The presidential election is over, and the complicated two-month sprint has begun to hand over the levers of power from one ...

About two dozen chimpanzees deemed too feeble to be moved a few years ago will be going to Chimp Haven after all. The NIH ...

President-elect Donald Trump bills himself as a strongman. NPR's Leila Fadel asks philosopher, professor and author Jason Stanley why that appeals to American voters.

President-elect Donald Trump and his allies have already articulated ambitious plans for his first 100 days in office.

A Guantanamo Bay detention camp judge has reinstated plea deals with three Sept. 11 defendants, ruling that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was wrong to rescind them.

Despite outspending Republicans, Democrats didn’t achieve some ambitious goals in state legislative races. They lost power in Michigan and Minnesota, making some gains in Wisconsin and North Carolina.

Many European leaders have experience dealing with President-elect Donald Trump -- and it wasn't all good. How is Europe preparing for his return to the White House?

NPR talks with Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas about his role in promoting Vice President Harris to the top of the Democrats' presidential ticket.

Election officials and experts from more than 60 countries across the globe came to study the U.S. voting system. Hear some interesting perspectives on what they saw.

Center-right pollster Christine Matthews with Bellwether Research & Consulting discusses the election results.

Susan Davis is a congressional correspondent for NPR and a co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. She has covered Congress, elections, and national politics since 2002 for publications including USA ...

Former President Donald Trump has expressed his strong support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. We hear from Israelis about his return to the White House.