By the time President Donald Trump had concluded his hourlong closing argument speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday, the water in the basin behind him had become still, a perfect mirror of the Washington Monument and a grey November sky.

President Trump focused on renovations in the nation's capital in his closing speech ahead of the midterms. NPR's Franco Ordoñez reports.Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one.

A Georgia man pardoned by Trump for Jan. 6 is accused of threatening federal judges on Facebook. Here’s what prosecutors say and why it matters.

Democrats flipped deep-red districts in Ohio, Iowa and South Carolina, but a brewing moderate-vs.-progressive schism could define the new majority.

The hosts of The View are in great spirits following MAGA’s massive midterm losses, so much so that Joy Behar has coined a new nickname for Donald Trump. The hosts celebrated the Democratic wins,

Iranian officials were emboldened Wednesday by a stinging election setback for U.S. President Donald Trump, and world leaders waited to see whether Washington would end the war with Iran.

President Donald Trump doubled down on the importance of the Iran war on Tuesday night while insisting that it was necessary to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.