Several hundred people have begun a journey of housands of kilometers through Central America to the US. The migrants are hoping for a more humane approach to migration under President-elect Joe Biden.

US authorities are deploying troops to safeguard Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony days after the Capitol riot. The FBI has warned of armed protests across the country in the run-up to January 20.

After a dramatic day of violence at the US Capitol, the House of Representatives and the Senate have confirmed Joe Biden's presidential victory. The process is normally a quick formality.

Joe Biden will hit back at Russia with more than "just sanctions," for its suspected role in recent cyberattacks, his chief of staff said. A bipartisan group of lawmakers has called for a "strong response" by the US.

US President-elect Joe Biden has expressed interest in returning to the Iran nuclear deal. Israeli Ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff told DW that preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon is the "bottom line."

US President-elect Joe Biden has cleared the 270-vote threshold in the Electoral College count, formalizing his victory over Donald Trump.

The soon-to-be president said he would ask Americans to commit to wearing masks "for 100 days" to bring down surging coronavirus infections. Biden also wants Dr. Anthony Fauci to remain chief medical adviser.

US President-elect Joe Biden says he will sign an executive order on his first day in office requiring Americans to wear masks in order to curb the coronavirus pandemic. "I know that out of our collective pain, we're going to find collective purpose," Biden says in Wilmington, Delaware, as he introduces his health care team.

President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Lloyd Austin, who led US troops into Baghdad in 2003 and rose to head the US Central Command, as the first African-American secretary of defense, US media reported Monday.

US President-elect Joe Biden has called for swift approval of a coronavirus aid bill after a new jobs report highlighted a slowing labor market. The Democrat said "the future will be very bleak" if lawmakers fail to act.

Joe Biden has said his administration will strengthen the US role as a leader "across the world." At an event unveiling his national security team, the president-elect also stressed his commitment to global cooperation.

Joe Biden has chosen Obama administration veteran Antony Blinken for the top foreign policy job in the US. Blinken faces the tough task of rebuilding global relationships and repairing a broken State Department.