The area’s sitting representatives in the Pennsylvania state Senate and House of Representatives and the U.S. House held on to their posts following Tuesday’s general election.

One hundred and forty years ago, The Washington Post printed the results of the first presidential election it covered: James ...

Across the world, journalists at every point of the daily caffeine cycle were putting together newspapers to commemorate the ...

When Donald Trump won his first election in 2016, I remember two very specific things. The first is that I left The ...

The White House announced that Biden had spoken to the president-elect and expressed his commitment to ensuring a smooth ...

After a campaign propelled by invective, fear and vows of retribution, Donald Trump will return to the White House to lead a ...

The inside story of the former president’s messy, offensive and remarkable defeat of Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and his ...

In my 14 years as The Washington Post Fact Checker, nine have been devoted to dissecting and debunking claims made by Donald Trump. Indeed, no person has been fact-checked more often than Trump, as he ...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump scored a decisive victory in a deeply divided nation. And in so doing, the Republican president-elect exposed a fundamental weakness within the Democratic base and beat back ...

“If Trump wins, the story will be gloomy for those who believe in the rule of law, in right and wrong, in the despicable nature of political violence,” Piotr Smolar, Washington correspondent for ...

Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, ...

Kamala Harris's interview on ABC's The View revealed her close alignment with Biden, disappointing voters concerned about ...