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Vice President Harris and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., presided together over a joint session of Congress to certify the 2024 presidential election. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Congress certifies the election

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Images from some of NPR's most read stories of 2024. From Left: Vanessa Leroy for NPR; National Transportation Safety Board via AP; Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images; Courtesy Marjie Alonso; Andy Manis/Getty Images; Saul Martinez for NPR; Gerard Albert III/BPR; Tim Agne/KJZZ; Solar Dynamics Observatory; Ratcliff family; Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption

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From Left: Vanessa Leroy for NPR; National Transportation Safety Board via AP; Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images; Courtesy Marjie Alonso; Andy Manis/Getty Images; Saul Martinez for NPR; Gerard Albert III/BPR; Tim Agne/KJZZ; Solar Dynamics Observatory; Ratcliff family; Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP

Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center on Nov. 6, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption

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Do election victories really give presidents a 'mandate'?

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Pastor Chris Morgan leads a contemporary service — a worship service where people dress casually and sing modern music — at Christ United Methodist Church in Bethel Park, Pa., on the Sunday after Election Day. The church developed a sermon series called "Do Unto Others" to help parishioners navigate political divisions after the election. Justin Merriman for NPR/‎‎ hide caption

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When it comes to the political divide, a pastor's answer is the Golden Rule

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The North Fork Community Choir practices at the North Fork Baptist Church in Paonia, Colo., on Nov. 6 — the day after Election Day. Luna Anna Archey for NPR hide caption

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Lessons in (dis)harmony: A Colorado chorus tries to make music together across the ideologic

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A 2016 file photo of Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth. Hegseth has served in the National Guard and is now a Fox News host. If confirmed, he would be the least experienced defense secretary in American history. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Todd Blanche listens as his client former President Donald Trump speaks as he arrives at Manhattan criminal court during jury deliberations in his criminal hush money trial in New York, May 30. Michael M. Santiago/AP via POOL Getty Images hide caption

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Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession speech for the 2024 presidential election at Howard University in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption

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Kamala Harris ran a historic campaign. What will her legacy be?

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Senators are calling for access to a House Ethics Committee probe into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., following his nomination to be the next attorney general under President-elect Donald Trump. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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Senate Republicans concerned with Gaetz nomination ask to access House ethics probe

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With Trump's win, federal student loan borrowers will need to get used to a new normal and new priorities. Moor Studio/Getty Images hide caption

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What student loan borrowers can expect as the presidency changes

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Republican and Democratic Party pins are displayed at a venue as guests watch a television broadcast of U.S. elections. Chan Long Hei/AP hide caption

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After historic losses, Democrats wonder where they go from here.

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Routine childhood vaccination rates have been dropping across the U.S. and vaccine-preventable childhood diseases have been rising. Rustam Shaimov/Getty Images hide caption

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Pediatricians worry about a vaccine skeptic leading health policy

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Dr. Benjamin Jin, a biologist, works on immunotherapy for HPV+ cancers, in a lab at the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., in 2018. The NIH has a $48 billion budget to fund biomedical research. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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With Trump coming into power, the NIH is in the crosshairs

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