Reis Thebault

• National

An emboldened Trump has already threatened the state and in his second term will be backed by courts more likely to see things his way.

• Politics

Some who helped form the Trump resistance are ready to challenge him a second time. Others, exhausted and feeling hopeless, say they need a break.

• National

Breed was seeking a second full term but fell to Lurie’s outsider campaign after multiple ranked-choice rounds.

• Elections

The long and contentious presidential campaign came to a close as Americans cast ballots in middle schools, community centers and churches, in towns big and small.

• Politics

Residents in Palm Beach, Florida, and the Brentwood neighborhood in Los Angeles got a rare opportunity on Election Day: To pick (or not) their neighbor for president.

• Postcards from America

Its residents saw themselves reflected in the team, deemed too battered to succeed but refusing to quit.

• Politics

The city always treats politics as a blood sport, but the first mayoral election after the pandemic has been especially fierce.

• Elections

The former president praised Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and derided Republican Donald Trump as voting began in a key electoral state

• Elections

While campaigning for Kamala Harris, former president Barack Obama sharpens his attacks on his successor — casting the Republican nominee as a huckster who lacks the mental fitness to lead the nation.