THE FIX

On some Cabinet picks, President-elect Donald Trump’s strategy is clear: disruption and retribution.

From tariffs to deportations, here are the facts about some of the heated issues that could come up on Thanksgiving.

Mass deportation and tariffs are among the proposals on which Americans’ views contain multitudes.

Three-quarters of Americans and a majority of Republicans say they want Republicans in Congress to push back on Donald Trump when they disagree.

New polling reinforces a reason Democrats lost in 2024: Voters increasingly see the GOP as speaking for -- and to -- them.

State legislative and Supreme Court races were not terribly decisive, while we saw setbacks for ranked-choice voting and minimum-wage increases.

A holistic look — down to the state legislative level — reinforces that early Trump and GOP claims to a huge “mandate” were overblown.

Evaluating the factors that could give enough Republican senators pause in confirming Trump’s picks.

A number of Trump’s picks have major personal skeletons, including troubled sexual histories, but does the GOP care?

Parsing the initial blame-game polls.

A look at who has declined to express support for Gaetz, Kennedy, Gabbard and Hegseth.

Republican lawmakers increasingly say not only that Trump has a mandate, but that his mandate is all that matters.

Trump has been nominating loyalists to serve in his Cabinet, and nowhere is that more obvious than in his pick for attorney general: Rep. Matt Gaetz.

What Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard bring with them.

Republicans ran fewer obviously flawed candidates than they had in 2022, but underperformances still cost them big.

A look at how Americans feel about some of Trump’s more controversial potential policies.

It’s plausible, but the evidence suggests Democrats’ failure to win the messaging battle played a bigger role.

The size of Trump’s and the GOP’s perceived and actual mandate has huge implications for what lies ahead.