Trump Put Musk on Phone With Zelensky During Call  —  Elon Musk was with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago when the president-elect spoke with Ukraine's leader.  It is not clear if they discussed any change in U.S. policy toward Ukraine.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump spoke on Wednesday …

A Red-District Conqueror Wants Fellow Democrats to Look in the Mirror  —  Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, who is on track to win re-election in a rural Washington district, says her party needs to stop demonizing others and change the candidates it supports.  —  It's not always fun to say I told you so.

Why Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won? … I've had a lot of conversations since Tuesday revolving around the question of why Donald Trump won.  The economy and inflation.  Kamala Harris didn't do this or that.  Sexism and racism.  The border.  That trans-inmate ad that ran a jillion times.

Pelosi Laments Biden's Late Exit and the Lack of an ‘Open Primary’  —  “Had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race,” the former House speaker said in an interview with The New York Times, suggesting she had anticipated an “open primary.”

Justice Department Announces Murder-For-Hire and Related Charges Against IRGC Asset and Two Local Operatives  —  For Immediate Release  —  Iranian Asset Farhad Shakeri Employed Multiple Associates in the New York City Area to Surveil and Murder a U.S. Citizen of Iranian Origin Who Has Publicly Opposed the Iranian Government

Wave of Racist Texts After Election Prompts F.B.I.'s Scrutiny  —  Offensive messages were reported across the South and from New York to California.  —  A wave of racist text messages summoning Black people to report for slavery showed up on phones across the United States …

McCormick sues to challenge provisional ballots in Philadelphia  —  Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate David McCormick filed two lawsuits challenging provisional ballots in Philadelphia, signaling he is prepared to take his fight to the Supreme Court.  —  McCormick declared victory …

Pentagon officials anxious Trump may fire the military's top general  —  The president-elect has railed against “woke” generals and others who have pushed for diversity initiatives in the ranks.  —  Defense officials are getting anxious about the possibility of the incoming Trump administration firing …

Israel decries ‘pogrom’ in Amsterdam as soccer fans come under attack by rioters  —  All Israelis accounted hours after 10 injured, many besieged in hotels as gangs of hooligans — apparently Muslims and Arabs — ambush, beat Israelis after game  —  Footage posted to social media shows …

Handbook For The Politically Deceased  —  Your guide to what the hell just happened in the election and what's ahead. … But one word it should not evoke is this: surprising.  In a downwardly mobile country, Democrats' rejection of working-class politics — and the party's open hostility …

Ted Cruz's daughter caught wincing and telling her mom 'don't clap' as senator praises Trump on stage  —  Caroline Cruz, 16, was left scowling at her mother on stage as the Texas senator prayed for a Trump win  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  From reproductive rights …

Dump Twitter  —  The oligarchs won.  When the markets closed November 6—the day Donald Trump was declared winner of the presidential election—the combined wealth of the world's 10 richest people, nine of whom live in the United States, had surged by a combined $63.5 billion.

Trump wins Nevada, capturing a state he lost in both 2016 and 2020  —  NBC News projects Trump will carry the state's six electoral votes.  It's the first time since 2004 that a Republican has won Nevada.  —  President-elect Donald Trump has carried Nevada over Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race, NBC News projects.

Biden administration to allow American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine for first time since Russia's invasion  —  The Biden administration has lifted a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine to help the country's military maintain and repair US-provided weapons systems …

Playbook: Dems agonize over Sotomayor  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE LATEST RACE CALLS — Republican DAVE McCORMICK defeats Democratic Sen. BOB CASEY in Pennsylvania. ...  Reps. DON DAVIS (D-N.C.), YOUNG KIM (R-Calif.), JULIA BROWNLEY …

Texas Democratic Party Chair to step down after brutal defeats  —  In the aftermath of his party's brutal shellacking in the 2024 elections, Texas Democratic Party chair Gilberto Hinojosa has announced he will step down in March.  —  Over his 12-year tenure, Hinojosa has faced fierce criticism …

The wreckage Merrick Garland leaves behind  —  His failures left American democracy ripe for the picking. … ✍️  —  It has often been said that Donald Trump was running for president to keep himself out of prison.  Mission accomplished.  —  But the fact that Trump wasn't …

Donald Trump asks arch protectionist Robert Lighthizer to run US trade policy  —  Tariff hawk's potential reappointment to top economy role likely to alarm trading partners  —  Robert Lighthizer, who was US trade representative when Donald Trump launched his trade war with China …