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17 mins ago

The Election Without Ticket-Splitters

Everybody thought unpopular White House candidates would mean more cross-party voting. Not so.

22 mins ago

My Parents Voted for Trump. And I Didn’t Try to Do Anything About It.

To tell you the truth, I didn’t want to just assume that my Republican parents voted for Donald Trump.

30 mins ago

Mike Pence Is Taking the Reins of Trump’s Transition Team

Chris Christie has been ousted in favor of the vice-president-elect.

2:09 p.m.

Trump Adviser Anthony Scaramucci on Team Trump’s Economic Plan (and the Wall)

“My guess is he’s going to build the wall and the Mexicans are going to pay for it. I think that’s going to happen.”

2:02 p.m.

Nate Silver on What the Polls Got Wrong, and Right, About This Election

And what he got wrong, and right.

1:11 p.m.

Democrats Must Decide If an Ideological Coup Is the Best Path to Recovery

Bernie Sanders is backing Keith Ellison as DNC chair to signal a party coup. Is that a good idea now? Could Howard Dean be a unifying alternative?

12:38 p.m.

Trumpistan Week One: The Unthinkable Slowly Becomes Normal

Steps down the long road to Putin’s America.

12:19 p.m.

Chelsea Clinton Is Reportedly Gearing Up for a Congressional Run

This is the song that never ends.

10:48 a.m.

Mayor Bill de Blasio Vows to Protect New York City From Donald Trump

“We’re not going to take anything lying down.”

9:56 a.m.

Even Trump’s Closest Advisers Aren’t Quite Sure How He’ll Govern

He is “basically a blank slate that needs to be filled in.”

8:42 a.m.

3 Paths the Trump Administration Can Take

The new administration could plausibly be purely disruptive, engineer a conservative policy revolution, or remake the GOP into a populist party.

8:30 a.m.

Renzo Piano Gives Columbia University the Best Dull Building in Town

A visit to the university’s new Greene Center.

6:04 a.m.

Trump Laments ‘Very Unfair!’ Protests, Walks It Back 9 Hours Later

After he complained about protesters and the press in a tweet, Trump celebrates their “passion.”

2:27 a.m.

Megyn Kelly Doesn’t Think She Was Poisoned, or That Fox Leaked to Trump

She refuted some disturbing questions that arose from the New York Times review of her forthcoming memoir.

Yesterday at 11:54 p.m.

Trump Lawyers Want Fraud Case Moved to After January, When He’ll Be Less Busy

They argue he’ll have more time to address the Trump University allegations when he’s president.

Yesterday at 9:33 p.m.

Paul Ryan Says Medicare Privatization Is On

“Because of Obamacare, Medicare is going broke,” Ryan said. This is false.

Yesterday at 6:09 p.m.

The Electoral College Strikes Again

Looks like Hillary Clinton will wind up beating Donald Trump in the national popular vote, making her another victim of the archaic institution.

Yesterday at 5:57 p.m.

The End of the Clinton Era of Democratic Politics

It had a great run from 1992 through the Obama years. But the center-left political tradition Bill and Hillary embodied is done.

Yesterday at 5:41 p.m.

Donald Trump Gets Cozy With Paul Ryan on Capitol Hill

Trump broke bread with his onetime betrayer and discussed plans for cutting taxes and throwing poor people off Medicaid.

Yesterday at 5:35 p.m.

Breitbart’s Steve Bannon Might Be Trump’s Chief of Staff

A man who knows a thing or two about right-wing politics.