Millions face a steep and immediate drop in spending power when federal jobless benefits end this month, with a sharp rise in the poverty rate.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court repudiation of President Trump was also a blunt rebuke to Republican leaders who had put their interests ahead of the country’s.
Read MoreCalifornia’s redwoods, sequoias and Joshua trees define the American West and nature’s resilience through the ages. Wildfires this year were their deadliest test.
Read MoreA judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate protections for young immigrants brought to the country as children. But their status remains precarious.
Read MoreTo win two hotly contested Senate runoff races, Democrats in Georgia need a lot of things to go right.
Read MoreFor 10 years, Libre — an arm of the Koch family’s Americans for Prosperity — has been working to foster conservatism in Hispanic communities. They're going all-in on Georgia’s Senate runoffs.
Read MoreIn key states, Republican election officials and judges refuted conspiracy theories, certified results, dismissed lawsuits and repudiated a president of their own party.
Read MoreMillions of Americans face eviction in a “completely predictable and entirely preventable” crisis as the CDC’s moratorium is set to expire on New Year’s Eve.
Read MoreAt a wide range of departments and agencies, Mr. Trump’s political appointees are going to extraordinary lengths to try to prevent Mr. Biden from rolling back the president’s legacy.
Read MoreDemocrats are paying attention after a surprising number of Latino voters in swing states supported Trump.
Read MoreConfrontations have escalated in swing states, with elections officials in both parties facing threats of violence, as the president and other Republicans try to subvert the country’s voting system.
Read MoreAt least 142 women will take their seats in the next Congress, according to ABC News1 election projections, and that number could continue to grow.
Read MoreHe is returning to a Washington he knows well. And the path he took to get back offers a road map for how he’ll govern.
Read MoreAs they try to somehow reverse Joe Biden’s victory, President Trump and his allies have targeted heavily Black cities, painting them as corrupt and trying to throw out huge numbers of votes.
Read MoreThe president and his allies have baselessly claimed that rampant voter fraud stole victory from him. Officials contacted by The Times said that there were no irregularities that affected the outcome.
Read MoreBuford Highway, in suburban Atlanta, has long been a place where immigrant entrepreneurs could build businesses and get ahead. Not this year.
Read MoreRepublicans’ election-related lawsuits don’t amount to much. But as this video explains, the future of election law under the new US Supreme Court is a different story.
Read MoreHere’s an overview on President-elect Biden’s positions on coronavirus, health care, the economy, taxes and climate change.
Read MoreThe president and his allies have united right-wing media and internet trolls with false messaging that legitimate vote counting should stop.
Read MoreAs the hours pass, some battleground states have swung back and forth between Joe Biden leads and Donald Trump leads. As this FiveThirtyEight video explains, that’s not a sign of corruption or fraud.
Read MoreThe president pursued lawsuits in Pennsylvania and Michigan, and his campaign said it would demand a recount in Wisconsin.
Read More“The great wedge in America just got bigger last night,” said Dan Hensley, a longtime Republican who voted for Joe Biden.
Read MoreThe key swing states remaining in the presidential contest still haven’t been called. But as the count has continued, there have been some indications of who might win overall.
Read MorePresident Trump has been trying to pre-emptively delegitimize ballots counted after Nov. 3. But states have always counted past election night.
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