Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in portions of a New York Times podcast interview published Friday, blamed Vice President Kamala Harris' election loss on President Joe Biden's late exit from the presidential race and the lack of Democratic primary. Pelosi told Lulu Garcia-Navarro, a host of "The Interview," that "had the president [Biden] gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race," the paper said in a story about the Thursday interview. "The anticipation was that, if the president were to step aside, that there would be an open primary," Pelosi said.
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Republican David McCormick cut into Democratic Sen. Bob Casey's support in Philadelphia and its populous suburbs and built leads in the more GOP-leaning parts of the state, foreclosing the incumbent's pathway to victory when The Associated Press called the race Thursday. McCormick was leading by more than 30,000 votes when AP called the race at 4:09 p.m., and though there were an estimated 91,000 votes still outstanding at that time, there were not enough in areas supporting Casey for him to make up the difference. For instance: Casey was winning the city with about 78% of the vote, but that was down 8 percentage points from six years ago.
Billionaire Elon Musk joined President-elect Donald Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the call told ABC News. The phone call began with Zelenskyy congratulating Trump on his election victory, Trump then handed the phone to Musk and Zelenskyy thanked Musk, remarking that the call was possible because of his Starlink internet service, sources told ABC News. Trump then remarked that Starlink was helpful in providing internet for recent hurricane victims, the sources said.
Republican Don Bacon has been elected to a fifth House term representing Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd District, following the latest vote results in the tight race released nearly three days after the polls closed. Bacon fended off a strong challenge from Democratic state Sen. Tony Vargas in a rematch of their 2022 race to represent the Omaha area in Congress. Bacon's victory is the latest race decided in favor of Republicans, who have projected confidence that they will keep control of the U.S. House, while Democrats continued to hold onto hope for a path toward the majority and sought assurances that every vote will be counted.
Republican leaders are projecting confidence that they will keep control of the U.S. House as more races were decided in their favor Thursday, while Democrats insist they still see a path toward the majority and sought assurances every vote will be counted. 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 also promising to work harder to understand the concerns of President-elect Donald Trump’s voters. Inside a high school auditorium in Eagan, Minnesota, a suburb about 18 miles (29 kilometers) south of Minneapolis, Walz addressed supporters with his reflections on Trump’s election victory, an outcome he said left him searching for answers.
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 suburb just south of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Walz addressed a crowd of supporters with his reflections on Trump’s election victory, an outcome he said left him searching for answers. “It’s hard to understand why so many of our fellow citizens, people who we have fought so long and hard for, wound up choosing the other path,” Walz said.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., expressed regret that President Biden hadn't gotten out of the race sooner, when they could have held a primary to replace him.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in portions of a New York Times podcast interview published Friday, blamed Vice President Kamala Harris' election loss on President Joe Biden's late exit from the presidential race and the lack of Democratic primary. Pelosi told Lulu Garcia-Navarro, a host of "The Interview," that "had the president [Biden] gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race," the paper said in a story about the Thursday interview. "The anticipation was that, if the president were to step aside, that there would be an open primary," Pelosi said.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The banking and finance industries are rapidly drawing up wish lists for lighter regulation under President Donald Trump's incoming administration as Wall Street sees a window of opportunity to influence policy. Numerous financial trade groups are working on detailed lists to hand to Trump's transition team, according to four industry sources who asked not to be identified. That follows weeks of outreach from Trump's team to industry groups, lawyers and lobbyists in preparing for a potential White House return in 2025, according to three sources familiar with the effort.
Despite Vice President Kamala Harris' efforts to shatter glass ceilings and become the first woman to be president in the U.S., the country's highest office remains solely male-dominated. ABC News projected former President Donald Trump to become the 47th President of the United States early Wednesday morning, meaning it would be at least another four years before America would join other countries in electing a woman to lead their country. According to June 2024 data from U.N. Women, "113 countries worldwide have never had a woman serve as Head of State or Government."
The outgoing lawmaker is confident Democrat Dave Min will win her seat and is holding out hope that the Democrats “have a shot at controlling” the House.
Democrats called for a party reckoning on Wednesday, as they attempted to pick up the pieces of their shattered organization a day after Kamala Harris’ loss.
