2024 Election: Donald Trump elected 47th president of the United States
Donald Trump staged a storied comeback to earn more than 270 electoral votes and win the 2024 presidential election.
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ESPN host blames Michelle Obama for Kamala Harris ‘annihilation’
Stephen A Smith and Michelle Obama. (Getty Images) (Independent) ESPN host Stephen A Smith has named several factors he thinks contributed to Kamala Harris’s devastating loss to President-elect Donald Trump.
Jack Smith’s cases against Trump end with a whimper
Jack Smith (screen) Donald Trump’s federal election interference case is being halted in order to figure out next steps after he was elected to be president.
Smith called the situation an “unprecedented circumstance,” and said that more time was needed.
Opinion: Democrats’ reaction to Trump-voting Latinos is a problem
On Thursday evening, I went on the Roland Martin Unfiltered show to talk about why Latinos overwhelmingly shifted to the right and voted for Donald Trump. Martin, whom I’ve long respected as an analyst on politics back since I was a teenager, had the same response a lot of other people did.
Trump's second term could reshape the Supreme Court
President-elect Donald Trump's second term could allow him to reshape the Supreme Court with multiple picks if aging justices choose to retire.
GOP almost guaranteed House majority
Pentagon officials discussing how to respond if Trump issues controversial orders
Trump speaks following the ceremonial swearing-in of James Mattis as secretary of defense on January 27, 2017, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (AFP via Getty Images) Pentagon officials are holding informal discussions about how the Department of Defense would respond if Donald Trump issues orders to deploy active-duty troops domestically and fire large swaths of apolitical staffers, defense officials told CNN.
Trump flips border county that hasn't voted for Republican in over 100 years with massive 76-point swing
President-elect Trump won a majority Hispanic county in Texas for the first time in over 100 years on Tuesday night in a massive swing since losing that same county eight years ago.
Harris staffers furious over her post-election pep talk: ‘Detached from reality’
Kamala Harris (New Republic) Kamala Harris’s staffers were left angry and frustrated by attempts by the vice president and her campaign leaders to sugarcoat their election nightmare.
Harris was blasted for her “happy talk” after an all-in call on Thursday night to thank exhausted campaign workers.
‘F*** me’: Jon Stewart admits he was ‘wrong’ about America
Jon Stewart (Daily Beast) Jon Stewart summed up Donald Trump’s decisive win as “America Presents: The S—tshow,” on his Weekly Show podcast on Friday, declaring, “F— us. F— me. I was wrong.”
Van Jones on Trump win: ‘It turned out we were the idiots’
Van Jones (Getty Images) (Getty Images for Environmental M) CNN pundit Van Jones says Democrats’ media strategy is a major reason Vice President Harris lost this week’s presidential election to former President Trump.
Nicole Scherzinger under fire for 'coming out as a Trump supporter'
Nicole Scherzinger attends day eight of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 08, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) (WireImage) Fans think Nicole Scherzinger has come out as a Donald Trump supporter over a comment she made under Russell Brand's Instagram post.
Trump joins Grover Cleveland with rarest presidential feat
Trump joins Grover Cleveland with rarest presidential feat Donald Trump this week did what only one other American has done — winning the presidency after earlier losing it from the White House — but experts say the similarities between the men are strikingly few despite their ability to make historic comebacks.
Who is Trump’s new chief of staff, Susie Wiles?
She’s been described as a major reason for Donald Trump’s political comeback. Here's what you need to know about Susie Wiles.
Trump justice: Who will Donald Trump name as U.S. attorney general?
Trump As President-elect Donald Trump organizes his administration, a key decision will be who to name as attorney general to run a Justice Department he and his allies say was hopelessly politicized by the Biden administration.
Trump’s relationship with the department has been tumultuous.
Kamala Harris's stepdaughter Ella Emhoff speaks out on election results
Ella Emhoff gets emotional as she listens to Kamala Harris speak at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (AFP via Getty Images) Ella Emhoff is sharing her thoughts on the 2024 U.S. election results.
Following former President Donald Trump’s victory over current Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee’s stepdaughter reacted to the outcome.
7 telling moments from Putin's first speech since Trump won
(Photo by Alexey NIKOLSKY / AFP) (Photo by ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/AFP via Getty Images) (AFP via Getty Images) Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the Valdai Forum on Thursday. He discussed issues including Trump's victory.
After two presidential losses, women wonder what it will take to shatter the glass ceiling
DETROIT, MICHIGAN - NOVEMBER 03: Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (Getty Images) Even as other countries – including Italy, North Macedonia and, most recently, Mexico – have in recent years joined the ranks of countries that have elected the first women to their highest political offices, American voters have picked Donald Trump twice over the two women who have come closest to the White House in US history.
