Transition

It's long past time for the childishness over the recent election to end and for all Americans to get excited about and participate in some small way in the upcoming inauguration. More than two dozen members of Congress, all Democrats, plan to skip the event because they cannot accept the results of the election...

The 2008-2009 transition is regarded as an ideal template for how to plan future power changes, whether a same-party handoff or a change in party transfer of power. This is the reality of a post-September 11th world combined with technological advances that make it easier to coordinate efforts...

Jennifer Bradford of Fort Worth, Texas decided to create a petition on Change.org on Tuesday, June 2nd. She was hoping for about 5,000 signatures to support her request for the International Olympic Committee to take back the gold medal Caitlyn Jenner won in the decathlon at the 1976 Olympics...

Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick and the man who will succeed him, Republican Charlie Baker, have met for first time since Baker's narrow election victory over Martha Coakley. The two huddled privately for about 45 minutes in Patrick's office on Wednesday to discuss the transition of power on Beacon Hill...