US Department of Justice has allowed federal prosecutors to pursue investigations into "evidence-backed allegations" of "irregularities" that may have been committed during the recent presidential election.

US President Donald trump alleged on Wednesday that there had been "surprise ballot dumps" in states where he had been leading Democrat Joe Biden in the race for the White House.

Rapper Kanye West on Tuesday voted for himself as the next U.S. president after a longshot campaign marked by erratic statements and speculation that he might siphon some Black votes from Democrat Joe Biden.

Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc on Tuesday suspended several recently created right-leaning news accounts posting information about voting in the hotly contested US election for violating their policies.

US election day is finally here, and 100 million people have already voted by mail or in person.

After an acrimonious presidential campaign that exposed the depth of the political divisions in the United States, Americans streamed to the polls Tuesday to choose either incumbent Donald Trump or challenger Joe Biden to lead a pandemic-battered nation for the next four years.

The acting U.S. Department of Homeland Security secretary, Chad Wolf, said on Tuesday there was no evidence a "foreign actor" had compromised U.S. votes in the 2020 presidential election.

In the lead-up to the US presidential election, Georgetown University in Qatar ( GU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, is hosting a public virtual webinar titled “US Election: Outcomes and Implications in an Era of Uncertainty” at 6pm on Tuesday.

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it had suspended three networks of Russian accounts that attempted to interfere in the domestic politics of eight African countries

US Democratic leaders called on Congress on Wednesday to give the Federal Bureau of Investigation $300 million to fight Russian efforts to interfere in congressional and state elections in November.

US president Donald Trump Saturday said he believes Vladimir Putin's assurances that he did not meddle in US elections that propelled him to power, adding the Russian leader felt "very insulted" by the allegations.

Donald Trump's improbable victory in the US presidential election provoked global shock and angst on Wednesday over the implications for everything from trade to human rights and climate change.