President-elect Donald Trump's return follows the trail of another American president who rebounded from defeat to victory and then four years of unchecked power.

The citizens of southern Louisiana looked to Major General Andrew Jackson, known by the knickname “Old Hickory.” Jackson ...

America went to war against Great Britain to assert its rights as an independent, sovereign nation, and to attempt the ...

Using sand to represent individual votes, The Post explains where key votes gave Trump a second term in the White House.

In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen, composed of troops from France as well as Poland, Germany, Italy and several other allied states. The campaign that followed ...

In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen. As it advanced, the Russian army retreated, and by September Napoleon's army had marched 470 miles into the depths of Russia ...

Donald Trump will be America’s 47th president, CNN projected Wednesday, after mounting the most momentous comeback in political history that will hand him massive, disruptive power at home ...

Source: Election results and race calls are from The Associated Press. By The New York Times election results team: Michael ...

The case, which will not affect this election cycle, involves a legal fight over how the state draws its voting maps and ...

"Districts themselves have undergone a 'sorting' that overwhelms any impact of gerrymandering," Peter Feuerherd observed in ...

Gerrymandering’ was coined in 1812, and the practice has grown to such an extent that political representation is severely ...

We’re in the homestretch of the most consequential national election in recent history — and it’s too close for comfort, no ...