Republican leaders are quick to assert that Joe Biden is the duly elected president, and that their main goal now is to propose bold political ideas that will help them win back control of the Senate and House of Representatives next year.
On Wednesday at noon, Joe Biden will be sworn in and the Trump presidency will end, turning the page on some of the most disruptive, divisive years the United States has seen since the 1960s.
Perhaps the biggest is the coronavirus pandemic, which has left some 400,000 Americans dead.
The Trumps' departure has been fractious, with the president refusing for months to accept the election result due to false allegations of fraud, and declining to congratulate his successor Joe Biden.
Outgoing US President Donald Trump delivered a message condemning previous and upcoming protests at the Capitol - but completely disregarded his impeachment process. #DonaldTrump #USElections TrumpImpeachment
Donald Trump and his new Republican Party presented more than policy differences among Republicans and Democrats, they presented a fight between America First and those who didn't love America enough, it was a test between god and the devil, writes Yonela Diko.
Donald Trump's turnaround came as aides including one cabinet member resigned and the two top Democrats in Congress urged his immediate removal, fearing the damage he can still inflict in his less than two weeks left in the world's most powerful job.
Media organisations, social media and other commentators are debating if the siege on the US Capitol was indeed a coup d’etat.
The discussions focused on the 25th amendment to the US Constitution, which allows for a president's removal by the vice president and cabinet if he is judged "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office".
Donald Trump is expected to suffer another bitter blow when Congress affirms Joe Biden's Electoral College victory.
A taped conversation between US President Donal Trump and fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger includes vague threats by Trump that Raffensperger and another official could face "a big risk" if they failed to take moves toward overturning Joe Biden's victory.
Biden is riding high after members of the Electoral College gathered in all 50 states and the capital Washington to put the official stamp on the will of the people.
Electors in all 50 states were meeting to cast their votes in a tradition that has long been considered mostly a formality for confirming the will of the people expressed at the polls.
In a speech remarkable for its twisting of reality more than a month after the 3 November election, the outgoing president launched into another litany of allegations that the polls won handily by Democrat Joe Biden were rigged.
So far 668 kilometres of the new wall has been completed along the more than 3,000-kilometre border, according to an update from the US Customs and Border Protection agency on 30 November.
Nearly a month after the 3 November election, the 74-year-old still refuses to acknowledge that he lost and has not conceded to his Democratic rival Joe Biden, who is busy building his incoming administration.
The 74-year-old previously broke barriers as the first female Fed chief and will be tasked with revitalising the coronavirus-stricken US economy if confirmed by the Senate.
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have sought to emphasize diversity in their appointments and nominations so far ahead of their January 20 swearing-in.
