President-elect Donald Trump has laid out an ambitious agenda that he has promised will go into effect on Jan. 20, the day he will be sworn into office for his second term.
President-elect Donald Trump’s recipe for victory in Tuesday’s election was built on his ability to improve his support from 2020 with several different demographic groups, exit polls show.
Former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Steele compared President-elect Trump’s return to the White House to opening “Pandora’s box of hell” on Tuesday. “He can’t be an American president. He has to be a Putin president. He has to be an Orbán president. And that’s not what America’s about. So, we have to decide…
Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday thanked supporters during a virtual call and vowed that the "fight's not over" in her first remarks since conceding defeat to President-elect Donald Trump three weeks ago. "That fight's still in us, and it burns strong," Harris later added. The grassroots call came immediately after Harris held a call with her campaign's finance committee.
Republicans are smelling blood in New Jersey’s gubernatorial race next year following an unexpectedly close result in the presidential election. Vice President Harris only carried the Garden State by about 6 points over President-elect Trump, the closest Republicans have come to winning the state’s electoral votes in three decades. This came after another closer-than-expected result…
The states that saw the most active attacks against election certification two years ago certified the results of this year’s races without controversy this week, prompting the Arizona secretary of state to proclaim that “election denialism” is a thing of the past. Certification proceeded normally this year in part because Donald Trump won the presidential race, quieting his supporters after he had spent the campaign making unsubstantiated claims that he could lose only through widespread cheating. The statewide certification votes Tuesday in Nevada and New Mexico follow a vote Monday to certify the results in Arizona.
Kamala Harris' top campaign aides claimed that Donald Trump's sit-down with Joe Rogan got in the way of them scheduling an interview with the podcast host.
President-elect Trump’s legal strategy of delay is paying off, with his election victory changing the trajectory of his four criminal prosecutions. Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday moved to dismiss his two cases against Trump, and the former president’s team believes his state cases must similarly be tossed as he prepares to return to the…
Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign leadership team spoke publicly for the first time about the more controversial decisions made during her campaign, on the podcast "Pod Save America." Here are four main takeaways from the episode.
The leaders of Kamala Harris' presidential campaign insist they simply didn't have enough time to execute a winning strategy against Donald Trump, pointing to “ferocious" political headwinds that were ultimately too much to overcome in the 107-day period after President Joe Biden stepped aside. Harris' leadership team, speaking on the “Pod Save America” podcast that aired on Tuesday, defended strategic decisions over the campaign's closing days, some of which have faced scrutiny in the weeks since Trump's decisive victory. Specifically, they defended Harris' outreach to Republican voters, her unwillingness to distance herself from Biden, her silence on Trump's attacks on her transgender policies and her inability to schedule an interview with popular podcaster Joe Rogan.
Vice President Harris “wasn’t willing” to publicly break with President Biden during her 2024 presidential run, and wanted to avoid the negative news cycles that doing so would have triggered, according to her campaign’s senior adviser. On the campaign trail, Harris defended her reluctance to publicly criticize the incumbent president, saying she was following a…
"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin falsely stated that President-elect Donald Trump never talked about the high price of eggs during his presidential campaign this year.
Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb said Monday that President-elect Trump and his allies don’t have a “legitimate way” of going after special counsel Jack Smith’s team. The comments came hours after Smith announced that he is seeking dismissal of Trump’s election subversion and classified documents cases based on the long-standing view that a sitting president…
Vice President Harris received more votes for president than some Democratic alternatives would have, despite her loss, according to a new poll from SAY24 and YouGov. The polling found 46 percent of registered voters saying the vice president received their vote, while 48 percent said the same of President-elect Trump. In comparison, the poll found…
Democrats have been been slow to update their mythology to the Trump-era political realignment, leading many to continue leaning on truisms that may no longer be true.
Florida state Sen. Randy Fine (R) announced his run for Rep. Mike Waltz’s (R-Fla.) congressional seat this week following President-elect Trump’s endorsement. “I’m proud to announce that I’m going to be running for for the 6th Congressional District of the state of Florida,” Fine told Fox News on Tuesday. “Whether it’s fighting inflation to make…
President-elect Trump’s transition team conducted an internal review of consulting agreements involving allegations that one of his longtime advisers was seeking payment to promote those interested in jobs in a future Trump administration. Multiple outlets, including The Associated Press and The New York Times, reported the review concluded that Boris Epshteyn asked for payment to…
President-elect Trump attacked The New York Times early Tuesday, asking the outlet to apologize for its coverage of him, which he called “so wrong.” “Will the failing New York Times apologize to its readers for getting years of “Trump” coverage so wrong,” Trump wrote Tuesday morning on Truth Social. “They write such phony ‘junk,’ knowing…
Sen.-elect Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) called special counsel Jack Smith’s decision to dismiss President-elect Trump’s election subversion and classified documents cases a “serious mistake.” “I think this is a serious mistake by the department,” Schiff told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki, saying that while Smith sought to dismiss the cases without prejudice — meaning they can be brought…
Wall Street's debate over what parts of Donald Trump's proposed policies will actually be enacted in 2025 have led to a choppy few weeks of trading action.
