It's now on America's institutions — and the Republican Party — to check Donald Trump  —  We're about to see how strong the American system really is.  —  Donald Trump has won the election.  Now it is up to America's institutions, and the people within them, to check his worst instincts.

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.

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.

Trump will be the 4th president to win the Electoral College after getting fewer votes than his opponent  —  But it may become more and more common, given shifting demographics.  —  Donald Trump won the electoral college, but when all the votes are counted, it's likely he will have received fewer votes …

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.

Trump sends out first tweet as president-elect  —  Donald Trump emerged shortly after 6:30 a.m. Wednesday to cast his first tweet to his 13.5 million followers as president-elect.  —  “Such a beautiful and important evening!” he tweeted of his historic election from his fresh Twitter account …

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 …

Paul Krugman: Our Unknown Country  —  We still don't know who will win the electoral college, although as I write this it looks — incredibly, horribly — as if the odds now favor Donald J. Trump.  What we do know is that people like me, and probably like most readers of The New York Times …

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 …

Trump Can Kill Obamacare With Or Without Help From Congress  —  President-elect Donald Trump has promised over and over in recent months that he will repeal and replace Obamacare when he reaches the White House.  —  “Obamacare is a disaster.  You know it.  We all know it,” Trump said at a debate last month.

Inside the Loss Clinton Saw Coming  —  “We have some news.  It's not good.”  —  Hillary Clinton's communications director Jennifer Palmieri filled the candidate in as the plane landed in Iowa, with campaign manager Robby Mook in the huddle.  Jim Comey's letter had hit when they were still in the air …

How Trump Won  —  The places that feel most left behind in a changing America propelled Donald Trump to a stunning victory over Hillary Clinton Tuesday night.  —  In his unexpected win, Trump mobilized enormous margins among rural and exurban voters, and crushing advantages among blue-collar whites.

How Obama Inadvertently Set the Stage for Trump's Presidency  —  His healthy job approval ratings masked a deep, widespread dissatisfaction of a country desperate for change.  —  Don­ald Trump re­made the Re­pub­lic­an Party along the way to his shock­ing rise to the pres­id­ency.

RNC model showed Trump losing  —  The GOP shared its analysis with reporters four days before Election Day to prove that it had given Trump the tools to win.  —  The Republican National Committee, despite its sometimes testy relationship with Donald Trump, publicly predicted …

Absorbing the Impossible  —  I sat watching in astonishment.  The one who couldn't bear to show up to concede was not, as expected, Donald Trump, but Hillary Clinton.  —  I thought the hard-core support for Trump had dwindled down to a hardy band of loyalists: Rudy, Newt, Chris, Sarah …

Trump sounding different note on jailing Clinton  —  appears to be sounding a different note about jailing Hillary Clinton  —  as president-elect, and it's unclear whether the Republican will stick to his earlier threat.  —  “Lock her up” chants have been a standard feature of Trump campaign events …

The World's Richest People Lose $41 Billion on Trump's Win  —  Country's richest person loses $5.1 billion on plunge of peso  —  Markets wobble on surprise victory over Democrat Clinton  —  Mexico's wealthiest person lost $5.1 billion in the wake of Donald Trump's stunning upset over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

Election 2016: Voter Trends in Battleground States That Helped Trump Win  —  Donald Trump's stunning victory last night, despite the majority of pollsters predicting a Clinton win, has many voters wondering how he pulled it off.  —  A look at four key states — Pennsylvania, Wisconsin …