The Associated Press and the major TV networks have long played a major role in announcing the victor in elections based on their own data. There is no national elections...

Because votes are counted state by state, verdicts by the media outlets' decision desks serve as the unofficial finish line for the presidential race. The closeness of th...

WASHINGTON – Democrat Joe Biden stood on the cusp of winning the presidency Friday night, three days after Election Day, as the long, exacting work of counting votes wide...