The New York Times

DAVID FRENCH: If Trump’s Cabinet picks help him usher in the chaos that is the water in which he swims, then the question won’t be whether voters rebuke MAGA, but how much damage it does before it fails again.

‘It’s very sad to have lost Roxie at such a particularly young age’.

EZRA KLEIN: Looking back, the seeds of the Democrats’ 2024 wipeout were planted in the quasi-victory of 2022. Three things happened in the aftermath.

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: A Trump administration could cause a new and very different set of red lines to be crossed if it pulls back from NATO or expresses any diminished willingness to protect longtime allies.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Despite a charged history, many former officials, pundits and newspaper editorials in Iran have openly called for the government to engage with Donald Trump in the week since his reelection.

Donald Trump has described the United States’ alliance with South Korea as a terrible bargain. But when mentioning Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, he talked as if Kim were a ​long-lost friend.

With Trump’s sweeping election victory Tuesday, the world is now preparing for another four years of unpredictability and ‘America First’ protectionism that could reset the ground rules of the global economy.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: JD Vance, a 40-year-old senator who transformed himself from a biting critic of Donald Trump to one of his fiercest defenders, was elected the next vice president of the United States.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: To roughly half the country, Donald Trump’s rise portends a dark turn for American democracy, whose future will now depend on a man who has openly talked about undermining the rule of law.

KALEIGH ROGERS: These two things are true: The US election polls show Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump effectively tied. And, close polls do not necessarily mean a close result.

ROSS DOUTHAT: To oppose Donald Trump is completely obvious, obligatory, and a matter of simple common sense. Except that it can’t be that obvious or we wouldn’t be where we are.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Each man is taking advantage of an emergent crisis of masculinity in American society in order to gain greater power. 

THE NEW YORK TIMES: For weeks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pushed Western leaders to support his so-called victory plan, which he claims will end the country’s war with Russia.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Iran, Russia and China are engaging in similar efforts to influence American politics, and all three are scattering their efforts across dozens of platforms.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government has gotten off to a turbulent start since his Labour Party won a landslide election victory. But the first Budget offers a chance for a reset.