None of the conventional explanations for Trump's victory stand up to scrutiny  —  This election has blown a hole in the worldviews of both leftists and centrists.  The pandemic may be a more important factor  —  Donald Trump has won, and most shockingly, he won the popular vote.

All Bets Are Off  —  In Joseph O'Neill's first essay in our pages, he warned readers that “the Republican Party enjoyed a mystifying presumption of legitimacy,” contrasted with “the curious timidity of Democrats.”  In that instance, he was describing the 2000 presidential election fiasco in Florida …

Trump Advisers Ramp Up Work on Mass Deportation Push  —  People close to the president-elect are starting to think of ways to pay for it  —  WASHINGTON—Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are drawing up plans to carry out his mass deportation pledge, including discussing how to pay …

Playbook: The ‘deep state’ prepares to get Trumped  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  CALLED OVERNIGHT — DONALD TRUMP wins Nevada.  Sen. JACKY ROSEN (D-Nev.) wins reelection, as do Reps. DON BACON (R-Neb.) and ANDREA SALINAS (D-Ore.).

Conservatives weigh potential show of opposition against Johnson  —  House Republicans are holding their leadership elections next week, where Mike Johnson is largely expected to earn the speakership nomination.  —  Even as Republicans are increasingly optimistic that they'll keep control of the House …

Nancy Pelosi Insists the Election Was Not a Rebuke of the Democrats  —  Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times  —  Perhaps no Democratic politician has been a greater antagonist to Donald Trump than Nancy Pelosi.  As the House minority leader and then speaker of the House during Trump's first term …

Donald Trump Says He Won't Invite Nikki Haley, Mike Pompeo to Join Administration  — President-elect has warm words for former officials in post  — Haley challenged Trump for nomination; Pompeo is a loyalist  —  President-elect Donald Trump said he won't invite his former ambassador …

Authoritarians like Trump love fear, defeatism, surrender.  Do not give them what they want  —  We must lay up our supplies - of love, care, trust, community and resolve - so we may resist the storm  —  Here we are in a crisis in which almost everything we love is going to be under siege …

Justice Dept. to focus on ‘most egregious’ Jan. 6 cases until Trump is inaugurated  —  President-elect Donald Trump has said he would “absolutely” consider pardoning every Capitol rioter and has called them political prisoners and “hostages.”  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans …

Trump has shaped the Supreme Court, but it could still hinder his agenda  —  Although the court has three Trump appointees as part of its 6-3 conservative majority, it has not always ruled for him and could push back on expansive uses of executive power.  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect …

Trump, Who Was Charged with Mishandling Secrets, Will Get Classified Briefings Again  —  Two years ago, the FBI raided Donald Trump's home to retrieve government records he had refused to return, including hundreds containing classified information.  The indictment that followed alleged …

Oakland mayor and progressive DA ousted amid crime complaints  —  The double defeat is the latest signal of voters' swing toward tough-on-crime policies.  —  OAKLAND, California — Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price are both leaving office …