In Harsh Rebuke, Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Election Challenge in Pennsylvania
In a blistering decision, a Philadelphia appeals court ruled on Friday that the Trump campaign could not stop — or attempt to reverse — the...
Pictures of a Thanksgiving That No One Pictured
Whether they carved turkeys at outdoor picnic tables, connected with family through video calls or ate stuffing in the break room of a hospital coronavirus...
Pentagon Chief Visits Somalia Ahead of Expected Troop Cuts
WASHINGTON — Acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller met with American troops and diplomats in Somalia on Friday, the first Pentagon chief to visit the...
Empowered by an Odds-Defying Win, Susan Collins is Ready to Deal
WASHINGTON — The calls began pouring in even before Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, bounded onto a makeshift stage in a snowy parking lot...
Biden’s Plan for Seniors Is Not Just a Plan for Seniors
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has no shortage of ideas about how to transform caregiving. One striking feature of his team’s plan: It does not...
Trump, Still Claiming Victory, Says He Will Leave if Electors Choose Biden
President Trump said on Thursday that he would leave the White House if the Electoral College formalized Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s election as president, even...
Senate Democrats Face Power Struggle for Top Judiciary Job
WASHINGTON — As soon as Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois learned officially on Monday that there would be a Democratic opening at the top...
‘Loser’: How a Lifelong Fear Bookended Trump’s Presidency
In the now-distant Republican presidential primaries of 2016, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas handily won the Iowa caucuses. This was determined by a method that...
Military’s Role in Vaccine to Be Strictly Behind the Scenes
WASHINGTON — When President Trump talks about efforts to deliver the coronavirus vaccine to millions of Americans eager to return to their normal lives, he...
Edward J. Perkins, 92, Dies; First Black U.S. Envoy to South Africa
When Edward J. Perkins was a student at a segregated school in Pine Bluff, Ark., his history teacher taught the class about the brutal racial...