Heading into Tuesday, there was a very long list of things that could go wrong. Many have not come to pass so far.

This was not the election result for which millions of Americans were hoping. It is, however, a tremendous opportunity to bolster and strengthen American democracy.

Congress and ordinary citizens should take steps now to deter the Trump administration from destroying evidence of wrongdoing.

The intelligence bureaucracy still looks remarkably apolitical.

Elections are the one context in which Congress has been clear that otherwise broad authorities are not generally available to the president.

 Newly unearthed work by the famed theologian Reinhold Niebuhr presages many of today’s debates on media and its role in molding the fate of American democracy.

The last hundred days of the Trump presidency—if that’s the period we’re in—gives rise to a number of distinct concerns about the excesses of an lame-duck president of an unconventional disposition.

The prospect is a nightmare for the intelligence services.

The Second Amendment doesn’t offer cover to bring a gun to the polls, nor to use one to intimidate voters.

Americans will likely see misinformation surrounding the vote count. Understanding how votes are counted and reported in battleground states could help inoculate against it.