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After a presidential election that defied expectations, here's what to expect from the president-elect.

Democrat Paul Penzone, a former sergeant with the Phoenix Police Department, defeated the controversial Arizona lawman by nearly 10 percentage points after building a substantial lead in the polls.

Once he had become the nominee of the Republican Party, Donald Trump needed only to hold his base constituency together and add the reluctant votes of other Republicans and compatible independents.

Reaction in the Middle East to the news that Donald Trump would be the next U.S. president, ranged from celebrations to dismay. Trump inherits the fight to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

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

"This is not the outcome we wanted or worked so hard for. I'm sorry we didn't win this election for the values we share and the vision we hold for our country," the Democratic nominee told supporters.

After he takes office, Trump could cut off funding for insurers' discounts to many health exchange customers by abandoning the executive branch's appeal of a 2014 lawsuit brought by House Republicans.

Kamala Harris and Catherine Cortez Masto made historic inroads on Election Day, becoming, respectively, the first biracial woman in the Senate and the first Latina senator.

George Washington University — one of the nation's most expensive schools — is among the latest to try to make sure its students, most of whom receive financial aid, have enough to eat.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is trying to salvage a peace agreement to end the 52-year-old guerrilla war that was narrowly rejected in a nationwide referendum.