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☆ Biden faces mounting pressure to protect immigrants before Trump takes office
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Priscilla Alvarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden is facing mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and allies to extend protections to immigrants in the United States amid party fears over President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations. Some administration officials are skeptical that expanding or redesignating TPS would pass muster under an incoming administration beyond those that will already be up for renewal. Temporary protections for El Salvadorans in the United States, for example, are set to expire in early March. Just before leaving office in 2021, Trump provided Venezuelans already in the United States temporary protection from deportation. “People are on the edge of their seat,” one immigrant advocate told CNN, referring to immigrants in the United States.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump’s, Biden, ”, “ They’re, “, Sens, Dick Durbin, Cory Booker, Catherine Cortez Masto, Mazie Hirono, Tammy Duckworth, Ben Ray Luján, Alex Padilla, “ We’re, Trump, Kevin Lamarque, “ They’ve, Biden –, Jeff Zients Organizations: Washington CNN, Democratic, Biden, White House, Immigration, CNN, Democratic Senate, White, TPS, El, Department of Homeland Locations: United States, Mexico, redesignate, Brownsville , Texas

☆ Growing momentum for Cabinet picks who could define Trump’s second term
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

(Hegseth has denied any sexual misconduct and was not charged over a 2017 incident in California). “When voters select a president, they are selecting that president’s vision for a cabinet that will enact his agenda,” Bird wrote. She voted with Trump consistently during his first term and twice voted to acquit him in impeachment trials. Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesEach of the picks is on record as vigorously criticizing the departments they were picked to lead. They’ve bought into Trump’s claims that he’s an innocent victim of persecution by the “Deep State” — intelligence agencies, bureaucrats, senior officials and Washington journalists.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Trump, MAGA, Sen, Joni Ernst, Hegseth, Matt Gaetz, Ernst, who’s, Pete, Donald Trump Jr, Joe Biden’s, Lloyd Austin, Steve Deace, ” Deace, “, ”, ” Bird, Trump’s, —, Patel, Gabbard, Kennedy, Al Drago, They’ve, James Mattis, State Rex Tillerson, John Kelly, Steve Bannon —, Kash, Bannon, Deace, Patel —, Bashar al, Assad, Donald Trump, Chip Somodevilla, CNN’s Manu Raju, Susan Collins of, Lisa Murkowski, it’s, Republican Sen, Lindsey Graham, Obama, Raju, Tennessee Sen, Bill Hagerty, CNN’s Jake Tapper, He’s, she’s, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, ” Hagerty Organizations: CNN, Pentagon, Iowa, Fox, Iowa Republican, Blaze, Trump, NBC, GOP, FBI, Health, Human Services Department, Capitol, Bloomberg, Getty, State, White House, Trump Cabinet, Monday, Senate, The New York Times, Macomb Community College, Hegseth, Fox News, Republican, Democratic, South Carolina Republican, Tennessee, US Army Reserve, “, Biden Locations: Iraq, California, America, Washington, Trump, Warren , Michigan, Afghanistan, Susan Collins of Maine, Alaska, Hawaii, Iran, Japan, Russia

☆ John Mahama: Former Ghana leader pulls off historic comeback after crucial presidential election
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Ghana’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has conceded defeat a day after a tense presidential election, marking a historic political comeback for the opposition candidate, former leader John Mahama. Bawumia said in his concession speech on Sunday morning that internally collated results showed that “Mahama has won the presidential election decisively,” ahead of a formal announcement by the electoral commission. Bawumia said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party had also won the parliamentary election. Bawumia, 61, a UK-trained economist who chaired the nation’s economic management team, faced criticism ahead of the elections over his handling of the struggling economy. On the campaign trail, Mahama also criticized him for saying little about the economy.

Persons: CNN —, Mahamudu Bawumia, John Mahama, Bawumia, Mahama, “, John Dramani Mahama, ” Bawumia, ” Organizations: CNN, National Democratic Congress Locations: Republic of Ghana, Ghana, Bawumia

☆ Ghana elections: Frontrunners Mahamudu Bawumia and John Mahama try to win over voters
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Opinion polls indicate that voters are split between current vice president Mahamudu Bawumia, 61, and former one-term president John Mahama, 66, who hopes to achieve a comeback similar to that achieved by US President-elect Donald Trump. Bawumia, a UK-trained economist, has been the poster boy of the government’s economic policies, chairing its economic management team. Bawumia has also been criticized by his rival, Mahama, for saying little about the economy during his campaigns. Supporters of National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate John Mahama react during his final election campaign rally, in Accra, Ghana December 5, 2024. Former Ghana President, John Mahama, speaks on the stage during the final rally of the NDC in Accra on December 5, 2024.

