Category: Politics

After President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, the question coursing through American politics is what becomes of the movement that has developed behind Trump.

When you look at the election results in the states Trump lost, you can see the limits of Trump’s lies — and how they may have backfired.

The president-elect plans to focus heavily on the pandemic while the president, who has not conceded the election, presses ahead with legal challenges in states where he is trailing in the vote count.

Harris and Biden spoke to supporters in Wilmington, Del.

After a chaotic election, the parties prepare to descend on Georgia, where two runoffs will determine control of the U.S. Senate. Republicans say they must win to block an all-Democratic Washington, while Democrats hope to ease the way for Biden’s agenda.

Former vice president Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) are planning their transition effort, after delivering their first remarks Saturday night as president- and vice president-elect as their supporters gathered to celebrate in cities throughout the country.

Despite Trump’s and his campaign’s baseless allegations of voter fraud, what we saw Saturday didn’t exactly paint a picture of a campaign working tirelessly and strategically.

A lame duck Congress and a lame duck president confront major challenges between now and January 20. A spike in coronavirus cases and a looming government shutdown has created intense pressure for policy makers to address.

Two years after announcing his retirement, Issa won in a neighboring district and will fill the vacancy created when Duncan D. Hunter resigned after pleading guilty to misusing campaign funds.

This year aimed a bright light on the way elections are run in this country and put unfathomable demands on the people who run them.

Democrats and Republicans have viewed the American flag differently in recent years. As celebrations exploded after Biden’s victory, Democrats seized the flag as their own.

In this edition: How turnout this year confounded even victorious Democrats, what Republicans are saying about legal challenges, and the start of a new race in Georgia.