The S&P 500's return since Election Day has fallen to just around 0.5%. If that holds through Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, it will mark the worst performance for the broad index between an election and inauguration since Barack Obama came into the White House in 2009.

The world’s richest man, Musk poured millions into a get-out-the-vote effort to help the former president return to the White House. He is known politically for having transformed the popular social media site formerly known as Twitter into X, a platform embraced by Trump’s “Make America Great Again” enthusiasts.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked Georgia’s highest court to review a lower appeals court’s ruling that removed her from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others.

The ruling can be appealed. President-elect Donald Trump says releasing the special counsel report would interfere with his White House transition.

Lawmakers convened under heavy security and a snowstorm to meet the date required by law to certify the election.

The quadrennial ritual, clearing the way for Trump's inauguration in two weeks, went like clockwork in sharp contrast to four years ago.

The president-elect spent the weekend at his golf club and estate, continuing to push the debunked idea that his loss in the 2020 election could have been legally overturned.

Democratic lawmakers are highlighting a “no-drama" election certification ceremony of the 2024 election results for President-elect Trump.

President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to hold his second news conference since winning the election in November on Tuesday morning at his Florida residence and club, Mar-a-Lago.

The no-punishment sentence cements Trump’s conviction while freeing him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine.

Justice Juan M. Merchan gave Donald J. Trump a symbolic punishment. The judge said that leniency was due the office of the president, not the man who will soon hold the title.