Persons: CNN — Ghanaians, Nana Akufo, Mahamudu Bawumia, John Mahama, Donald Trump, Godfred, Kwame Asah, “, Bokpin, Bawumia, Mahamudu, Nipah Dennis, ” Bokpin, Asah, Asante, Denis Miracles Aboagye, haven’t, ”, “ We’ve, Aboagye, Zohra Bensemra, Mahama’s, Mahama, ” Asah, de Maismont Organizations: CNN, New Patriotic Party, NPP, National Democratic Congress, US, University of Ghana Business School, University of Ghana, Ghana Statistical Service, World Bank, Bank, Getty, “, of National Democratic Congress, Reuters, NDC Locations: West, Takoradi, AFP, Accra, Ghana

☆ Voters elected the most closely divided House since the Great Depression and WWI
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

It’s the House of Representatives that is closest to the American people and most directly represents their will. With the last House race of the 2024 election decided – by fewer than 200 votes! That final contested House race will be won by Adam Gray, a pickup for Democrats in California’s Central Valley. The movement in this year’s House elections looked like this:Democrats picked up nine seats and lost eight. The House, where laws are supposed to originate, has been wracked by gridlock and has ceded some authority to the president.

Persons: CNN — There’s, Donald Trump, –, don’t, Adam Gray, Matt Gaetz, Elise Stefanik, Mike Waltz, elect’s, Mike Johnson, Trump, rulemaking, Johnson, It’s, Barack Obama, Nicholas Longworth, Franklin D, Roosevelt, They’re, ” Alexander Hamilton, it’s Organizations: CNN, White, Republicans, GOP, ’, United Nations, Incumbents, Farmer - Labor Party, Democratic, Electoral College, Senate Locations: Central Valley, Florida, New York, Democratic Congress

WASHINGTON — Republicans will have a narrow majority in the House next year with Democrats flipping one final seat in California, leaving GOP leaders with even less margin for error as they try to advance President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda. Thanks to Gray’s victory, Democrats netted one seat in the House elections, flipping nine Republican-held seats, mainly in blue states, as Republicans flipped eight Democratic-held seats. Democratic campaigns and groups outspent their GOP rivals in the fall, dropping $662 million on ads in House races to Republicans’ $485 million. And while Democrats lost the House, the Senate and the White House, they found their down-ballot candidates performed better than Vice President Kamala Harris. But because of how fragile their House majority is, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Democrat Adam Gray, John Duarte, Duarte, Gray, Derek Tran, George Whitesides, Michelle Steel, Mike Garcia, Susan Wild, Matt Cartwright, Adam Gray, Andy Alfaro, Kamala Harris, Harris, overperformed Harris, Mike Johnson, Trump, “, Sen, Lindsey Graham, Elise Stefanik, Mike Waltz, Matt Gaetz, Gaetz, Walz, Johnson, Stefanik, Kathy Hochul Organizations: WASHINGTON, GOP, Democrat, GOP Rep, NBC News, ’, Democratic, Democrats, Pennsylvania, Modesto Bee, TNS, Getty Images, Republicans ’, NBC, Senate, White, Democratic Congressional, Republicans, Trump, United Nations, Florida State Department Locations: California, California’s, Central, New York, Oregon, Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, Alaska and Colorado, Michigan, Modesto , Calif, Washington, U.S, Florida

☆ Opinion | Rahm Emanuel’s Plan for a Democratic Comeback in 2026
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

And it was about the question of whether Bernieism was a way forward for the Democratic Party. Rahm Emanuel is America’s ambassador to Japan. Archived clip of Rahm Emanuel: You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. Archived clip of Rahm Emanuel: From every corner of the country, the American people have sent a resounding and unmistakable message of change and new direction for America. Archived clip of Rahm Emanuel: There’s an old saying that if you want to make an omelet, you have to break a few eggs.

