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…

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…

News of Trump’s defeat came as he was golfing at one of his clubs in Virginia, surrounded by adoring supporters.

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.

Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and at least five aides are part of a wave of infections that struck as the White House was reeling…

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.

The series of actions on issues from climate to health and immigration would come soon after the president-elect is sworn in Jan. 20.

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…

Harris, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, is the first woman of color to be elected vice president.

The president has vowed to continue to fight the election results, privately urging allies and advisers to defend him publicly and insisting that he still…