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Republican president-elect Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech during his election night event in the early morning hours of Nov. 9 at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York City.
Donald Trump was elected the nation's 45th president last night. What exit polls and results by region suggest about priorities and challenges for the next administration.
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) waves to supporters after winning re-election Nov. 8 against Democratic candidate Deborah Ross.
Republicans keep control of the House and the Senate thanks to key victories on Election Day. Diane and a panel of guests discuss what the balance of power in Congress means for the new president and Washington gridlock.
Promotional studio portrait of American pop songwriter Carole Bayer Sager, 1980s.
Carole Bayer Sager has written hit songs like "A Groovy Kind of Love" and "That's What Friends Are For." In a new memoir, she reveals how her complicated personal life helped shape the songs she created.
A man reads the news on his smart phone.
We’ve had more access to information during this election than ever before. But the news landscape has been littered with misinformation. How fake stories have shaped the presidential race.
A marijuana bud is seen before harvesting at a rural area near Corvallis, Ore., Sept. 30, 2016. Marijuana growers and entrepreneurs have a lot riding on ballot measures in 50 Oregon counties and municipalities in the Nov. 8 election, with some places having allowed marijuana businesses and other having banned it. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
Voters in nine states, including California, are considering various forms of marijuana legalization. How attitudes toward pot have evolved in the U.S. and whether Election Day could be a turning point for legal marijuana.
After a bill was passed by the House and the Senate to reopen the government in 2013, U.S. Park Service workers carry a barricade that had been used to close the Martin Luther King Memorial.
The framers of the U.S. Constitution gave us three separate branches of government - executive, legislative and judicial - to keep any one person or group from having too much power. How the U.S. government is supposed to work and why many think it's broken.
Iraqi families walk to camps housing displaced people. They fled violence due to the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against jihadists of the Islamic State group to retake the city of Mosul. More than 21,000 people have fled to government-held areas since October 17, while thousands more may have been seized by IS for use as human shields, according to the United Nations.
Britain's High Court throws a wrench into the government's Brexit plans. The leader of ISIS urges followers to fight to the death in Mosul. And Syrian rebels reject Russia's call for fighters and civilians to leave Aleppo. A panel of journalists joins Diane at the Newseum for analysis of the week's top international news stories.
CLEVELAND, OH - NOVEMBER 02: The Chicago Cubs celebrate after defeating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in Game Seven of the 2016 World Series at Progressive Field on November 2, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cubs win their first World Series in 108 years. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
Polls show the presidential race tightening in the final days of the campaign. President Obama criticizes the FBI's handling of a new investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails. And the Chicago Cubs win the World Series for the first time since 1908. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top national news stories.