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A longtime GOP insider’s on-air plea for “a couple years of peace” for President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican Party stirred up a CNN panel Wednesday evening and left an anti-Trump Republican infuriated.

The moment unfolded during the network’s continued post-election analysis when Republican strategist and CNN commentator Scott Jennings made an impassioned appeal to Trump’s political opponents.

Recriminations are going on behind the scenes between aides to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, as they try to work out whether there is blame to be assigned for Donald Trump's victory on Tuesday night, CNN White House correspondent Kayla Tausche told Anderson Cooper.

In particular, she said, there are arguments over whether it was really the best move to force Biden out of the race in the summer, or whether it was in fact his unpopularity casting a shadow over the whole race to begin with.

President Joe Biden is getting some encouragement from legendary gymnast Simone Biles to use his last days in the White House wisely.

In a tweet posted on Wednesday afternoon, the seven-time Olympic gold medalist asked Biden to make the most of his lame-duck period, though she notably didn't give him any specific instructions.

Longtime Donald Trump ally Michael Flynn laid out his vision for what a second Trump term should look like on Steve Bannon's "War Room" show on Wednesday — including dismantling the FBI and purging the civil service.

“We have got to get rid of entire departments," said Flynn. "Places like the FBI.” He added that one of the top priorities should be removing "highly qualified experts" from the government.

Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) in a social media post where he expressed disappointment eight years after first welcoming the president-elect to the Oval Office, while delivering his familiar message of hope to disappointed Democrats.

“Now the results are in, and we want to congratulate President Trump and Senator Vance on their victory,” Obama wrote Tuesday. “This is obviously not the outcome we had hoped for, given our profound disagreements with the Republican ticket on a whole host of issues. But living in a democracy is about recognizing that our point of view won’t always win out, and being willing to accept the peaceful transfer of power.”

A journalist known for her work in national security flagged a little-talked-about — but "fairly obvious" — detail amid reports that special counsel Jack Smith is winding down his election subversion cases against President-elect Donald Trump.

Marcy Wheeler took to her blog Emptywheel on Wednesday to remark on media reports that Smith is winding down his cases, facing threats from Trump of being fired and even deported.

A senior adviser to Donald Trump said Tuesday that while he sympathized with what Vice President Kamala Harris is “going through," he was disappointed that her concession speech didn’t include a pledge to work with the president-elect to achieve his “mandate for change.”

“This is a tough speech to give, I mean I can definitely feel for Kamala Harris and what she’s going through,” Jason Miller said on Fox News shortly after Harris delivered a powerful concession speech in Washington, D.C.

As many LGBTQ people and political activists express fears over a second Donald Trump term in the presidency, some think fleeing the country may be the safest option for their families.

There are many options for those hearing Trump's promise for "retribution." When exploring relocation options, consider how your profession might contribute to another country.

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) broke down after listening to Vice President Kamala Harris' concession speech at Howard University on Wednesday afternoon.

The two women served in the Senate for a few years, and the elder stateswoman expressed her pride in the life that Harris came from and what she accomplished.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) argued she deserved a position in Donald Trump's next presidential administration instead of MAGA newcomers like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Greene made the remarks Wednesday after a question from Real America's Voice host Beau Davidson.

Donald Trump’s election night victory was “solid” and like it or not, he’s returning to the White House on Inauguration Day 2025, but that doesn’t mean you have to let the former president “back in your head,” according to a Washington Post columnist who offered tips on how to deal with the “incomprehensible reality.”

The first step is understanding what just happened, columnist Eugene Robinson wrote Wednesday, noting that the kneejerk reaction for many who opposed Trump’s candidacy to emigrate to Canada, New Zealand or Uruguay is not only unfeasible for most people, but the "same far-right nationalism that Trump embodies" is also "afflicting countries around the world.”