Trump’s post about the Golden State came a day after Newsom called a special legislative session to prepare legal defenses against the new administration.
James Stavridis, former NATO supreme allied commander, warned of “internal tension” in the alliance because President-elect Trump has made critical remarks about NATO in the past. “There’ll be a lot of internal tension within the alliance,” Stavridis warned during an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Friday. Stavridis’s comment comes as Trump has largely touted…
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) argued that President-elect Trump is “more than a passing fad” who has become a “historical” political figure and created a movement that Democrats did not see coming. “I’m not certain that any Democrat would have won this year. We have to just acknowledge that Donald Trump is more than a passing…
Several co-hosts of "The View" melted down while trying to find who to blame for Vice President Kamala Harris' failed presidential bid earlier this week.
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki said she believes the Democratic Party gave too much attention to anti-Trump rhetoric versus trying to reclaim voters who stepped away from the Democrats this election cycle. “There were many headwinds here. There was sexism, there was racism, all of that is true, but I also think there…
Votes will have to be redistributed under Maine’s ranked choice system to determine the winner of a key congressional race, election officials said. The campaigns of both Republican challenger Austin Theriault and Democratic Rep. Jared Golden said Friday that they would participate in the process, although Golden said he already won the election, without a need for additional tabulations. The matchup between Golden and Theriault in Maine's 2nd Congressional District was one of a handful of pivotal races still without a declared winner, with control of the U.S. House of Representatives at stake.
Ballots are still being counted in Arizona and Nevada, leaving the Senate race results in those western states in limbo as voters wait to learn how big the Republican majority will be.
One journalist who has studied her career sees a connection between her tempestuous childhood and her ability to function inside the chaos of Trump world.
McMahon is a major donor and was an early supporter of the Republican president elect when he first ran for the White House almost a decade ago. This cycle, Trump tapped her to co-lead a transition team formed to help vet personnel and draft policy ahead of Tuesday's election. McMahon is the co-founder and former CEO of the professional wrestling franchise WWE.
In his campaign’s final days, Trump targeted culture issues, airing ads that criticized Kamala Harris’s stance on gender policies such as transgender treatments for prison inmates.
A Washington Democrat who represents a red district recalled a telling encounter with Kamala Harris at a Christmas party that could explain her election loss.
Special counsel Jack Smith has asked the judge in Donald Trump's election interference criminal trial to hit pause on the process and give him a month to formally request how to move forward — likely the first step in ending the prosecution.
President-elect Trump has criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom for calling a special legislative session to "safeguard" the state ahead of his return to the White House in January, while Newsom has accused Trump of attempting to impose new restrictions on the Golden State.
CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten broke down just how historically significant President-elect Donald Trump's Election Day victory was for the Republican Party.
“The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart said President-elect Trump’s win this week feels different than when he won in 2016, during his latest podcast episode of “The Weekly Show.” “This feels different, because it is a democratic victory,” he said on the episode that aired Friday. “I feel like we were prepared for all scenarios and…
Newly elected GOP congressman Abe Hamadeh spoke to Fox News Digital about what his first 100 days in Congress will look like after former President Trump's electoral landslide.
Issues like the economy and immigration helped elevate President-elect Trump to a win over Vice President Kamala Harris. Take a look at some highlights of his first term.
President-elect Donald Trump told NBC News on Thursday that one of his first priorities upon taking office in January would be to make the border “strong and powerful.”
Despite rhetoric and a track record that would suggest a strong preference for Israel over the Palestinian cause, President-elect Donald Trump lost the Jewish vote by a larger margin than he lost the Muslim vote.
NBC political analyst Chuck Todd weighed in on the debate over how Democrats lost Tuesday’s election in an article Thursday, arguing the party misread the public appetite for former President Trump because of its success in holding off a “red wave” in the 2022 midterms. “[President] Biden and the party as a whole took the…
The last remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach President-elect Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, survived their reelection bids this cycle, according to projections from The Hill/Decision Desk HQ. Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) and David Valadao (R-Calif.) defeated their challengers in the blue-leaning states, securing another term in Congress and…
