Recount triggered in Pennsylvania Senate race as McCormick heads to D.C., Casey declines to concede

Automatic recount triggered in close McCormick-Casey Senate race in Pennsylvania Automatic recount triggered in close McCormick-Casey Senate race in Pennsylvania 02:20 Sen. Bob Casey is not giving up on retaining his U.S. Senate seat. The three-term Democrat is currently locked in a tight race with Dave McCormick, trailing the Republican by just over 29,000 votes

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Trump to nominate Matt Gaetz for attorney general

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate longtime ally GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general — a choice that quickly prompted backlash from Democrats and some Republicans over Gaetz’s history. Gaetz, who has represented Florida’s 1st District in the House of Representatives since 2017, has been the focus of several

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The megadonors who fueled Trump and the Republican Party and what they may want in the next 4 years

More than $20 billion flooded into the 2024 presidential campaign, shattering the record for political spending in a single election. In an accelerating trend in American politics, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and their allies raised colossal sums of money from billionaires.  A majority of these megadonors were Republicans, according to Open Secrets, the nonpartisan watchdog

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Biden meets with families of hostages held by Hamas as White House says it’ll work with Trump team on their return

Hagerty on what Trump’s victory means for foreign policy “Environment is shifting right now” on Israeli hostage deal, Sen. Bill Hagerty says 08:48 President Biden met Wednesday with the families of American hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza, as the Biden administration says it stands ready to work with the incoming Trump administration toward

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