained by the New York Post were published on Wednesday alleging that Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, introduced his father to a top executive at Ukrainian energy firm Burisma. However, according to The Washington Post, then-Vice President Biden played no role in pressuring Ukraine officials into firing a prosecutor who failed to investigate the energy firm. It also doesn't detail whether the elder Biden actually met with Hunter’s Ukrainian business associate.

The president is at the Pérez Art Museum in Miami on Thursday night for a town hall meeting moderated by Today host Savannah Guthrie. The town hall is being hosted in place of what would have been the second presidential debate following the president’s COVID-19 diagnosis. Trump’s appearance will begin at 8 pm ET and the event will last for 60 minutes. At the same time, Democratic nominee is doing a town hall with ABC. Follow along here for real-time updates from journalists and fact-checkers. Watch broadcasts from both town halls below.

The Australian mogul is disgusted by Trump’s handling of COVID-19, remarking that the president is his own worst enemy and telling associates “people are ready for Sleepy Joe.”

The President has relied heavily on deal-making to deliver one of his most controversial campaign promises.

Since Donald Trump took office, not only has faith in the idea of checks and balances been shattered, but the political divide has deepened to, maybe, a point of no return.

Two new studies show the effect of the emergency $2 trillion package known as the CARES Act and what happened when the money ran out.

Some election law experts are concerned a combination of factors could lead to a crisis in which both political parties claim to have won the same state, a phenomenon known as 'dueling electors.

Winter is drawing in, and cases are rising in both regions.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is poised to wrap up confirmation hearings on Thursday for President Trump’s US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett ahead of a vote on her nomination planned for next week. Follow below for real-time updates and commentary on Day 4 of the Senate hearings.

A test that rapidly detects COVID-19 and can differentiate it from other viruses has been developed by Oxford University. The team behind the test hope to have an approved device by the middle of 2021.

In the wake of their 15-3 victory over the Braves in Game 3 of the NLCS on Wednesday, the Dodgers looked good enough to create a mathematical conundrum. Can you be trailing two games to one yet actually be leading the series?

Faced with soaring coronavirus caseloads, some universities told students to “stay put” for 14 days. The New York Times asked college journalists to report from their quarantined campuses.