Today I am calling on President Joe Biden to do the right thing for America and formally cancel this year’s Thanksgiving. In the wake of the presidential election, the last thing any of us need to be doing is walking into potentially volatile mixed-ideology settings that often feature alcohol, long-standing feelings of familial resentment and…
Jamal Simmons, a former communications director for Kamala Harris, made an unlikely suggestion about how the vice president might still have a chance of becoming president in 2024: If Joe Biden steps down from office. Asked on Sunday what they thought would be the most important thing to watch for in the 71 days until…
Former President Donald Trump was elected to a second term Wednesday, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris —and leaving many wondering if the president-elect can run for a third term in 2028. Though two states are left to be called, Trump has 295 electoral votes, while Harris has 226. Here’s what to know about what’s next for…
Elon Musk, who shelled out over $100 million and turned his social media platform X into an online megaphone to get out the vote for Donald Trump, has emerged as one of the presidential election’s biggest winners. The world’s richest man was the only Fortune 100 CEO to pick a side, endorsing Trump moments after the…
Donald Trump, despite who he is, has won the 2024 presidential election and will retake the White House for a second term. Trump’s win became official early Wednesday morning after media outlets called Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, giving him enough Electoral College votes for the White House. Republicans made every mistake they could along the way…
While a watch party has kicked off at the Palm Beach Convention Center, there’s another festive gathering at Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago club with Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in attendance. An estimated 1,000 people are gathered at the private club where they have enthusiastically cheered a string of states called for Trump. As…
WASHINGTON − What a year. Who would have guessed, 12 long months ago, that voters on Tuesday would be casting ballots for Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, with President Joe Biden − the biggest vote-getter in American history − on the sidelines and headed for retirement? Who could have foreseen the failed assassin’s…
On a deep-dive episode of The Excerpt podcast (first released on October 28, 2024): It was a busy penultimate weekend on the campaign trail for Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. USA TODAY Senior National Political Correspondent Sarah D. Wire discusses what our reporters found speaking with election workers in swing states around the country. USA TODAY…
WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump is involved in four criminal cases, but the most important verdict in his legal future may be delivered on Election Day on Tuesday. If he wins, all his charges could be dropped or postponed for at least four years. If he loses, he potentially faces swift sentencing in one…
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are tied in two battleground states, with Trump ahead in one three new polls released by Echelon Insights Thursday. The polls show the candidates tied in Michigan and Wisconsin with Trump ahead in Pennsylvania. The three states are a part of the “blue wall,” a collection…