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In 2020, transgender candidates continued to win elections. In Kansas, one winner, Stephanie Byers, says voters seemed more concerned with her policy than with her gender identity.

Longtime progressive state Sen. Ernie Chambers has been instrumental in keeping Nebraska's Electoral College votes split by district. Joe Biden won one Electoral College vote in Nebraska.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been pushing a new U.S. trade deal as a benefit of the U.K. leaving the European Union but President-elect Biden might have a different idea.

Wisconsin saw one of the nation's tightest presidential contests. How do voters there deal with their state's sharp political and social divisions and move forward?

It's up to General Services Administrator Emily Murphy to allow the flow of resources to the president-elect. The GSA referenced the contested 2000 election as precedent for its decision.

Gen. Gustave Perna says as soon as the FDA deems a vaccine safe and effective, his team is ready to coordinate deployment of tens of millions of doses as early as next month.

A leading proponent of interfaith understanding, Sacks once wrote that, "God is the god of all humanity, but no single faith is or should be the faith of all humanity."

A survey from the nonpartisan group Freedom House finds that democracy and human rights have lost ground in 80 countries — and even calls the U.S. to task. But there are bright spots.

Charles Curtis was a leading voice in the fight for women's suffrage. He also orchestrated the breakup of tribal government and communal land in what is now the state of Oklahoma.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will continue in their leadership roles in the next Congress. But control of the chamber won't be decided until January.