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The United States remained in electoral purgatory on Wednesday afternoon as officials scrambled to count the millions of votes still outstanding after Tuesday's presidential election.
Democratic nominee Joe Biden sustained an overall Electoral College lead after being projected as the winner in key Midwestern battlegrounds Wisconsin and Michigan. President Donald Trump vowed to take legal action in both states, as well as in Pennsylvania, where over 1 million ballots remained uncounted.
Stories we're following:
—Nov. 5 highlights: Presidential candidates compete for battleground states
—Amid shrinking odds of victory, Trump campaign plans legal battle
—Republicans break with Trump, say take time to count all the votes
—See which counties in the remaining battleground states have the most votes left to count
North Carolina won't be making updates to its vote total for more than a week
Finish the path to 270 after Biden wins Wisconsin and Michigan
Pa. court rejects one Trump lawsuit in Philadelphia County
Black men drifted from Democrats toward Trump in record numbers, polls show
Biden wins Michigan, NBC News projects
Despite inconclusive election, Wall Street ends the day on a high note
Amid shrinking odds of victory, Trump campaign plans legal battle
Chaos erupts in Detroit after Republican poll challengers demand an end to vote count
Nevada election officials to announce updated results Wednesday
With election results in flux, progressive groups mobilize for 'National Day of Solidarity'
Trump wins one Electoral College vote in Maine, NBC News projects
Arizona's Maricopa County has 605,000 uncounted ballots, some results released tonight
Some Republicans break with Trump, say take time to count all the votes
NBC News Exit Poll: Gains with white men helped put Biden over the top in Wisconsin
Analysis: Trump thinks he's losing. Just listen to him.
Trump campaign sues to stop the count in Michigan
Biden is the apparent winner in Wisconsin, NBC News projects
Biden now has more votes than any presidential candidate in history
Key Georgia county reports issue counting estimated 80,000 absentee ballots
Judge furious that Postal Service didn't sweep mail-sorting facilities for ballots as ordered
Democrat Sara Gideon concedes to Republican Sen. Susan Collins
Fact check: Trump's false, misleading claims about ballot counting in key states
Trump, Biden wait as vote counting continues in states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania
Trump's campaign manager says they will 'immediately' call for a Wisconsin recount
Dow soars by more than 800 points, as investors regroup without 'blue wave'
Georgia still has at least 240,000 votes left to count, secretary of state says
Partisan observers fuel tension as Detroit election workers tally absentee ballots
Michigan secretary of state says major cities to complete count within hours
NBC News Exit Poll: In Maine, Biden wins solid support from liberals, women and voters 65 and older
Vote Watch: Twitter takes action on multiple Trump tweets
Biden wins Maine, NBC News projects
Pa. officials urge patience with 50 percent of mail-in ballots counted
Beschloss: America has always been divided
Trump's Florida victory powered in part by Miami overperformance
Trump campaign argues he has a path to victory
Florida votes to raise state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour
The day after: Counting ballots in Michigan
Ritchie Torres becomes first gay Afro Latino elected to Congress
Wall Street rises at opening bell as investors brace for long wait to determine election outcome
Dingell: Women will help Biden win Michigan
First Read: Win or lose, Trump and his politics look like they're here to stay
Pollsters: Blame the founding fathers
Reading the fine print on how mail-in ballots are counted in Pennsylvania
With a handful of states left to call, see which paths to 270 remain
Pa. Gov. Wolf blasts GOP for calling on state's secretary of state to resign over ballot counting