Despite losing a Senate seat and seeing Joe Biden win the state, state party leaders in the land of Barry Goldwater and John McCain aren’t switching gears. They’re doubling down.
There is no one quite like him in the Republican Party. So where should we look for the president’s inheritors?
Biden’s campaign strategy put Democrats in agony. Here’s why it worked.
Biden’s campaign strategies often worried Democrats. But they worked.
A vast majority of Americans do not approve of the riot at the Capitol. But experts warn that the widespread belief there was election fraud, while false, could have dangerous, lasting effects.
Washington se prepara para disturbios y los organizadores instan a la gente a no asistir debido a la pandemia. Habrá eventos virtuales para mantener el espíritu de celebración.
Andrew Yang’s visit to a “bodega” drew digs from other contenders, and his entry in the New York City’s race seemed to shake up the contest.
Why did the network insist an agreement with the family of a murdered young man remain undisclosed until after the election?
Why did the network insist its hyping of a conspiracy theory stay secret until after the election?
Many people will not forgive the Republican House leader’s blatant acts to embrace and perpetuate dangerous lies that threatened democracy.
The police and members of the National Guard filled the Capitol and the streets of Washington ahead of possible armed protests on Sunday and the inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Jan. 20.
The usual bustle of lawmakers moving in and out of offices gave way to a horrific scene.
For this newspaper, the extraordinary events of the past few months have demanded headlines that take up space.
The president’s response to the riot at the Capitol underscored the ways he has twisted the phrase “law and order” over the past four years.
The Oklahoma senator, who is up for re-election in 2022, said he had not realized his objection to the election results would be seen as a direct attack on the voting rights of people of color.
The Fulton County district attorney is weighing an inquiry into possible election interference and is said to be considering hiring an outside counsel.
Eric Adams and Scott Stringer, two of the best-known candidates, continue to far outpace the rest of the Democratic field in raising money.
President Trump, isolated and watching the clock count down on his time in the White House, spent some of it on Friday with the C.E.O. of MyPillow, Mike Lindell, who brought some notes with him.
Senator James Lankford said in a letter that he had never intended to “diminish the voice of any Black American” by questioning the election results. Still, he added, “I should have recognized how what I said and what I did could be interpreted by...
Days before President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s inauguration, the North made its latest demonstration of its nuclear might at a Pyongyang military parade.
Mainstream Republicans and conservative commentators have been pushing the idea that Democrats can only win through fraud for decades.
El segundo proceso de destitución al presidente Trump —en un Capitolio rodeado de tropas— parecía la culminación inevitable de cuatro años que dejan a una nación fracturada, molesta y sin sentido claro de identidad.
White House officials are universally angry with Rudolph W. Giuliani and blame him for both of President Trump’s impeachments. But he remains one of few people still willing to join Mr. Trump in the foxhole.
As President Trump prepares to exit the White House, his ideas, including falsehoods and conspiracy theories, continue to exert a gravitational pull among grass-roots G.O.P. officials.
After a week of Trumpist mayhem, white evangelicals wrestle with what they’ve become.
Solar and wind power companies have soared in value. Are they in a bubble or in a virtuous upward cycle?
One company may have a harder time than most separating itself from the controversy at the Capitol.
Right-wing influencers embraced extremist views, and Facebook rewarded them.
President Trump became the first president to be impeached twice, after the House approved a single charge citing his role in whipping up a mob that stormed the Capitol. He faces a Senate trial that could disqualify him from future office.
The president-elect has long tried to keep from being sucked into President Trump’s dramas. He may find that posture hard to maintain when he takes office and the Senate puts Mr. Trump on trial.
The impeachment of President Trump for a second time — in a Capitol ringed by troops — seemed like the almost inevitable culmination of four years that left the nation fractured, angry and losing its sense of self.
Washington is preparing for unrest, and planners urge people not to attend during a pandemic, but virtual events are intended to keep up the spirit of celebration.
The video was made public after President Trump was impeached a second time and after he told his supporters in the hours following the start of the riot last week that “we love you.”
The impeachment of President Trump for a second time — in a Capitol ringed by troops — seemed like the almost inevitable culmination of four years that left the nation fractured, angry and losing its sense of self.
A lengthening list of blue-chip giants of corporate America are pledging to cut off funds to Republicans who opposed certifying the election, and Democrats are planning ad campaigns against them.
More Republicans need to be honest that the election wasn’t stolen. Law enforcement needs to be transparent about the threats facing the nation.
