Politics

Following her loss to President-elect Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris addressed supporters, accepting the results and committing to a peaceful transfer of power.

Former President Donald Trump won a second nonconsecutive term in office.

Political commentator Sue O’Connell predicted a Kamala Harris victory on Monday; with Donald Trump heading back to the White House, she examines what she got wrong.

Harris, who replaced Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee just months before the election, vowed “a peaceful transfer of power” after a tumultuous campaign.

Massachusetts Republicans will add one more member to their tiny minority caucus in the state Senate, and the House will retain its exact same partisan makeup if a potential recount confirms the apparent winner in one outstanding race. Two Democrat challengers claimed victory in open House districts currently held by retiring Republicans, and two o...

Homeland Security officials reiterated that they have not yet seen an increase in the number of migrants heading to the United States.

Donald Trump’s federal criminal cases likely will be dismissed now that he has been elected president, while his state criminal cases could at the least be frozen until after he leaves office.

Although fewer women ran for Congress this year, female candidates notched historic wins across the U.S.

The high-stakes fight for the House is still unsettled. Speaker Mike Johnson and his allies projecting confidence that a Trump-led GOP will win a trifecta in Washington.

This year’s elections featured many firsts, from a transgender woman elected to Congress to new milestones for Hispanic lawmakers.

The step complies with longstanding Justice Department policy that a sitting President cannot be prosecuted, two people familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who will meet with senior Trump aides on Wednesday to discuss his role going forward, said that he would eliminate the nutrition departments at the FDA.

After ballots ran out at several Boston polling places on Election Day, Massachusetts’ secretary of state announced an investigation into “significant problems” with how Tuesday’s vote was administered by the Boston Elections Department.