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 …

‘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 …

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.

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.

Priebus ‘in tears’ after Trump tapes were leaked: radio host  —  Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus was reportedly in tears after the release of a 2005 tape in which Donald Trump  —  was heard making lewd comments about women.  —  Conservative radio host Charlie Sykes told …

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.

Reince Priebus' moment  —  The cast of characters behind Donald Trump changed repeatedly during the course of his improbable presidential campaign as the rookie candidate struggled to strike the balance between Republican politician and anti-establishment crusader, but one person remained constant: Reince Priebus.

Dow hits all-time high after wild day of trading  —  The Dow Jones industrial index hit an an all-time high Wednesday, reversing a massive drop triggered by President-elect Donald Trump  —  's improbable win.  —  The Dow surged more than 300 points briefly Wednesday afternoon, finishing with a 250-point rise.

Team Trump Struggling to Fill National Security Jobs  —  President-Elect Donald Trump is scrambling to line up senior officials to run the government's sprawling intelligence and homeland security bureaucracy.  —  Team Trump is struggling to fill numerous key slots or even attract many candidates …

A freakout at Wellesley College  —  Hillary Clinton is a Wellesley grad, but that's no excuse for this inane letter from Wellesley president Paula Johnson to the “Wellesley community”: … I have trouble reconciling the second paragraph — equity for all, regardless of gender, etc. — with the third — “women's leadership is best.”

Trump voters will not like what happens next  —  Garrison Keillor is an author and radio personality.  —  So he won.  The nation takes a deep breath.  Raw ego and proud illiteracy have won out, and a severely learning-disabled man with a real character problem will be president.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Is ‘Stunned’ by Donald Trump's Win  —  Starbucks sbux CEO Howard Schultz has made no secret of his disdain for Donald Trump.  —  In a letter to staff on Wednesday, Schultz said he was gobsmacked by the president-elect's victory but said Americans had to respect the results.

The “Missing White Voters,” Revisited  —  In the aftermath of the 2012 elections, I was perplexed.  Most analysts had believed that if turnout dropped, Mitt Romney would be president.  Yet turnout was clearly down by a substantial degree, yet President Obama had a surprisingly strong showing.

The “Deplorables” Got the Last Laugh  —  Let's face it: Liberals helped stoke the rage that elected Donald Trump.  —  Liberals who barely slept last night, if at all, roused on Wednesday morning wondering what the hell happened in America to create president-elect Donald J. Trump.

How the Rustbelt Paved Trump's Road to Victory  —  Two Americas collided in the presidential race and the side that was genuinely passionate about its champion walked away the narrow winner.  —  Donald Trump, the billionaire populist, mobilized ardent support from the groups most uneasy about the economic …

‘He Is Not My President’: Donald Trump Inspires Thousands to Protest in Streets Across U.S.  —  Thousands Protest Trump's Victory Around US 1:06  —  Thousands of protesters swarmed the streets of several major cities Wednesday to voice their opposition to Donald Trump …

Students Around the Country Walk Out to Protest President-Elect Donald Trump  —  High school and college students from California to Washington, D.C., held protests on Wednesday to show their opposition to Donald Trump's election as president.  —  Students at American University in Washington, D.C., protested on campus.