Persons: Faz Shakir, Bernie Sanders’s, Bernieism, Rahm Emanuel, Emanuel, Barack Obama’s, Obama’s, Obama, Dodd, Frank, Barack Obama, it’s, George W, Bush’s, Katie Couric, Bill Clinton’s, There’s, Clinton, David Axelrod, Steve Israel, Bill Clinton Organizations: Democratic Party, Affordable, Democratic Congressional, America, Democratic, Democratic National Committee, House Democrat Locations: Japan, Chicago

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg leads the way with over 770,000 TikTok followers, while Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has a verified TikTok account with just over 1,100 followers. Of the 353 who supported the bill to force a sale, 13 have verified TikTok accounts, all of whom are Democrats. Luna’s communications director said that her TikTok account was for personal use and is not an official campaign account. Unlike in the House, where elected officials with verified TikTok accounts voted in both directions across party lines, 10 Senate Democrats with verified TikTok accounts voted to force a sale of the platform, while one independent and one Senate Republican with verified TikTok accounts voted against the bill to do so. Senators with verified TikTok accounts have an average of 318,000 TikTok followers, while representatives with verified TikTok accounts have an average of 178,000 TikTok followers.

Persons: that’s, Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump, Hunt, ” Hunt, it’s, “ It’s, they’re, Biden, Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, TikTok, Trump’s, soundbites, influencers —, ’, Brendan Carr, can’t, Doug Emhoff, Pete Buttigieg, Deb Haaland, Haaland, Rashida Tlaib, Jasmine Crockett, hasn’t, Crockett, ” Crockett, “, Jeff Jackson, Jackson, Jackson’s, Anna Paulina Luna, Luna, Nancy Mace, Mace, “ She’s, Sen, Cory Booker of, Jon Ossoff of, Ossoff, Booker, Harris ’, Charli XCX’s, Bernie Sanders of, Sanders, Bernie Sanders, we’re, “ We’ve, ” Organizations: NBC News, Democratic, U.S . Senate, Trump, Federal Communications Commission, Biden, Transportation, X, ”, North Carolina Senate, Republican, TikTok, Senate, Democrats, New York Times, Congress Locations: California, U.S, American, States, TikTok, D, Texas, North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Jon Ossoff of Georgia, Bernie Sanders of Vermont

☆ How these older voters who backed Harris are engaging in ‘quiet resistance’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

But I’m afraid for those I love, for those I don’t love, those I know, those I don’t know. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris evenly split these voters nationally, with 49% each, according to exit polls. Levin sees women’s rights in retreat; lies and distortions that go largely unchallenged; meanness toward immigrants; and disdain for civility and democratic norms. I don’t know what that is unless it’s a people. It’s just, I don’t know, I don’t like the division and everything.”Murphy can agree on that point.

Persons: Pat Levin, It’s, ”, “, Donald Trump, Democratic Sen, Bob Casey, Susan Wild, Franklin Roosevelt, Levin, ” Levin, wasn’t, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W . Bush, George W, Bush, … I’m, — I’m, Trump, Kamala Harris, CNN's John King, CNN Levin, What’s, Marvin Boyer, Boyer, ” Boyer, I’m, ” Kamala Harris, Darrell Ann Murphy’s, ” Murphy, Harris, she’s, Murphy, Darrell Ann Murphy, Pamela Aita, Catherine Long, Catherine Long sparred, ” Aita, “ Long, doesn’t, “ I’m, Aita, Long, stokes, …, We’ll, John Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, Democratic, Republican, Bethlehem, CNN, White House, Elon, doer, Trump, elect’s Locations: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Vietnam, Harris . Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Northampton, Iowa, Easton , Pennsylvania, Easton, Palmer Township, America, It’s

☆ Transgender Activists Question the Movement’s Confrontational Approach
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Jeremy W. Peters | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To get on the wrong side of transgender activists is often to endure their unsparing criticism. When J.K. Rowling said that denying any relationship between sex and biology was “deeply misogynistic and regressive,” a prominent L.G.B.T.Q. group accused her of betraying “real feminism.” A few angry critics posted videos of themselves burning her books. allies last year to discuss new limits on the participation of transgender student athletes, one activist fumed on the call that the administration would be complicit in “genocide” of transgender youth, according to two people with knowledge of the incident. Now, some activists say it is time to rethink and recalibrate their confrontational ways, and are pushing back against the more all-or-nothing voices in their coalition.

