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Voters in Arab-American strongholds likely tipped Michigan in Trump’s favor

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President-elect Donald Trump won Michigan in the 2024 election, an important prize in his decisive victory.

The state has earned its title as a swing state. After narrowly defeating Hillary Clinton in Michigan in 2016, Trump lost the state to President Joe Biden in 2020, and now Trump has narrowly won it again.

Michigan has ...Read more

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Lina Khan's replacement at FTC to be vetted by an aide to Vance

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An Oxford-educated antitrust lawyer who advised the first Trump White House on technology policy is helping the president-elect pick Lina Khan’s replacement.

Gail Slater, who is an aide to Vice President-elect JD Vance, is advising Trump’s transition team on antitrust policy, including crafting a shortlist of candidates to serve as Federal ...Read more

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5 takeaways from the 2024 election in Nevada

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LAS VEGAS — After months of incessant campaign ads and an onslaught of political events, the 2024 election is over.

It saw a sweeping victory for Republican President-elect Donald Trump, as well as a continued tradition of a close U.S. Senate race in Nevada.

While mail ballots continued to be counted into the weekend and official results not...Read more

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Biden, Trump to meet Wednesday for presidential transition talk

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President Joe Biden will host President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday for their first post-election meeting, setting in motion the U.S. transition of power that will be completed in January.

They’ll convene in the Oval Office at 11 a.m. at Biden’s invitation, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a ...Read more

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Ukraine says plans underway for a Zelenskyy-Trump meeting

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Preliminary planning is underway for a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President-elect Donald Trump amid concerns over future U.S. support, Kyiv’s top diplomat said on Saturday.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha spoke at a press briefing in Kyiv with Josep Borrell, the EU’s top foreign policy official.

...Read more

Pennsylvania will keep its divided legislature thanks to split-ticket voters

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Pennsylvania’s red shift in the 2024 election wasn’t isolated to the presidential race.

Statewide races for attorney general, auditor general and state treasurer all went to the Republican candidates, and the AP declared Republican David McCormick the winner against Democratic incumbent Bob Casey in the state’s U.S. Senate race ...Read more

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Legal questions surround Trump's talk of political prosecutions

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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s return to the White House will put him in a position to push for criminal charges against his political opponents, such as former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress.

The soon-to-be president expressed support for that tactic on the campaign trail, but former Justice Department officials and legal ...Read more

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For transgender Americans, Trump's win after a campaign targeting them is terrifying

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LOS ANGELES — Avery Poznanski was excited for a new chapter.

The nonbinary transgender senior at UCLA had decided last month, after years of personal discovery and long discussions with their family and doctors, to start testosterone therapy. The first few weeks felt exciting, fulfilling.

Then Donald Trump, after running a virulently anti-...Read more

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Dan Newhouse wins reelection over Trump favorite Jerrod Sessler in Washington's 4th District

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SEATTLE — Rep. Dan Newhouse won a sixth term Friday, defeating challenger and fellow Republican Jerrod Sessler, in a race that tested the power of President-elect Donald Trump’s endorsement in Central Washington’s 4th Congressional District.

Newhouse leads with 51% of the vote, to 47% for Sessler, a cushion of about 10,500 votes. The ...Read more

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Trump's lawyers will seek to dismiss Georgia election interference case

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ATLANTA — Lawyers for Donald Trump are preparing a legal challenge that will seek to dismiss the Fulton County election interference against him on the grounds he is the newly elected president.

Legal experts have widely predicted that the Fulton County election case against Trump would be put on hold until after he leaves office in 2029. But...Read more

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Trump is shaping US foreign policy well before he takes office

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t take office for more than two months but he’s already shaping U.S. policy in two major hot spots: Israel and Ukraine.

With phone calls to the leaders of both nations, and another expected with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump’s victory — and the possibility he will seek major ...Read more

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Republican Gabe Evans overtakes Rep. Yadira Caraveo for first time in Colorado's 8th District race as ballot count continues

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DENVER — The race for Congress between U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo and Republican state Rep. Gabe Evans tipped upside down Friday evening, with the lead switching to Evans for the first time, according to newly updated results.

But three days after the election in the 8th Congressional District, there were still thousands of ballots outstanding ...Read more

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Here's a look at who's in -- and possibly in -- Trump's second administration

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President-elect Donald Trump has gone largely silent on social media since securing another term, but he and his team are in the first stages of building his second administration.

At rallies and during media interviews throughout the campaign, Trump floated a number of lawmakers and other conservatives for various positions. He seemed to be ...Read more

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More Democrats call for Georgia party leader's ouster after Trump's win

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ATLANTA — The backlash against the Democratic Party of Georgia’s election strategy grew Friday as roughly two dozen legislative candidates from mostly rural parts of the state called for the party’s chair to “resign her position with grace and dignity” after Donald Trump’s presidential win.

The letter obtained by The Atlanta Journal...Read more

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President-elect Trump vows to 'fight for Alaska like never before' in video message shared by Gov. Mike Dunleavy

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In a newly posted video on social media, President-elect Donald Trump vowed to work closely with Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy to explore and develop the state’s resources. In it, Trump referred to his “special relationship” with “Mike.”

“During my second term, we will continue the fight for Alaska like never ...Read more

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Marco Rubio is at the center of a quiet race for secretary of state

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A heated race is underway for one of the most coveted positions in President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration — and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio appears to be on the shortlist.

Rubio has made it known to Trump and his inner circle that he is interested in joining the president-elect’s cabinet, sources say, adding that secretary of...Read more

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Those who pushed Joe Biden off the ticket should 'own' the election outcome, Sen. John Fetterman says

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PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman said in an interview with Semafor published Friday that those who pushed President Joe Biden off the ticket in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris should “own the outcome and fallout” following her loss to President-elect Donald Trump.

Fetterman, D-Pa., ultimately endorsed Harris, but was a fierce...Read more

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What Trump's win means to news organizations as mainstream media fight for relevance

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Imagine if the Super Bowl audience dropped by 25%. That’s what happened on Tuesday when Nielsen tallied the viewership for TV networks that provided coverage of former President Donald Trump’s historic electoral victory over Vice President Kamala Harris for the White House.

But election night was just the grand finale of a political season ...Read more

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Trump can make immigration moves on his first day back in office

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has an array of policy initiatives on immigration he could execute on his first day back in the White House, although the full implementation of his campaign promises would have to come later in the administration and may be constrained under the law.

Mass deportation of undocumented immigrants was a ...Read more

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Elon Musk joined Trump's call with Ukraine's Zelenskyy

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Elon Musk joined a call between President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, highlighting the billionaire entrepreneur’s influence within the incoming U.S. administration.

Musk was in the room when the call took place earlier this week, according to the person familiar with the discussion. Trump put the phone on ...Read more

 

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