Polls predicted a close race. Trump won handily. Pollster says one thing is 'very clear.'
People voting in polling place (Getty Images) President-elect Donald Trump made a stunning political comeback, largely outperforming how polls expected him to do for the third election in a row. In the days leading up to Election Day, poll after poll showed him in a neck-and-neck race with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Democrats turn on Moo Deng after she accurately predicts Donald Trump's presidential win
Moo Deng stands next to her mother, Jona, in their enclosure at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi, a Thailand province on Sept. 15, 2024. (USAT) Moo Deng, the adorably sassy pigmy hippo from Thailand, landed in hot water with Democrats after she accurately predicted the outcome of this year's U.S. presidential election.
Australian ambassador to U.S. deletes critical tweets of Trump after election
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during the unveiling of his official portrait by Ralph Heimans, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Aug. 10, 2023. (Fox News) Former Australian prime minister and current ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd had described Trump in a 2020 post as "the most destructive president in history," according to reporting from NDTV.
'Abandon Harris' movement flipped Dearborn to Trump on Election Day
The Dearborn, Michigan-led movement to ditch President Biden and later Vice President Kamala Harris ended up throwing its support behind President-elect Trump on Election Day.
Famed pollster Ann Selzer now thinks her completely wrong Iowa poll helped Trump
Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer responds to Donald Trump’s attacks during an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. (screen shot) Failed pollster Ann Selzer has claimed that her outlier poll showing Vice President Kamala Harris with a surprise three-point lead over Donald Trump going into Election Day might have actually helped Trump win.
Jimmy Kimmel compares Trump to Emperor Palpatine, tears up in emotional election monologue
Jimmy Kimmel compares Donald Trump to Emperor Palpatine: 'He's evil' (screen) The late night host, who has publicly feuded with Donald Trump for years, found himself choking up during his Jimmy Kimmel Live monologue on Wednesday as he tried to make sense of the twice-impeached, convicted former president winning a second term in office over current Vice President Kamala Harris.
Changing their tune: GOP now promoting early voting after Trump’s win
Prominent Republicans are praising early voting after Donald Trump’s win over Kamala Harris, despite years of the president-elect and his allies baselessly bashing the practice as fraudulent.
'Totally unfair': Joe Biden finds unlikely defender in Fox News host
U.S. President Joe Biden (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (Getty Images) Joe Biden has found an unlikely defender in Fox & Friends host Lawrence Jones as some Democrats are blaming the president for Kamala Harris’ election loss to Donald Trump.
Who is the new GOP voter?
Donald Trump held onto his loyal base, but he also attracted new voting demographics. Heres's what we know now.
Whoopi Goldberg forced to stop screaming match on ‘The View’ as hosts fight over Harris loss
Co-hosts on "The View." (screen) Whoopi Goldberg had to interrupt what was turning into a screaming match between two of her The View co-hosts on Thursday as they discussed the forces behind Donald Trump’s election victory.
Battle of the pollsters: ‘Nostradamus’ bashes rival after both election predictions flopped
Nate Silver, a statistician who founded FiveThirtyEight, said the election was too close to determine a winner — but election night told a different story (Getty Images for AWXII) (Getty) With Donald Trump heading back to the White House, it’s not just the Democrats who face a reckoning, but pollsters as well.
Three Donald Trumps joined by Elon Musk in family victory photo
Trump family photo Three Donald Trumps posed together in a US election victory photograph – along with family friend Elon Musk.
The 78-year-old president-elect was pictured in Florida beaming with his namesakes – his son Donald Trump Jr, 46, and grandson Donald Trump III, 15 – as well as other relatives set to return to the White House as America’s “first family.”
Why Trump will likely never see the inside of a prison cell — or be sentenced at all
Former U.S. President Donald Trump. (Photo by Robert Perry/Getty Images) (Getty Images) In theory, the next President of the United States is supposed to face sentencing for his New York criminal trial conviction at the end of the month.
But following his election win this week it is looking increasingly likely that won’t happen and Donald Trump will once again evade repercussions for his actions.
CBS reporter knocks NY Times for anti-Trump spin
CBS News legal correspondent Jan Crawford swiped The New York Times for not (Fox News) Veteran CBS News reporter Jan Crawford took a swipe at The New York Times over a headline she suggests shows the paper not understanding the country after President-elect Trump's victory.
5 Democrats who could run for president in 2028
Getty Images (Getty Images) With the 2024 election over and Donald Trump headed back to the White House, some political insiders and pundits are now eyeing the ballot for 2028.
Here are a few Democrats whose names have already been floated at taking a stab at the White House run in 2028.