Persons: cooperator, ”, J.K, Rowling, “, Biden, fumed Organizations: Democratic, Nazi

Senate Republicans derailed President-elect Donald Trump’s first jaw-dropping pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz. But it’s unclear if they will be able to block any other controversial nominees despite skepticism from some rank-and-file Republicans. In the weeks since Trump’s dramatic election victory, the power struggle between the president-elect and independent-minded Senate Republicans has been playing out in plain view. Senators are getting a brief reprieve from questions about Trump’s nominees as they celebrate Thanksgiving. Some Senate Republicans who leveled some of the strongest criticism at Gaetz said they could live with Hegseth, despite the 2017 assault allegations.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Matt Gaetz, MAGA, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Hegseth, ”, Sen, Kevin Cramer, Joni Ernst, Kirsten Gillibrand, ” Cramer, “ I’m, Gaetz, Cramer, Gaetz's, Kevin McCarthy, —, JD Vance, Pam Bondi, Bondi, Trump, … ” Sen, Markwayne Mullin, Pete, Gabbard, Kennedy, Lisa Murkowski, Sen, Ron Johnson, ” Gabbard, Bashar al, Assad, “, ” Sen, Tammy Duckworth, Eric Schmitt, Steven Cheung, Bill Hagerty, Adam Schiff, he’s Organizations: Republicans, GOP, Trump, Senators, Armed Services Committee, Sens, Justice Department, Union, Centers for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health, RFK, Health, Fox News, Democratic, Armed Services, CNN, Press, “, ” Locations: Iowa, Florida, “ State, Alaska, Russia, Russian, Iraq, Japan

☆ Trump’s determination to install controversial picks faces next test
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Gabbard and another contentious Trump pick — Pete Hegseth, who has been tapped to lead the Defense Department — came under sharpened scrutiny Sunday as the spotlight shifted from Matt Gaetz, Trump’s toppled choice to be attorney general. Trump’s pick of Hegseth is also facing uncertainty after the release last week of a 2017 police report detailing an alleged sexual assault in California. But the withdrawal of Gaetz — who was already widely disliked in Congress — may leave senators feeling they owe the president-elect on his other highly controversial choices. Trump’s new selection for attorney general, Pam Bondi, is meanwhile being welcomed by many Republicans, suggesting she’ll have an easier path to confirmation than Gaetz. But that would still leave the question of who is acceptable to Trump while being confirmable in the Senate.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, Defense Department —, Matt Gaetz, Trump’s, ” Democratic Sen, Tammy Duckworth, Bashar al, Assad, she’s, Republican Sen, Markwayne Mullin, Dana Bash, Duckworth, Gaetz —, Pam Bondi, general’s, ”, Russell Vought, Trump, Tesla, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald, They’ll, Mike Waltz, ” Trump, Vladimir Putin’s, —, he’s, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Gabbard, ” Sen, Adam Schiff of California, Gabbard’s, Mullin, “, ” Missouri Sen, Eric Schmitt, Tennessee Sen, Bill Hagerty, she’d, Hagerty, ” Oklahoma’s, James Lankford, Bashar, Lankford, Bondi, We’re, ’ ” Lankford, Christopher Wray, Kash Patel, Patel, Trump’s MAGA, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, ” Patel Organizations: CNN, Trump, Defense Department, CNN’s, Union, ” Democratic, Republican, Fox News, Justice Department, Management, GOP, Treasury, “ Fox, Florida Republican, Electoral College, Senate, Democratic, US, Transportation, Trump’s “, House Intelligence, Press, Oklahoma Republican, Army, ”, NBC, ABC, “, intel, CNN Bondi, of Justice, FBI, Fox Business, Department of Justice Locations: CNN’s “ State, The Illinois, Washington, California, Florida, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia, Hawaii, Syria, Russian, Duckworth, “ State, Oklahoma and Missouri, ” Missouri, Japan, United States, Lago

☆ Meet the Press – November 24, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +57 min

[END TAPE]KRISTEN WELKER:According to the Washington Post, President-elect Trump plans to fire the team that worked with the special counsel. So, I think President Trump is picking reformers for these Cabinet positions. After the midterms Joe Biden said that there was no way President Trump would ever be back in the White House. He's going to sign some executive actions, but he's also going to then begin to roll out this plan. I also think he's going to face some skepticism by Republicans on using the military, for instance, going kind of into different states.

Persons: KRISTEN WELKER, MATT GAETZ, Donald Trump’s, Matt Gaetz, SEN, KEVIN CRAMER, RON JOHNSON, PETER WELCH, Will Mr, Donald Trump, STEPHEN MILLER, Vladimir Putin, Adam Schiff of, Eric Schmitt of Missouri, Kelly O’Donnell, Jeh Johnson, Anna Palmer, Stephen Hayes, it’s, Kristen Welker, reconsidering, DONALD TRUMP, Gaetz, MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Trump, Pam Bondi, Bondi, Eric Trump, they're, Jack Smith, Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, Bashar Assad, Nikki Haley, NIKKI HALEY, DNI, TOM HOMAN, Trump's, Russell Vought, Russ, who's, That's Russ, Schmitt, Press . SEN, ERIC SCHMITT, he's, Pam, should've, You've, everybody's, it's, Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, Kristen, Alvin Bragg, General Merrick Garland, I've, Jane Doe, Hegseth, didn't, there's, It's, She's, maybe's, Tulsi, I'm, We've, There's, He's, they've, Adam Schiff, Adam Schiff of California, Schiff, ADAM SCHIFF, Bashar al, Assad, Marco Rubio, Rubio, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Gabbard, That's, —, Adam, Shifty, Donald Trump's, –, Harris's, Kamala Harris didn't, Joe Biden's, Biden's, Pelosi, Biden, Nancy Mace, Mace, Sarah McBride, McBride, Johnson, Kelly O'Donnell, KELLY O’DONNELL, Anna, we're, ANNA PALMER, JEH JOHNSON, we've, Lindsey Graham, I'd, Steve, STEPHEN HAYES, We're, Eric Schmitt, you've, Kelly, Scott Bessent, Newt Gingrich, Gingrich, NEWT GINGRICH, KELLY O'DONNELL, Let's, it's Trump, Obama, Tom Homan, Rand Paul, let's, Bob Gates, Leon Panetta, McConnell, They're, he'll, Mitch McConnell, Mitch McConnell's, Stephen, John Thune, Thune Organizations: Republicans, Biden Administration, Democratic, Adam Schiff of California, NBC, White, Homeland, Punchbowl News, The, Press, Justice Department, Pentagon, Republican Senators, BONDI, The Department of Justice, Washington Post, Trump, OMB, Press ., NBC News, Gaetz, DOJ, Patriot, White House, Department, Senators, Armed Services Committee, DNI, Democrat, intel, United States Senate, it's, Services, Judiciary, NATO, Capitol, Intelligence, Democratic Party, Homeland Security, Senate Republicans, Senate, Sears, Roebuck, FBI, Department of Defense, New, New York Cities, Biden, DOD, Republican Conference, Defense Locations: Ukraine, Washington, Florida, PRES, Pennsylvania, United States of America, New York, Atlanta, China, Russian, Hawaii, American, Europe, U.S, Russia, United States, America, Tulsi, –, Guantanamo

