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Few counties shifted in the 2020 election, which saw sky-high turnout. Trump's base voted in big numbers in rural areas, but Biden's gains in the suburbs proved pivotal.

President Trump, who has refused to accept the results of the White House race, tweeted that Krebs had been terminated "effective immediately."

“Every state ... every city is suffering," said one governor. "The federal government is really the only resource that we all have to turn to.”

China banned fentanyl last year, but an NPR investigation reveals how Chinese vendors continue to market the chemicals used to make the drug on e-commerce and social media.

Two weeks after Election Day, President Donald Trump’s campaign is still engaged in bitter litigation over several lawsuits contesting Pennsylvania’s results.

Trump's border wall builders are hurrying to get as many miles completed before Biden can cancel contracts. Biden has said his administration would stop building the wall.

More than 11 million confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in the U.S., according to Johns Hopkins. The country recorded 166,555 new cases in the last day.

Democrats can no longer treat demographics as destiny, while the GOP would be wise not to disenfranchise their own potential voters, writes Murali Balaji, Ph.D.

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective in preventing illness, according to an interim analysis of a clinical test involving 30,000 people.

House Dems are on track to begin 2021 with the slimmest majority in decades, now members on the progressive left and party moderates must decide whose policies should govern.

Some women tell NPR the election of the U.S.'s first female, and first woman of color is a move in the right direction. Others say it's a reminder of how much work lies ahead.

The U.S. has long promoted the conceit that it is the world’s beacon of democracy. Now, the most essential tool of democracy, the vote, is under attack.

About 650,000 people are part of DACA, which allows young immigrants who were brought to the country as children to legally work and shields them from deportation.

More than a week after Election Day, Trump has neither called Biden nor made a formal concession, and White House officials have insisted they are preparing for a second term.

A broad coalition of top government and industry officials declared that the election was “the most secure in American history,” repudiating Trump's efforts to undermine it.