Politics & Policy

“That’s what democracy should be like,” said a TV correspondent from Brazil.

Donald Trump has fired Defense Secretary Esper, replacing him with Christopher Miller, counterterrorism head.

NPR has taken a look through some of Biden's promises and short-term goals for his presidency, some of which is laid out in a new transition website. Here's what to expect.

The 2020 presidential election has officially hit the highest turnout in more than 50 years.

Record turnout, a president who won't accept the outcome and likely divided government. Beating President Trump may turn out to be easier than governing for Biden.

While issues like the pandemic, racial justice and health care may have dominated voter’s decisions, many Biden voters say they want him to restore environmental protections.

The U.S. is now averaging more than 100,000 new coronavirus infections a day, frequently breaking records for daily cases.

Delaware’s LGBTQ community celebrates the election of the first transgender person, first openly gay man, and its second lesbian woman, in the General Assembly.

The election did little to suggest that the country was suddenly less polarized. Trump wrung out votes from areas where he already had a core of support.

Biden now must shift toward action with the looming uncertainty created by the coronavirus pandemic’s disparate impact on Black Americans and people of color.

The messages directed Trump fans to converge at a downtown intersection where hundreds of protesters from the opposing candidates’ camps faced off Thursday afternoon.

Black voters who phone banked and door knocked to get out the vote for the Biden ticket are ready to hold him to the promises he made in his Wilmington victory speech.

Biden was up nearly 37,000 votes – a fraction of the number of ballots left to be processed – Saturday night.

People close to Trump don't expect him to ever formally concede but do believe he will grudgingly vacate the White House at the end of his term.

A long tradition of presidential pets will be revived in 2021. And a little history will be made, too: Joe Biden's younger dog will be the first rescue dog in the White House.