Inaugurations have long mirrored the nation’s cultural life. Joe Biden’s will feature Tom Hanks, Justin Timberlake and Jon Bon Jovi — remotely, in an age of illness and threats.
Una potente mezcla de agravio y fervor religioso ha impulsado el apoyo entre los leales a Trump, muchos de los cuales se describen como parte de una especie de guerra santa.
The Harvard-educated lawyer, who sits on the Intelligence Committee and once led the Hispanic Caucus, will help prosecute President Trump in the Senate impeachment trial.
Jeffrey A. Rosen, the acting attorney general, said those involved in attack on the U.S. Capitol would be held responsible, and that there would be no tolerance for future violent attempts to disrupt the transfer of power.
Durante casi cuatro años, el vicepresidente se mordió la lengua frente a los impulsos de su jefe, algo que los críticos dicen que permitió lo peor del presidente. Así fue la semana en que resistió a los insultos y presiones de Trump.
As the Murdoch tabloid navigates a fraught political moment, high-level editors instructed reporters not to base articles on reporting by four news outlets that President Trump has falsely labeled “fake news.”
As the Murdoch tabloid navigates a fraught political moment, high-level editors instructed reporters not to base articles on reporting by four news outlets that President Trump has falsely labeled “fake news.”
Le regard d’un historien du fascisme et des atrocités en politique sur Trump, la foule partisane et ce à quoi il faut s’attendre.
“There’s just nothing to them,” the acting top prosecutor, Bobby L. Christine, said of the claims according to a recording of a conference call.
New York’s business community is coalescing behind Raymond J. McGuire, an ex-Wall Street executive, but the support may turn off some left-leaning voters.
Donald Trump is not an aberration but a blueprint.
The two appointments illustrate how the president-elect appears determined to rebuild a White House national security team to focus on threats that critics say were ignored by President Trump.
The House formally called on Vice President Mike Pence to move to wrest power from the president, as Republican support built for impeaching him of inciting violence against the nation.
After four years of tongue-biting silence that critics say enabled the president’s worst instincts, the vice president would not yield to the pressure and name-calling from his boss.
In the aftermath of President Trump’s efforts to subvert the election, state officials face harassment and threats, and a district attorney is weighing an inquiry into the president’s actions.
Even as many freshmen have avoided breaking with President Trump, some have called for a partywide reckoning most of their caucus’s leaders have shied away from.
There still will be a place for principled Republicans.
Many Democrats are in no mood for calls for unity, pushing instead for accountability for Republicans who refused to recognize the election result and fueled divisions that erupted in the Capitol riot.
In visiting the border, Mr. Trump hoped to change the focus from a mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. But Texas is also reeling from the turmoil in Washington.
Since the siege on the Capitol, Mike Lindell, a strong supporter of President Trump, has continued advertising heavily while repeating misinformation about the election and the attack.
Many Democrats are in no mood for calls for unity, pushing instead for accountability for Republicans who refused to recognize the election result and fueled divisions that erupted in the Capitol riot.
The communications director, Lauren Blair Bianchi, has resigned as Mr. Cruz continues to face fallout from his efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election.
IBM doesn’t donate to politicians. Perhaps others shouldn’t, either.
Congress can invoke its constitutional power to bar the president from holding office again.
Where was that spirit when election results were being counted?
En BuzzFeed, nos enfocábamos en realizar contenidos virales para las redes sociales. Un joven empleado aprendió esa noción y la aplicó a la extrema derecha.
After the Capitol Hill riot, the divide between reality and fantasy may become too wide to bridge.
I need to believe that if I stick with the G.O.P., I will have a fighting chance at changing its direction.
A potent mix of grievance and religious fervor has turbocharged the support among Trump loyalists, many of whom describe themselves as participants in a kind of holy war.
Democrats are planning a Tuesday vote to formally call on the vice president to wrest power from President Trump and a Wednesday impeachment vote if he does not.
Officials around the country are bracing for any spillover from last week’s violent assault on the U.S. Capitol. State legislatures already have become targets for protesters in recent days.
A “1776 moment”: Several of the president’s closest allies in Congress used bellicose language to urge their supporters to attend the Jan. 6 rally that turned into a deadly riot.
Many Republican leaders and strategists want to prepare the party for a post-Trump future. But the pro-Trump voter base has other ideas.
It is a dark day for the nation when the president’s behavior forces Congress to hold him accountable.
Andrew Yang said that his family decided to leave the city during the pandemic in part to help his autistic son “adapt to our new normal.”
The handoff from Obama to Trump was fraught and unprecedented in ways the public didn’t see at the time. It was a prelude to so much that followed.
