Donald Trump Willing to Keep Parts of Health Law  —  President-elect hints at possible compromise after vows to repeal the Affordable Care Act  —  NEW YORK—President-elect Donald Trump said that, after conferring with President Barack Obama, he would consider leaving in place certain parts …

Donald Trump Prepares for White House Move, but His Tower May Still Beckon  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump won the White House with an outsider's populist promise to “drain the swamp” of Washington.  —  Now, as he prepares to assume the presidency, an open question remains about the capital …

Trump transition website lifts passages from nonpartisan nonprofit  —  President-elect Donald Trump's official government website, GreatAgain.gov, lifts the work of a nonprofit organization that provides research on presidential transitions, with some passages being duplicated whole-cloth.

Corey Lewandowski resigns from CNN  —  Corey Lewandowski, the controversial Donald Trump campaign manager turned CNN commentator, resigned from CNN on Friday afternoon.  —  The resignation is effective immediately.  A CNN spokeswoman confirmed that Lewandowski is no longer serving as a contributor to the network.

What I Got Wrong About the Election  —  Like many people around the world, I expected a comfortable Hillary Clinton victory on Tuesday.  But I'm not a random pundit when it comes to understanding presidential races and the electorate — I managed one Obama presidential campaign and oversaw another from the White House.

Where the Democrats Go From Here  —  Millions of Americans registered a protest vote on Tuesday, expressing their fierce opposition to an economic and political system that puts wealthy and corporate interests over their own.  I strongly supported Hillary Clinton, campaigned hard on her behalf …

Bernie's empire strikes back  —  The revolution is back in business.  —  Supporters of Bernie Sanders' failed presidential bid are seizing on Democratic disarray at the national level to launch a wave of challenges to Democratic Party leaders in the states.

The U.S. Media Is Completely Unprepared to Cover a Trump Presidency  —  Saddam Hussein was allied with al-Qaeda, and helped finance the 9/11 terrorist attacks.  The Hussein regime had sought uranium from Niger.  Iraq had obtained aluminum tubes to be used to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons.

Why FiveThirtyEight Gave Trump A Better Chance Than Almost Anyone Else  —  Based on what most of us would have thought possible a year or two ago, the election of Donald Trump was one of the most shocking events in American political history.  But it shouldn't have been that much of a surprise based …

A series of strategic mistakes likely sealed Clinton's fate  —  Just days before the election, after weeks believing that Michigan was safely blue, the pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC Priorities USA polled voters there — only to discover that it was a one-point race.

Over 200 Incidents of Hateful Harassment and Intimidation Since Election Day  —  Reports of hateful intimidation and harassment erupted across social media networks in the wake of the presidential election Tuesday night.  —  Pulling from news reports, social media, and direct submissions …

Tears, angst as workforce braces for Trump takeover  —  U.S. EPA employees were in tears.  Worried Energy Department staffers were offered counseling.  Some federal employees were so depressed, they took time off.  Others might retire early.  —  And some employees are in downright panic mode …

Muslim, Democrat Woman Voted For Trump — Silences CNN Host With Her Explanation For Why She Did It [VIDEO]  —  Asra Nomani is a Muslim, liberal-leaning woman who voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election, and on Friday she explained to CNN's Carol Costello why she did it.  —  WATCH:

Trump and advisers hedge on major pledges, including Obamacare and the wall  —  President-elect Donald Trump and key advisers in recent days have backed away from some of the most sweeping pledges that the Republican candidate made on the campaign trail, suggesting that his administration …

Theda Skocpol Responds to Judis  —  Theda Skocpol responds to John Judis's article on why Trump won ...  John, your piece is an elegant example of a genre of post-election autopsy that works no better, I fear, than those polling models.  —  You offer speculative interpretations of exit poll responses …

Revenge of the Deplorables  —  President Trump.  A handful of syllables still hard to get one's mind around.  How on earth did this happen?  —  There's no single reason.  Any number of factors were involved, and it wouldn't have taken much for things to have turned out differently.

Donors and lobbyists already shaping Trump's ‘drain the swamp’ administration  —  The chant echoed through Donald Trump's boisterous rallies leading up to Election Day: “Drain the swamp!  Drain the swamp!  Drain the swamp!”  —  “We are fighting for every citizen that believes that government …

ISIS Is Massacring Mosul Civilians as Troops Advance, U.N. Says  —  GENEVA — Islamic State militants have summarily killed scores of civilians in the Iraqi city of Mosul in recent days, sometimes using children as executioners, and have used chemical agents against Iraqi and Kurdish troops, United Nations officials said on Friday.

Defense lobbyists deluged in wake of Trump victory  —  Defense lobbyists are getting a flood of calls from longtime clients and new prospects eager to take advantage of a potential military buildup under President-elect Donald Trump — but also fearful he will spark a trade war and jeopardize their lucrative arms deals.

Podesta: Hillary Clinton lost because media gave Donald Trump ‘a pass’  —  Hillary Clinton's inner circle gathered for an autopsy of her failed presidential campaign and concluded that media bias in favor of Donald Trump contributed to his historic win.  —  A political postmortem …

Warren Buffett on President-elect Trump: 'He deserves everybody's respect'  —  Warren Buffett was a vocal backer of Hillary Clinton.  She's not going to be the next president.  So what does the Berkshire Hathaway CEO think of President-elect Donald Trump?  —  “I support any president of the United States.

‘Prediction professor’ who called Trump's big win also made another forecast: Trump will be impeached  —  Few prognosticators predicted a Donald Trump victory ahead of Tuesday night.  Polls showed Hillary Clinton comfortably ahead, and much of America (chiefly the media) …

‘N—er Lynching’ group text shocks Penn freshmen  —  Penn students and staff are in an uproar after black freshmen students were added to a GroupMe group titled “Nigger Lynching.”  —  Student Calvary Rogers posted on Facebook about the group earlier today: