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Trump in Oval Office Return: 'It Is a Nice World Today'

He meets with President Biden, as per tradition

(Newser) - Donald Trump's official return to the Oval Office won't happen until January, but the president-elect made a temporary return on Wednesday. President Biden invited the 47th US president to meet with him in a ceremonial tradition that's seen as part of a smooth and peaceful transfer of...

Biden Calls Military Role the 'Honor of My Life'

President makes first public appearance with Harris since election

(Newser) - President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday made their first joint appearance since her election loss when they observed Veterans Day together, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. They then went to the cemetery's memorial amphitheater, where Biden honored...

'Do Not Despair,' Harris Says in Concession Speech

'While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign'

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris called Donald Trump on Wednesday to concede the presidential election before delivering a speech at her alma mater, Howard University. She urged her supporters to remain engaged in the democratic process, the Guardian reports. "The fight for our freedom will take hard work, but like...

Harris Will Officially Concede This Afternoon

Her office says she will deliver speech at Howard University at 4pm Eastern

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver a concession speech Wednesday at the same site where she would have delivered a victory speech if the election had gone the other way. Her office says she will deliver the speech at 4pm Eastern at her alma mater, Howard University in Washington, DC,...

This Is Biden's Fault
This Is Biden's Fault
OPINION
Nov 6, 2024 10:30 AM CST

This Is Biden's Fault

Columnists try to suss out what drove the return of Donald Trump to the presidency

(Newser) - As the world reacts to the news that Donald Trump will be the 47th president of the United States, columnists are weighing in on how Kamala Harris could've lost to a twice-impeached former president with dozens of criminal charges to his name. There's no shortage of theories:
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Trump on Brink of Victory After Winning Pennsylvania

Former president also wins North Carolina, Georgia

(Newser) - Donald Trump is on the brink of winning a second presidency after the AP called the battleground state of Pennsylvania for him early Wednesday. Trump earlier won the swing states of North Carolina and Georgia, with four other battleground states—and Alaska—still in play. A win in any one...

Harris Declines to Address Supporters

Vice president's election night watch party ends without a speech

(Newser) - Kamala Harris' election night watch party at her alma mater, Washington DC's Howard University, ended on what multiple outlets were calling a "somber" note after the co-chair of her campaign told supporters that the VP would not speak on election night, the AP and the Washington Post report....

Trump on Eve of Election: Only Way We Blow It 'Is if You Blow It'

Meanwhile, on 'Rocky steps,' Kamala Harris makes 'underdog' reference

(Newser) - Donald Trump and Kamala Harris each continued to make their case to voters well into Monday evening, the night before Election Day in the US:
  • Trump started Monday in North Carolina, then went to Pennsylvania, and finally Michigan (though technically his rally there started very early Tuesday morning), the AP
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NBC Gives Trump 'Equal Time' After Harris' Appearance on SNL

Republican FCC commissioner had complained about what he saw as a rules violation

(Newser) - After a commissioner claimed Kamala Harris' surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live violated the Federal Communications Commission's "equal time" rules, NBC offered Donald Trump equal time. Brendan Carr, a Republican appointed to the FCC by Donald Trump, posted on X Saturday that Harris' SNL appearance seemed to be...

Live From New York, It's Kamala Harris

VP briefly leaves campaign in swing states to appear in Cold Open opposite Maya Rudolph

(Newser) - It was just another Saturday night with SNL trotting out Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris, Dana Carvey as Joe Biden, James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump, and ... Kamala Harris as Kamala Harris. The vice president made an unannounced appearance on the Cold Open of the final episode of Saturday Night ...

'Appalling' Halloween Float Mars Pennsylvania Parade

Critics say float showing shackled Kamala Harris evoked racist Jim Crow-era lynchings, slavery

(Newser) - A Halloween parade in Pennsylvania this week was meant to inject a little bit of fun into a tense election season—but instead, one float that got political has now sparked an outcry over its "racist and offensive" content, per the Hill . Videos and photos from the event Wednesday...

Trump Sues CBS for $10B
Trump Sues CBS for $10B
Nov 1, 2024 6:30 AM CDT

Trump Sues CBS for $10B

First Amendment professor calls lawsuit over Harris interview 'ridiculous junk'

(Newser) - Former President Trump is suing CBS for $10 billion over the network's interview with Kamala Harris earlier this month. Trump's lawsuit claims that "deceitful" editing of the 60 Minutes interview "amounts to a brazen attempt to interfere in the 2024 US Presidential Election," the Washington ...

In Response to 'Garbage' Comment, Trump Rides in Garbage Truck

He claims Biden's remark 'blows deplorables out of the water'

(Newser) - Donald Trump made the most of President Biden's controversial "garbage" comment , going so far as to don an orange safety vest and ride in an actual garbage truck Wednesday during a campaign appearance in Green Bay, Wisconsin. "How do you like my garbage truck? This truck is...

Harris Delivers 'Closing Argument' at DC Rally

She says fear and division sowed by Trump is 'not who we are'

(Newser) - Kamala Harris told Americans on Tuesday that Donald Trump's efforts to sow division and fear are "not who we are" as she reinforced her campaign's closing argument by delivering it from the same site where the Republican former president spoke before the Capitol riot in 2021. One...

Daughter of George W. Bush Picks Her Candidate

Barbara Pierce Bush is endorsing—and campaigning for—Kamala Harris

(Newser) - Former Republican President George W. Bush's daughter isn't just endorsing the Democratic candidate for president, she's campaigning on her behalf. Barbara Pierce Bush, 42, backed Vice President Kamala Harris in an exclusive statement to People on Tuesday, adding she spent time over the weekend campaigning for the...

Harris Readies 'Closing Argument' at Key Locale

She speaks Tuesday night from the Ellipse, where Trump spoke before Capitol riot

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris is making the "closing argument" for her presidential campaign Tuesday from the same site where Donald Trump spoke before the Capitol riot in 2021, and the choice is no accident. "It's a place that certainly we believe helps crystallize the choice in this...

Anita Hill: Facing Disrespect, Harris Chooses Dignity

With unwavering respect for others, Kamala Harris 'creates chances for more dignity for everyone'

(Newser) - No matter what happens next Tuesday, Kamala Harris can pat herself on the back for having kept her dignity through an election campaign in which she faced "various and sundry racist, misogynist and sexist insults" as well as efforts to deny her "integrity, competence and accomplishments," Anita...

Kamala Harris Challenges Trump to Cognitive Test

Vice president is making his age a larger part of her closing message

(Newser) - Donald Trump has been taking shots at Kamala Harris' intelligence on the campaign trail, and the vice president tells CBS News she'd be happy to take a cognitive test—and "would challenge him to take the same one." In the interview, Harris says Trump is "increasingly...

Beyonce at Harris Rally: 'I'm Here as a Mother'

Singer appears in Houston to stump for VP

(Newser) - "I'm not here as a celebrity, I'm not here as a politician. I'm here as a mother," Beyonce said at a Houston rally for Kamala Harris' presidential campaign on Friday night. "A mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of...

In Surprise, Washington Post Won't Endorse

Newspaper follows the lead of Los Angeles Times , and not everyone is happy

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times isn't the only major US newspaper steeped in Election 2024 controversy . Now, the Washington Post has also stepped into the fray, like its West Coast counterpart refusing to endorse a presidential candidate—something the paper hasn't done since the late '80s. "We...

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