The Treasury Department accused seven Ukrainians of working with a Russian agent “to spread misleading and unsubstantiated allegations” about President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Cumulus Media warned employees at 416 stations that they would be fired if they continued to back Trump’s false claims of voter fraud.
¿Quién domina el discurso en línea? La discusión sobre el acceso a las plataformas de redes sociales se avivó cuando los gigantes tecnológicos le quitaron el respaldo al aplicativo.
Mr. Yang has name recognition, fund-raising ability and some different ideas on how to run a government. How will that play in a city ravaged by the pandemic?
Several Wall Street banks and other companies have said they are reviewing their political giving after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol building.
Several Wall Street banks and other companies have said they are reviewing their political giving after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol building.
Corporate America is rethinking its political donations.
The senator has been able to use his Ivy League pedigree as a cudgel. After last week, his credentials should condemn him.
Why do so many Republicans appear to be at war with both truth and democracy?
One of the authors of the impeachment article against President Trump makes his case.
John Poulos is the C.E.O. of Dominion Voting Systems. His $1.3 billion suit against an ex-Trump lawyer might be the “first step” in a powerful fight against actual fake news.
With a big fund-raising deadline this week, the New York City mayoral candidates are under pressure to reach benchmarks that would qualify them for matching funds.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House would formally call on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to strip President Trump of power, and move to impeach the president if he refused.
At BuzzFeed, we followed the signals of social media. A young employee followed them all the way to Charlottesville and Capitol Hill.
The app has renewed a debate about who holds power over online speech after the tech giants yanked their support for it and left it fighting for survival. Parler went dark early on Monday.
Here is a closer look at what the president said at a rally of his supporters, which is a central focus of the impeachment case being prepared against him.
Trump’s incitement of a riot is a violation of the separation of powers that threatens the foundation of the Republic.
Democrats had huge breakthroughs in winning the presidential vote and two Senate runoff elections. But power in the state’s government largely remains in the hands of Republicans.
Democrats had huge breakthroughs in winning the presidential vote and two Senate runoff elections. But power in the state’s government largely remains in the hands of Republicans.
The inaugural committee did not disclose how much it has raised so far for the event, which is to be scaled down because of the pandemic.
They came from around the country with different affiliations — QAnon, Proud Boys, elected officials, everyday Americans — united by one allegiance.
In a December call, President Trump told a Georgia election investigator that the official would be a “national hero” for finding evidence of fraud. White House officials’ pressure on the federal prosecutor in Atlanta to resign was also revealed.
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, was accosted at Reagan National Airport by supporters of President Trump after he failed to uphold Mr. Trump’s false claims of election fraud.
The Capitol attack shows the danger of forgetting America’s history.
In encounters with their constituents this week, Republican lawmakers have grappled with the consequences of their yearslong alliance with President Trump: an angry, misinformed base.
Kamala Harris’s niece is building her own empire with statement T-shirts. Just don’t define her by her family.
After years of excusing or ignoring President Trump’s most inflammatory rhetoric, many Republicans are backing away at the last minute.
The mob attack on the Capitol, and interviews with Trump voters this week, show that the president’s subversion of democratic values will have enduring influence within the Republican Party.
Party members at a gathering of the Republican National Committee endorsed President Trump as the man to lead the party forward, ignoring the turmoil in Washington.
The junior senator from Missouri drew widespread condemnation but defended his decision to object to Congress’s certification of the election results.
A report to lawmakers from a watchdog in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence criticizes how threat intelligence was analyzed and presented.
It might be time to crack down, rather than reach out.
Here are the top false and misleading narratives on social media, as compiled by Zignal Labs.
Forget the 25th Amendment. It’s Congress that was attacked and Congress that must act.
The election and its aftermath have revealed weaknesses in our democracy. Here’s how we can fix some of them.
When the state's representatives and senators in Washington returned, four voted to sustain objections to the presidential election.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga said that it had parted ways with Chris Malone, an offensive line coach, over a now-deleted social media post.
The White House was propelled deeper into crisis as officials resigned in protest and prominent Republicans broke with the president after he incited a mob that assaulted Congress.
The White House was propelled deeper into crisis as officials resigned in protest and prominent Republicans broke with the president after he incited a mob that assaulted Congress.
Our cameras captured the mayhem, confusion and chaos outside the Capitol as Trump supporters entered and disrupted certification of the Electoral College results.
Al respaldar al presidente de manera incondicional, las élites republicanas ayudaron a que sucediera el asalto al Capitolio.
