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Control of House remains in limbo as Democrats reflect on losses – CBS News Watch CBS News Election ballots are still being counted to determine which party will hold the power in the House. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke out about the Democratic losses so far. Willie James Inman has more. View CBS News
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President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that Nikki Haley — who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in his first term, and then ran against him for the Republican nomination this cycle — will not be invited to join his administration. He also said that Mike Pompeo, who was both secretary of state and
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With Republicans taking control of the Senate, many of President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees are likely to face an easy path to confirmation, even some who may be controversial. Here are some of the possible people Trump is considering or has chosen for critical Cabinet posts and top White House jobs. White House chief of staff
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Race for the House continues as Pelosi reacts Control of House remains in limbo as Democrats reflect on losses 01:59 President Biden and President-elect Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House announced on Saturday. The meeting will be held at 11 a.m. local time, according to the statement from Press
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Note: Exit poll percentages may have updated since this post. In the 2024 election, 10 states had abortion-related measures on the ballot — and Americans voted in favor of protecting abortion access in seven of them. But support for these ballot measures outpaced support for Kamala Harris, who made abortion rights a hallmark of her
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A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration program that would allow unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens to get legal status and a streamlined path to U.S. citizenship, declaring the policy illegal. U.S. District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker, an appointee of President-elect Donald Trump, found the program violates U.S. immigration law,
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now on a short list being floated by some Trump allies to serve as the next head of the Department of Health and Human Services, multiple people close to the president-elect’s campaign say. Hopes among Kennedy’s backers that he could be nominated to lead the department have risen in recent
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Latino voters on why they supported Trump – CBS News Watch CBS News While a majority of Latinos voted for Vice President Kamala Harris, President-elect Donald Trump was backed by a record 46% of Latino voters, even gaining support in Democratic strongholds like New York City. Lilia Luciano spoke with some voters who were behind
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Report: Musk took part in call between Trump, Zelenskyy – CBS News Watch CBS News A new Axios report says that billionaire Elon Musk was on a phone call between President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, underscoring that Musk has a seat at the table as Trump navigates his return to power. Robert
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Charges filed in Iranian murder-for-hire plot against Trump – CBS News Watch CBS News Two men are in federal custody and a third is wanted in connection with what authorities are calling an Iranian murder-for-hire plot against President-elect Donald Trump. Prosecutors allege one of the suspects, Farhad Shakeri, was an operative for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary
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