Trump defeats Harris to secure a second term. Here's what comes next.
This is not the column I wanted to write, and it is certainly not the one you wanted to read today. Our long national ...
What a Republican Senate takeover means for Donald Trump
The morning after Election Day, there’s still some uncertainty about partisan control on Capitol Hill, though as NBC News ...
Here’s what it will take to heal our national divisions — and ourselves
Many of us woke up Wednesday morning — if we slept at all — anxious about how to speak to our children, loved ones and how to feel ourselves. The 2024 presidential election has left our country more ...
Trump didn't have to try to steal this election to win
I didn’t sleep much after President-elect Donald Trump won Pennsylvania, catching maybe two hours of rest during Wednesday’s ...
What Democrats must learn from Trump’s victory
In a contest against high-minded ideals, conservative culture romped and former President Donald Trump is returning to power riding a wave of discontent with the political left in America. Many find ...
Abortion rights ballot measures confirm public support but confound with Trump voter crossover
Melissa Murray, professor of law at NYU and co-host of the "Strict Scrutiny" podcast, talks with Alex Wagner about what the election showed about American attitudes toward abortion rights, and the ...
Why it’s now impossible to argue that Trump’s 2016 win was a fluke
A couple of weeks ago, Hillary Clinton offered a rather pointed response to a question about what Kamala Harris had to do to prevent a replay of the 2016 race. HuffPost noted: “Well, first of all, I ...
‘We have to go to watchdog mode’: Sen. Whitehouse on what Dems face in next Trump term
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell is joined by Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Senate Judiciary Committee member who was just reelected, to discuss the role Democrats will play when Donald ...
'How did this happen?': Alex Wagner examines the MAGA themes that drew voters to Trump
Alex Wagner looks at the themes and grievances that make up the MAGA ideology that drew white men in particular to support Donald Trump over Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, and how they were able ...
'We're about to find out': Taking a hard post-election look at America
How did we get here? What do Americans want? What happens next? With Donald Trump set to retake the White House next January, it's time to take a serious look at these questions. David Jolly, Michael ...
‘Americans won’t stand for family separation again’: Trump’s plan to upend immigration exposed
Donald Trump plans to upend America’s immigration system, reportedly intending to reinstate his infamous “Muslim ban,” ban refugees from Gaza, and more.
Lawrence: Kamala Harris echoed Frederick Douglass in her final speech.
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell reflects on Vice President Harris’ concession speech in front of Howard University’s Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall and says, “Frederick Douglass knew that progress did ...