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South Dakota and Vermont are both small, rural states with Republican governors. They've taken very different approaches to coronavirus. One state has suffered far more illness and death.

President-elect Joe Biden reportedly plans to nominate Janet Yellen to be Treasury secretary. She would be the first woman to hold the job if confirmed

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as his defense secretary. If confirmed, Austin would be the first African American to head the Pentagon.

The team, which includes former federal health officials, aims to create a blueprint for the incoming administration's COVID-19 response as the nation battles a new surge in infections.

NPR talks with Ohio voters who wanted President Trump reelected about what they see the next four years might bring under a President Biden.

President-elect Biden is expected to quickly reverse some of the Trump administration's most controversial policies. But his ability to reshape immigration would be limited in a divided government.

Analysis of this year’s presidential election started even before Joe Biden was announced as president-elect and while election officials in many states hurried toward a final count. A lot of early attention has been on polling and why opinion polls in here in Ohio, as well as Wisconsin and Florida overestimated support for Biden. All this came after 2016, when many polls underestimated support for Donald Trump. All Things Considered Host Tony Ganzer spoke with ideastream’s Matt Richmond about what happened with the polls this time around.

President-elect Biden must decide who will lead his economic team. Sen. Elizabeth Warren expressed interest in serving as Treasury secretary, but she faces some obstacles to winning the nomination.

Four members of NPR's Arts Desk recommend books from the hundreds in NPR's 2020 Book Concierge.

Rep. James Clyburn says the Trump Administration may have deliberately tried to "conceal and destroy evidence that senior political appointees interfered" with the CDC's coronavirus response.