Mr. Trump’s advantage in the Electoral College wasn’t about small-state bias or regionalism. It was about the nature of the battleground states, and another key element: luck.
Official findings debunk Mr. Trump’s statements that millions of illegal voters backed Hillary Clinton. They also refute warnings by two Republican governors that the results could not be trusted.
A bipartisan group including John McCain and Chuck Schumer called for a select committee to lead an investigation into Moscow’s influence on the election.
While Mr. Trump is loud and ad-libbing, Xi Jinping, the president of China, is guarded and calculating. Their pairing has injected new unpredictability into U.S.-China relations.
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