The certification of the Electoral College vote was once seen as ceremonial. Two moments 20 years apart remind us how high the stakes really are.
Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will come together again next week for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, but one spouse, Michelle Obama, is sitting this one out.
Kamala Harris will join a short list of other vice presidents who have overseen the ceremonial confirmation of their own losses
Kamala Harris is readying on Monday to certify the 2024 election results, affirming President-elect Trump’s victory as well as her decisive defeat to him after a whirlwind run for commander in
No matter what the new president says, the facts show that Joe Biden left America in better economic shape than he found it.
Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists David Brooks, Ross Douthat and Michelle Goldberg about Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on Monday and the first 100 days of the new Trump administration.
In the 40 years leading up to Trump’s first election victory, real hourly wages for Americans without college degrees — 64 percent of the population — actually shrank. Wages for workers with high school degrees dipped from $19.25 to $18.57, while workers who didn’t complete high school experienced a decline from $15.50 to $13.66.
It all comes after the tumultuous relationship between Biden and Trump was on full display in the presidential race.
President Joe Biden led the U.S. out of the pandemic, presided over a booming economy, helped strengthen and expand international alliances, and invested in American infrastructure.
President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration comes at a pivotal time in American history. Insulated from controversy, Trump will enter the White House more prepared than when he first won in 2016.
Why do social injustices and ecological harms persist despite the powerful social movements that have arisen throughout history to counter them?