Going into the election, I was scolded by people telling me why what I was prioritizing in my voting choice was wrong. COVID-19 is over. Boys in girls' sports isn't happening. No one is getting censored. You're getting it all wrong. Subtext: You're an idiot influenced by far-right loons, and you're a bigot to the core. What

Now that the 2024 election is over, it's time for Democrats to get over our feelings and face the truth about why Donald Trump won.

Trump has shattered the Dems' blinkered assumption that racial minorities are defined by their race.

Last week's election showed that urban voters want sane, smart policies that address the issues they care most about.

From Trump's victories to the rise of Nick Fuentes, it's clear that right-wing radicalism can't be forced back into the fever swamps.

Most of all, Trump wants a Defense Department that can get things done without all the wokeness and HR department stuff that plagues modern bureaucracies.

Today on TAP: After Kamala Harris's defeat, the DNC chair should be a party-builder in the spirit of Howard Dean, whose service from 2005 to 2009 paved the way for Obama.

Voters want it, and with good reason.

Sarah Palin was very nervous before her VP debate with Biden in 2008 and then she realized she just had to memorize the talking points on each issue and give that answer no matter what the specific question was. Are we sure that's not what Kamala Harris did this entire campaign?

Donald Trump promised repeatedly to pardon hundreds of people caught up in the events of January 6, 2021. For those who marched peacefully through the Capitol, it's time for the nightmare to end.

As Americans voted decisively for a candidate who explicitly rejects nearly everything that Bernie Sanders advocates, Vermont's senior senator insists that the Democratic Party just wasn't liberal enough. The mindset of the far left seems to be that the working class just needs more of what they just voted against. For Bernie, the answer is always, "more cowbell."

Trump has pledged to reverse many actions of the Biden administration using executive orders, the Congressional Review Act, and fewer and less-reaching rules.

The difference between what the answer should be-and what it will be-tells you almost everything you need to know about today's Democratic Party.

Another elite-laden conference demonstrates the staggering hypocrisy of climate-change activism.

This was the fourth election cycle with no limits on spending since 2010, when the Supreme Court decided Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and removed the remaining guardrails on money in politics. Donald J. Trump has been on the ballot in three of those four elections, backed by a refrain of "drain the swamp," eliminate the "deep state," and destroy the "elites." In 2024, a rising populism fueled Trump's victory and delivered Republicans the Senate and the House of Representatives, with a mandate to move power closer to the people. A proven method of constitutional populism can...

Scholars need incentives to tell the truth, not to hide it and promote socially acceptable ideas.

Every day in the mainstream media, Trump was dumped on as hysterical and Harris praised as positive and sane while pushing for national unity.

The future president of the United States has announced a new era for the nation. I propose 10 goals that will make the next Trump administration as solid

The panic set in just before midnight last Tuesday. "She's in trouble," one U.S. intelligence officer fretted as Kamala Harris's blue wall looked ready to crumble, all but ensuring that Donald Trump would head back to the White House. "This is a disaster," said another, who is retired but served during the first Trump administration and bears the scars.

If an executive order is enacted, it could fast-track removal of admirals

President-elect Donald Trump's selection of Fox News host Pete Hegseth as his nominee for defense secretary would place atop the Pentagon a combat veteran and political ally who has assailed the military as ineffective and "woke," mused about firing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and blasted the top brass as having failed to safeguard American strength.

While Kristi Noem is certainly skilled at promoting herself, she doesn't have the courage required for this role.

A second Trump administration will coincide with the ascent of new China hawks to increasing levels of influence, one of whom previously told RealClearPolitics that the United States is already engaged in a new "Cold War" with the Chinese Communists.

Ian Bremmer explains why a second America First presidency could play out much differently than the first.

On the heels of the general election last week, there's another important vote on tap this Wednesday in Washington that will greatly impact what President-elect Donald Trump can accomplish during his four years in office: Republicans in the Senate will vote by secret ballot to choose a new leader.

The Texan is a living fossil of the Bush era.

At key moments throughout US history, white male anger has been privileged over national security, progress or basic welfare

Black and Hispanic voters defect from Democrats, who have long relied on identity-politics appeals.

Democrats who are in a state of shock and grief over Donald Trump's (and his party's) return to power are understandably acting as though the political world has been transformed forever. They've lost the Blue Wall!

Elon Musk has jokingly suggested the 'Department of Government Efficiency' to describe his role with the new Trump administration.

The guys on Monday's edition of the RealClearPolitics radio show discussed whether an apology from FEMA will be the end of the story, first reported by the Daily Wire, that some disaster relief teams were ordered to avoid houses with Donald Trump campaign signs during the cleanup from Hurricane Milton last month.

Some Democrats are not prepared to accept Vice President Kamala Harris' election loss as legitimate

The dwindling Never Trump faction has nothing left to offer but contempt for Trump voters and fantasies of destroying the Constitution.

“I think they got chicken.”

I wish we could have heard Ava’s “the art of the scheme” and “intimidation as motivation” speeches.

Was it worth it, Genevieve?

Bananas takes his feud with Michele past the point of no return.

With 100 private IG likes right behind.

Our best guesses for season 12.

The giant statue of her was better.

“Fortunately, I won’t be around to experience the four years.”

Alongside Jenna Ortega on season two of Netflix’s big hit.

Unlike his peers, the musician doesn’t see the appeal of the world’s hottest venue: “I don’t want to be overpowered by visuals.”