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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

Can Trump Save Their Jobs?  They're Counting on It  —  INDIANAPOLIS — By the time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series for the first time in 108 years this month, Paul Roell was already asleep.  He did not stay up to see Barack Obama win the presidency in 2008, or watch in 2000 as the margin …

Markham principal apologizes for ‘discriminatory’ Facebook posts  —  The principal of Sir Wilfrid Laurier Public School says she “has learned a number of lessons” after an investigation into her social media posts.  —  A Markham elementary school principal has apologized for her “discriminatory” …

You Must Serve Trump  —  Of all the conservatives who opposed Donald Trump during his campaign for the presidency, his most vehement opponents were the men and women who had served in past Republican administrations, and particularly in the departments of state and of defense.

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.

Graham suggests Cruz for Supreme Court, hopes for infrastructure repair bill in Trump's first 100 days  —  U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said in January that choosing between Sen. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination was “like choosing between getting shot or poisoned.”

Civilians shot, bodies hung from poles in Mosul, Iraqi sources say  —  Battle for Mosul: From clinic to combat hospital  —  Irbil, Iraq (CNN)As fighting continued in and around Mosul on Friday, civilians caught in crossfire have a stark choice: whether to flee or stay huddled inside their homes.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

Autocracy: Rules for Survival  —  “Thank you, my friends.  Thank you.  Thank you.  We have lost.  We have lost, and this is the last day of my political career, so I will say what must be said.  We are standing at the edge of the abyss.  Our political system, our society …

There Is No Violent Hate-Crimewave in 'Trump's America'  —  See an update to this post below.  —  Let's get this out of the way: there's no doubt that Donald Trump's policies may pose a direct threat to certain classes of American people.  But in the wake of his Tuesday night election …