Either the beginning of the end for Trump, or America.
President Trump said a day after a mob stormed the Capitol that a “new administration” would be sworn in after a “smooth, orderly, seamless transition of power.”
But if the Democrats dare to use their power, a brave new world might be possible.
After 14 years in the military, Ashli Babbitt bought a pool supply company and delved into far-right politics.
They falsely claimed President Trump had no role in spurring the assault on the Capitol. They resorted to false equivalencies. Some even questioned whether the mob was an anti-Trump “false flag.”
La policía del Capitolio estaba claramente en inferioridad numérica y poco preparada para la embestida. Y muchos vieron una descarnada doble moral en su respuesta al ataque.
Los expertos dicen que las acciones recientes del presidente Trump y sus seguidores son más difíciles de detener que un golpe de Estado y ofrecen como ejemplo los retrocesos democráticos de países como Turquía y Venezuela.
Experts say recent actions by President Trump and his loyalists are harder to stop than a coup — citing anti-democratic slides in Turkey and Venezuela as closer examples.
El Congreso confirmó la elección horas después de que una turba invadió el Capitolio. Tras la ratificación, el presidente Trump emitió un comunicado diciendo que habría una “transición ordenada” el 20 de enero.
A mob incited by President Trump stormed into Congress, disrupting the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. We hear from our colleagues who were inside the building.
Far more people of both parties voted than usual in a runoff, but the Democratic turnout was stronger, largely because of Black voters.
Parler is a go-to social media site for the right, with users calling to “burn D.C. to the ground.” The C.E.O., John Matze, says it’s not his job to police speech.
By enabling the president anyway, Republican elites helped make the storming of the Capitol possible.
The Senate and House voted early Thursday to certify Joseph R. Biden Jr. as winner of the 2020 presidential election.
The president-elect said the violence “borders on sedition” and made clear he viewed President Trump as responsible for inciting his supporters with baseless claims the election was stolen.
The Capitol Police were clearly outnumbered and unprepared for the onslaught. And many saw a stark double standard.
Inside Trump supporters’ online echo chambers, the chaos of Jan. 6 could be seen coming. People posted their plans to come to Washington — and showed the weapons they would carry.
As Congress met to certify the election results, President Trump held a simultaneous rally. Watch these moments unfold side by side to see how his speech incited a mob that broke into the Capitol.
Poco después de que el senador Mitch McConnell advirtió a sus colegas republicanos que sus esfuerzos por revertir la elección sumirían a la democracia estadounidense en una “espiral de muerte”, el miedo se apoderó de la cámara del Senado.
The moves came after critics and even some allies of the social media companies said they had failed to prevent the misinformation that led to chaos on Wednesday.
Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, and Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, condemned the storming of the Capitol and vowed that the Senate would finish certifying Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s election victory,
Hours after supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol, industry groups and C.E.O.s called for an end to the chaos.
Hundreds of people barreled past fence barricades and clashed with police officers in an attempt to disrupt the certification of the Electoral College results.
When it comes to the president, there can never be enough losing.
Trump is too dangerous to leave in office for even another minute.
As Congress prepared to certify the victory of his successor, President Trump railed against the election and helped set in motion hours of violence.
As Congress prepared to certify the victory of his successor, President Trump railed against the election and helped set in motion hours of violence.
Vice President Mike Pence reconvened lawmakers to count Electoral College votes hours after Trump supporters disrupted the previous session.
The president incited his followers to violence. There must be consequences.
Luego de que el presidente Trump incitó a sus seguidores para que no aceptaran su derrota electoral, los partidarios iracundos irrumpieron en el Capitolio, suspendiendo la validación de las elecciones y protagonizando el violento final de su presidencia.
Not long after Senator Mitch McConnell warned his Republican colleagues that their efforts to overturn an election would send democracy into a “death spiral,” fear surged through the Senate chamber.
After a joint session of Congress was suspended, the House returned to its chamber to debate challenges to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s Electoral College win. A pro-Trump mob breached the U.S. Capitol, halting the certification vote.
The Capitol mob had reason to believe the president would be watching them. For the rest of us, it was a horror story.
Not long after Senator Mitch McConnell warned his Republican colleagues that their efforts to overturn an election would send democracy into a “death spiral,” fear surged through the Senate chamber.
The president may use the language of patriotism, but these are the actions of Benedict Arnold.
A reader reacts: “This should mark the end of the Trump presidency, before he can cause more damage.”
Hours after supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol building, industry leaders called for an end to the chaos that disrupted efforts to certify the presidential election results.