Politics & Government

Only four other GOP senators have called Biden 'president-elect' since the race was called for him over a week ago.

Officials hope to auction off leases before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. He has pledged to protect the pristine landscape that's home to polar bears and migrating caribou.

President-elect Joe Biden focused his plan for rescuing the pandemic-battered U.S. economy on getting the coronavirus under control.

The Senate is expected to vote this week on the controversial nomination of Judy Shelton to the Federal Reserve's governing board. She appears to have support from a slim majority of senators.

Women will fill more than a quarter of congressional seats next year. And that growth is being driven by a record number of victories among Republican women after a focused recruitment effort.

The Trump administration has often been openly hostile to colleges. With a President Biden, the federal government's approach to higher education seems almost certainly to be less confrontational.

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris met with business and labor leaders on Monday before addressing their approach to managing the economy.