Trump can still make it very hard for the FBI to investigate him next year

From a self-pardon to Justice Department memos, the president has the power to protect himself now.

After ambitious campaign promises, Biden faces a governing grind

A lack of Election Day coattails forces a reevaluation of priorities, shrinking the president-elect’s options.

U.S. coronavirus cases and state maps: Tracking cases, deaths

The death toll from covid-19 began to rise steadily in early March, then more sharply as the disease spread to every state and most U.S. territories.

How Western media would cover the U.S. election if it happened in another country

The United States, the former British colony already rocked this year by ethnic conflict and mass protests over extrajudicial killings by police, may finally have a new leader after weeks of political turmoil.