Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), no stranger to controversy in her brief tenure on Capitol Hill, now has surprisingly become a lightning rod for -- of all things -- her harrowing experiences during those traumatic hours of January 6 when insurrectionists overran the US Capitol.

Both men -- who appeared on the verge of delivering to Democrats a Senate majority which appeared elusive just weeks ago -- each gave rousing speeches designed to reignite enthusiasm for democracy and American representative government.

After four years of neglect and inaction by the Trump administration, President-elect Biden's pledging a new muscular and "unified" national response to meet the challenges of global climate change.

President-elect Biden's nominees for his government "will look like America," and Americans will not stand for Republicans playing politics with those nominees, according to a veteran Democratic operative.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin must be pleased to watch Donald Trump continue to refuse to concede the election to President-elect Biden, despite ongoing evidence that Biden's the clear winner, according to a former top diplomat who may find herself back to work in the incoming Biden administration.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday that Democrats have "more power" in the federal government going forward and said that will "change his leverage."

Briefing the nation Monday as he begins his transition to become the 46th president of the United States, President-elect Biden said that tens of thousands of lives could be saved if only Americans regularly and consistently wore face masks.

Addressing the nation for the first time as president-elect, Joe Biden both called for cooperation and unity while beginning to sketch out concrete policy goals he will hold as the nation's 46th president.

Democrat Joe Biden has been named the winner of the 2020 presidential election Saturday, days after Americans went to vote on Tuesday amidst a nearly unprecedented pandemic.

The events on a Texas highway, in which apparent supporters of Donald Trump's attempted to force off the road a bus from the rival Democratic Biden/Harris campaign continued to reverberate across the nation, even as the end to the presidential campaign drew ever-closer.