She wrote two more bills that same week supporting Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, who were behind two of the biggest US national security leaks of the 21st Century. Both men are broadly seen as enemies of the state within the intelligence community. Gabbard proposed repealing Patriot ActIf confirmed, Gabbard will be the most markedly anti-surveillance official to lead the intelligence community in the post-9/11 era. Some prominent Republicans like former Trump national security adviser John Bolton and former Trump UN ambassador and 2024 GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley have come out against her. Scott Olson/Getty ImagesGabbard is in many ways a stranger to the intelligence community.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, spymaster, Tulsi Gabbard, Daniel Ellsberg, Gabbard, ”, Ellsberg, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, It’s, MAGA, Trump, Assange, Marco Rubio, Elise Stefanik, Mike Waltz, she’s, scot, Jamil Jaffer, George W, Bush, White, George Mason University’s, Snowden, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Assange —, Sen, Rand Paul, Justin Amash, Matt Gaetz, Gabbard’s Snowden, Bill Pugliano, Tulsi, Drew Angerer, Glenn Gerstell, —, Gerstell, ” Gerstell, She’s, neocons, ” “, Vladimir Putin’s, Biden, “, Hannity, Steven Ferdman, cynically, John Bolton, Nikki Haley, DNI, ” Haley, Hillary Clinton, Assad, Obama, Tom Williams, CNN Gabbard, Bashar Assad, Nancy Pelosi, Gabbard’s, we’ve, Trump’s, Qasem Soleimani, ” ‘, Donald Trump, Scott Olson, Democratic Sen, Chuck Schumer, ” Gabbard Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Pentagon, The New York Times, Washington Post, US, National Intelligence, Republican Party, WikiLeaks, National Security Institute, George, National Security Agency, — Democratic, Trump, FBI, Fox, Patriot, Foreign Intelligence, Congress, Capitol, Defense Department, Democrat, Republican, NATO, Fox News Channel Studios, Trump UN, GOP, blindsided, Hawaii National Guard, House Armed Services Committee, Syrian, ISIS, Democratic Party, Lawmakers, Gabbard Locations: Syria, Ukraine, Russia, Alexandria, —, Washington, Detroit , Michigan, Gabbard, Washington ,, China, Hawaii, American, Moscow, New York City, Kremlin, Iraq, Lebanon, Ohio, La Crosse , Wisconsin, United States

☆ Many women are unsure about Trump’s style and agenda. They voted for him anyway
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

But even with Trump’s gains among men, women still had greater leverage to decide the election’s outcome. Both the exit polls and VoteCast showed her winning 57% of white women with at least a four-year college degree. Solid majorities of Black, Latina and college-educated White women described Trump in the exit poll as “too extreme,” as did over two-fifths of the White women without a college degree. But among the White women without a college degree who described Trump as “too extreme,” almost 1 in 5 voted for him anyway. Though many women are expressing unease about mass deportation, Trump’s claim that immigrants are driving crime may provide him considerable leeway to pursue his agenda, particularly among the blue-collar White women who proved most receptive to that argument.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s, Harris, ”, Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, Trump, –, Biden, Joe Rogan, NORC, VoteCast, Harris’s, John Kerry, George W, Bush, White, Chip Somodevilla, Court’s Dobbs, Voters “, ‘, ’, pollster Nicole McCleskey, Dobbs, Harris ’, “, pollster Christine Matthews, Jackie Payne, ” Payne, Will Lanzoni, Bill Clinton, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Mifepristone, Matthews, ambivalently, Tresa Undem, …, Trump’s, Fernandez Ancona, can’t, Hillary Clinton Organizations: CNN, Trump, Edison Research, AP, Gallup, Democratic, Biden, Santander Arena, Nationwide, Wall, White, Latina, Voters, Republican National Convention, Republican, GOP, Congressional, Republicans, White House, Trump ., Human Services Department, Pew Research Center, Pew, ” Locations: Michigan , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Reading , Pennsylvania, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Milwaukee , Wisconsin, America

☆ Meet the Press – November 17, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +58 min

And by the way, I do believe that President Trump has the ability to pick some really, really good people. We've seen what they've done to President Trump, we've seen the attacks that they continue to go after him with. That's - that’s being taken completely out of context. And President Trump hasn't been the one that weaponized the DOJ to go after his political enemies. I think that's a pretty controversial pick, from whatever pronoun that he or he - he or she decides to use.

