The Republicans’ election dominance carried into state legislatures, where the party made gains in Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Vermont. Democrats, though, broke the G.O.P. supermajority in North Carolina.
After Kamala Harris became the second woman to lose a presidential election to Donald J. Trump, some women wondered if the glass ceiling would ever break.
Throughout her campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris tried to pivot away from questions about the historical significance of her candidacy to her desire to serve as a president for “all Americans.”
With a decisive margin in the Senate, Republicans, who have shown their willingness to accommodate the president-elect, will have the numbers to overcome divisions over his personnel and policies.
After months of disputes, Chancellor Olaf Scholz ousted one of his governing partners, adding to the challenges for Europe since Donald Trump’s election.
Democrats picked up two seats in New York and defended others in Michigan and New Mexico, but Republican gains have narrowed their path, setting up a potential G.O.P. trifecta.
The crypto industry’s spending on the election amounted to one of the most aggressive corporate spending sprees in modern political history, experts said.
Tim Sheehy, a wealthy Republican businessman, was dogged by controversies during the campaign. But Senator Jon Tester, a Democrat, could not outrun the demographic shift in his deep-red state.
After picking up seats in West Virginia, Ohio and Montana and winning an unexpectedly close race in Nebraska, the G.O.P. sealed a majority. Tight races in swing states will determine their margin.
The new majority will be under new leadership for the first time in 18 years since Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, is stepping down from the top post he has held since 2007.
The first presidential election The Times covered was in 1852. Things have changed a lot since the days of typewriters and motographs — see how, in archival images from decades past.
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