Russia Says It Was in Contact With Trump's Team During Campaign  —  Russia said it was in contact with President-elect Donald Trump's team during the U.S. election campaign, despite repeated denials by the Republican candidate's advisers that any links existed.

‘Not Our President’: Protests Spread After Donald Trump's Election  —  Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Manhattan on Wednesday night and converged on Trump Tower in Midtown to protest the election of Donald J. Trump as president.  —  Similar protests happened in several cities across …

Democrats face a power outage in Washington — and an identity crisis  —  The biggest stain on Barack Obama's political legacy may turn out to be the decimation of the Democratic Party on his watch.  —  The 2016 election has brought a moment of reckoning — and a new era to the party.

Here Is What Donald Trump Wants To Do In His First 100 Days  —  At the end of October, Donald Trump spoke in Gettysburg, Pa., and released a plan for his first 100 days in office.  —  The plan (below) outlines three main areas of focus: cleaning up Washington, including by imposing term limits on Congress …

Trump maps out a new administration to bring a seismic shift to Washington  —  Washington began its transition of power Wednesday as the ascendancy of President-elect Donald Trump promised a seismic shift in nearly every facet of the capital city, from military and executive agencies …

Secretary Of Education Ben Carson?  Here's A List Of Potential Trump Cabinet Picks  —  President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has put together a who's who shortlist of Trump surrogates and advisers to take top positions in his administration next year, ranging from former …

What A Difference 2 Percentage Points Makes  —  Here's the Electoral College map we're going to end up with, assuming that every uncalled state goes to the candidate leading in the vote count there as of 4 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday.  There's a sea of red for President-elect Donald Trump.

Donald Trump Won Because of Facebook  —  A close and — to pundits, journalists, and Democrats — unexpected victory like Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's is always overdetermined, and no one particular thing pushed Trump over the edge on Tuesday night.

People in California are calling for a ‘Calexit’ from the US in the wake of Trump's win  —  “Calexit” is swiftly taking over social media.  —  After Donald Trump won the race to the White House, people across California took to social media Tuesday night to call for “Calexit,” recalling Brexit in its push to leave the union.

America Elects a Bigot  —  Donald J. Trump is president-elect of the United States.  Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd write.  —  Against all odds and against all forms of the establishment, he prevailed.  He won, legitimately, including in many states that were thought to be safely blue.

Trump poised to erase Obama policies  —  Prepare for an imperial presidency.  —  Donald Trump has pledged to “reform the entire regulatory code,” to “cancel immediately all illegal and overreaching executive orders,” and to place a “temporary moratorium on new agency regulations that are not compelled by Congress or public safety.”

Anti-Trump protesters shut down 101 Freeway in L.A., burn Trump's head in effigy  —  Thousands of people poured into the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday night, and hundreds of them later spilled onto the 101 Freeway, shutting down traffic as they forcefully denounced President-elect Donald J. Trump.

Trump Unbound  —  The president-elect owes hardly anyone.  The number of people who'll be able to rein him in is vanishingly small.  —  Once Donald Trump takes office, he will be the most widely loathed president in modern American history.  Yet he will also have far more room to maneuver than any of his recent predecessors.

Trump Did Better With Blacks, Hispanics Than Romney in '12: Exit Polls  —  A look back at what Donald Trump promised he'd do in first 100 days 3:14  —  Donald Trump performed stronger among black and Hispanic voters than Mitt Romney did as the Republican nominee in 2012, according to NBC Exit Polls.

Dow closes up 250 points; financials surge after Trump election upset  —  CNBC's Bob Pisani looks at the day's market action.  —  U.S. stocks surged more than 1 percent Wednesday with financials and health care leading after Republican Donald Trump won the presidential election, defying market expectations for a Hillary Clinton win.