US president-elect and Vice President-elect Harris to kick off transition planning with briefing from coronavirus advisory team; outgoing president spends Sunday hitting the links

Doug Emhoff, called a 'secret weapon' on the campaign trail, will also be first Jewish person to be part of America's first or second families

California senator pays tribute to barrier-breakers who came before her, says she will not be the last woman of color to rise to second-highest office in land

Many backers of US president among those quick to hail Democrat after networks project win, ignoring claims that election not over

Shattering barriers at height of American power, senator and former district attorney of San Francisco has been rising star in Democratic politics for much of the last two decades

First resolution Senator Harris sponsored effectively condemned Obama abstention on anti-settlement UN resolution; still, ex-aide now says she's lockstep with Biden on Israel

Lapid and Justice Minister Nissenkorn expect relations to 'deepen and strengthen' further under newly elected US president; Bennett sure Biden committed to Israel's security

President-elect says that 'with the campaign over, it's time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation'

Handover period may be truncated but ex-VP's team started planning in April; advisers say top priority will be announcing chief of staff, then preparing to tackle pandemic

Democratic nominee refrains from declaring victory as counting continues in critical battleground states; says he's already preparing for the White House