Richard Spencer was euphoric the night Donald Trump was elected president. “When it happened, I thought I might have been dreaming,” he said. Richard Spencer, 38, a Dallas native and a graduate of St. Mark’s School of Texas prep school, now lives in Montana. Spencer, a 38-year-old Dallas native and graduate of St. Mark’s School of […]
Election swings are usually pretty uniform. States tend to shift together from one presidential election year to the next. Most demographic groups do as well. But there was one glaring exception this year: College-educated voters became a lot more Democratic and non-college educated voters became a lot more Republican. These patterns were particularly pronounced among […]
Americans are overwhelmingly surprised by Donald Trump’s victory, a new HuffPost/YouGov survey finds, with a narrow majority saying they’re unhappy with the results of the election. Forty-three percent are positive about Trump’s victory: 26 percent are enthusiastic, while 17 percent are satisfied. Fifty-two percent are negative: 15 percent are dissatisfied, while 37 percent are upset. Opinions […]
WASHINGTON ― Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who once joked of murdering Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), suggested Tuesday that President-elect Donald Trump could nominate Cruz to the Supreme Court. Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, Graham, a strong Trump critic, said one positive in Trump’s election victory was the prospect of conservative Supreme Court appointments. “I […]
The shock and anger over Donald Trump’s ascension to the White House has triggered a flood of calls on Twitter and other social media outlets for the president-elect to be assassinated — and authorities will investigate all threats deemed to be credible, The Post has learned. Trump met Thursday with President Obama in the Oval Office, with the […]
Mexico said on Wednesday it would work with Donald Trump for the benefit of both nations after his surprise U.S. election win, but reiterated it would not pay for his planned border wall, which stirred up deep resentment during a fraught presidential campaign. As Trump strode toward victory, the peso plunged 13% in its biggest […]
“Lock her up” chants have been a standard feature of Trump campaign events and were heard at the New York Hilton on Tuesday night during Trump’s victory party. Instead, Trump took a much softer tone during his brief remarks, which came after 3 a.m. “Hillary has worked very long and very hard over a long period […]
President-elect Donald Trump broke the relative calm that had fallen over his often controversial Twitter account Thursday night to blame the demonstrations against his election victory on “professional protesters” who he says have been “incited by the media.” “Just had a very open and successful presidential election,” Trump tweeted. “Now professional protesters, incited by the media, […]
In Donald Trump’s America, middle school children chant “build the wall” while having lunch. A Facebook video recorded at the Royal Oak Middle School cafeteria in Michigan on Wednesday shows a large contingent of students having lunch, as a loudly yelled “build the wall” chant smatters in the background. “It is so sad,” said Dee […]
Donald Trump’s election to the Presidency of the United States sent shockwaves throughout America, including the sports world. The reactions of players and coaches to Trump’s stunning victory over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday have been wide-ranging. Trump was the subject of scorn for his comments about Mexicans, Muslims and women throughout his campaign. […]
At a speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, last month, then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump released his plan for his first 100 days in office. At the time, Trump was trailing Hillary Clinton in the polls, and the likelihood of him winning the presidency — according to pundits, pollsters and most strategists on both sides of the […]
President-elect Donald Trump will be spending the days running up to his inauguration in an unprecedented fashion. Along with choosing his cabinet and scheduling the busiest first day in office ever, the reality television star will also be defending himself in several courts of law. The real-estate developer turned politician is familiar with the courtroom. […]
