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What To Expect From Trump's First 100 Days
President-elect Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in his second term, though we are still awaiting details on how it will be implemented. Trump has had four years to prepare his agenda, and Washington insiders expect he will be able to move faster and accomplish more than he did in his first term.
Harris Concedes Presidential Race: Tells Supporters Not To Give Up Fight
Vice President Kamala Harris officially conceded the presidential race on Wednesday afternoon, taking the stage at her alma mater Howard University, about 12 hours after Donald Trump was projected to win the election. She called on supporters to accept the results and said she will help facilitate the peaceful transfer of power.
Donald Trump Makes History, Elected 47th President
Former President Donald Trump pulled off one of the biggest comebacks in American history Tuesday, winning Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, en route to defeating Vice President Kamala Harris.
Election Day In America: When We Might Know The Winner
Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump spent the final day of campaigning on different paths. Trump conducted events in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan while Harris campaigned exclusively in Pennsylvania. Of the seven swing states, it has the largest number of electoral votes at stake (19), and winning the state would lead to one of the easiest paths to victory.
Election Eve: Women Outpacing Men In Early Vote, 77 Million Have Cast Ballots
It’s Election Eve in America, but it appears a majority of likely voters have already cast their ballots. More than 77 million Americans— nearly half of the 155 million who voted in 2020— have already voted. While we don’t know who they voted for, we are going through the available data for insights into what this will mean for voting patterns and results.
Inside Trump's Mass Deportation & Immigration Plans
Like 2016, a major focus of this campaign for former President Donald Trump is securing the US-Mexico border. However, this time around, his pitch includes “the largest deportation in US history” with a goal of deporting one million people a year. His allies are also planning to target legal immigration, which Trump successfully limited in his first term.
Trash Talk: Trump Boards Garbage Truck As Biden Remark Overshadows Harris
With five days until the election, polls are still essentially tied in the major battleground states. About 55 million ballots have already been cast in early voting. And former President Trump is trying to leverage President Biden’s remark calling his MAGA voters “garbage.” He boarded a garbage truck in Wisconsin Wednesday that was decked out with his campaign logo.
Harris Delivers 'Closing Arguments' As Biden Gaffe Energizes GOP
Vice President Kamala Harris delivered the closing argument of her historic presidential campaign on Tuesday evening at the Ellipse— the same spot near the White House where then-president Donald Trump rallied his supporters before some of them stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Political Fallout From Trump NYC Rally
Today marks one week until Election Day. Both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are making their final arguments to voters. Harris is set to make her case today from the same backdrop on the National Mall where Trump made his Jan. 6 speech before a mob stormed the Capitol. American democracy will be a central theme of her speech. It is a return to the main argument President Biden tried to make during his campaign earlier this year. It didn’t have enough mass appeal back then, but the Harris campaign hopes it does the trick with independents and Nikki Haley Republicans in the final days.
Billionaire Newspaper Owners Block Presidential Endorsements
The Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post announced separately late last week that their editorial boards would not make a presidential endorsement, breaking with the decades-old tradition. The billionaire owners of both publications made the final last-minute calls, despite opinion staff having endorsements for Vice President Kamala Harris ready.
Harris Wins The Battle For Celeb Endorsements, But Does It Matter?
If you scroll on social media, you likely have seen a stream of celebrities joining Kamala Harris’s campaign in recent weeks. Last night, Bruce Springsteen hit the stage with former President Obama and Beyoncé is set to join Harris tonight in Texas.
Trump Is a Hitler-Praising Fascist, Ex-Chief of Staff Says
Former top military officials from the first Trump administration are speaking out about what a second term would look like for the former president. John Kelly, a former four-star Marine general who was Trump’s longest-serving White House chief of staff, told the New York Times this week that Trump meets the definition of a fascist, would govern like a dictator if allowed, and had no understanding of the Constitution or the concept of rule of law. He also recounted a story of Trump saying, “I need the kind of generals that Hitler had.”
Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Arrested In Alleged Sex Trafficking Scheme
Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries was arrested on Tuesday, along with his partner Matt Smith and their alleged middleman, over a horrific criminal sex trafficking scheme between 2008 to 2015. The charges follow an investigation by the FBI and federal prosecutors in New York, who allege Jeffries used his powerful position to exploit and abuse young men interested in modeling.
Presidential Polls Are THIS Close. Can You Trust Them?
Two weeks to the election and there are a lot of questions about whether the polls are accurate: Right now, Vice President Kamala Harris has a one-point lead over former President Donald Trump in national polls. Accounting for a margin of error, it’s basically a tie. Notably, Harris’s polling has dropped a bit since the Democratic National Convention in August, when she led Trump by five percentage points.
Billionaires Hit Campaign Trail For Trump & Harris
Two high-profile billionaires— Mark Cuban and Elon Musk— have hit the campaign trail for their presidential choices in recent weeks. Campaigning for Kamala Harris, Cuban is taking aim at the former president’s tariff proposals. Meanwhile, Musk has gone after Democrats regarding what he calls the “woke mind virus” and the border crisis.
Israel Kills Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar
Israeli soldiers killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the man behind the Oct. 7 terror massacre in Israel, on Wednesday in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Trump's Economic Plan: Massive Tariffs Explained
Former President Donald Trump has doubled down on his sweeping plan for broad tariffs should he win the election in three weeks. Economists across the political aisle are sounding alarm bells. Trump says they are all wrong.
Protesters Demand Kellogg Bans Artificial Dyes, But What Does The Science Say
Protesters gathered outside Kellogg’s Battle Creek, Michigan headquarters on Tuesday to deliver a petition with over 400,000 signatures calling for the company to remove artificial dyes and preservatives from their cereals.
Threats of Violence Against FEMA Workers Hamper Hurricane Aid Effort
Some FEMA crews had to pause work over the weekend in hard-hit Rutherford County, NC, because of concerns over an armed militia threatening government workers in the region.
Mo News Talks To FEMA About Hurricane Response & Disinformation
Some FEMA crews had to pause work over the weekend in hard-hit Rutherford County, NC, because of concerns over an armed militia threatening government workers in the region.