Gov. Ron Desantis has set the special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz with a primary election on Jan. 28 and a general election on April 1. The Florida Department of State announced the special election timeline Friday afternoon.

Gaetz resigned his seat and isn’t returning to Congress, setting off jockeying among Republicans for the seats.

Policy stances from the incoming Trump administration, bullish quarterly earnings and an "Elon Musk premium" led to lofty stock returns, experts said.

Secretary of State Frank LaRose once served his country as a Green Beret overseas — now, he uses that training for what he says is the most important “No-Fail” mission of his

Several contests that could determine the balance of power in Congress remain too close to call two weeks after Election Day.

A conservative legal organization is ratcheting up its opposition to the requirement in Illinois that mail-in ballots be counted for 14 days after Election Day by calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse federal court rulings that upheld the law because three Republican plaintiffs lacked the legal standing to challenge it.

Utah allows ballots received after Election Day to be counted as long as they're postmarked before the election Only ballots received before the polls close on Election Day would be valid under proposed legislation State lawmakers failed to endorse the proposal, but it may still be introduced at the 2025 Legislature

Millions of ballots have been counted in the two weeks following the election, as officials have worked to verify vote totals and count ballots that were not counted or had not been received by Election Day. In some cases, votes in these close races have changed which candidate led.

MSNBC has seen its audience flee since President-elect Trump’s Election Day victory over Vice President Kamala Harris despite a historic news cycle that has unfolded in the days since.

Boone County Clerk Justin Crigler told The Enquirer he learned about the issue on Election Day when poll workers from two voting sites – the Union Fire Station and Larry A. Ryle High School – called his office because they were running low on printed ballots and that incorrect ones may have been handed out.

"Pivoting our attention to local elections, candidates and issues can be really empowering,” says Sam Kang of Civics Learning Project.

Alaska law allows by-mail ballots to be counted as long as they are received up to two weeks after Election Day.