Persons: KRISTEN WELKER, Donald Trump’s, SEN, LISA MURKOWSKI, SUSAN COLLINS, KEVIN CRAMER, JOHN BOLTON, Trump’s, Trump, MIKE JOHNSON, JOHN, CHUCK SCHUMER, DONALD TRUMP, Hakeem Jeffries, Markwayne Mullin, Amna Nawaz, Eugene Daniels, Jen Psaki, Lanhee Chen, it’s, Kristen Welker, Donald Trump, Matt Gaetz, Gaetz, who's, we're, Mike Johnson, Johnson, MATT GAETZ, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, he's, ROBERT F KENNEDY JR, I'm, I've, LEX FRIDMAN, Trump's, Pete Hegseth, Hegseth, ” Hegseth, SHAWN RYAN, PETE HEGSETH, Mullin, Press . SEN, MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Kristen, you've, Kristi Noem, Matt Gaetz's, they're, Matt, Here's, We've, we've, Biden, Hunter Biden, didn't, Trump hasn't, Garland, Pete, Bobby Kennedy, Bobby, Rachel, Sam, There's, Pete Buttigieg, Let's, Kristen –, there's, let's, Chuck Schumer, Obama, Canning, we'll, He's, Jeffries, HAKEEM JEFFRIES, Roe, Wade, Pelosi's, Pelosi, It's, Nancy Pelosi, Jim Clyburn, Steny Hoyer, That's, should've, Kamala Harris, it's, Matt Gaetz –, Tulsi Gabbard, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Assad, She's, Dick Durbin, Donald Trump's, Politico “ Playbook, AMNA NAWAZ, Jim Mattis, Rex Tillerson, John Kelly, Eugene, EUGENE DANIELS, –, Susan Collins, hasn't, LANHEE CHEN, aren't, Doug Burgum, Marco Rubio, Elise Stefanik, Jen, JEN PSAKI, – AMNA NAWAZ, that's, Thune, Biden's, George W, Bush, Joe Biden, JOE BIDEN, – I’ve, —, – JEN PSAKI, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, We're, We'll Organizations: GOP, Democratic, Oklahoma, PBS, White House Press, Hoover Institution, Press, NBC, Department of Justice, Mar, FBI, CDC, ATF, DOJ, NBC News, Republicans, of Health, Human Services, Defense, Fox News, Police, Republican, Pentagon, Press ., Trump, Senate, Biden, White, Justice Department, America, Senate Armed Services Committee, The Washington, HHS, of Energy, Department of Transportation, RFK Jr, ’, House Democratic, Democracy, REP, House Democrats, Social, Medicare, Democrats, Committee, of, Politico, Stanford University, Trump’s, Gaetz, Department of Defense, Office, Mr, Republican Party, Democratic Party Locations: Washington, America, Florida, Monterey , California, States, Oklahoma, Russia, United States, Afghanistan, Iraq, New York, American, Syria, Russian, Will, California, –, Trump

☆ Russians focus on Musk as they assess incoming Trump administration
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Sebastian Shukla | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —As US President-elect Donald Trump continues to make heads turn with nominations for key roles in his incoming administration, Russians are trying to understand the appointments and what impacts they might have for Moscow. Waltz also described Russia as “a gas station with nukes” in an interview with NPR on November 4. Asked about how they viewed the incoming administration and future relations between old adversaries, people were a little more divided. “Trump said that ‘I will do everything for America’, but he did not say a word about Russia,” Sergey told CNN. But I hope, that there will be a good agreement between Russia and Ukraine.

Persons: Donald Trump, Evgeny Popov, Mike Waltz, Donald Trump’s, Waltz, Vladimir Putin, Popov, Trump, Olga Skabeeva, Tulsi Gabbard, Gabbard, ” Skabeeva, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon, ” Elena, “ Trump, ‘, ” Sergey, Vladimir Kostyukevich, Joe Biden, Elena, “, ” Tatiyana, ”, Kostyukevich Organizations: CNN, TV, Duma, Ukraine, NPR, Republican, Kyiv, of, Twitter, America Locations: Moscow, Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Israel, Palestine

The Boston-area university’s denial followed a reported claim by one of its professors that the political science department would no longer facilitate internships at Moulton’s office. “We have reached out to Congressman Moulton’s office to clarify that we have not — and will not — limit internship opportunities with his office,” the university said in a statement. Moulton’s office also shared a transcript of a voicemail that it said was left by Art, the contents of which were first reported by The Boston Globe. He did confirm to the Globe that he had called Moulton’s office about blocking student internships. The Harris campaign did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

Persons: Seth Moulton, Moulton’s, Moulton, Kamala Harris, ”, “, I’m, ” David Art, “ I’m, Sydney Simon, ” Moulton, Harris, Tom Suozzi, ” Suozzi, “ Kamala, Trump, ” Harris, Sam Alleman Organizations: Tufts University, Center, New York Times, Democratic, “, Times, Tufts, NBC News, Art, The Boston Globe, Globe, AdImpact, Facebook, Pew Research Center, NBC, MSNBC, NBCUniversal, Trump, Democratic National Convention, Republican National Convention Locations: interning, Boston, New York

