Mara Liasson

NPR's political correspondent offers an analysis of Wednesday's news, including pro-Trump extremists' insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and plans to resume congressional tally of the electoral count.

A new Congress is set to certify the election results. But a group of GOP Senators say they will vote against electors from disputed states in what some are calling a loyalty test to President Trump.

Democrats were elated to defeat President Trump this year, but overall voters sent their party some mixed signals. Now, the party is trying to figure out what they mean for the future.

With another COVID-19 relief bill awaiting his signature or veto, what's President Trump's end game? A new Congress begins Jan. 3, a new president in 24 days, and millions of Americans are struggling.

Despite winning the White House decisively, Democrats are asking what went wrong for their party in 2020 as they lost seats in the House and failed to meet expectations elsewhere.

Progress on the COVID-19 relief bill, as a lame duck President Trump continues to spread falsehoods about the election amid the continuing COVID-19 crisis and now an alleged Russian cyberattack.

Soon after the Electoral College vote ended with the final ballots cast in Hawaii, President-elect Joe Biden addressed the nation. Also, Attorney General Bill Bar resigned on Monday.

The Electoral College will vote on Monday to affirm Joe Biden's victory over President Trump. NPR discusses the latest on the vote and what comes next.

President Trump's attempts to challenge Joe Biden's election victory have failed and the president is explicitly calling for the election to be overturned. Many in his party are supportive or silent.

We look at President Elect Joe Biden's plans for fighting the pandemic, and as how the transition between the Trump and Biden administrations is going given that President Trump has yet to concede.

President-elect Joe Biden's transition seems poised to accelerate this week. He's named communications aides, and is set to announce more members of his economic team.

There are cracks in the wall of Republican support for Donald Trump but not enough to make the president concede that he lost the election.

The president has made it clear that he will spend his remaining days in the White House in the same way he spent much of his term in office: fighting.

Joe Biden won the election, but President Trump continues to claim he won and challenge the results in court. These moves may put the country's democracy and Trump's political future at risk.

President-elect Joe Biden could be the first Democrat since 1885 to enter office without his party controlling both houses of Congress. That creates challenges for his ambitious agenda.

Divided government has not been a recipe for compromise and conciliation in recent years, and Americans are increasingly polarized.

President Trump slumped in polls and fundraising — and lost 10 days when he caught the coronavirus. He threw everything into reaching for a come-from-behind win, but Democrat Joe Biden beat him.

President-elect Joe Biden is calling for unity and healing while President Trump refuses to accept the results of the election.

The AP has President-elect Biden at 290 electoral votes to Trump's 214. Still, President Trump has not conceded the election.

Former Deputy Press Secretary Steven Groves says he doesn't think Donald Trump will concede the presidential race today.