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Somebody on CNN suggested the other day that the dismissal of Chuck Hagel as Defense Secretary spells the end of Barack Obama’s notion of a “team of rivals.” (Recall how that term was used after the 2008 election to refer to the new president’s decision...

A civil rights leader has passed. Via NYT: Nelson Mandela, who led the emancipation of South Africa from white minority rule and served as his country’s first black president, becoming an international emblem of dignity and forbearance, died...

President Barack Obama outlined a broad sweep of second-term goals, from gun control to climate change to revamping the tax code, in a second inaugural address Monday that invoked the country's long battle over civil rights and signaled his commitment...

President-elect Donald Trump has taken the oath of office to become the 45th President of the United States Mr Trump kicked the day off with a tweet at daybreak – saying  ‘It all begins today!’ He left Blair House around 8:30am to attend a church service...

As has become customary on election nights, I have been twittering my initial thoughts all night. Here is a selection of those tweets and some additional comments. Saddest picture of this election so far: people in line staring at their phones instead...