President-elect Joe Biden will need to get his agenda through Congress, but Republicans are likely to keep control of the Senate, and Democrats in the House have a smaller margin.
The Biden team has launched a transition website that lists their key priorities once they assume office: the pandemic, economic recovery, racial equity and climate change.
Both Trump and Biden engaged in routine activities the Sunday after the election: Trump went to his golf course in Virginia, and Biden went to Sunday Mass in Delaware.
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with organizer Tania Unzueta about the historic turnout of Latinos in Arizona and how they helped flip the state from red to blue.
White evangelicals still support Trump. Catholics are still divided. "The religious landscape in terms of voting has been remarkably stable," says Robert P. Jones, a leading religion scholar.
The president-elect called for cooperation among Americans of all stripes, saying, "Let this grim era of demonization in America begin to end here and now."
Under a sky lit up by blue Jumbotrons outside the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., Vice President-elect Kamala Harris thanked Democratic supporters for organizing to delivering a victory.
Statements poured in congratulating Joe Biden on his election victory — including from President Trump's global allies. Iranian and Palestinian leaders expressed relief at the president's loss.
A long tradition of presidential pets will be revived in January. And a little history will be made, too: President-elect Joe Biden's younger dog will be the first rescue dog in the White House.
President Trump has made unfounded allegations of "fraud" in the election and said the Supreme Court, with three of his appointees, will be the final arbiter. Legal experts aren't so sure.
Decision desks at networks like the Associated Press only call a race when they determine the candidate behind has no route to catch up, even with whatever outstanding ballots to count.
Harris is the first woman, the first Black person and the first Asian American elected vice president of the United States. Her rise marks a statement about a changing nation.
Democratic politicians are celebrating "a new dawn." Some Republicans are ready to work with the new administration, while others vow to continue the fight.
It took only seconds after Joe Biden was declared the winner over President Trump for a divided country's relief, frustration, anger and joy to begin spilling into the streets.
