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If you think the 2016 campaign was rough, check out the 1884 election. The poet Walt Whitman was watching, and he wrote a poem called “Election Day November 1884."

Many women at Hillary Clinton's alma mater of Wellesley College are hoping to see the Democratic nominee break the ultimate glass ceiling Tuesday night in becoming the first woman elected president in the U.S.

The 2016 presidential campaign laid bare big divisions in the Democratic Party. The outcome of Tuesday's election will have a major impact on how those splits are addressed.

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump appeared at their polling places in New York to cast their votes on Election Day.

Some immigrant voters around the country just became citizens and are voting for the first time in this presidential election. They reached out to NPR's All Things Considered about their feelings on voting for the first time.

A video of a marine iguana hatchling chased by a pit of snakes has gone viral. We think it's a stressful but ultimately cathartic diversion.

North Carolina's governor's race is not likely to be decided election night, or any night this week. That's because it's so close the state Board of…

Hillary Clinton's second run for the White House has gone a lot further than her first. On Tuesday night, she could become the first woman elected president.

Donald Trump has come far closer to the presidency than anyone expected when he launched his campaign 17 months ago. Through many ups and downs, he's been fueled by a solid, loyal core of support.

To win, Hillary Clinton needs to keep states carried by President Obama. But early results show Trump is over-performing in the industrial north.

Out of anxiety, despair or celebration — or some combination of the three — there's no shortage of alcohol flowing. Here are a few drinking games and cocktail recipes making the rounds.

Steve Inskeep and David Greene talk to NPR correspondents Mara Liasson, Scott Detrow, Tamara Keith and Sarah McCammon about Tuesday's election results.

Special coverage of Hillary Clinton's concession speech, with NPR hosts and reporters. Clinton took the stage Wednesday to make her first public statements after losing the presidency to Donald Trump.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican and Donald Trump supporter, about the 2016 election and what it means for the Republican Party.

From New York to New Orleans to Seattle, frustrated voters have taken to the streets for largely peaceful protests. Several of the gatherings coalesced around Trump-owned properties.

Simon Stålenhag's new book of paintings is a followup to his unique vision of a robot-and-monster haunted alternate Sweden. Each page is heavily freighted with dread, but you can't stop looking.

Thirty million. That’s the number of pumpkin recipes a casual search will find on the internet. Now that it’s full-on fall, we’re skipping right over pie…

Governor Pat McCrory is declaring a state of emergency in 25 western counties as firefighters battle more than 20 forest fires burning in North Carolina's…

Charlotte Mecklenburg School board approved a student assignment plan for the district’s magnet programs Wednesday night. The process involved about 18…

The election of Donald Trump is a balm to police around the country, who say they have felt under siege. But others in the law enforcement community expect reforms to departments' methods to continue.