☆ Trump taps former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday selected former Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York to oversee the Environmental Protection Agency in his administration. In a statement announcing the appointment, Trump described the former four-term House Republican from Long Island as "a true fighter for America First policies." We will do so while protecting access to clean air and water," Zeldin said in a statement on X. The New York Post first reported Zeldin's appointment — Trump's second Cabinet pick for his second term in office. Zeldin was heralded by Republicans for an unexpectedly close race for New York governor in 2022, when he lost to Democrat Kathy Hochul 53.1% to 46.7%.

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☆ Republican Tim Sheehy will defeat Sen. Jon Tester in competitive Montana race, CNN projects
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Republican Tim Sheehy will defeat three-term Montana Sen. Jon Tester, CNN projects, adding to Republicans’ newly won Senate majority. Montana has long been a deep-red state in presidential elections — and every other statewide office is currently held by a Republican. Still, his seat – alongside Democratic-held seats in two other red states, Ohio and West Virginia – was a prime Republican target this year. One big question mark hovering over the race was a ballot measure that would enshrine the right to an abortion in Montana’s constitution. Montana Republicans have pushed and enacted a series of abortion restrictions in recent years but have seen those largely struck down as unconstitutional by state courts.

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☆ Democrat Elissa Slotkin will win Michigan Senate seat, CNN projects
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Alison Main | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Rep. Elissa Slotkin will win the competitive Michigan Senate race, CNN projects, keeping the seat in Democratic hands and making her the youngest Democratic woman elected to the Senate. Rogers called Slotkin and conceded the race, according to two sources. “Donald Trump and I were both elected by the people of Michigan. The GOP is also looking to defend its narrow majority in the US House of Representatives, though it remains uncalled. Do not trust him,” Slotkin fired back as Rogers vowed in their first debate that he would not defy the will of the Michigan people in Washington.

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☆ Crypto's $245 million campaign finance operation filled airwaves with ads not about crypto
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Stand With Crypto's bus tour through five battleground states kicked off last week in Phoenix and Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS — In Nevada's 4th Congressional District, a crypto PAC spent nearly $2 million on ads this cycle to support the reelection of Steven Horsford, a Democratic congressman who's voted in favor of some major pro-crypto bills. "He's leading on jobs, bringing good paying union jobs to Nevada and rebuilding our infrastructure," one 30-second commercial says. "He capped insulin prices at $35 a month," and "worked multiple jobs to support his hard working single mother and siblings in Congress." Fairshake was the largest crypto-aligned super PAC in the 2024 election cycle, spending piles of cash to support crypto allies and vote out antagonists across the country.

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☆ Bank of America's Trump-Harris playbook: How the stock market will react to the various election scenarios
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Here's how Bank of America suggests trading a variety of Election Day outcomes. Split Republican control A Trump White House with a largely Democratic Congress is overall neutral for equities, Kwon said. Split Democratic control The status quo would be maintained with a Harris White House and a Republican Congress, Kwon said. Over the past seven election cycles, the two-week price direction for stocks was identical to one day after election day every single time. Outside of the election, Kwon said that the Fed could have ample reason to cut further.

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☆ Biden is beating Trump on stocks. History shows markets do better under Democrats
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The S&P 500 enjoyed a compound annual growth rate of 12.1% from Trump’s surprise election in November 2016 through Biden’s 2020 victory, according to CFRA. “The Trump market was so strong because of a combination of very low inflation, very low interest rates and tax cuts,” said Stovall. The S&P 500’s growth rate under Democrats is 10% compared with 6.7% under Republicans, according to CFRA. In those six years since 1945, where such a dynamic has been in place, the S&P 500 has enjoyed a sizzling growth rate of 16.8%. In fact, the market has generally performed better during times of higher, not lower, tax rates across changes in all three categories, BMO found.

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☆ Rep. Suzan DelBene: We need people in Congress who are interested in governing
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailRep. Suzan DelBene: We need people in Congress who are interested in governingDemocratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair and House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee member Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the 2024 election, Capitol Hill's balance of power, whether Democrats can take back control of the House and keep its Senate majority, future of tax policy, and more.

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