Dark days for Obama's White House  —  President Obama on Thursday will welcome Donald Trump  —  to the White House, beginning a transition of power that is pure anguish for many in the Democratic Party.  —  The meeting, which seemed improbable just 72 hours ago, will likely stand …

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.

‘People Have to Die’: Anti-Trump Protester Calls For Violence on CNN  —  During the massive anti-Donald Trump protests held in California the day after Election Day, one woman CNN spoke to called for violence and death as a means to enact political change.  —  “If we don't fight, who is going to fight for us?

Read the Letter Aaron Sorkin Wrote His Daughter After Donald Trump Was Elected President  —  The Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Social Network and mastermind behind The West Wing reacts to Donald Trump being elected the 45th president of the United States in a moving letter written …

UPDATED: Obama 2012 Would've Beaten Trump 2016  —  UPDATE: Mea Culpa.  —  Here's what happened: I used the New York Times vote-record database for the numbers in this post.  This was a matter of convenience; I had already been using the NYT database because of its excellent interactive feature …

National recall after Newsweek misfires with Clinton cover … A national recall went out Wednesday for the special “Madame President” issue of Newsweek that was prematurely shipped to stores and newsstands across the country.  —  At the same time, the publisher of the magazine will rush the …

Erick Erickson: Eating Crow on Donald Trump  —  Atlanta — Donald J. Trump will be the next president of the United States.  I got it absolutely wrong.  I have been writing since February that he would not win.  The great paradox of this election for me is that I never saw …

Trump's Data Team Saw a Different America—and They Were Right  —  The president-elect's analysts picked up disturbances others weren't seeing—the beginning of the storm that would deliver Trump to the White House.  —  Subscribe Reprints  —  Nobody saw it coming.  Not the media.

The Choice Confronting the Supreme Court's Chief Justice  —  Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. got lucky on Tuesday.  —  Maybe.  —  Donald J. Trump's victory saved the chief justice from irrelevance.  A President Hillary Clinton nomination would have filled the current Supreme Court vacancy …

ObamaCare sign-ups surge post-election  —  's presidential election victory marked the strongest day of ObamaCare signups in this year's open enrollment period so far.  —  More than 100,000 people selected plans through HealthCare.gov on Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced.

How Gary Johnson and Jill Stein helped elect Donald Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Neither Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson nor the Green Party's Jill Stein managed to make a dent in the Electoral College, but they did post a significant enough showing in several states arguably to help elect Donald Trump.

Donald Trump advisors consider Jamie Dimon for treasury secretary: Sources  —  Trump team considers Dimon for Treasury -Sources  —  CNBC's Kate Kelly discusses reports that the Trump campaign is considering appointing JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon as Treasury Secretary.

Antonio Villaraigosa jumps into 2018 California governor's race  —  Antonio Villaraigosa at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in July.  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)  —  Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Thursday began his 2018 bid for governor with a a new website …

Donald Trump — No-Fly Zone Over Trump Tower  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Donald Trump is getting a massive security blanket, courtesy of the FAA ... so the NYC building where he lives and works does not fall victim to terrorists flying airplanes.  —  Pilots have been ordered to stay clear of the 58-story building on 5th Ave.

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 …

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.

Nigel Farage describes Barack Obama as a ‘loathsome creature’  —  Nigel Farage has described Barack Obama as a “creature” and joked about warning Donald Trump not to “touch” Theresa May.  —  The interim Ukip leader said the current US President was a “loathsome individual who couldn't stand our country.”