Normally, the period after an American presidential election is a time for cooling off and winding down tensions, and is often a bit of a political “honeymoon” for the winner. But as in so many things ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. More than 150 million Americans cast ballots for president in November, but it’s 538 ...

WASHINGTON — The congressional joint session to count electoral votes on Monday is expected to be much less eventful than the certification four years ago, when a violent mob of supporters of ...

(CNN) — Congressional Democrats on Monday are expected to offer President-elect Donald Trump the unremarkable, perhaps even dull transfer of power he and a band of pro-Trump rioters denied President ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — This presidential election, the first since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, will be a stress test of the new systems and guardrails that Congress put in place to ...

Former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election — culminating with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol — put a spotlight on what are essentially ministerial steps between ...

Vice President Kamala Harris hands the certification for Virginia to teller Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., during joint session of Congress to confirm the Electoral College votes, affirming ...

This story was updated to add new information. A Maryland Republican who leads a right-wing coalition in Congress says North Carolina’s legislature should consider awarding Electoral College votes to ...

The House floor convenes before a joint session of the House and Senate convenes to count the Electoral College votes on January 6, 2021. More than 150 million Americans cast ballots for president in ...