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Lucas Jackson / Reuters How Will the Press Respond to Trump's Secrecy?
Clashes between the media and presidents over access aren’t new—but that doesn’t make them any less important.
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Nick Oxford / Reuters How the Election Revealed the Divide Between City and Country
The 2016 election exposed a chasm between urban and non-urban America that will likely widen under a Trump administration.
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Mark Makela / Reuters The Risks of Reflexive Opposition to Trump
Democrats may be more effective if they avoid opposing his presidency at every turn.
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Andrew Harnik / AP A Republican Mandate, but for What?
As GOP leaders line up a long list of conservative policy priorities, some lawmakers are already warning against overreach.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Republicans Rally Around Paul Ryan
Thanks to Donald Trump’s victory, the House speaker won the unanimous backing of his party for a full term—but how long will the unity last?
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Mark Makela / Reuters Liberals Have a Choice: Reach Out to Trump Voters, or Condemn Them
If progressives want to win back political influence in America, they may need the support of the people they see as racists.
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Molly Riley / AP Trump Tries to Bend Republicans on Infrastructure
Whether the president-elect gets his way on money for roads and bridges will say a lot about who runs Washington in 2017.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters The Trump Administration Starts to Take Shape
To the dismay of some Republicans and Democrats alike, Steve Bannon has earned a top spot in the White House’s inner circle.
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Wikimedia After the Election: ‘What a Pathetic Thing Is Decadence’
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Mike Segar / Reuters Why White Women Continue to Back the GOP
The voters have largely supported Republican candidates for years, which underscores the complicated nature of their political interests.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Paul Ryan's Gamble
After months of keeping his distance without repudiating his nominee, the House speaker embraced Trump just in time to see his bet pay off.
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Rick Wilking / Reuters Chambers of Pain
Democrats got walloped at the very top of the ticket, but what’s happening at the very bottom of the ballot could hurt them for years to come.
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Reuters / Jonathan Ernst The Iconic Hillary Clinton
In defeat, the politician may find a status that had eluded her in victory—as a symbol for other women who see themselves in her struggles.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Women Aren't Responsible for Hillary Clinton’s Defeat
The media has created a misleading narrative in a rush to assign blame for the outcome of the election.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The U.S. Media Is Completely Unprepared to Cover a Trump Presidency
Donald Trump and his surrogates have shown an uncanny ability to lie in the face of objective facts. They will now have the power of the federal government to help them.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters No, Electors in States Trump Won Should Not Vote for Clinton
The electoral college is a terrible device. But it is the rule each candidate ran on.
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Joe Skipper / Reuters What Happened to Hillary Clinton's Support Among Latinos?
The electorate seemed poised to help her secure a victory, and yet her support trailed behind Barack Obama’s numbers in 2012.
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Noah Berger / Reuters The Jewish Struggle to Understand Trump's Election
Synagogues hosted prayer and healing services on Wednesday for congregants grappling with the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Is This the Second Redemption?
The accomplishments of the first black president will be erased by a man who rose to power on the slander that Barack Obama was not born in America.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters The Evangelical Reckoning Over Donald Trump
White, conservative Christians voted for the Republican candidate by a huge margin, but this election revealed deep fractures among leaders and churches—especially along racial lines.
