Resist or Retreat? Democratic Voters Are Torn About Whether to Keep Fighting.
The New York Times
Many who became activists during the first Trump administration are questioning if they can summon the strength to do it all over again.
Cynthia Shaw worked at a polling place in the Detroit suburbs on Election Day and went to bed “still hopeful” that Vice President Kamala Harris could win, she said. By Wednesday morning, she was bereft, her head pounding.
“It feels so much more definitive this time,” Ms. Shaw, 65, said of Donald J. Trump’s victory.
After Mr. Trump won the presidency in 2016, many Americans who had opposed him became dedicated activists. They used Facebook to organize marches, joined protests against his policies and formed new organizations to recruit liberal candidates for office.
Now that Mr. Trump is president-elect once more, preparing to lead a still-divided country that voted more decisively in his favor this time, many of those same people are wondering if they can summon the strength to do it all — or even some of it — over again.
“So many of us are so exhausted,” said Ms. Shaw, a Democrat who has volunteered in every presidential election since 1992. “I don’t mean to be so bleak, but that’s how it feels today.”
In Arvada, Colo., Liz Folkestad, 43, allowed herself to stay in bed a little longer than usual on Wednesday morning, entertaining fantasies of escape.
Ukrainian officials expect a counteroffensive in western Russia to begin in the coming days as North Korea’s troops train with Russian forces.
Nearly eight years after the first challenges to his immigration policies, Donald Trump is returning to the White House promising a more aggressive crackdown.
The vice president vacillated on how to talk about the economy, and ended up adopting marginal pro-business tweaks that both corporate and progressive allies agreed made for a muddled message.
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has vowed to prevent mass deportations, but migrants and immigration lawyers are preparing for them.
The agency said it was investigating the incident in the aftermath of the Category 3 hurricane that hit Florida in October.
New Yorkers were hit with an unsettling smell on Saturday after fires broke out on Friday in Prospect Park and across the Hudson River.
Spencer Liff, who choreographed “Drag: The Musical,” searches for New York’s best Bloody Mary, stops by the theater and tries to find his next great jacket at the flea market.
President-elect Donald J. Trump and his allies have pledged to strike fear in the heart of what they term “the deep state.” They have already succeeded.
The Democratic Party agrees it needs to figure out what went wrong. The question is how.
The Mountain fire has torn through more than 20,000 acres and destroyed more than 130 structures in Ventura County. “It’s just devastating,” one resident said.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, facing pressure from supporters of the contentious tolling plan, is said to be exploring options for adopting it in some form.