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Black business leaders are trying to figure out why Vice President Kamala Harris lost the presidential race, and how to approach the coming administration of President-elect Donald Trump. “It certainly means change. That’s what the voters wanted, and that’s what they thought President Trump represents,” said Charles Phillips, co-chair of the Black Economic Alliance and
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Good news for Democrats in Pennsylvania, as they have reached their needed ballot firewall of 400,000 votes before election day. Here are the numbers: 🦅 Pennsylvania – 2024 General Election – Day 20 📥 1,742,908 votes cast 🔵 DEM: 973,363 – 81.1% returned🔴 GOP: 572,481 – 80.1% returned🟡 IND: 197,064 – 69.9% returned VBM Splits:
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and European Council President Charles Michel pose following a press conference during the informal EU Summit at the Puskas Arena, in Budapest, Hungary, November 8, 2024.  Marton Monus | Reuters Europe alone cannot shoulder the financial strain of supporting Ukraine against the ongoing
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election.  In a landslide.   How did he do it?  And what will it mean to the country?   First, how did President-elect Trump pull off this triumph? He used three levers.  Lever number one is publicity. Trump began to seek publicity 50 years ago. His mentor, the mastermind of the
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Online election betting platform Polymarket plans to bring its prediction markets back to customers in the United States, on the heels of accurately forecasting the electoral win of President-elect Donald Trump. “I want to give a lot of credit to the people who fought the battle to go and legalize political prediction markets in America,” Polymarket founder and
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Olaf Scholz, Germany’s chancellor, right, speaks with aide Joerg Kukies at the COP27 climate conference at the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Islam Safwat | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jörg Kukies was appointed as Germany’s new finance minister on Thursday, as pressure mounts on Chancellor Olaf
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“Earlier today, I spoke with President-elect Trump and congratulated him on his victory,” Harris said at the vice president’s alma mater Howard University, in Washington, D.C. It was the first time that Harris had spoken on camera to the public since Trump declared victory early Wednesday morning. “We will continue to wage this fight in the
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Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy walks up to the stage during a rally for Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University on August 9, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana. Michael Ciaglo | Getty Images Republican nominee Tim Sheehy will defeat incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., attends a news conference after a lunch meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 1, 2022. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Republicans are expected to regain majority control of the U.S. Senate in 2025, according to NBC News. Democrats entered
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