Comments come hours after US president issued premature claims of victory and said he'd take election to Supreme Court; Democratic challenger pulls ahead in Michigan and Wisconsin

Several races still remain undecided, but Republicans face down challengers in a number of races targeted by Biden's party as they cling to narrow majority

Leaders refrain from commenting until last ballots counted, pundits fill global airwaves with guesses as investors try to make sense of election

Most voters say Democrat better equipped to tackle pandemic, see US president as more likely to restore jobs

Only a full, definitive result -- however narrow its margin, however frustratingly long it might take to finalize -- can allow a leader to credibly govern a country

Support higher than for Clinton in 2016, J Street poll indicates; 78% of Jewish respondents back Democrats in congressional races

Without evidence, US president says he’ll go to Supreme Court to stop alleged ‘major fraud’ by Democrats; Biden campaign says it'll fight Trump in court

Trump takes battleground prize Florida along with Ohio, Iowa, Texas; Biden takes Minnesota and New Hampshire; races up in the air in North Carolina, Georgia

Democratic candidate tweets: 'It's not my place or Donald Trump's place to declare the winner of this election. It's the voters' place'

Specter of pandemic and economic strife loom over candidates and voters as daily infections climb in almost every state and hospitals in some areas scramble to cope