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.

In 1789, a new constitution delineated structures and functions of a federal government, and strengthened the foundation for a government of law. After spirited public debate, and an agreement to add ...

The presidential election of 1788, the first under the newly minted Constitution, was unusual and even unique in ways that ...

Explore a broad slate of FRONTLINE’s political coverage — about President-elect Donald Trump, his VP pick JD Vance, VP Kamala Harris, President Biden’s legacy, the state of U.S. politics and voters’ ...

“Trump is a (sic) first president to win three elections,” reads the caption on the post. Other versions of the claim spread ...

Democrats’ recriminations started immediately, but Trump’s victory was decisive enough that there may have been little Kamala ...

Since the adoption of the Constitution in 1789, the United States has been regarded as a model of democracy and civil society ...

In U.S. elections, every vote was counted on election night prior to 2020.

The male faces of America’s first 44 presidents flashed across the big screen one after the other in black and white, before the sound of breaking glass filled the arena, revealing Hillary Clinton’s ...

Washington enjoyed the unreserved trust of his countryman, a point emphasized by Alexander Hamilton, who said the first administration – and the Constitution itself – would be on trial.

Citizen AG, which is legally known as the 1789 Foundation, Inc., sees its mission as both ... “evidence” of voter fraud if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the presidential election in either of ...

The election is crucial because the president will set policies and tariffs, enforce regulations, and do a host of other ...