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Today's Political News Compilation - Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024

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Election takeaways: Trump’s decisive victory in a deeply divided nation​


By STEVE PEOPLES and BILL BARROW
Updated 8:39 AM CST, November 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump scored a decisive victory in a deeply divided nation. And in so doing, the Republican president-elect exposed a fundamental weakness within the Democratic base and beat back concerns about his moral failings, becoming the first U.S. president with a felony conviction.

Trump won over frustrated voters with bold promises that his fiery brand of America-first economic populism and conservative culture would make their lives better. He will be tested immediately, however, and there are reasons to believe his plans for mass deportations and huge tariffs may hurt the very people who enabled his victory.

Still, he is set to enter the White House on Jan. 20, 2025, from an undisputed position of strength. With votes still being counted, he could become the first Republican in two decades to win the popular vote.

The results left Democrats facing an urgent and immediate reckoning, with no obvious leader to unite the anti-Trump coalition and no clear plan to rebuild as an emboldened Trump prepares to re-take Washington.

Here are some key takeaways: ...

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'This is a realignment': Shattered Democrats grapple with Harris' loss

Democrats were stunned at the magnitude of Harris' loss to Trump and pointed fingers at everything from immigration policy to Biden to the need to throw out the old guard.
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Trump has vowed to shake some of democracy's pillars

Donald Trump won for many reasons. One of them was that a formidable number of Americans said the state of democracy was a prime concern.
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Trump wins, Harris says "do not despair" in concession. See the live 2024 election results map

Former President Donald Trump will return to the White House after securing victories in several battleground states.
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Trump isn't first to be second: Grover Cleveland set precedent of nonconsecutive presidential terms

NEW YORK (AP) — On the list of U.S. presidents, several have been tapped by voters to serve for more than one term, with Donald Trump joining the group as the 45th president and now the 47th, too.
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Trump’s allies are already jockeying for high-powered spots in his administration | CNN Politics

President-elect Donald Trump’s allies are quickly jockeying for positions in a new Trump new administration on the heels of his decisive victory, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, pitting loyalists against each other to land top roles in the new government.
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Control of the US House hangs in the balance with enormous implications for Trump's agenda

The majority in the U.S. House hangs in balance. It was teetering Wednesday between Republican control that would usher in a new era of unified GOP governance in Washington or a flip to Democrats as a last line of resistance to a Trump second-term White House agenda.
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World reacts to 2024 presidential election results

World leaders and top officials reacted to the unfolding results of the 2024 presidential election as the contest drew to a conclusion.
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Donald Trump has sweeping plans for a second administration. Here's what he's proposed

The now president-elect has outlined an agenda that blends traditional conservative approaches to some issues with a more populist bent on others.
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Harris formally concedes one day after Trump's sweeping victory

One day after former President Trump swept the battleground states to win back the White House, Vice President Kamala Harris conceded the election in an address at Washington, D.C.'s Howard University.
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Democrats sift through 'unmitigated disaster' after Trump victory: ANALYSIS

Democrats hoped that voters wanted to move on from Donald Trump. Instead, they wanted more of him.
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'It's simple, really' - why Latinos flocked to Trump

As well as winning over Hispanic voters, Trump improved his position in some surprising corners.
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Trump's return to White House sets stage for far-reaching immigration crackdown

An immigration crackdown appears imminent in a second Trump administration at a time when an APVoteCast survey shows the president-elect’s supporters largely focused on immigration and inflation.
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Evangelical leaders celebrate Trump's victory as a prophecy fulfilled

Some evangelical Christians see Donald Trump’s win as ordained by God, offering “a divine mandate” in his second term.
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Bernie Sanders blasts Democratic Party following Kamala Harris loss

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a scathing statement on what he called the Democratic Party's "disastrous" campaign following Kamala Harris' loss.
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Stocks and bitcoin jump after Trump's victory. So do worries about inflation as Dow surges 1,500

U.S. stocks stormed to records as investors made bets on what Donald Trump’s return to the White House will mean for the economy and the world.
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McConnell expects filibuster to remain intact with Republicans winning control of the Senate

Sen. Mitch McConnell suggested that with the GOP winning the Senate majority in the 2024 elections, the filibuster will remain intact.
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With Trump's win, some women wonder: Will the US ever see a female president?

Voters had the chance this election to break the highest glass ceiling in American politics by electing Kamala Harris the nation’s first female president.
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Special counsel Jack Smith expected to wind down Trump prosecutions: Sources

Special counsel Jack Smith is in talks with leadership at the Justice Department evaluating ways he can end prosecutions of Donald Trump, sources told ABC News.
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‘I didn't know that’: Musk surprises Trump with revelation about his 2024 endorsement

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