Trump Stress-Tested the Election System, and the Cracks Showed
As President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election have steadily disintegrated, the country appears to have escaped a doomsday scenario in the campaign’s epilogue:...
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Virginia Democrats, Thrilled With Biden Victory, Aren’t Looking for Carbon Copy
ANNANDALE, Va. — Katherine White spent countless hours this year organizing voters to back Joseph R. Biden Jr. for president. One of millions of suburban...
What Donald Trump Liked About Being President
In November 2018, after a vote that did not matter enough to him to push conspiracy theories about the outcome, President Trump stood in the...
How Trump Hopes to Use Party Machinery to Retain Control of the G.O.P.
As President Trump brazenly seeks to delay the certification of the election in hopes of overturning his defeat, he is also mounting a less high-profile...
Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia is in isolation after testing positive for the virus.
Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, a Republican who is campaigning in a high-stakes runoff election that could determine control of the Senate, is isolating after...
Trump Using Last Days to Lock in Policies and Make Biden’s Task More Difficult
WASHINGTON — Voters have decided that President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. should guide the country through the next four years. But on issues of war,...
Seeking Restart With Biden, Palestinians Eye End to Prisoner Payments
JERUSALEM — In a bold move to refurbish their sullied image in Washington, the Palestinians are laying the groundwork for an overhaul to one of...
In Georgia Recount, a Republican Feud With Trump at the Center
ATLANTA — There is no worse time for Georgia Republicans to be engulfed in a civil war. Their presidential candidate just narrowly lost the state,...
U.S. to Drop Case Against Mexican Ex-Official to Allow Inquiry in Mexico
The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to drop drug trafficking and corruption charges against a former Mexican defense minister to allow Mexican officials...
Biden Wants to Rejoin Iran Nuclear Deal, but It Won’t Be Easy
BRUSSELS — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has promised to move quickly to rejoin the nuclear deal with Iran so long as Iran also comes...