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Trump live updates: Markets and world leaders react to America’s new president-elect
Abortion ballot measures pass in 7 states, fail in 3 others Activists hold a rally in support of two Missouri ballot amendments including Amendment 3, a measure that would establish a constitutional right to abortion, at a UAW local in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., October 12, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Abortion rights ballot measures […]
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Donald Trump defeats Kamala Harris to win 2024 presidential election
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will defeat his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, and return to the White House for another four years, NBC News projects. After losing his reelection bid to President Joe Biden in 2020, Trump, the 45th president, will now become the 47th. Trump’s victory marks a series of historic firsts. At 78, […]
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Trump declares victory as presidential race with Harris has yet to be called
Donald Trump declared victory in the presidential election early Wednesday morning as the Republican led Kamala Harris in projected Electoral College votes in the presidential election. Neither Trump nor Harris has secured the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. But after NBC News projected that he would win Pennsylvania, the former president […]
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Republicans will win Senate majority
Republicans are expected to regain majority control of the U.S. Senate in 2025, according to NBC News. Democrats entered Tuesday’s elections with 47 seats out of 100 in the Senate. But the four independents in the chamber caucus with Democrats, giving the party a one-seat majority. Republicans arguably faced an easier path to regaining a […]
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Trump says he will give RFK Jr. a major health role if he wins the White House. Here’s what that means for patients, drugmakers
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attend a campaign event sponsored by conservative group Turning Point USA, in Duluth, Georgia, U.S., October 23, 2024. Carlos Barria | Reuters Donald Trump has made one clear promise about who could help take up the government’s health reins if he […]
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Election Day 2024 Live Updates: Voters cast their ballots today as Trump and Harris keep low profiles
First results are in from a small New Hampshire town — it’s a Harris-Trump tie A voter walks with his dog after casting his ballot in the First-in-the-Nation midnight vote for the New Hampshire primary elections in the Living Room of the Tillotson House at the Balsams Grand Resort in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, on […]
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These countries have the most at stake as the U.S. heads to the polls
Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, and Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump. Scott Olson | Bill Pugliano | Getty Images The world is watching the U.S. presidential election as voters go to the polls Tuesday, but the vote is more consequential for some countries. For some nations, the vote could […]
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Judge rejects request to block Elon Musk $1 million voter giveaway
Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s district attorney, center, departs after a hearing at City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Ryan Collerd | Bloomberg | Getty Images A judge on Monday rejected a request by the Philadelphia District Attorney to block a $1 million daily giveaway by Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s political action […]
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Arizona businesses worry immigration proposal on ballot would exacerbate worker shortage
PHOENIX — Immigration is a top election issue across the country, but few places feel it more than Arizona, the only swing state along the southern border and home to one of the races that could make or break control of the Senate. Arizona businesses say a shortage of workers is threatening to hold up […]
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Election 2024 live updates: Harris and Trump make last appeals to battleground voters
Harris to barnstorm Pennsylvania on the final day of campaigning Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attends a campaign rally, in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 14, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Harris will spend her final day on the campaign trail holding rallies across Pennsylvania, a must-win battleground state that both Republican […]
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