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Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump signaled he would resume federal executions if he won and make more people eligible for capital punishment, including child rapists, migrants who kill U.S. citizens and law enforcement officers, and those convicted of drug and human trafficking. “These are terrible, terrible, horrible people who are responsible for death, carnage […]
Kamala Harris received at least 22,000 fewer votes than Joe Biden did four years ago in Michigan’s most heavily Arab American and Muslim cities, a Guardian analysis of raw vote data in the critical swing state finds. The numbers also show Trump made small gains – about 9,000 votes – across those areas, suggesting Harris’s
‘They blew it’: Democrats lost 22,000 votes in Michigan’s heavily Arab American cities Read More »
President-elect Donald Trump raised eyebrows when he decided to hold a campaign rally in the Bronx in late May. The New York City borough has been one of the most Democratic-leaning counties in the country for years. Trump won just 15% of the vote there in 2020 and 9% in 2016. Democrats viewed it as
Trump just realigned the entire political map. Democrats have 'no easy path' to fix it. Read More »
Pandemic-fueled inflation seems to be spurring voters to kick out leaders. Incumbent governments have been punished in Britain, France, India, Japan, South Korea, and elsewhere. Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris is the latest example. From London to Tokyo, Seoul to Cape Town, 2024 has been a year of sharp election swings. Now you can
Voters worldwide are angry about higher prices and keep punishing those in power Read More »
Jeff Bezos congratulated Donald Trump on winning the presidential election. They’ve traded many barbs over the years. Here’s a history of Bezos and Trump’s relationship. On Wednesday, Jeff Bezos congratulated Donald Trump on “an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory” in the 2024 presidential election, wishing the president-elect “all success in leading and uniting the
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen won reelection early Saturday morning after The Associated Press declared she had beat Republican Sam Brown in a race that turned on Rosen’s strong performance in the state’s two largest counties — Clark and Washoe. With nearly all of the vote counted, the AP called the race
Why AP called the Nevada Senate race for Jacky Rosen Read More »
Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen has won re-election in Nevada, NBC News projects, defeating Republican Sam Brown and holding on to an important seat for her party in a swing state. The victory gives the first-term Rosen another six years in the Senate, continuing Democrats’ winning streak in a state that has become increasingly competitive on
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WASHINGTON — Tech mogul Elon Musk briefly joined President-elect Donald Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the matter. Musk, who campaigned for Trump in the final weeks of the 2024 race, was not scheduled to be on the call but walked into the room and
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz vowed to protect his state from President-elect Donald Trump’s “hateful agenda” while delivering remarks in Eagan, Minnesota, on Friday afternoon. “The other side spent a lot of time campaigning and talking about and promising that they would leave things up to the states. Well, I’m willing to take them at their
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EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz vowed on Friday to make Minnesota a safe haven for the values that drove the Democratic presidential ticket he helped lead, while at the same time promising to work harder to understand the concerns of President-elect Donald Trump’s voters. Inside a high school auditorium in Eagan, Minnesota, a
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