Instead of asking what’s the matter with Kansas, the question for 2025 and beyond is what’s the matter with Democrats.

At the Atlantic, Russell Burman details this reasoning in his new article “Maybe Democrats Didn’t Do So Badly After All ”: Now a clearer picture of the election has emerged, complicating the debate over whether Democrats need to reinvent themselves—and whether voters really abandoned them at all.

Shortly after Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis formed a group called Governors Safeguarding Democracy to “fortify democratic institutions in the states and ensure the rule of law serves all people,” according to the group’s website.

Musk began posting on X against a stopgap government spending bill on Wednesday well before Trump weighed in against the legislation.

Democrats in the Senate criticized Republicans allowing Elon Musk to take on such an influential role, acting as a "shadow speaker" or "co-president."

After spending at least $277 million on Trump and other Republicans in 2024, Musk says he'll go after Democratic lawmakers in safer seats.

Elon Musk says comments about “President Musk” are part of a media conspiracy to “drive a wedge between” him and Donald Trump, although he hasn’t outright rejected his new moniker. Comments about Musk’s political influence rolled in after he went on a posting spree Wednesday to threaten GOP lawmakers with retribution if they didn’t reject a stopgap budget he felt was too wide in scope.