American Election

The US presidential election is over, but deep fissures remain in the nation's collective psyche

By Sunday morning, some of the celebration and grieving had melted away to expose a difficult question for divided families and a divided nation: Now what?

Preparing for life after Donald Trump, Republicans grapple with his outsize influence on their voters

Even in defeat, Republicans saw clear indicators of the enduring power of Trump-style populism. By the time Biden gave his victory speech, Trump had received 7.4 million more votes than he did in 2016, a million more in the battleground of Florida alone

As Donald Trump refuses to concede, top Republicans remain silent on US election results

Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell declined to acknowledge Biden’s victory, with an aide instead pointing reporters to a generic “count all the votes” statement he released Friday before the results were known.

US Election 2020: From 'finally' to 'yes, he can too', how newspapers around world reacted to Biden's win

Newspapers around the world dedicated significant real estate in their front pages to the political shift in Washington.

'Long time coming': As VP-elect Kamala Harris ascends, Black women express elation and relief

Kamala Harris’ pathbreaking course prompted explosions of joy within explosions — of pride, elation, relief and a sense of hard-fought accomplishment. The sentiment was shared by women generally, and Black women specifically

Jared Kushner has approached President Donald Trump about conceding the election: Reports

Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, has approached the President about conceding the closely-fought election to his Democratic rival Joe Biden, according to media reports on Sunday.

Shaped by tragedy and tradition, President-elect Joe Biden finds himself facing a changed Washington

The president-elect will take the helm of a nation devastated by a health crisis, reeling from an economic downturn and divided over virtually every major political matter of the day, from how and even whether to confront climate change and racial injustice, to baseless questions from some of Trump’s supporters about the very legitimacy of free and fair election results

Joe Biden elected as US president: From Narendra Modi to Boris Johnson, world leaders congratulate Democrat leader

Joe Biden emerged as the 46th President of the United States on Saturday after Democrats grabbed 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House, defeating incumbent Trump in the race

US Election 2020: No candidate can declare results, everyone must respect sanctity of vote, says ex-CEC VS Sampath

India has to learn not only from its own experience but also from the experience of others like for example postal balloting and how we can liberalise it since there is an increasing demand for it for various reasons, says Sampath.

US Election: Liberals hoped for a decisive repudiation of Donald Trump that never came; what now?

A Trump loss is still possible — perhaps even probable, since Biden holds a lead in states totaling 270 electoral votes — but there’s every reason to think Trumpism will survive as a viable strategy for winning national elections