City’s Bronx borough saw historic realignment as Trump made inroads into a once solid Democratic voter bloc

The Republican’s second presidential term heralds a more inward-looking US where resentment has replaced idealism and nobody wins without someone else losing

Former House speaker says Ms Harris could have emerged as a ‘stronger’ candidate if she had taken on rivals for her party’s nomination

Democrats now carrying out public postmortem on failure of Harris campaign after Trump swept to victory

Elon Musk has called for Jack Smith, the chief prosecutor overseeing Donald Trump’s election-interference case, to be “punished”.

Donald Trump tapped into voter dissatisfaction, flipping a swathe of New York’s electorate – and the Democrats have to try to win them back

Despite New York City traditionally voting Democratic, Staten Island remains a reliably red borough. In Tuesday’s election, where the Republican party won a second term in the White House, 65% of Staten Island voters supported Trump — the largest margin he’s seen in the area. The Independent spoke to locals to understand their support, from economic policies to foreign affairs. In Staten Island, a city that has received some 200,000 new migrants in the last two years, Trump’s campaign promising mass deportations appears to have resonated.

Control of the House has yet to be determined as a number of critical races remain too-close-to-call, leaving lawmakers — and voters — waiting to see which party will hold the majority next ye…

Populism seems certain to lose some big fights to traditional GOP policies over the next few years

What we learned from the balance of Congress after 2020 and 2022 showed that when it comes to the House, the consequences aren’t always what you might expect

Democrats remain hopeful of gaining razor-thin majority as more than two dozen races yet to be called

Susie Wiles, who was President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign co-chair, will become the first female White House chief of staff in U.S. history when Trump takes office in January.

President-elect Donald Trump names his victorious 2024 campaign manager as first-ever female White House chief of staff as he works on transition to Oval Office

Donald Trump and the Republican party were the clear winners of the 2024 US elections. Peter Finn notes some highlights of the 2024 campaign, discusses the federal results as they currently stand a…