Why Democrats lost and will keep losing elections
When you expected to pick up tons of seats in the House and take back the Senate, and none of that happens and you just barely win the presidency, you basically got your a-- kicked.
After Trump, Biden faces pressure to stand up to China by embracing Taiwan
As concerns grow about China’s increasingly aggressive behavior on the global stage, Biden will face pressure from Democrats and Republicans to strengthen ties with Taiwan.
Biden transition gets formal start after Trump runs out of options
The federal government recognized U.S. President-elect Joe Biden as the "apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election, formally starting the transition of power after President Donald Trump spent weeks testing the boundaries of American democracy. He relented after suffering yet more legal and procedural ...
Biden to prioritize COVID-19, but Kim Jong Un may have other ideas
"The Biden administration cannot afford to ignore Pyongyang — and North Korea has ways of ensuring it is not ignored," says former U.S. State Department official Evans Revere.
World moves on from Trump, but multilateralism is left struggling
One of the starkest moments from the Group of 20 came when U.S. President Donald Trump skipped a session on the pandemic to hit the golf course. Just as telling was how many other leaders seemed checked out. The virtual gathering of the world’s top ...
World leaders praise Paris climate pact as Trump slams accord
Most leaders spoke in favor of the pact and more broadly of the need to sustain momentum on climate goals even as economies around the world are ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump's legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none
The team's strategy has proved a disaster in court, where judges uniformly rejected their claims of vote fraud and found the campaign's legal work amateurish.
Trump’s Afghan troop withdrawal puts Biden in a jam
Avoiding calamity is not the same as wise statecraft. Trump’s final military act is reckless, particularly in Afghanistan.
Asian Americans hope for more inclusive society under Biden
With President Donald Trump having referred to the 'Chinese virus,' many people in the U.S. have felt racial tensions rise.
With silence, Republicans enable Trump's risky endgame
What started as a GOP strategy to give the president the time to process his defeat is now spiraling into an unprecedented challenge to the election outcome.
Trump is establishing a new American model — refusing to concede, making unsubstantiated claims of fraud and seeking the intervention of courts and allies in hopes of reversing his defeat.
