2016 Presidential Election
Coverage of the 2016 presidential election.
Still, a Trump-appointed Supreme Court could possibly overturn the Court’s previous ruling.
“A Klan-backed misogynist internet troll is going to be delivering the next State of the Union address. And that is not normal.”
It starts with a safety pin.
“In a direct election system, the South would have lost every time.”
Yes, there are some conflicts of interest here.
Many people who didn’t want Trump to win inadvertently helped him do so.
“Drain the swamp” — by filling it with rancid water first.
Voter suppression might explain Clinton’s loss in Wisconsin — but not Florida, Michigan, or Pennsylvania.
Clinton’s loss can be explained. Trump’s win rewrites what we know about American politics.
The landmark abortion-rights case probably, maybe, won’t be overturned in the next four years. In the longer term, it’s complicated.
“He’s the president, and that really does change everything.”
Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels on the GOP’s future after Trump.
Almost all of it could be gone.
And it shouldn’t, because that wouldn’t end well at all.
The world could use more empathy from everyone.
The reason we can be hit so hard by an election outcome is because of something psychologists call “false consensus effect.”
Four states legalized marijuana for recreational purposes, and three more legalized medical pot.
A lot of Americans don’t vote.
Trump ran on a “tough on crime” platform. But the president just isn’t that powerful on these issues.
In a phone call with South Korea’s president, Trump pledged to defend the country.
As president, Trump may become Trumpier.
“My number one priority in the coming two months is to facilitate a transition that ensures the president-elect is successful,” said Obama.
The president-elect has promised to ban immigration from “terror-prone regions” on day one — and he can do it easily.
It’s been a remarkable transformation over 162 years.
“He seems like he’ll be a pretty clearly anti-science president.”
The down-ballot party has withered, and Obama’s policy legacy will largely be repealed.
Minhaj captured how a lot of Muslim Americans feel after Donald Trump won on Election Day.
“If Muslims have to take responsibility for every member of their community, so do we.”
Not every world leader thinks Trump’s victory is the end of the world.
“People are unpredictable, and democracy is insane.”
All he needs to do is tweak a few words in an Obama-era regulation.
He tried to keep it together for his first post-election show. The moment when he didn’t says it all.
Amid a wave of shock and anger over Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election.
Why did we all think Hillary Clinton was going to clobber Trump in the Midwest?
This time capsule video shows several key moments from the 2016 election.
From the Supreme Court to executive actions, Trump could have a serious impact.
Widespread suffering and misery from climate change are now effectively inevitable.