Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senate: Your Wednesday Briefing
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• Trump triumphs in upset.
The American voters have spoken and have elected Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States. Mr. Trump’s victory defied late polls showing Hillary Clinton with a modest edge.
“The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer,” he told supporters around 3 a.m. at a rally in New York City, just after Mrs. Clinton called to concede.
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The victory of Mr. Trump, a real estate developer-turned-reality television star with no government experience, is a powerful rejection of the political establishment. The results amounted to a repudiation not only of Mrs. Clinton but also of President Obama.
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• How Trump Won.
Mr. Trump won the battleground states of Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and he consolidated support from white voters.
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African-Americans, Hispanics and Asian-American overwhelmingly backed Mrs. Clinton, but their level of support was lower than it was in 2012 for President Obama.
Journalists misread the electorate, our media columnist writes, and they portrayed Trump supporters as “out of touch with reality. In the end, it was the other way around.”
Our 360 video takes you inside his victory celebration.
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Inside the Trump Victory Party
• Republicans keep control of the Senate.
Mr. Trump’s unexpected strength in key states carried several Republican lawmakers to victory. Among them were wins for Senators Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Richard M. Burr of North Carolina and Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania, who each held off strong challenges for their seats.
Separately, California, Massachusetts and Nevada legalized marijuana.
• Global reaction to the results.
Financial markets around the world plunged as returns came in throughout election night. Stock market futures pointed to a sell-off on Wall Street today.
Mr. Trump’s success “could fuel the populist, nativist, nationalist, closed-border movements already so evident in Europe and spreading to other parts of the world,” one of our reporters observes.
Here’s what else we’re watching for today.
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Women Express Surprise at Trump Win
• Dispatch from Syria.
Ferocious battles have turned parts of Aleppo into a moonscape of shattered buildings.
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Our reporter took a recent bus tour of the western, government-held part of the city, documenting scenes of stark destruction as well as the almost surreal contrast of seemingly normal life.
• Orlando massacre, five months later.
Pulse, a popular gay club in Orlando, Fla., was the site of the country’s deadliest mass shooting on June 12, in which a gunman killed 49 people and wounded dozens.
The city has announced plans to buy the property and turn it into a memorial. The mayor said he would solicit suggestions from the community and activists on the best way to proceed.
Business
• Iran signed its first major deal with a Western oil company since international sanctions were removed in the aftermath of a nuclear agreement.
The preliminary $4.8 billion deal is with the French energy giant Total.
• A British banker was found guilty of murdering two women at his luxurious Hong Kong apartment, a case that exposed the underbelly of the city’s financial sector.
• Some fans of Toblerone, the Swiss chocolate bar, are outraged that its maker altered the Matterhorn-inspired shape of two of its products.
• U.S. stocks finished higher on Tuesday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets.
Noteworthy
• Understanding Neanderthal ancestry.
Roughly 50,000 years ago, the Neanderthals and modern humans encountered one another and interbred. So why didn’t a Neanderthal-human hybrid prevail?
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Two new studies focus on this question, and find that a principle of population genetics applies: In small populations, natural selection is less effective.
• Prince Harry has had enough.
In a statement, the 32-year-old grandson of Queen Elizabeth II blasted British news coverage and social media trolls for the “outright sexism and racism” unleashed on his biracial American girlfriend, Meghan Markle.
• Need a drink?
Our writer shares his love of drinking in bars, and his favorite watering holes around the world.
“Every great bar is a breath of paradise, and the best ones know, in their gleaming surfaces, what Proust meant when he said that the true paradises are the paradises we have lost,” he says.
• Recipe of the day.
If you want dinner in under 45 minutes, try this vegetarian skillet chili.
Back Story
“It is one of the most extraordinary works of art to come to the market in the last 10 to 15 years.”
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That comment by the Sotheby’s chairman for Chinese art was reserved for an 18th-century musket made for the Qianlong emperor, who presided over what became China’s last imperial dynasty.
The gun is set to be auctioned today in London at an estimated price of $1.2 million to $1.8 million.
“We’ve never had an imperial firearm,” the Sotheby’s executive, Nicolas Chow, said.
Handcrafted out of wood, with components made of gold, silver and copper, the gun is over five and a half feet long. An inscription reads, “Supreme Number One.”
Sales of Chinese art accounted for nearly a third of the global art auction market last year, according to a recent analysis.
Mr. Chow said that many treasures were taken from the palace after the dynasty ended. Their return is viewed as a matter of national pride.
The emperor’s fondness for the weapon can be seen in a poem attributed to him, but a jade seal he used during his abdication might be the emperor’s most valuable possession.
Last month, an anonymous buyer paid nearly $12 million for the item.
Patrick Boehler contributed reporting.
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