The U.S. has a long tradition of defeated presidential candidates sharing the inauguration stage with the people who defeated them, projecting to the world the orderly transfer of power. It's a practice that Vice President Kamala Harris will resume on Jan. 20 after an eight-year hiatus.

Executive actions by presidents have to be grounded in defensible legal authority and process. Just because Donald Trump says he can do something doesn’t mean he can.

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton (R) shakes hands with Republican nominee Donald Trump during the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York on September 26 ...

Who’s gotten the most votes ever? As the 2024 election is certified, here’s a look at how the final totals for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris compare to previous candidates.

The only two candidates in modern U.S. history to win the popular vote but lose the White House were Democrats Hillary Clinton (2016) and Al Gore (2000). WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump’s individual ... from The American Presidency Project ...

Pictures shared on social media by the vice president and by the Carter Center prominently showed other past presidents in attendance.

President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, chef Jose Andres, actor Michael J. Fox and conservationist Jane Goodall on Saturday in one of his final official acts in office.

Since the ABC is in the process of presenting its talent for 2025, it’s an appropriate time to reassess its “expert” commentators on the US as America enters the second presidency of Donald J. Trump.

"I think Senator [Bernie] Sanders has somewhat of a point.” In defeat, Democrats, like longtime political strategist James Carville, are finally admitting that the independent senator from Vermont just might get it.

Eight years ago, on the eve of the first Women's March, Wruble had been consumed by it. In the aftermath of Donald Trump's surprise 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton, Wruble, along with a handful of other female activists, scrambled to pull together a mass protest against the newly elected president.

Bush and Bill Clinton before him. This article was originally published on November 6, updated to reflect Donald Trump's election victory and the certification of results before his presidential ...