'It's simple, really': Why Latinos flocked to Trump
A Latinos for Trump campaign sign is photographed on Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 at BakerRipley Ripley House in Houston. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) (Houston Chronicle via Getty Imag) Donald Trump has soared to a decisive election victory over Kamala Harris, lifted up by some of the very voters that Democrats once relied on.
The Republican president-elect showed strength with the white working-class voters who first propelled him to the White House in 2016, while racking up huge support from Latino voters and putting in a better-than-expected performance among younger Americans, especially men.
Joe Biden's vengeance: Democrats descend into civil war
Joe Biden’s Vengeance: Democrats Descend Into Civil War (The Daily Beast) President Joe Biden is furious that he is being blamed for Kamala Harris’s failed campaign and is going to war against his detractors in a bid to reunite the Democratic Party behind his middle-class credentials.
Gov. Tim Walz will face new era of divided government in Minnesota
Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz reacts after Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris conceded the election in a speech on Nov. 6, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (Getty Images) Gov. Tim Walz faces a new era of divided government when he returns home from the presidential campaign trail, now that Republicans appear to have broken the Democratic trifecta that helped put him on Kamala Harris’s radar.
Biden congratulates Trump on election victory, invites him to White House
President Joe Biden on Wednesday called President-elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his election victory and invited him to a meeting at the White House during the presidential transition period — an invitation which Trump did not extend to him just four years ago.
‘West Wing’ star writes off U.S. as ‘racist and sexist’ after Trump’s big win
Bradley Whitford (Daily Beast) The West Wing star Bradley Whitford suggested Wednesday that Kamala Harris’ landslide election loss at least partially came about because we live in a “racist and sexist” country.
Trump brutally mocks poll that predicted a historic loss for him
Donald Trump (screen) Donald Trump’s campaign took a shot Tuesday at Iowa pollster Ann Selzer, after the former president declared victory in that state.
Cardi B posts, deletes video appearing to blame Trump voters for hurricanes
Cardi B (screen) Cardi B pulled no punches when she appeared to lash out at Southern states for Donald Trump’s second presidential victory in a quickly deleted clip.
What the electoral map tells us about Kamala Harris's loss
Electoral college map. (Getty Images) (Getty Images) The map looks closer to 2016 than 2020 — with closer than expected races in Minnesota, New Hampshire and Virginia, and a sea of red across the South from North Carolina all the way to El Paso. The Blue Wall disintegrated, marked by losses in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Jay Leno says Trump win is 'a great day for democracy'
Jay Leno. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images) (Getty Images) Jay Leno weighed in on President-elect Donald Trump’s historic win over Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, telling “The Talk” that it was “a great day for democracy.”
Harris urges country to accept and 'honor' election results
Which TV news anchors made the biggest impact on Election Night?
News anchors Some of the nation’s biggest TV anchors saw the plans they had for Election Night change almost as soon as the first exit polls came in.
CNN reporter details Kamala Harris's phone call to Trump
Vice President Kamala Harris has officially conceded the 2024 election, calling former President Donald Trump to offer her congratulations.
Depressed media react to Trump victory: How could this possibly have happened?
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump (Fox News) Many journalists were clinging to fading hopes that Vice President Kamala Harris could somehow pull out a victory as former President Trump won state after state in the greatest comeback in American political history.
What polls got right and wrong about the 2024 presidential election
The polls mostly got it right.
Broadly speaking, the aggregate of the 2024 presidential election polls indicated that it was an extremely close race between former Republican President Donald Trump, now the president-elect, and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.
Hollywood director: ‘It is time to abandon’ the Democratic Party
Adam McKay attends US-Ireland Alliance's 16th Annual Oscar Wilde Awards at The Ebell Club of Los Angeles on March 24, 2022. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) (Getty Images) “The Big Short” and “Don’t Look Up” director Adam McKay took to social media as Donald Trump edged closer to victory in the U.S. presidential election, saying he plans to leave the Democratic Party.
'Polling Nostradamus' reacts after predicting Kamala Harris win
Historian and American University professor Allan Lichtman. (Photo by Pedro UGARTE / AFP) (AFP via Getty Images) Allan Lichtman, a professor of history at the American University who has otherwise correctly predicted nine of the past ten elections, completely failed to anticipate Donald Trump’s shock comeback in what early figures have put down as a thumping victory for the Republican president-elect.
Why Trump's proposed tariffs could cost you $2,600+ per year
Shifting loyalties of these voters helped power Donald Trump to election win
Supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump hold a "Latinos for Trump" flag before a fundraiser he is holding in Woodside from Palo Alto, Calif. on Sept. 13, 2024. (USAT) A realignment among Latino voters — and a smaller shift among Black voters in key swing states — helped catapult Donald Trump to his victory over Kamala Harris as the Republican nominee expanded his support by peeling off voters from two core Democratic constituencies.
And the signs of a shift might have been there all along.
