U.S. election

Philippe J. Fournier: Biden’s lead in the polls has been remarkably consistent. The key will be what happens in states Trump narrowly won in 2016.

Adnan R. Khan: As Trump’s poll numbers plummet, a desperate U.S. president reveals his true colours, and finds theatrics can only take him so far

Opinion: Over the past 12 months, the fragility of women’s rights and safety has only gotten clearer

After Trump’s win, a look at some news stories that now appear to have been bigger than they seemed at the time

Clinton delegated the task of fact-checking to her massive campaign team. Her political neophyte opponent took on the task himself, and made a hash out of it.

Your top financial and economic news for Nov. 5

Your top financial and economic news for Nov. 4

A humbled President pledges to be in ‘a constant conversation’ with the people during his second term

Losing an election you were certain to win is never easy. Up against a President who had a sustained high level of unemployment for all his term in office, Republicans had an opportunity to make this a one-term administration. They also believed they would make gains in the Senate, if not win it outright. None of this happened, and Republicans have offered divergent views about what went wrong, and what needs to be done.

In conversation with Canada’s ambassador to the U.S.

What can and will this second-term president accomplish?

Twitter contemplates a stubborn state on a map of red and blue