Election 2024

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Elon Musk Is Now the $300B Man
Elon Musk
Is Now the
$300B Man
Nov 8, 2024 1:18 PM CST

Elon Musk Is Now the $300B Man

Tesla stocks soar in the wake of Donald Trump's win, sending the company's valuation to over $1T

(Newser) - Meet the $300 billion man . That would be Elon Musk, according to Forbes , which reports that Tesla racked up big bucks from Donald Trump's election win, with the company's market value surpassing $1 trillion on Friday for the first time since April 2022, per YCharts . The 53-year-old billionaire...

GOP Flips Another Senate Seat
Another Senate Seat Flips
Nov 8, 2024 5:00 AM CST

Another Senate Seat Flips

Republican David McCormick defeats Bob Casey in Pennsylvania; Casey has yet to concede

(Newser) - Republican David McCormick has won Pennsylvania's pivotal US Senate seat. The former CEO of the world's largest hedge fund beat three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in Tuesday's election after accusing the incumbent of supporting policies that led to inflation, domestic turmoil, and war. The victory pads Republicans'...

Black Students Across US Receive Racist Texts

Messages are signed 'a Trump Supporter'

(Newser) - Investigations have begun across the country after Black students in at least 25 states received racist texts on Wednesday. The texts referred to slavery and were signed only, "A Trump supporter." They went to college students on multiple campuses but also to students as young as middle schoolers,...

Sanders Slams Democrats Over Election Losses

He accuses party of abandoning working-class people

(Newser) - Sen. Bernie Sanders was reelected on Tuesday, but he's not surprised that Democrats lost the White House. Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats, sharply criticized the party in a statement posted on social media, USA Today reports. "It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which...

Michigan County Clerk Loses to Conspiracy Theory Backer

'At least they won't question these results,' Sheryl Guy says

(Newser) - An election official in a small Michigan county that was a cradle for unfounded election conspiracy theories in 2020 lost a write-in campaign to keep her job. Antrim County Clerk Sheryl Guy had said she wouldn't seek reelection, but she got in the race after the Republican primary election...

Putin Congratulates &#39;Courageous&#39; Trump
Putin Congratulates,
Praises Trump
Nov 7, 2024 3:55 PM CST

Putin Congratulates, Praises Trump

Russian president says he 'has no clue' what might happen in second term

(Newser) - He wasn't among the initial wave of world leaders congratulating Donald Trump on his election win, but Vladimir Putin got there eventually. At a conference with foreign policy experts in Sochi on Thursday, the Russian ruler offered his congratulations to Trump and praised him for his bravery during the...

The World's Richest Had a Very Good Post-Election Day

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison saw windfalls in the billions after Trump was elected

(Newser) - Wednesday was a very good day for Donald Trump, who learned in its wee hours that he had secured himself a second term in the White House, but it was also a happy day for planet Earth's richest dudes as the stock market surged . Quartz takes a look around...

Biden: Let's 'Bring Down the Temperature'

President addresses nation after election, promises an orderly transition

(Newser) - President Biden addressed the nation on Thursday in the wake of Tuesday's vote, and he promised an orderly handoff to Donald Trump. "The American experiment endures," he said in the Rose Garden, reports the Washington Post .
  • "I will fulfill my oath, and I will honor the
...

Law Clerk Disparaged by Trump Is Elected Judge

Allison Greenfield worked with Judge Arthur Engoron during Trump's New York fraud trial

(Newser) - Allison Greenfield, the law clerk whom Donald Trump assailed with falsehoods during his civil fraud trial last year, has been elected as a New York City judge, reports the AP . Greenfield, 38, was one of six candidates for six seats on Manhattan's Civil Court, which handles small claims and...

Opinion: Democrats Are Paying for a 'Terrible Mistake'

Ezra Klein thinks the party has alienated much of the culture in recent years

(Newser) - So where do Democrats go from here? "I don't pretend to know," writes Ezra Klein in the New York Times .
  • "But Democrats need to admit that they are at the end of their own cycle of politics. The Obama coalition is over. It is defeated and
...

Late-Night Hosts Process Trump&#39;s Win
Late-Night
Hosts Weigh In
on Trump
Nov 7, 2024 6:21 AM CST

Late-Night Hosts Weigh In on Trump

Kimmel, Colbert, Meyers, Fallon process the results

(Newser) - Their candidate lost on Tuesday, and late-night hosts got their first chance to weigh in on Donald Trump's victory during Wednesday's shows. A sampling, via the New York Post , the Washington Post , and the Hollywood Reporter :
  • Stephen Colbert: "All day yesterday, I was walking around proudly wearing
...

Abortion Rights Measures Fail in 3 States, Pass in 7

Missouri votes to overturn near-total ban on abortions

(Newser) - Reproductive rights didn't just factor into the presidential race : The issue of abortion was on the ballot in 10 states on Tuesday, and results were mixed. A look at results:
  • Florida: Voters rejected an abortion rights amendment and kept in place Gov. Ron DeSantis' 6-week ban, per the AP
...

'Election Integrity' Page Grew Quiet Around Midnight

When Trump won, calls to investigate the voting faded

(Newser) - Millions of X users had visited an "election integrity" discussion page for updates on voting mayhem—bomb threats and power outages at polling places, the latest accusations that Democrats were trying to steal the election in a new way. The page was created by America PAC, Elon Musk's...

Filibuster Is 'Very Secure,' McConnell Says

Election was 'certainly a happy day for the GOP,' Senate Republican leader says

(Newser) - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell won't be returning to the majority leader role when the 119th Congress is seated in January, but he doesn't expect any big changes to Senate rules when Republicans are back in power. McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in US history, said Wednesday that...

Pollsters Promise Adjustments After Missing Again on Trump

Iowa survey had Harris with surprising lead just before Election Day

(Newser) - It's back to the drawing board for presidential race pollsters. Although closer to the final result this time, the industry underestimated Donald Trump's support for the third straight election. The nation was misled by findings about Vice President Kamala Harris' supposed lead in Iowa , for instance, and Trump'...

'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...

Some Votes Came From Out of This World

NASA's didn't let little thing like being on a work trip 250 miles above Earth stop astronauts from voting

(Newser) - Work trips take Americans away from their polls on Election Day all the time, so we have absentee ballots. Work trips take astronauts a bit beyond the reach of standard absentee ballots, so NASA put together the Space Communication and Navigation Program. As Quartz reports, four astronauts aboard the International...

Republicans Regain Senate for First Time in 4 Years

Ted Cruz survives in Texas, and Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown is ousted

(Newser) - Republicans will regain control of the Senate for the first time in four years, the AP projects. In the current chamber, Democrats have a 51-49 advantage, but incumbents were playing defense Tuesday night in a number of competitive states. The GOP gained its first seat of the night when the...

Famed Forecaster 'Taking Time Off' After Wrong Pick

Allan Lichtman called 9 out 10 elections correctly before Trump's second win

(Newser) - Before Tuesday's election, history professor Allan Lichtman had correctly predicted the outcome of 9 of the previous 10 presidential elections—and he has long argued that Al Gore was the real winner in 2000, making the streak 10 out of 10. But he got it wrong this time, and...

It Was Also a Huge Win for Prediction Markets

'Polymarket single-handedly called the election before anything else,' chief executive boasts

(Newser) - "Make no mistake, Polymarket single-handedly called the election before anything else," Shane Coplan, chief executive of the prediction market, crowed in an X post on Wednesday. The crypto-based platform, which calls itself the "world's largest prediction market," was among the betting markets that correctly predicted...

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