President Obama, Donald Trump Meet at White House to Begin Transition  —  Trump says he respects Obama, will seek his counsel while in office  —  WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama hosted President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday for a meeting intended to signal to Americans …

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.

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 …

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 …

Bernie Sanders Doesn't Rule out a 2020 White House Run  —  Bernie Sanders is leaving open the possibility of another presidential bid, saying in a Thursday interview that he wants to focus on helping the party rebuild its base after Donald Trump's victory.  —  “Four years is a long time from now …

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 …

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.

‘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?

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 …

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.

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.

Commentary: The unbearable smugness of the press  —  The mood in the Washington press corps is bleak, and deservedly so.  —  It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that, with a few exceptions, we were all tacitly or explicitly #WithHer, which has led to a certain anguish in the face of Donald Trump's victory.

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.

Effect of Voting Laws Seen, but Not Enough to Sway Outcome  —  Fourteen states had new voting or registration restrictions in place for the 2016 presidential election, raising concerns that minority voters in particular would have a harder time accessing the ballot box.

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 …