US president says election showed integrity of the system and acknowledges party is ‘hurting’ in address that also defended his achievements.   18:32Joanna Walters A combative Rudy Giuliani said a civil case to take his most prized assets was like “a political persecution” before he entered a New York courthouse earlier today to explain to a federal judge why he hasn’t surrendered his valuables by the October 29 deadline as part of a $148m defamation judgment.

Would Democrats fare better if Biden had stepped back earlier? I don’t know if we can say for certain, but it’s a question we’ll be asking ourselves for some time.'

Three out of four of Philly's collar counties remained solidly blue, but Vice President Kamala Harris did not win enough votes in the suburbs to offset losses in the rest of the state.