President-elect Trump is rounding out his Cabinet just a few weeks after securing a second White House term, filling the top jobs that will carry out his agenda in the years to come. Trump has had some history-making picks, including the first woman to ever serve as White House chief of staff, as well as…
After Democrats underperformed nationally and in Texas, the McAllen Democrat had some sharp commentary for his party and said he won't be taking their advice.
New York Judge Juan Merchan faces a choice of freezing President-elect Trump’s hush money case in place until he leaves the White House or tossing it entirely, underscoring how Trump’s election win has changed the dynamic of his legal travails. Legal experts agree Trump’s election victory changes the trajectory of the prosecution and dooms the…
President-elect Trump’s favorability climbed by 6 points after he was elected president earlier this month, a poll released Tuesday found. The president-elect’s favorability rating hit 54 percent postelection, which is up from 48 percent preelection, according to an Emerson College poll. Trump is viewed most favorably by men, at 61 percent, while 48 percent of…
President-elect Trump appointed James Braid, Alex Latcham and Matt Brasseaux to serve in key White House office positions, including the Office of Legislative Affairs.
President-elect Trump on Monday announced a trio of appointments to lead different White House offices, including his pick to serve as his top liaison to Capitol Hill. Trump, in a news release, said James Braid would serve as director of the Office of Legislative Affairs. Braid is a top aide to Vice President-elect JD Vance,…
President-elect Trump won his biggest legal victory so far on Monday when special counsel Jack Smith announced he was seeking the dismissal of the two federal cases Trump was facing. The decision was taken based on the long-standing view that a sitting president cannot be criminally prosecuted while in office. The judge in one of…
The federal case against President-elect Donald Trump, which stemmed from Smith's investigation into the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach, was dismissed on Monday.
The federal case against President-elect Donald Trump, which stemmed from Smith's investigation into the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach, was dismissed on Monday.
President-elect Donald Trump responded Monday to special counsel Jack Smith's move to dismiss the two felony cases against him. "These cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought," Trump wrote on his social media platform. Vice President-elect JD Vance said Trump could have "spent the rest of his life in prison" had the outcome of the 2024 race been different.
Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) will resign from the House on Jan. 20, the day President-elect Trump takes office, to become the national security adviser for Trump’s second term, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill. His upcoming resignation means that House Republicans, who were already slated to have a razor-tight majority, will…
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) will hold its leadership elections Feb. 1, less than two weeks after President-elect Trump is inaugurated. Elections will take place at the party’s winter meeting in National Harbor, Md., according to a Monday press release. Jamie Harrison, chair of the DNC, rolled out next steps for the election, which will decide the roles of chair, vice chairs,…
Special counsel Jack Smith is dropping the federal election subversion and the mishandling of classified documents cases against President-elect Donald Trump, seeking the cases’ dismissal in court filings Monday.
President-elect Trump began endorsing fellow Republicans this week to replace members of Congress who have vacated their seats to join Trump's Cabinet.
New York Times analyst Nate Cohn said President-elect Donald Trump had effectively destroyed Democratic Party hopes of a permanent, multicultural majority.
The election of a new chair of the Democratic National Committee, along with other top leadership positions, will be Feb. 1, 2025, at the party’s winter meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, according to a DNC official. This selection of incoming DNC officers, which includes chair, vice chairs, treasurer, secretary, and national finance chair positions, comes as the party grapples with the results of the 2024 election, when they lost the presidency, control of the U.S. Senate and were not able to earn the majority in the House. Laying out the next steps for party leadership, current DNC Chair Jamie Harrison -- who is not vying for a second term -- also announced on Monday that the party will host four forums for candidates to make their case to the 448 active DNC members who will be voting on their bids.
The Rev. William Barber, the prominent Black spiritual leader who supported Kamala Harris, suggests a way forward for left-leaning Americans who are struggling in the wake of the election.
President-elect Trump urged Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis to run in the special election for former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R) seat in Florida’s 1st Congressional District on Monday. In a post on Truth Social, Trump called Patronis “a wonderful friend to me and to MAGA.” “As your next Congressman, Jimmy would work tirelessly alongside…
