An American Tragedy  —  The election of Donald Trump to the Presidency is nothing less than a tragedy for the American republic, a tragedy for the Constitution, and a triumph for the forces, at home and abroad, of nativism, authoritarianism, misogyny, and racism.

Meet Trump's Cabinet-in-waiting  —  President-elect Donald Trump does not have the traditional cadre of Washington insiders and donors to build out his Cabinet, but his transition team has spent the past several months quietly building a short list of industry titans and conservative activists …

CBS News Exit Polls: How Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency  —  Many observers thought this presidential election would be decided by Donald Trump's polarizing rhetoric, his history of behavior toward women and his questionable qualifications for the office.

Obama phones Trump, offers White House invitation  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama called President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday morning to congratulate him on his election victory and invite him to the White House on Thursday to discuss “the smooth transition of power,” the White House said.

Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment  —  Donald John Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States on Tuesday in a stunning culmination of an explosive, populist and polarizing campaign that took relentless aim at the institutions and long-held ideals of American democracy.

We are still the country that produced George Wallace.  We are still the country that killed Emmett Till.  —  Around 11:30 on Tuesday night, I left CBS News studios in New York City to take a walk and call my wife.  We talked about the election.  We talked about the very real chance of President Donald Trump.

Paul Krugman: The Economic Fallout  —  It really does now look like President Donald J. Trump, and markets are plunging.  When might we expect them to recover?  —  Frankly, I find it hard to care much, even though this is my specialty.  The disaster for America and the world has so many aspects …

Trump's victory stunned even GOP digital team  —  No one saw this coming.  Not the Trump campaign.  Not the Republican National Committee.  —  The best data inside the Trump campaign and the RNC had Donald Trump's chances of winning the presidency as a one-in-five proposition.

The Democratic Party Establishment Is Finished  —  What a joke.  —  The Democrats will now control next to nothing above the municipal level.  Donald Trump will be president.  We are going to be unpacking this night for the rest of our lives, and lives beyond that.

McConnell says GOP will quickly repeal Obamacare  —  Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signaled the Senate would move swiftly to repeal Obamacare now that the GOP Congress will have a Republican president next year.  —  “It's pretty high on our agenda as you know,” the Kentucky Republican said on Wednesday.

Omarosa: Trump camp keeping list of enemies  —  will keep a list of Republicans who voted against the GOP nominee in the presidential election.  —  “It's so great our enemies are making themselves clear so that when we get in to the White House, we know where we stand,” the former “Apprentice” …

Trump due in court before Oval Office  —  Within a few weeks of winning the White House, President-elect Donald Trump could face another group of U.S. citizens, a federal jury in California, courtesy of a lawsuit by former students of his now-defunct Trump University who claim they were defrauded by a series of real-estate seminars.

Scott Walker: Get rid of the filibuster for Trump  —  (CNN)Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday in the wake of Donald Trump's surprising victory that Republicans should get rid of the Senate filibuster.  —  Republicans maintained control of the House and Senate on Election Day …

Celebs who said they'd leave country if Trump won  —  Dozens of celebrities vowed to leave the country if Donald Trump  —  won the White House, saying they'd flee to everywhere from Canada to Jupiter.  —  The threat is a common one after any election outcome: Canada's immigration website crashed …

Lady Gaga Protests in Front of Trump Tower  —  Lady Gaga held a protest of one at Trump Tower after it became clear that Donald Trump would win the presidency.  —  Propped up on the side of a New York City sanitation truck, the Hillary Clinton supporter and native New Yorker held up a sign that read “Love trumps hate.”

Joint Statement from California Legislative Leaders on Result of Presidential Election  —  SACRAMENTO - California Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) and California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) released the following statement on the results of the President election:

How did polls miss the presidential election result so badly?  —  Heading into Election Day, virtually all public polling — at the national and swing-state level — pointed to a relatively easy victory for Democrat Hillary Clinton.  That, um, didn't happen.

Trump victory sparks angry protests across California: ‘Not my president’  —  Students flocked to the campus of UCLA, where a protest erupted early Wednesday.  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)  —  The election of Donald Trump to the presidency sparked protests early Wednesday across California …

Ayotte concedes to Hassan in New Hampshire  —  GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte conceded to Democrat Maggie Hassan Wednesday evening, declining to pursue a recount in the nation's closest Senate race and tipping a second seat to Democrats after Tuesday's election.  —  Hassan led Ayotte by just 1,019 votes …

Shades Of 2000?  Clinton Surpasses Trump In Popular Vote Tally  —  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton finds herself on the wrong end of an electoral split, moving ahead in the popular vote but losing to President-elect Donald Trump in the electoral college, according to the latest numbers emerging Wednesday.

GOP makes big gains at the state level  —  Days ago, even some Republican strategists were predicting a civil war that would tear apart their party for years to come.  By Wednesday morning, it became clear that the GOP holds nearly unprecedented control not only in Washington, but also in state capitals across the country.

The forces that drove this election's media failure are likely to get worse  —  Segregated social universes, an industry moving from red states to the coasts, and mass media's revenue decline: The disconnect between two realities shows no sign of abating.  —  One way to think of the job journalism does …

Democrats, Trump, and the Ongoing, Dangerous Refusal to Learn the Lesson of Brexit  —  The parallels between the U.K.'s shocking approval of the Brexit referendum in June and the U.S.' even more shocking election of Donald Trump as president last night are overwhelming.

Trump Tower Is Now Heavily Fortified Behind Big Concrete Barriers  —  The NYPD is helping the Secret Service ramp up security outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue this afternoon to levels befitting the president-elect, according to an NYPD spokesman.  In addition to the row …

Top House Republican says he'll continue probe of Hillary Clinton's private email server  —  While President-elect Donald Trump pledged in his victory speech to “come together as one united people,” a top House Republican said Wednesday he will continue to investigate Hillary Clinton's use …