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Donald Trump has officially clinched Arizona, the final state to be called in the 2024 election, handing the Republican a clean sweep of all seven swing states.
The result brings Trump’s final electoral vote total to 312, compared to Kamala Harris’s 226.
Trump earlier announced that two of his former cabinet members – former UN ambassador Nikki Haley and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo – would not be invited to serve in his administration this time around.
Trump announced the decision on Truth Social on Saturday evening, days after announcing that Susie Wiles, his campaign manager, would serve as chief of staff.
With results still coming in from the election, control of the House is still up for grabs, but Republicans already reclaimed control of the Senate.
Three Senate Republicans are vying to replace Mitch McConnell as the chamber’s leader: John Cornyn, John Thune, and Rick Scott. The election will be held on November 13.
Earlier Saturday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced President Joe Biden and Trump would meet at the White House this week, setting in motion transition plans between the administrations of the two longstanding political enemies.
Republicans push for criminal probe into judge in Trump hush money case – and the judge’s daughter
In the wake of Donald Trump’s sweeping victory, Republicans are turning their attention to those in the judicial system who went up against the president-elect in the courts.
Speaking on Fox News on Sunday, Florida Representatives Anna Paulina Luna and Cory Mills floated the idea that criminal charges could be brought against Judge Juan Merchan – and his daughter Loren Merchan.
Mike Bedigan11 November 2024 01:30
Trump sends message to Republican Senators looking for ‘coveted leadership positions’
Mike Bedigan11 November 2024 01:00
Senate GOP leader candidate sides with Trump on recess appointments
Texas Senator John Cornyn, who is vying for the Senate Majority Leader position, agreed with Donald Trump that the next Senate leader should allow the president to make recess appointments to his cabinet.
“It is unacceptable for Senate Ds to blockade President [Trump’s] cabinet appointments. If they do, we will stay in session, including weekends, until they relent. Additionally, the Constitution expressly confers the power on the President to make recess appointments,” Cornyn said hours after Trump demanded so on Truth Social.
Recess appointments allow the president to appoint people to his cabinet during Senate recess, bypassing the typical confirmation process.
Ariana Baio11 November 2024 00:30
Charlamagne Tha God pinpoints Harris’s biggest campaign flaw: inconsistency
Radio host Charlamagne Tha God reflected on Vice President Kamala Harris’s failed presidential campaign saying he believes Harris did not effectively communicate a consistent message which ultimately hurt her in the polls.
Mike Bedigan11 November 2024 00:00
Bernie Sanders doubles down that people are ‘angry’ with Dems after Pelosi said she didn’t ‘respect’ his remarks
Bernie Sanders has doubled down on his scathing remarks about the Democratic party having “abandoned” working-class voters, despite criticism from longtime friend and ally Nancy Pelosi.
The veteran Vermont senator reiterated that the US working class is “angry” but rejected the idea that the issue this election cycle had been with party “messaging.”
“Bottom line, if you’re an average working person out there, do you really think that the Democratic party is going to the mat… and fighting for you? I think the overwhelming answer is no. And that is what it’s got to change,” he said on Sunday.
Mike Bedigan10 November 2024 23:30
The right-wing organization in Trump’s ear replacing the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025
Implementing loyalists to executive branch positions, forcing local and state law enforcement agencies to comply with mass deportation and taking a confrontational approach to relations with China are all policies promoted by the America First Policy Institute, a right-wing think tank with influence over Donald Trump.
Ariana Baio breaks it down:
The right-wing agenda replacing Project 2025
Implementing loyalists to executive branch positions, forcing local and state law enforcement agencies to comply with mass deportation and taking a confrontational approach to relations with China are all policies promoted by the America First Policy Institute, a right-wing think tank with influence over Donald Trump. Ariana Baio breaks it down
Mike Bedigan10 November 2024 23:00
Democrats are trying to work out where it all went wrong. On the left of the party a consensus is forming
Several elected Democrats sounded off on their party’s failure to present a coherent economic message to voters on Sunday as the post-mortem begins for the left in the wake of Kamala Harris’s stunning defeat.
Though their warning is already meeting some resistance, Democrats including Chris Murphy, Ro Khanna and Bernie Sanders offered stern critiques of their party’s accelerated losses with working-class voters of all races, especially men, as well as other constituencies once considered core parts of the Obama coalition, like Latino voters.
John Bowden takes a closer look:
Mike Bedigan10 November 2024 22:30
Watch: SNL mocks ‘hot, jacked’ Trump in first post-election episode
Mike Bedigan10 November 2024 22:00
CNN host Dana Bash confronts Jim Jordan with claim MAGA only cries election fraud when Trump loses
MAGA Rep Jim Jordan stumbled over his words as he was confronted live on-air with a claim that Donald Trump and his supporters only cry election fraud when they lose.
The Ohio congressman appeared on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday where he was asked multiple times by host Dana Bash whether he thought that 2024 had been a “free and fair election.”
Mike Bedigan10 November 2024 21:30
Nikki Haley responds to Trump’s announcement that she’s not welcome back in his second administration
Nikki Haley is playing it nice after being publicly snubbed by Donald Trump in a post which stated that she and former secretary of state Mike Pompeo will both be excluded from his second administration.
Haley was Trump’s last remaining rival in the Republican primary election earlier this year.
Check out her response here:
Mike Bedigan10 November 2024 21:00
