Donald Trump largely treated Latino voters the same as other groups by highlighting his core emphasis on border security and the harms of inflation. At the same time, he threatened to deport millions of undocumented Latin American migrants, and late in the election one of his election rally warm-up acts called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”

In interviews, lawmakers and strategists tried to explain Kamala Harris’s defeat, pointing to misinformation, the Gaza war, a toxic Democratic brand and the party’s approach to transgender issues.

Idaho Republican Mike Crapo is a consensus builder in the GOP caucus, which will steer his approach to 2025’s massive tax agenda.

As a “new global authoritarian axis” takes shape, U.S. allies aren’t altogether sure who’s side Donald Trump will be on in a second term.

The world this week

Trump Media dived, while Arm, Dutch Bros and Lyft were key earnings movers.